Early Christmas Present

Grandma Vicki and Grandpa Frank had an early xmas gift delivered to our house for Madison. She really enjoyed opening it and helping us put it together! We put it in her room - playroom I should say since it is only used for that! She has a blast going in there and playing with it throughout the day. She is really good at keeping her self entertained when we are too busy to play with her. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

Maddie's first sled ride

Sunday morning we asked Maddie if she wanted to go outside. She went and got all her gear and wanted to go play in the snow. We decided to have DJ pull us in a sled behind the 4 wheeler. It was Maddie's first sled ride. She was quiet at first until her cousin Danika jumped in with us. Those two girls were giggling so hard while DJ pulled us around. I couldn't help giggle myself listening to them and watching them have so much fun. It was a wonderful memmory! When we brought Maddie inside she cried wanting to go back out! She is loving the winter and our country life so far!

Christmas Pic 2009

Love Maddie and Meadow's matching dresses :)

Fargo fair/Overnight with Lindsey and Brian

We brought Madison to Fargo on Friday to spend the night at Lindsey and Brians. We went to the fair Friday and she has lots of firsts. First corn dog, petting zoo, ride, live concert and more! She loved the animals - wanted to pet and feed everything! She rode on the carousel ride twice and loved it - once with mommy and once with the boys! They played some games and won Maddie a big toy which she enjoys riding! Saturday morning Uncle Brian cooked breakfast and Auntie Lindsey and Maddie went swimming in their pool and they even had a little toy car raft for her to swim in. It was a great mini vacation for Maddie! Thanks Lindsey and Brian!

Fun pics

Madison has brought us so much joy and fun this past year. It really is something to think back over these past months and how far she has come and we as parents. She loves being outside as much as possible. She even helps us with the landscaping and watering flowers. She is such a great eater and will eat almost anything. We include her in all of our meals. She had a checkup last week and they said she was 20 lbs 8 ounces and 29 inches tall. Her and Meadow are still best friends and love taking naps together. So cute!

Swimming

Madison has become quite the little water baby this summer. We try to get her out once a week and she has gotten used to the lake and loves going out on the pontoon!

Madison and Grandpa Mike

These pics were also taken Memorial Day wknd. Maddie and Grandpa were playing outside at his house. She was wearing an adorable dress that Lindsey and Brian got her in Hawaii.

Pontoon fun

These pics were taken Memorial Day wknd. We decided to buy a pontoon so that we could have something to keep us busy this summer and entertain Madison. She absoulutly loves it! She loves to help drive as you can see and hang out with her auntie Lindsey! We have broguht her out on it the last two wknds and hope to spend most of the summer floating around on it checking out all of the area lakes.

Playtime

Maddie loves playing with her Cousin Owen. They are only a month apart and have lots of fun together!

One of our friends Troy came over a few weeks ago and Maddie danced with him. She loves dancing as her and daddy listen to lots of music during the day. If she hears a song come on the radio that she likes while in the car she will start dancing in her car seat! Too cute!

The little music table toy she plays with helps her learn to walk also. She stands up with this and pushes from one side of the room to the other. She is constantly on the go and keeps us very busy!

Ice Cream!

Madison LOVES to eat ice cream. If she sees it she has to have it. It is cute to watch her share a cone with daddy and see her tiny little bite marks. She is growing into quite the little lady. Pulls her self up constantly on furniture hangs out for awhile and then screams for help because she can't quite figure out how to get back down. Won't be long and she'll be walking!

All tired out

Grandma Vicki and Grandpa Frank came to stay with us last weekend. Sunday Madison must have got all played out because when I was feeding her dinner that night, DJ and I were also watching a movie and in between bites a really relaxing song came on and I looked over and she had fell right alseep in her chair! She looked so comfy that we decided to put her bunny in her arms and let her take a little cat nap.

video of Maddie crawling

cute video of Maddie and Meadow playing - Maddie steals Meadows toy from her!

Maddie's First Easter

We had a great first Easter with Madison! She got all sorts of goodies from us and all her Grandparents. We brought her to church and she was awesome! Gpa Mike and Gma Becky had us over for Easter and they served a great meal! Maddie played and crawled all over playing with Gma Viv and Auntie Lindsey and got all tuckered out and had to take a little nap. Later that afternoon we went and visited some of the McDougall family and Maddie got to play with her cousin Owen a bit. It was a fun day!

Easter dress!

Grandma Vicki bought Madison this cute Easter outfit. We had to try it on for Grandma since she won't be able to see her in it on Easter. So cute!

Playing in the park!

When we were down visiting Gma Vicki and Gpa Frank it was nice out. They have a park across the street from their house so we brought her to the park for the first time. She loved the swing and even went down the slide! She is such a good girl!

Playing pool!

We went to visit Grandma Vicki and Grandpa Frank a couple weeks ago and Madison had fun playing on their pool table and helping daddy shoot!

4 wheeler ride with daddy

We brought Madison for a ride a couple weeks back one evening after work. It was nice out so we took advantage of it. She loves being outdoors! We cannot wait for it to get a little nicer out so we can have her out more often.