Thanksgiving in Florida

For Thanksgiving this year, our family traveled to sunny Florida!!  Here are some highlights of the trip.  

The traditional carving of the turkey...

Someone's excited about turkey...

Our first Thanksgiving!!  We are so blessed and thankful to have a beautiful and healthy baby girl!

Madelyn was very happy to be visiting her grandpa and cc!

We went to the beach one afternoon so that Maddie could have her first Atlantic Ocean experience!

"I'm done with this now..."

While down in Florida, Madelyn seemed like she was ready for more than just her rice cereal she'd been eating for the last couple of weeks.  Sweet Potatoes seem to be a popular first food and I think it's safe to say that Madelyn loved them!

"mmmmm!"

our 'lil punkin!

Quite literally...our pumpkin! Madelyn's first Halloween was a fairly quiet one, with two good naps...we were both doing great. Lindsey and her daughter Mia stopped over for a quick walk and a photo shoot with two little babies that could care less about their adorable and ridiculous outfits us moms had fun picking out :)

I can't seem to get Maddie to smile these days without having her tongue out there too!

"This is just silly, Mom!"

A little less than thrilled with those 'oh so cool' costume hats!!!

Fall Fun for Madelyn!

It's been awhile since I've written on here, beautiful fall weather and lots of fun guests. We've enjoyed visitors like Kurt's brother, Kevin and his girlfriend, Colleen, Kurt's parents, and my dear childhood friend, Dana.

I've heard that between 3 and 6 months, babies can experience a lot of growth, I have certainly seen this with Madelyn. The past month has been incredible and I've enjoyed every day more than the last! Maddie smiles frequently, giggles occasionally, babbles and coos, loves putting her hands and feet in her mouth, enjoys standing on her little feet while Kurt or I hold her up, kicks and splashes mommy in the bathtub, and looks at anything and everything that moves!

Madelyn had her 4-month checkup today and she is doing great. She is in the 50th percentile for height and weight, at 12 lbs. 13 oz. and 24 1/2 inches long. I feel like she is growing leaps and bounds, but compared to some other babies, she still seems so tiny.

Still my sleeping beauty...

Maddie loves her Papa and Mimi!

"I like my bumbo chair!"

Maddie-Daddy time :)

"I'm such a big girl!"

Visiting Jubilee Farms with Dana..

We even picked a pumpkin from the patch!

Snuggle-time with Dana

"Mornings are my favorite!"

Crazy girl

3 months old!

I cannot believe that my little girl will be three months tomorrow!! Every day gets better and better. Madelyn is sleeping fairly well during the night, smiling on cue, talking (cooing), and even grasping her little toys. Though her nighttime sleep is good, we are still working on a nap schedule...she can get pretty cranky if she doesn't get her naps in.

An exciting update about Maddie's hip! We visited the doctor last week for a follow-up ultrasound on her hip and everything looks good. Madelyn doesn't have to wear the harness anymore. I think she is much happier and I am loving playing dress-up with all of her cute clothes now that she can wear them more easily.

Trying to get a seven, five, and three month old to look at the camera isn't too easy...

Chillin' with one of her favorite toys...a stuffed lion that is just about as big as her!

This picture just cracks me up!

Madelyn is so happy in the mornings!

Acting silly with Grif...

I am definitely in love!! :)

Cousin meet Cousin

This past weekend, my brother Andrew, sister-in-law Liz, and 18-month old nephew Benjamin, came in to town to visit and Meet Madelyn for the first time. The weather was great and we had a really fun time just visiting with each other and exploring some of the city highlights.

Ben seemed a little a more interested in Madelyn's toys than with the little infant inside. He did show a special interest in Griffie as well, our little Yorkie. Ben would run around the house, calling Maddie and Griffie "Buh Buh"- aka-Baby or Barney(his big yellow dog at home). He is at an adorable age. It's hard to believe that Madelyn will be at that stage before we know it! Yikes.

Maddie is really starting to love her bathtime and Aunt Liz snapped a few shots one morning.

We had fun around town, eating Chowder, visiting the market, and playing at the playground.

On Sunday we went to church; Maddie and Ben looked so cute all dressed-up:)

Liz and I had a fun time dressing up the little ones in matching outfits that Liz found before coming out to Seattle, unfortunately, the photo shoot didn't exactly go as planned!!