Playtime with Maddie

Glowing baby... And lots of teething going on Loving the Jumparoo! March~6 months

The "Other" Baby

This baby doll was mine when I was a child. Since it's pretty much life-sized, we brought it down from the attic when I was pregnant to let Mason play with it. One afternoon, I let Madelyn check it out...

Who does this baby think she is?

Don't think you're stealing any of my attention, Baby!


I can take you!


Hmmm...better idea. I can eat your fingers so mine don't get all slobbery.
I like this baby afterall!

Snowmageddon

In February, we got 2 feet of snow! That's unheard of for our area. We usually get snow every Winter, but nothing like this. Everyone (including the local news stations) was calling it "Snowmageddon" or "Snowpocalyps." Needless to say, we had many, many snow days stuck at home. It wasn't that bad though, because we got to hang out watching movies and drinking hot chocolate, Wayne enjoyed pulling a few people out of the snow who were stuck, and of course Mason loved playing in the snow until he was a popsicle!


That's our BBQ grill under there
This is after Wayne swept the snow off the porch with a push broom--it was so powdery!



I loved these little bird prints on the front porch

Snow Day~Jan 2011

This was the first snow of the year, in January. Mason loved it.

I love the snowflake on his eyelashes...
I didn't actually take Maddie out in the snow (it was freezing!) but I bundled her up in her car seat & we watched Mason play in the snow from the sunroom.

I just adore this little hat on her! I bought it thinking it would be too big, but it fit just right.

When Wayne got home, he assisted Mason in retrieving this huge icicle off the house!
Then it became a unicorn horn...
...and a sword.
This snow was fun, but little did we know 2 weeks later we'd be stuck in almost 2 feet of snow!!

Bro & Sis

Still catching up on January posts...here are the kids just chillin


And playing with the train set in Mason's room. Madelyn loves to watch the battery-powered ones go around the track!

Football Champ!

My nephew, Cameron, had a great football season! His team, the Saints, went undefeated and won the Championship game! I know I am biased, but believe me when I say that he is a really great, diverse player! He gives it his all and even fought through a few injuries this year. He's known as "Camaro" to his team because he's so fast!Every year Cameron is # 20 because his birthday is on the 20th. Here's him with my sister:

Swimming & Swinging

On Sunday, Mason got to try out the new swimming pool he got for his birthday. He had a great time splashing & jumping & even did a few cannonballs!






While Mason was swimming, Wayne finished the assembly of the playset! He worked so hard over the course of 3 days to get it together. Mason hopped right out of his pool & onto the swings & glider when he heard it was ready. It has a bumpy slide & a little picnic table/bench area. We are talking about putting a covered sand box under the fort (behind the picnic table area.) I know Mason (& eventually his baby sister) will get years of play out of the set!

Summer in Full Bloom

Tonight Mason got to play in the sprinkler in the backyard, He loved running through the water and sliding down into it until the rain blew in and we had to go inside. He ate dinner & then actually fell asleep on the couch at 6:50! (that never happens!)

The water's cold!!

Love this running picture!

While out back, I finally got some pictures taken of our gorgeous hydrangeas and echinachia (sp?). This fat bumble bee was ever so nice to pose while I took her picture...
This is the first time in 4 years that the hydrangeas have bloomed! The first year we lived in our house, they were loaded with blooms--but none since. I guess the weather always got them.


They are all actually a deep, dark purplish-blue in person--like the ones in the shade to the far right in the picture below.
There are also some day lillies in bloom in another corner of the yard.