Christmas events Part 2

More photos from Christmas day and our visit to Nanny's house.




Yes, it's a beret, but in some of the pictures it looks like a Sultan's hat!





Fun with Uncle Clem!






Reading with Auntie Summer.


Being silly with cousin Elliot!


With Nanny and her "Sock Monkey in the Box." Far superior than those frightening clown ones.

Christmas events Part 1

We hope that you all had a wonderful holiday season with family and friends. We sure did! It was so wonderful seeing family and friends and sharing it all with Madeline. Here are some photos of a bunch of events so far!


Fooling around with Dad on Christmas Eve morning. Christmas Eve, in Nik's family, is just as important as Christmas day.



Nik couldn't resist the headband - Dr. Zhivago is one of her favorite movies!


All the ladies on Christmas Eve.






Playing with her first Christmas present - it was a hit.


Our favorite present!


Possibly Josh's second favorite present!


Everyone got up for Christmas morning festivities!


Uncles Matt and Joe came over for two nights from NJ! They also bought Madeline her Christmas day outfit!

First day of Christmas break!

It's the first day of Christmas break so naturally the first thing we did was take a bunch of pictures of Madeline.

Thanksgiving and tree cutting!

Josh and I had a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving - wonderful family, friends, and of course Madeline! We had a nice Thanksgiving full of food and fun, did some shopping on Black Friday, and got our Christmas tree over the weekend.


Uncle Collin was very helpful Thanksgiving morning - he watched Madeline while Josh and I packed and cooked the turkey.



She had her first sweet potatoes and they were quite a hit! Madeline also loves trying to feed herself, or should I say, she likes teething on the spoon.



All dressed up for the special day. Yes, those are fake Ugg boots that were way too small. I forced her feet in there for a little bit anyway - her heel was halfway in!


Nanny love!


Chillaxin with dad the day after Thanksgiving.


At Target for her first Black Friday, making Aunt Lisa proud, although the crowd was minimal.


Ready to go get her tree! The shirt says, "Santa is my Homeboy" and was given to her by Auntie Summer - too cute.




Madeline did a good job of waking up Uncle Collin from a nap - you can also hear her new sound, "dadadada!"

First half of November

Madeline turned 6 months on November 8th, and what a magical age it is! We just can't seem to get enough of her!


Stylin!


Trying to see mom behind the camera!


Reading with Dad and cousin Elliot during El's first sleepover!


With Elliot and Auntie Summer who still managed to smile the next morning even though she got terrible sleep!


Hanging out with Uncle Mike.



Still not getting the whole "I need to do something in this jumper besides relax" thing.


Playing with DJ at Lily's baptism.


One of her favorite activities - reading with Dad. He also gets the biggest smiles!


Do you think she's teething? Hmm, not sure....

Halloween and first cereal

The past week brought two new milestones: Madeline's first Halloween and first taste of rice cereal. She went trick-or-treating to all of the neighbor's houses. We initially were going to put her in a wheelbarrow and wheel her in the pot around, but unfortunately it wasn't too stable. I think the costume still came out pretty cute though! Thanks Chrissy for lending it to us!


Our little flower!


Grandma Teh and Madeline having peekaboo fun!


In the little flower pot!




Go Yanks!


Smooches from Dad.


The first bite of rice cereal was a bit iffy.


Getting better!


Ok, maybe this isn't so bad after all!