Of course she's smiling...We're at McDonalds!!

Chicken!!

Madeline's new favorite movie to watch is Annie...which is mainly my fault since I introduced her to the CD while riding in the car....

Anyway...she loves the movie and if you know the plot, you know that "Rooster and Lilly" are the characters that try to act as Annie's parents to gain the $50,000 smackers!

While watching the other day, Rooster enters into the scene and Madeline screams..."Chicken!!"

Hide and Seek

One afternoon, a few days ago, we caught Madeline on video playing Hide and Seek...a game she has become obsessed with! She is so funny because she hides wherever the "hider" hid last and always makes sure you are counting! (ignore the MTV in the background...I can't believe we didn't have on Calliou, Dora, and Max & Ruby like usual! Check it out below!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI4DDNOXjwU

Pretend Play

Today Madeline was playing in her playhouse and "calling" her friend Quinn on the telephone...

After she dials on the phone..."Hi Quinn, come over and play...okay...see ya around, Bye!"

So cute!!

She's Growing Up!

I always tell Madeline how gorgeous she is when we look at pictures together...

Today while looking through the pictures on our camera she points to herself and says, "Madeline...gorgeous!"

Until tonight Madeline still wore a diaper to bed, just in case...Tonight she said, "No more diapers!" and refused to put one one...

She is getting so big soo fast!

Figuring it all out!

I know I will figure this all out but I am so confused on how to organize this whole thing...

Madeline is taking a long nap today...She will be so excited when she wakes up...Jason and Uncle Scott put together a play house for her in the basement (an early Christmas present from Scott)...It is really for outside but we figured she can play with it down there until the spring...

Here is a cute pic of Madeline and Daddy getting the Christmas tree...oh, and the finished tree!

It's About Time!

I am finally starting a blog...I view so many of my friend's blogs that I figured I would give it a whirl...Hopefully I will keep it updated frequently...I should, considering how much time I log on Facebook/Myspace...etc...

Christmas is approaching and I am still not done shopping...Every year I procrastinate and swear I will start earlier the next year but I don't...and somehow it all comes together and I manage to get it all done!! Madeline is getting very excited for Christmas to come this year...She loves to talk about Santa, watch Santa on television, and in pictures, but when we mention sitting on his lap she responds with..."I don't have to". Last weekend she woke up saying she wanted to sit on his lap so we got her all dressed up and headed off to the mall...When we got there she still was saying..."Santa, Santa!" That is until we finally saw Santa...which she then says again..."I don't have to!" We didn't push the issue considering the line was about an hour long! Maybe next year!