Merry Christmas!!!

Having SO much fun!!!

Just the girls! We had a yummy dinner and opened lots of wonderful gifts. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family!!!

Lots of fun things to explore in church!

At GRACE Church. Madeline was very good in church and was quite the entertainer!

As expected, Santa was a little scary to Madeline!

Madeline loves the tree! We visit it many times each day! She is going to be so sad when we have to say goodbye to it!

Fun at the brunch! Nicole made all of the kiddos hats - so cute!

McKenna and Mads Playing!

Madeline's Favorite Word...

Happy Birthday to Maddie's Grandpa Welke and Papo!

Madeline has the best grandpa's - what a lucky little girl!

Putting Up the Tree!

Madeline was very curious about the angel!
Madeline was a little bit upset when the tree came in...she didn't know what was going on!

Our 1 Year Old!

At Maddie's 1st Birthday Lunch
They brought her birthday applesauce! She liked it!

Thanks for lunch Gramsie and Papo!

Getting Checked Out! All looks great!

We had such a fun day! I was able to take Madeline to story time at the library and we met Gramsie. We then went out to lunch and Papo met us too! We went home and played and played with all of her new toys!

Her stats:

Weight: 19lbs 4 oz (10-25%)
Length: 29.5 (50%)

She has the walking down well now! She really has been a joy and we've loved this last year so much!

The day began with Maddie making her TV debut on NBC 5 News!

A Fun Filled Weekend!!!

Addison and Kristin came in on Thursday and we had such a good time! Grandma Latham and Uncle BC came in with Grandma and Grandpa Welke. How wonderful for Madeline to have her Cali relatives here to celebrate - THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING IN! It made her party very special! :)

A climbing cutie!

Aunt Kristin was a huge help getting everything together!Uncle BC


Addie likes the icing and Claire likes her bottle!

Madeline LOVES food, so it wasn't a surprise that she ate her entire cupcake!

She loves sharing her food with us!

More sharing!

Madeline likes sugar cookies too!

Fun presents!

Mads got lots of fun toys, books and cute clothes!

Madelines loves her babies! She walks all over the place with them!
Madeline with her great grandma Latham

Gift helpers!

Madeline enjoyed opening up her presents! Thanks Gina and Aunt Pam for the cute outfits!

Turkey Day Weekend

We went for a family walk and stopped to look at the swans. They are beautiful!

Madeline wanted to walk too! We had to stop quite a bit to let her get in her steps.

Madeline and Addison had SO much fun playing. We are so excited that Addison is coming in town again for Maddie's 1st Birthday!

They could play all day!

Grandma Latham (Maddie's Great Grandma) and Uncle Billy came to Kokomo, making it a very special Thanksgiving weekend! They are then coming to Chicago to visit and we can't wait!!!

All of this playing and eating can make Madeline tired! She's been sleeping rather silly lately! She likes to hang her feet off the sides of the crib!

Grandpa Welke set up the trains for the girls and it was very cool!

There were many photo shoots over the weekend!

Addison giving Madeline a bath after the Thanksgiving feast (which was VERY TASTY!!!)

Such a Maddie Face!

We didn't get too many pictures in the matching dresses. A red wine spill over the chairs, carpet and Addie's dress stopped that photo shoot from taking place!

A Turkey Day Tradition....wearing funny hats in the hot tub with our bloody mary drinks!

This was Madeline's last 1st Holiday and it was a great time.