Opening Christmas Presents

TOk. So, I know that I said that I was going to upload the rest of our Christmas pictures soon, but I have a REALLY GOOD EXCUSE for not doing so! Madilyn was sick and out of daycare all last week, so Scott and I were taking turns staying home with her. She literally didn't start feeling better until this past Sunday. Turns out, that on top of the congestion that everyone is struggling with, she had the Rosiolla Virus (sp?). It's one that you run a high fever with for a few days and when that goes away it's replaced with a rash...in Madilyn's case all over her tummy, back, face, and neck. To make matters worse, her equilibrium was apparently off because of her sickness, so she couldn't walk straight if she wanted to. On Friday, she fell in the doctor's office with the doctor, nurse, and I all right beside her, and cut her eyelid! Then, on Saturday, she fell and bruised her ear on one of our coffee table legs. Has anyone else ever bruised their ear?! I'd never seen such a thing! I was certain that when she went back to daycare on Monday, they would think that we had beaten her all week she was home! :)

I think all 3 of us have now recovered from that crazy week, though, and I'm slowly but surely catching up on everything that got put to the side....including blogging! It's only a month late, but here are pictures of us opening Christmas presents...

Poor baby didn't make it all the way through...she

fell asleep on Grandma before everyone had finished.

This is one that I'm sure we'll treasure for years.

How sweet is that with Madi showing her Great-Grandma

the mug she her? It has a cute picture of Madilyn on it

with the phrase "I love my Great-Grandma lots & lots"!

Everyone else's pictures from Christmas morning all

show them in pj's and "bed head", too, right?!

Madilyn LOVES this book that her Auntie Karen bought her

in Paris, France. I guess if you can't read, you don't know it's

in French and you just think it has neat animals in it, huh?!

My sister knows that Scott enjoys watching The Simpsons,

so she found him these two animated figurines. Turns out,

she should have given them to Madilyn instead. Madilyn had a

blast pushing the button and swaying to the songs they sung!

Madilyn got her a new iPod engraved especially from

her...a treasure that any Daddy would certainly love!

Sometimes Santa is pretty practical. Plates just aren't

that especially impressive compared to the other toys!

Here's Madilyn checking out her little toy MP3 player.

Scott and I kinda wish that she'd let it finish playing one

song before continuing pushing the button over,

and over, and over, and over, and over again!

This was the funniest thing...my sister bought Madilyn

this baby food that was brocolli, pears, & apples (or something

along that line), but instead of spoon feeding it, it came in

that pouch that you just let them suck it out of. I don't know if

it was b/c she was starving or that she really loved it, but

that thing didn't last longer than 5 minutes! It looked gross

to the rest of us, but it was a big hit with her!

Every kid needs a Magna Doodle, right?!

I think we're going to have a leftie on our hands!

Yeah!! Chocolate!!
No stocking is complete without it!


It just doesn't get any better than this!
Is there any doubt that Madilyn enjoyed what Santa brought her?!


You can't really tell from this picture, but Scott is holding
up a gift card for a gun that has been on his wish list as long
as we've been married. There's no doubt that after waiting
that long, it was a huge surprise to see that in his stocking!

If anyone is ever in doubt about something to get for Madilyn,
you can't ever go wrong with Elmo. The girl goes crazy for him.
I think that face might be her getting ready to give him a kiss!

Grandma & Grandpa got Madilyn an Elmo book personalized
just for her! The story is about Elmo, Madilyn, and her
friends Bailey & Elyse (two of her cousins). It even talks about
them going to Madilyn's house on Dale Rouse Rd. How cool is that?!

So for those of you who were wondering, she really didn't pay much attention to the boxes, paper, or ribbons. Madilyn really had a fantastic Christmas and loved all of her gifts! It was equally as much fun for the rest of us to watch her taking it all in.