Monday, December 10, 2007

Our First Snow!

So, we got our first snow of the season last week! It made everything SOOOO beautiful! The pine trees that line the back of the house were tipped with white snow and our wreath on the front door looked so pretty! It made me feel like it was really winter and that Christmas is really just around the corner!
Madison got all bundled up in her snowsuit and looked like the cutest little snow bunny ever! Look at that precious face.....
We took her outside to "play" in the snow. You could tell it was a new experience for her. She loved looking around and was studying everything intently. When her hands touched the snow, she winced and didn't really like it. Then I had the brilliant idea of putting her on her belly so she could move around in the snow, but she put her face right into it and then started screaming! We decided she better just "watch" the snow this year....
We asked our neighbor to take a photo of the 3 of us on our deck - it got a little too dark too quickly so you can't see the beautiful trees in the background. But, we tried!

Monday, December 3, 2007

Is it that time already?!!


Madison got up on all fours for the first time this weekend! Daddy even got her on video! She has always loved playing on her belly, but this was the first time she made it into the crawling position! I don't know if I'm ready for the crawling to begin! We don't even have baby gates yet! But, it won't be long....

She was rocking back and forth when she was up on her knees, but as soon as one of her arms went forward, she flopped down onto her belly.


Here was one last smiling pose before she got completely frustrated. She kept getting up on her knees and trying to move towards me, but just couldn't get it. After about five minutes of trying, she broke down into a hard wail as she reached her arms out for me. So cute!

Getting ready for Christmas




This weekend was a fun time of getting ready for Christmas! I can't believe it is almost here! We decorated our house and went to a local farm to pick out a Christmas tree. We first tried going to Home Depot to get a tree, but none of them looked very nice. I'm so glad we decided to go to Meadows Farm instead. We ended up picking the first tree we saw! It is so cute and perfectly shaped too! Madison had fun standing by the fire and touching the needles on the trees. Madison's 1st Christmas is off to a good start!