X-mas

X-mas descended upon us this year with great anticipation that Santa and Rudolf would take the bait we left out for them. Madelyn really got into things this year, I told her that I hear noise on the roof when she woke up at 6:15am on Christmas morning and she yelled Reindeer. She was overjoyed to see all the presents hanging around under the tree and to see her stocking stuffed with gifts.

Family photo, Madelyn takes these with the camera remote, it's the only way we can get her to sit still long enough for a photo shoot.

Happy times with Zoe.

Quilt from Meme for Makena

Eating her way into a present

LOL - "Some assembly required(2hr 15min)"

The kitchen set from Santa was a huge hit.

The wrapping paper was flying fast and furious.

Ruldolf and Santa polished off the treats.

Holidays

Its a bit late, but just thought I'd post some recent holiday photos and a short post. Maddy is very much getting into the Christmas Season this year, with her favorites being Rudolph and Frosty the Snowman. Rudolph and Frosty have been spotted in many places and the songs are sung multiple times daily...and she never tires of them. Unlike Mom & Dad. :)

The girls are very cute together lately. Madelyn has a way of playing with Makena and can make her laugh like no one else. I've madly been trying to capture this on film or video, but as soon as I pick up a camera - they both stop and stare. Ughh.

The girls opening presents at a friend's party

Tigger & Pooh Book - an instant hit!

Wyatt, almost back to his normal self...still in "recuperating mode" so says the lazy cat who sleeps just about all the time!

Garden D'Lights at Bellevue Botanical Garden

Dinner at The Ranch in Bothell....mmm Grilled Cheese & Fries

Makena enjoying some Meme time over lunch one day

Rudolf

We've had a rough week to start off December. It started with Makena getting 4 shots last week and the multiple day fallout from that has included lots of fussiness, more missed naps than we can count and to top it off she managed to catch a cold and has decided to start waking up at 4:30am, Groan. We love her dearly but she's has most defiantly cracked us this last week. I get so tired that I put myself to sleep during Madelyn's 1:30 nap and Karin goes down for a evening nap at 5:30pm after Makena goes to bed.

Somehow in the mist of all of this we cut down a tree planted it in our living room, it has lights up but we ran out of energy for the ornaments. Madelyn is way in love with Christmas this year. She loves Rudolf most of all, she might be disappointed to learn that Santa delivers the presents.

Lunch at Swanson's nursery last Tuesday.

Frosty the Snowman hat :)

Swanson's has a Camel, miniature donkey and two Reindeer to gawk at. The Camel is above Karin's head. He gets fed Marshmallows for a treat.

The Girls


Looking for Rudolf's red nose.