Feliz Navidad!

Maddie's favorite thing to say this holiday season was "Feliz Navidad!" Here are some pictures of our Christmas morning!

Yummy brunch. I love to eat!

Here is the truck Libby and I are "sharing".

Sister Love!

Paging Doctor Maddie

Checking out my new vacuum cleaner.

Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas! Santa brought just what I asked for...FAIRIES! He must have gotten my letter. He brought Libby lots of toys too. We got a 4-wheel truck that goes all by itself when you press a button. Libby and I are both enjoying that one. (Though I get "very upset" when it's not my turn!) We played all day yesterday. I didn't want to stop playing to take my nap or go to bed. When is it Christmas again?!

Happy Birthday to You

Here's a video of Libby blowing out her first candle. I have no idea how to rotate a video so you'll have to view it sideways. Sorry!!

Libby is ONE!

For my first birthday, we had "Elmo" cupcakes and invited some of our neighbors over to celebrate. I didn't know what was going on. Mom kept trying to put this fuzzy hat on my head and I didn't like it much. In fact I tried to run away from her outside, but I fell on my face. It hurt, but it didn't bleed so that was good! I pretty much cried the whole time, but it was just because I didn't understand what was going on. Once the cupcake and singing part was over and Mom took that silly hat off of me, I ran around playing! I like being a big one-year old!

Happy 1st Birthday, Libby!

Today our little Libs turns ONE! More pictures to come of her big day!

Daddy's 10th Marathon

Daddy ran a marathon this weekend. He dressed like Santa Claus. Mom and I sprayed his hair red, white and green. He looked pretty silly, but it was easy to spot him on the course! We dropped him off at the start line and then cheered him on at mile 2. But it was pretty chilly so we went home for a while. We got back just in time to see him at the finish line. I told him I wanted to run real fast with him next time!

I got to spray the red part. Pretty cool, huh!?

He's ready to run!

I was a little worried about hugging him b/c I thought he was going to be all wet. But he wasn't so sweaty!

I helped him re-fuel.

I had to sit far away from him so he wouldn't steal all my chips. :)

Note from Mom: At the end of the day, I asked Maddie what her favorite part of the day was. I told her mine was going to the race to see Daddy cross the finish line. She said,"Mommy, I really liked eating chips." Oh well!

Santa's Workshop

So last week Mom came with my class for our field trip to Santa's Workshop. We each got assigned an "elf" who helped us shop for gifts for our family. It was lots of fun AND I got to see Santa again! (I saw him at the mall too!) I couldn't wait until Christmas to give out my gifts so we unwrapped them when I got home from school. Mom, Dad, and Libby loved the gifts I picked out for them.

Here I am telling Santa all of the things to bring me.

This is my new "smile". Pretty cute, huh?

Here I am shopping with my "elf." Mom wasn't allowed to come with me. Somehow she got in and took pictures though!

Posing with my "elf" Doug.

Christmas Tree Time

On the Saturday after Thanksgiving we loaded up in the car for our annual trek to the mountains to pick out our Christmas tree. The ride went by pretty quickly...I watched Cinderella and had hot chocolate! Libby slept. It was cold and windy at the top of the mountain, but we picked our tree quickly, and the men came with a big chainsaw and cut it down. They tied the tree to the top of our car!! I was anxious to get home and decorate. I love decorations! Libby kept trying to eat the ornaments, but I was very good about telling her "NO, Libby!". (I have to tell her that all the time!) I really love Christmastime!

I had to tell Libby what was going on because she couldn't see much all bundled up and in her stroller.

Libs and I love our Daddy!

Mom and I posed with all the trees.

Peek a boo!

I wanted this baby tree, but we got a big one instead!

Happy Fried Turkey Day

So Daddy's been talking about frying a turkey for years. This year he finally did it! It was a yucky rainy day, but Dad and Grandpa camped out in the garage and I was their assistant. Libby, Mom and Grandma Nancy stayed inside getting the rest of our meal ready to go. I normally don't eat weird things like turkey :) but I really liked the way Daddy cooked this one. It was yum!Rain boots, check. Big coat, check. Little sister who wants to tag along, check. (Can you see Libby in the door behind me!)

Daddy watching the turkey fry. Look at the smoke. It's very hot!

Grandpa's job was putting the turkey in the pot. Poor Mr. Turkey!

I was very interested in what was going on!

The final product...yummy!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Princess Maddie!

I am now THREE!! I had a wonderful birthday. I had a big princess birthday party yesterday at my house. Lots of my school friends came and so did Cinderella! She played with us for a long time and painted our faces. She did a magic show and let me hold the magic wand. I got lots of presents and ate yummy Cinderella cake (it was purple inside!). I was very tired by the end of my party and took a long nap. I can't wait for my next birthday....celebrating birthdays are fun!

This is the crown that Cinderella painted on my face. Pretty cool, huh?!

Here's my best friend Caroline. Everyone came dressed in their princess best!

Here I am sitting on Cinderella's lap. She made me feel very special!!

Everyone sang Happy Birthday to me and I blew out the candles all by myself. Then we got to dig into the yummy Cinderella cake!!

YUM!

Cinderella's Entrance

Cinderella showed up at my party. I really checked her out and just couldn't decide if she was the real Cinderella or not. My friend Caroline was super excited (she's the one jumping up and down!). By the end I had decided she was not really Cinderella but she was really nice and painted my face, did magic tricks and made animal balloons. Here's a video of her coming to my front door.

Bike Rides

I love to ride my bike. I really only like to ride when Daddy takes me. It's our special time. We go exploring and it's lots of fun. Mom and Libs joined us this weekend and Mom kept taking pictures of us. Sigh... It's tough being so beautiful!

A day in the life of Libby

Mom recently took a photography class and she keeps following me around with a camera. I'm on the move, so there's always something interesting to shoot! Take this afternoon for example. I'm one busy gal!

Snow White 1 & 2

This is from Mom: I thought it would be fun to compare our Snow Whites. Maddie was Snow White at 11 months and Libby was Snow White this Halloween at 10 months.

Libby

Maddie

Happy Halloween!

So I survived my first Halloween! Even though I couldn't eat any candy, it was really fun AND exhausting. Maddie was Cinderella and I was Snow White. She picked her costume out months ago, and I was given a hand-me-down (guess I better get used to it!). We went to our neighborhood "Trunk or Treat" and then we went trick-or-treating around our street. I lasted all night and never got fussy. Maddie went house to house in her light up glass slippers and went up and down all the stairs without falling down (we were all very impressed!). I really enjoyed running to the door to see the kids in costumes too. I'm looking forward to next year when I get to eat the candy!!

This is our neighbor Aiden. He wanted to get his "paws" on me! I'm not so sure...
We NEVER stay still...good luck trying to get a picture of us, Mom.

Here we are..Ready to go!

Posing with Mom. I couldn't figure out what was on her head, but I was very interested in it!