Early Christmas

Maddie and I were stuck home for a few days and decided to break into some of the gifts under the tree (which did not please Cody) to have ourselves a little tea party. 

Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving it was our year with the Wrights. Since Shannon and Terrie were back visiting Lexie and Landon we spent the morning checking out the Turkeys (and other animals feasting upon their fall feasts, pumpkins and other gourds) at the Zoo with Nick, Jess and Bridger. 

Then we ate at the Lindquists with Ben and Natalie. After a good nap we ended at the Redds for a little finger nail painting. 

Two

Maddie is officially two. She throws an occasional fit, responds NO! thank you to most questions, learning to go potty on the big girl potty, reads her books all by herself, loves to dress up, but best of all she is so delightful and full of personality! She tells me "belly feel better" after she eats or goes potty, responds that I am her best friend, has a great little shuffle when trying to run and loves group hugs. She laughed and told me "pops kissed my yips" the other day when my dad stole a kiss.
here are a few favorites lately

Trick or Treating

Maddie patiently awaited her final debut as Little Red Riding Hood watching non other then Frosty the Snowman


Then it was time to go...the first house a success. Oliver loved it so much he ran right in. Then we hit a few not home or didn't have treats but ended with the best house who came around twice and Maddie picked an Almond Joy, who would have thought. We are pretty lucky to have so many friends that live so close.

Halloween FHE Redd style

We had a little FHE equipped full with soup, sugar cookies, I love to see the temple, the story of enos and pumpkin painting. We had a great time despite 5 minutes before the party started I looked over from my pot of soup to find my little red riding hood covered in paint sitting in a puddle of paint on the carpet. Heidi saved Halloween by preserving the costume for the real day.








This Grammy love her Red Riding Hood


We did not catch the rescuers (dad, Josh and Bubba) who left to help a broken down Cody nor the sleeping beauty little Josh but were grateful for there attendance. We missed our family members who were not able to make it.

Pumpkin Patch

Cody aunt Olivia and I took Maddie on a date to the pumpkin patch Friday night. She was so excited and happy as you can see! As she would finish the hay bell maze she would throw her hands in the air and say, "I did it!" which she copied that night for daddy, elora, nick and aunt wussy after she went pee pee on the potty for the first time! Another awesome thing she started doing this week is not wanting to nap and when I go in her room to see what is keeping her up she grabs all of her toys, jumps up and says, "I don't want nap and I will be happy!" she is getting too smart and all night when she starts to fuss from being wiped out I just remind her she would be happy and she smiles a big grin. We are so in love with our little two year old who tells me daily "i your baby momma" since I totally know she knows what I went through recently.


































































Hope everyone has a spooky and happy Halloween. I love when I ask Maddie why she loves Halloween and she says, "spooky" she is also in love with a house on our walk route that has giant spiders crawling all over.

This holiday season is off to a great start!

Sitka, Alaska