New Years - sick :-(

It's New Years Eve and Madeline still isn't feeling well, so we decided that a quite family New Years was all we were up for this year. If this runny nose and fever are still here tomorrow we're heading for the doctor... This just isn't the face of healthy little girl :-( We hope you feel better soon!

One Last Christmas Party

Today we went to Grandma Judy's hometown, Union Hill, for the Weiers Family Christmas. Madeline really wasn't feeling very good, but Godmother Alyssa tried to make her feel better and helped her open her gift :-) Our little cousin Brandon was there for Madeline to play with. He's a little older than Madeline, but they still had a good time playing together! Daddy tried to make her feel better too, by playing on the stairs... We hope she starts to feel better soon!

Sledding Video

We went sledding again today, but there are no pictures - just this fun little video:

Sledding

It snowed all Christmas Day and left everything beautifully covered in a fresh layer of white! A perfect opportunity to try out those new snowpants and boots Madeline got from her Godmother, Alyssa, for Christmas! It took a while to get on enough layers... but soon enough Grandma Judy was pulling Madeline on her very first sled ride! This little girl is obviously enjoying herself! Oops! It's all good :-)Mommy took a turn pulling too... Everyone was having a great time :-) Look at how deep that snow is! When we put her on the shoveled driveway she was off and running! Oh Oh! Too fast :-) What a great day!!!

Christmas 2007

Merry Christmas! Is this sleepy girl ready to see if Santa found us?!?! He did!
And left all of us stockings filled with our favorite things :-) Madeline's favorite - Little Einstiens! New legos too! After checking out the stockings we all got dressed and went to our friends house for breakfast. Then it was back to Grandma Judy's for the rest of the day. Great-Grandma Jen brought Madeline a very special gift... a hand-made personalized stocking. Look at that! It's beautiful :-) Santa even came later in the day. He brought Madeline some more Little People. Now she has a house and a barn! Look at all the animals! It was such an exciting day! All of the excitement made for one sleepy little girl. Great-Aunt Kim got some great cuddling time in before Madeline headed off to bed. What a great Christmas! We have so much to be thankful for :-)

Christmas Eve 2007

Christmas Eve! Off to Grandma Judy's house to celebrate!!!
Aunt Melanie had some big kisses waiting for Miss Madeline :-) After a great dinner we got our church clothes on and opened some gifts. Madeline got snowpants from Godmother Alyssa & Boots too!Now she's all ready to go out and play in all the new snow! Madeline gave Godmother Alyssa a whole book of just the two of them - Godmother loved it! Grandma Judy gave Madeline her own "little girl size" table & chairs - how neat! A great picture of the girls, but where's Madeline???? She was way too busy trying on some new hats! Here's our little Elf :-) And now she's Santa! After all the gifts had been opened Grandma Judy read Madeline one of her new books. Then it was off to church and back to Grandma Judy's to spend the night - we hope Santa can find us here!

Frantz Family Christmas

Grandma & Grandpa Frantz can't make it to Minnesota for Christmas this year :-( So they (and a few others) sent some gifts in the mail. We've had them under the tree for a while, but today we get to open them up and see what's inside!
Madeline got The Best Word Book Ever from the Ahlmeyers. It's going to take a while to learn all the words in this book, but she's already got "car" down pat! Grandma & Grandpa Frantz got her some really cool new blocks - They even came with Madeline's very own cars and a firetruck! Madeline's overall's had the perfect pockets for holding all those new cars :-) Next she opened up some new "boots". They're real Uggs and they are sooooo warm! Hey, where did all of your clothes go?!?!? Lastly she opened her gift from Great-Aunt Lisa & Great-Uncle Bob - Little People! She went right to work, putting the Mommy & the Daddy & the Baby in their house - so much fun :-) Wow, what a lucky little girl we have!
We are so thankful for the wonderful family and friends we have that make us feel so loved :-)

Happy Birthday Mommy!

Today is mommy's birthday! Her and Daddy are getting together with Grandma Judy, Dave, Great-Grandma Weiers & Great-Aunt Janet for dinner and a show. They're going to see The Sound of Music in St. Paul. Happy Birthday Mommy! Great-Aunt Lora, Cousin Alyshia and Cousin Dani came to the apartment to babysit. After lots of playing Madeline fell asleep on the couch with Alyshia - What a fun evening!

Christmas Cards

Mommy has procrastinated long enough and has finally decided that she really needs to get some Christmas cards ready and in the mail! After searching for the perfect picture to put on the card she decided that one picture wasn't enough! She picked out 3 pictures, one of Madeline in her Christmas dress, one of Madeline and Santa and one of Madeline and Daddy, but couldn't find a good one of her and Madeline, so she decided to take a new one just for the Christmas card. After quite a bit of messing with the tripod and the camera timer, this is how it turned out... Kind of blurry, but good enough :-)
It fit perfectly into the Christmas collage! Then it was off to the store to pick up the cards and back home again to print the envelopes. The cards will go out tomorrow - we hope everyone gets their cards before Christmas :-)

More Christmas Prep

Madeline absolutely loves mommy's purple Vikings Santa hat. Several times each day you can catch her wandering around the apartment wearing her favorite hat :-) We're very impressed that she can put in on all by herself! This afternoon we went to visit Grandma Judy. She was adding a few more ornaments to the tree so Madeline decided to help... Look at that concentration! After finally picking out the perfect ornament it was time to put it on the tree :-) Grandma was very thankful for all the help :-)