Baptism Day

Madeline was Baptised today. It was a very special day for us; 15 months ago we were married in the same church.

I was very surprised that she didn't cry, rather she was very happy and talked and laughed the whole time. She never really ceases to amaze me!

During the service, it looks like she is praying in this pic! Mama has a new thing for headbands, Maddie doesn't pull them off so I am guessing that she likes them too!




After the first blessing. Maddie was talking to the Deacons the whole time!



Baptised!




Grandma Christy and Madeline




Maddie's Godmother Auntie Elisha!



Grandma Anita & Grandpa Paul


Great Grandma & Grandpa Solano

Big Weekend!

Sitting up!!!!



Master of the sippy cup!

Happy Thanksgiving!

What a wonderdul way to spend this glorious day! We have a feast prepared and will be in the company of our wonderful family. I am thankful for so many things in my life, I am seriously so blessed. We snapped some fantastic photos of Madeline today.


She is what I am most thankful for this year!

Maddie Has Places to Go!

WOW! We thought that we would have more time before we had a full blown crawler on our hands! Maddie surprised us and figured out her hand and knee coordination and has taken off! She has been crawling all over the place, she surprised us with her sweet crawling skills for the first time on Grandma Anita's birthday! Of course she has been getting herself into even more funny (and sometimes scary) situations.


Here is the little traveler checking out Winston and Maggie's bed.





Unfortunately, Madeline no longer has a use for her Bumbo. I hoped she would use it longer (since she still is not sitting up on her own) but right after I snapped this shot she was reaching for a toy on the ground and bonked her poor little noggin! I felt awful.. so that is going into storage!





Trying to crawl into the dog bed again!



Our house is begining to resemble a toy store... and with Christmas coming up it is only going to get worse! I think Brian agrees that her toys are the best kind of mess... at least for now!

Tasty Toes

Maddie has a taste for her toes... yummy! She must get that from her Dad's side of the family!


Mama marveling at the fact that Maddie is a crawler.. my goodness!


Just as cute as can be!


Maddie under the TV stand.

Maddie Has Her New Shoes On...

... and suddenly every thing is all right. We have always had a battle keeping shoes on dear Maddie. She is a shoeless (and sockless) girl just like her Mama. I got these super cute shoes for a shower gift and now she is big enough for them! With the right socks Maddie can rock out in her pink sneaks! She now jumps higher in the jumperoo and is able to get more leverage when she is working on practicing her crawling!







Mama got her hair done! Thank goodness! It has been a long time and she really needed it!




It has been a weekend full of firsts for Maddie. She got to try Apple Juice and attempt to eat Puffs. She didn't really seem to notice that she was drinking anything different when she got her first sip of the sweet stuff.





Maddie is most definitely a mover and a shaker. She can scoot herself into some pretty funny situations. Here she is stuck under the couch!



She is such a little personality, just like her Daddy!






Bonus Pics.. just because I like them!

Grandma Solano and a very happy Madeline!

Maddie Gets a Smooch!

Maddie had a great week. We had our friends Tyler and Maegan over for dinner and Maddie and Kayne got to hang out! Kayne will be 1 in a couple of weeks and it is evident how much of a peanut Madeline is when they are next to each other!

Madeline and Kayne



Maddie gets a smooch from Kayne! Remind us to teach her about boys having cooties!



Maddie has been refusing to take long naps lately (might be swing withdrawl). We are working on correcting that... last night it got the best of her and she fell asleep in the middle of her dinner!

Tired Maddie!




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6 Months!

Can't believe it has been half a year! :) Wow... Happy half Birthday to our beautiful little Madeline Grace! It has been amazing watching you grow and change on a daily basis. We can't wait for what life will bring us next!

Big Laugh! She is such a goof ball!



Maggie makes her laugh more than anything else!



Yep, that is a rubber spatula.. and she loves it!