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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!

This Saturday we went to visit Aunt Bridget and Uncle Chris. Uncle Chris is very talented with the camera and asked if Madeline would model for him so he could take some photos for his up-and-coming side business (which will be a big success, we’re sure), and of course we were more than happy to oblige! Click here to view all of the pictures.

Thanks for having us Aunt Bridget and Uncle Chris. We had such a wonderful time that day. We love you (and Madeline really, really, loves your dogs).

Well, it’s been a couple weeks since she took her first real steps, and for the most part she still prefers crawling to walking, but she’s starting to make the transition now.

Happy Halloween everyone! As you can see from the pictures, Madeline was a ladybug this year…her first Halloween. We went to the Media Halloween Parade on Sunday which was a great time. Unfortunately, since then Madeline has come down with a little cold and Mommie now has a stress fracture in her foot!

As a result, we took it easy Halloween night. We just went around to a few houses to show off the cutest baby on the block! Hard to believe that at this time last year, we were still anxiously awaiting Miss Madeline’s arrival. My how time flies!

Anyway, hope you all had a great Halloween and don’t eat too much candy!

so tonight i noticed madeline pulled herself up by the TV stand and “walking” side to side, so i thought i’d see how she did with her little “walkie” toy.

look out, kitty kats!!!!!

the eagles’ new punt returner!!! she’s been working on her fair catch signal!

thank goodness it was 3 days long. our house was NOT the place to be. mommy was sick friday night, daddy was sick saturday, and maddie was sick the whole weekend! it seems we’re all out of the woods now, so here are some happy pictures for you to start off the short work week.

Well, on Friday our buddy Benjamin turned 1. Saturday was his party, so we drove down to Virginia to help celebrate. Hard to believe we haven’t been down to see Dave and Suzanne in over 3 years…my how things change!

Ben is such a big boy, he’s walking and starting to talk and is such a cute guy! No wonder Madeline loves him!

The party was a lot of fun, there were plenty of kids there for Madeline to abuse…i mean, play with. I posted some pics so check them out. I also have some video that I will edit and post in the next couple days.

today, we took a little day trip to the beach to visit nonni and pop-pop who were celebrating their birthdays (1 day apart!!!). we spent some time in the pool and then headed up to the boardwalk for some fun.

madeline is a trip. check out the photos to see how incredibly excited she is to ride the rides!

anyway, enjoy the pics and happy birthday nonni and pop-pop!!!!