Mommy, Daddy, Maddie Day

I know I still need to post our Thanksgiving pictures, but I couldn't help have the need to post these adorable pictures first....I shall call them Mommy, Daddy, Maddie Day! Anthony had off on Monday and the weather was beautiful, so we went to the park.

It filled my heart with love watching how much she loves to be with her Daddy.

Oops! How did that get in there?

Happy TEN Months, Madeline!

Wow! I try to put the thought out of my head that you will be a year old in TWO months. I know it's going to happen regardless, but I'd prefer not to think about it.
You get more amazing each month, your personality, intelligence and social skills have us in awe, and you are just about the most inquisitive baby I have ever seen. You're doing new things every day and love that we get to experience it all!
We celebrated your first Thanksgiving with all of our family (that lasted 2 days) and you were surrounded by people that are thankful to have such an amazing baby girl around. You loved turkey and stuffing, but most of all, the audience that came with the meal!

Your favorite toys are [what I call] your DJ table where you stand and make music, your train that try to walk with and the laptop that you are constantly standing and reaching for. Yep, there's a pattern with all of these things....all you want to do is stand and walk around the couch, chairs, walls, cabinets and anything else you can pull yourself up on!!

We thought you were teething, but nope, still only two little chompers. Instead, you had your first real cold this month and it was rough on us seeing you not feeling well. You even woke up in the middle of the night and you haven't done that since 10 weeks! I know there will be many more sick days to come, but I hope not for a while because it was so hard not having our happy little girl for that week.

You're still working hard on your imitations. Any new noise, gesture, laugh or word and you are trying to imitate it. You give the best little kisses and even add a "mmmmwah!". You clap, dance and sing! And never have time for cuddles. There is only one thing that makes you sit still for 5 minutes or so....Play with Me Sesame. Maybe I waited a little too long to turn the tv on because you are now completely amazed by only this show....it's actually hilarious... as soon as you hear the beginning song, you stop what you're doing and rush to get a front row seat.

You continue to amaze us in every way and we couldn't have asked for a more perfect little baby girl.
Happy TEN Months, Madeline!


And our ten month shots in honor of Thanksgiving.......

Ummm...hello?

I'm out of here!

 And my favorite.....

I also decided to add a little Christmas in there too....hehe.....

Ooo...I'm a present!

Hmmm...now how do I get out?

I'll eat my way out!

Hey! You stole my bow!

I love to capture people when they are not posing for the camera and little photo story lines.... and this has to be my all time fav..especially the last one!

Just smile and look at the camera while I rip off this bow, Aunt Mimi.

I swear, I'm not doing anything!

Hey! You stole my bow!

Put it right here!

That last one is just so cute.

And we decided to take some family photos too...

And the cousins...

Hi, Mom Cece!

Loving on Aunt Jo.

I LOVE when Mom does this! Weee! You should try it!

'scuse me, but I believe you have my phone.

My son knows I love the action shots.

Beautiful smiles!

In an attempt to get myself from behind the camera

Be-pop doesn't ask for much, so when he asked me to take a few pictures of the holly tree, I chuckled, and gave the tree a photo shoot.

 Work it, show me those berries...

I will print one out so he has it.hehe.

I always love to capture the brother/sisterness too.....

I think I have the most beautiful children.

He loves to work it for the camera. My Mom does too.....

We were able to visit with Pop and Mom-Marilyn last weekend. They have not seen Madeline since her Baptism, so they were excited to see how much she has grown!

  Aunt Betty and Uncle Bob came to visit too....

Love the look on my Mom's face as I said "Let me get a picture with your brother." BAH HA HA!

Even though Madeline was sick, we still had a nice visit.

She was almost asleep, so I laid her with Be-pop....then the clock chimed and that was it!

In an attempt to get myself from behind the camera, I realized that I am going to need a remote for my camera. These pictures would have turned out a lot better if I did. Oh, and I should have used manual focus instead of auto because the damn camera focused on the background in most, kind of ruining the pictures. Errr, guess we'll have to try again next week.

Madeline was completely amazed that I was not behind the camera and it was clicking, so she is actually looking in a majority of the photos!

 And then she turned to jello......