The Ponytail Aftermath

Madison has had ponytails a couple of times recently and her hair always stands straight up after I take them out. It is so cute I could not resist getting a couple of pics. This is the morning after I took them out.

Happy New Year!

December 2007

We had a very fun holiday season celebrating with lots of family and friends. Madison had lots of fun opening gifts. She also had a blast playing in the snow on Christmas. She couldn't get enough.
She is getting so fun and developing quite the little personality. She loves to laugh and play, especially dance anytime music comes on. She gives great hugs and MMMMAAA! kisses. They are the best.

Merry Christmas

We wish all of you a Merry Christmas! We hope this holiday season is blessed!

Birthday Pics

Madison's Party

We celebrated Madison's 1st Birthday last weekend. Thank you to all of our family and friends who helped make it such a special day. It was so much fun.

Happy 1st Birthday Madison!

I cannot believe an entire year has passed already. One year ago today our miracle girl entered the world. 8:33pm on Wed, December 13th. 7lbs 12oz and 20.5 inches Madison Kay Marteney joined our family. She has brought so much joy to our lives.

This year has been challenging, but so rewarding, and exciting all at the same time. Being a mom has been so much more than I could have imagined. It is truely the best job in the world.
We love you Madison! You are such a blessing. Happy Birthday our beautiful girl!

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Enjoy the slide show of Madison's 1st year.

Happy Birthday Sydney!

Madison's best friend Sydney had her first birthday party last weekend. Dara did such a great job. The party was adorable. The girls enjoyed playing with a balloon together. And Sydney even shared a bit of her white chocolate ribbon from her cake. They both turn one this week. This year has gone so fast.

Princess Sydney

Chris, Dara, & Sydney MMM Cake!

Madison Walking

Madison has started walking. As of today she walked more than crawled. She took her first few steps about 3 weeks ago and has gradually started venturing out more and more from furniture. It is so much fun. She always makes a growling noise when she plops down. She spends alot of her day pulling erveything out of the cupboard in the video. It has her snacks and cups. And her other norm, one sock on. She always pulls just one of them off. :)

There is about a 7sec delay before it starts. Sorry! Enjoy!

Thanksgiving and the Tree

We spent Thanksgiving in 3 places this year. We started out with Matt's family for dinner. Madison had her first taste of turkey seen below. We then went to both sets of my grandparents for dessert. Needless to say we of course ate way to much food. Madison had a great time with all of her extended family. Yesterday we braved the pouring down rain to get our christmas tree. Luckily they had 2 perfect trees(one for Nana and Poppy's house as well) right at the front. We didnt venture out to cut our own this year. It is up but not decorated yet. It should be a fun adventure trying to put up ornaments without little fingers taking them back off again.

11 months

Madison turned 11months on Tuesday. She is now 22lbs and has 5teeth. Madison is keeping us very busy. She is walking around all the furniture in the house and took 6steps on her own Wednesday. As you can see, she is into any drawer and cabinet left unlocked. She empties them multiple times a day. Madison's Best Friend Sydney came to play and stayed for a mini sleep over last week. And Brock came this morning to visit.
We are very excited for the Holidays and Madison's 1st Birthday. It has come so quickly. We can hardly believe our baby girl is almost one.
Watch for video of her walking soon.

1st Halloween

Madison was a Care Bear for her 1st Halloween. We started the day at Mommy to Mommy where all the babies dressed up. It was so much fun. That evening we went to the Harvest Party at our church with Nana and Auntie Haley. Madison loved watching all the kids.

1st Ponytails

We were inspired by Sydney's 1st ponytail last week, so we gave it a try. They make her look so big. :(

Madison & the Junk Mail

I took this video clip this weekend. Madison loves paper and was playing in the junk mail on the floor. I just couldnt resist capturing her adorable laugh. Sorry it is so dark. This was right before bedtime.

10months!

Pumpkin Patch

Madison and I enjoyed a fun filled trip to the pumpkin patch today with many of the moms and kids from our Mommy to Mommy class. Madison was quite intrigued by all the pumpkins. She wanted down on the ground so bad!

Madison & Sydney 9months

Dara & I took the girls last week to get pictures together in one of our favorite matching dresses. It took a bit of work to get them to smile at the same time but 2hrs later we had some great pictures. Enjoy!