Madeline wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year by providing this little video snippet! Madeline loves to dance, especially to the new CD she got for Christmas. It’s from Dan Zanes and Friends and Mommy and Daddy like it too. The song featured in this video is “Go Down Emmanuel Road.” You can buy it on iTunes if you’d like. Enjoy, and we’ll see you next year for more fun and excitement!!!
Oh boy, WHAT a Christmas Day. Madeline may not “get” it yet, but she was a real Energizer bunny today. We woke up this morning and went downstairs to open presents. Madeline is a little afraid of the TMX Elmo but enjoyed the blocks and the jack-in-the-box.
Then we went to church and Madeline made friends in the crying/baby room.
On our way home, Madeline fell asleep so we put her down for her nap around noon. After that we went to Jenn’s Uncle Flavio and Aunt Terry’s house where Madeline proceeded to run around in a circle for about 2 hours straight, dragging Daddy with her almost every step of the way. They have a dog named Kennedy who is so sweet and Madeline just loved her so much! It was great to see everyone and Madeline really had a ton of fun.
After that, it was off to Nonni and Pop-Pop’s house for MORE GIFTS AND FUN! There was a lot of great stuff there but the big hit was her rocking horse. Once we put her on that, we couldn’t get her off. And we were all surprised that she knew what to do. We’ll name the horse “Seabiscuit”, because of the (admittedly weak) connection Madeline has to the ‘Biscuit (and Daddy loved that book).
Anyway, Madeline showed no signs of letting up once we got home, and we FINALLY put her to bed a 9pm!
We’re both pretty sure this was the greatest day of her life, and it was such a blessing to be able to enjoy it with her.
Merry Christmas!!!
Madeline is fast asleep upstairs with visions of sugar plums (or sugar Elmos) dancing in her head.
Tonight, we went over to Uncle Bob and Aunt Leigh’s for dinner and to exchange gifts. It was great to see them and Harrison, as well as Grandmom and Popper of course. It’s so neat to see Madeline and Harrison together. They had lots of fun playing with Grandmom and Popper. Madeline was really cracking up!
It’s really amazing how fast these kids grow up, and it was awesome to watch Harrison open his presents because he “gets” Christmas now. Madeline is still a year or so away from that, although she did really enjoy her new piano(s) and the Dora car she got.
All the excitement wore her out pretty quickly, and she needed to rest up for more Christmas fun tomorrow, so we called it an early night and headed home to wait for Santa.
Enjoy the pictures and have a Merry Christmas!
