Football Fan!

Nick is a huge Ohio State football fan. In honor of the big game tonight I made my first ever stadium bundt cake. I thought it turned out pretty cute for my first time and just using up stuff around the house. It is a red velvet bundt cake with frosting decorations. If anyone wants to borrow the pan just let me know. I think we might have to have a Superbowl party just so I can use this pan again.

A collection of fun times!

Over the holiday we have had a chance to get together with our friends the Shaub's. The girls LOVE to give each other the stare down and Madeline is very interested in trying to poke Isabella's eyes. They both loved the wagon and enjoyed their ride around the house while the Daddies watch some football.

Then when the weather was beautiful (72 degrees) we headed to Quartz mountain for a cookout and a walk. The walk got cut a wee bit short because it is a little bit more difficult to hike with an extra 22 pounds on your back. :) We should have brought the wagon. Everything is more fun with the wagon just ask the two princesses.

Madeline isn't too sure about this sharing thing but Isabella is game for anything!

Finally Feeling Better!

Madeline is finally back to her old self again. She is such a happy baby! She is rolling everywhere this week and trying so hard to crawl. This morning she was even sleeping on her tummy and sometime in the night had decided to pull her sheet off her bed. She loves all the attention the sweet ladies in the church nursery give. She was busy putting on the Madeline Schindler show when I went to pick her up this morning. She was sitting on Miss Carol's lap just chatting and chatting. She has also started to wave. I am trying to enjoy these last few weeks of her not able to crawl! I think things are going to get a bit more difficult when she is on the move.

Laughing at Daddy!

Waving to Mommy!

Our princess practicing her curtsy.

Wagon Monster

We have created a Wagon Monster. Madeline is facing the addiction to the red wagon. She wants to ride in it all day long. Today she has gone room to room with me changing the sheets on the bed and picking up the house. Nick even had to take her in the wagon to the mailbox. She loves that wagon! Here is a picture from a wagon walk with Grandma Linda and Great Grandma Erma.

Christmas 2008

What a busy past few days we have had in Altus. Great Grandma Erma and Grandma Linda arrived on Monday from Ohio. Then Grandma Jenna and Grandpa Ross arrived on Christmas Eve. What a wonderful house filled with laughter, game playing, puzzle putting together, Madeline holding, and sneezing we have had! Yes, Nick and Madeline had a cold when everyone arrived and then decided to give it to the rest of us as a Christmas Present. The only person who hasn't gotten it yet...is Grandma Jenna. Good thing I had lots of medicine in the cabinet and boxes and boxes of Kleenex.

Here are all the Grandparents and Madeline before we left for the Christmas Eve service. It was a super cute children's service with a great nativity and singing!

After the service we headed home to eat some chili and wait for it to get dark.

Then we went to the Altus park to ride the train and see the Christmas lights. Nick even took us all around town to look at all the lights. After the lights we headed home to watch Elf!

Next came Christmas morning breakfast. We had a yummy breakfast casserole and cinnamon rolls. Then we had to get our lunch started. Nick cooked our ham the Good Eats way. It was WONDERFUL!! Thank you Alton Brown. Then by the time we had breakfast cleaned up and lunch started our sick princess needed a nap.

We all sat around and chatted and waited for her to wake up so we could open our presents. Then came all the present opening. Nick was so gracious and let us do it my way and have everyone open one present at a time. :)

It was so much fun and we received so many wonderful gifts and Madeline's toy box is filled to overflowing! Nick surprised me with a final gift that turned out to be my dream serger. Hopefully when this cold goes away I can get to serging! Madline loved all the noise the paper made and opening and closing the boxes. She really liked the bows and loved to untie them! After we cleaned up the fun mess we had a yummy lunch and then we played with Madeline's new toys.

So far her favorite is Nick's old wagon that Linda brought. She loves to ride around in the wagon. She holds on and laughs the entire way around the house.

Don't even think about taking her out of the wagon without seeing a few tears. Nick got an electric smoker for Christmas from Linda so he smoked a bunch of ribs and a huge brisket. They were super yummy!

One of my favorite parts was that EVERYONE helped take down all the Christmas decorations and Nick and my Dad put them all in the attic. Then we rearranged the furniture in my living and dining room to get ready for my new dining room table. (a future blog) We were lazy most of the time and enjoyed just being together and watching our little Madeline start to scoot and look like she is getting even closer to crawling! Hopefully our colds won't last too long and we will be ready to go play with all our new things! It was a great holiday and wonderful to have both sides of our family together. Hopefully they all had a great time and will come back again!

Thank you Uncle Eric and Aunt Sally

Today Madeline got a HUGE box in the mail. We had no idea what it was or who it was from so we had to open it! It was the Leap Frog Learn & Groove. Madeline is so in love with it. She just stares at it while she is having her bottle and the minute she is finished eating she is squirming trying to get to the game! Thank you Sally & Eric!

She is so serious!

Now she is having some fun!

Ignore the drool. :)

My Little Clapper

Here are some pictures from our little musical genius. Yes, she loves to clap and clap and clap. She is also wearing her new outfit that Nick picked out. She is finally feeling great again and no more runny nose! We still have a little bit of a cough but a huge improvement from even Friday! Yea!!!

The above picture shows how she truly feels about being sick.

I have to agree that it STINKS!