Christmas Day

See! I told you I would get caught up! There really was a house full of people, but Madi is the only kid, so she's obviously the primary focus :) I'm not 100% sure they were all actually taken on Christmas Day, but you'll get the idea.

I told you Madilyn crashed after opening presents!

Nothing sweeter than a sleeping baby :)

For those of you who don't know,

this is my mom & Aunt Dotti with her.

I'm pretty sure that this was my mom's favorite

part of Christmas...having Madilyn in her arms :)

Check it out! We actually had a White Christmas in Kansas City!

Did I already mention that Madilyn's car was by far her
favorite gift?! Here she is coming for her "drive-thru"
feeding window! There wasn't much that tore
her away from that car...not even food!

Sorry, Mommy...you've got a red light because Dotti

is pushing me through this intersection in my new pink car!

Great-Grandma doesn't like having to use a walker,

but Madilyn sure thought it was fun!

This is what happens happens when my mom takes too

many pictures - Scott starts making them interesting!

Madilyn had so much fun having a house full of people

to play with! It sure makes the "normal" day with

just Mommy & Daddy look boring!

I love this picture to death! Madilyn is really

studying and listening to her Great-Grandma!

Scott appropriately likes to call this picture "Sweet as Apple Pie"!

I may have gotten my pictures messed up here...I honestly

can't remember if this is the Thanksgiving or Christmas

turkey! Either way, Madilyn is a very good helper!

Madilyn ate her green beans and roll off of one

of her new plates just like a big girl!

This was Madilyn's first time to ever see her Great-Grandma,

so that's why there are so many pictures with her! You can

tell that my grandma just soaked it all up! Of course she

thinks that Madilyn is just the most beautiful, smartest,

and best little girl there ever was!

This picture just cracks me up. I have no idea what my

mom was doing. She takes so many pictures of the rest of us

that just make us shake our heads, so it's nice to every now

and then get a funny one of her that will make her shake her head at us!

Madilyn loves to read books. In reality, she doesn't give

you much time to read them b/c she likes to flip the pages.

It sure is cute to see her stand in front of you and then

start slowly backing up before she sits in your lap, though.

Scott thinks she needs to make that "beep, beep, beep" sound

like a school bus when it's backing up! This picture is Dotti

reading Madilyn a Christmas book that she got her. I have yet

to see a book that Madilyn didn't like to read. She even

enjoys the bible and song book at church even

though they don't have pictures!