Monkey

This is Monkey. I went to the store to get the baby umbrella stroller, because Madison was enthralled with her friend's stroller, and walked out with a gigantic monkey in tow. Madison loves monkeys, and didn't want anything else in her stroller when Tony showed her the limitless possibilities of what could fit. Madison also has Moo Cow, one of those plush pillow pets...it's a pillow, but also a pet! (oooooooooooo) She dragged Moo Cow in the plastic bag across the entire mall, and must bring her pillow pet with her after every nap, which makes for quite the crowd coming out of the crib, Moo Cow, Bunny, Blanket, and Monkey. I had to hide Monkey last night, he wasn't letting Madison get any sleep, they would have been up talking all night.

Happy Madison

Oh the Places You Will Go

Monkey is secured

Christmas 2009

We had a white Christmas this year, and Madison wasn't the only one who had fun in the snow. I made it my mission to make a snowman in Texas, and being the first actual snowman that I attempted to make, I based my construction off of what I saw on T.V. Wrong! I'm not sure that angry words and flinging snow are part of the Christmas spirit, but I soon found out that
1. There is no such thing as rolling snow to make a spherical shape. 2. People will report suspicious activity when they spot a hunched over hooded person at 11 p.m. Christmas Eve, and 3. Making a snowman shouldn't take three hours, but it did. Regardless, it was well worth the effort, and it left me feeling that I might have acquired a minute portion of the family engineering gene...or maybe not. This was also Madison's first visit with Santa. She didn't cry, but was definitely perplexed. Way to go!

Enjoying some snow


Covered the front yard

Only a day before the snow

Here, sit with this stranger

Santa and Madison

Mr. Snowman