So, uh, yeah it's been awhile

Maddie will fill you in chronologically & photographically ;) with what we've been up to: Rode a pony at the pumpkin patch Was a peacock ;) Turned 2!! Met Mickey AND Tinkerbelle at Disneyland!!! Played in the snow with Daddy and Jake Celebrated Christmas Led the choo choo train at dance AND was the caboose
Sang songs


Oh yeah, and had a little brother :)

Playdate in Seattle

Maddie loves getting together with her friend Ashlyn when we visit Seattle. Unfortunately, it is getting tougher and tougher to get them both looking at the camera at the same time. They were more interested in running around! :) Girls...GIRLS...hello, look at the camera! Girls!! Oh nevermind.

Recent outings

We've been busy having fun. We went to Sea World, and the awesome new park we found nearby (several times) AND the children's museum Downtown all in the last week or so! :)

We couldn't get daddy off the Elmo ride :)

Just kidding, Maddie was on there too; you just couldn't see her. She really enjoyed the rides though!


Saying "hi" to Elmo.

Big Bird is pretty frightening though...I think it's the height!




A few from our fave new park!



The rock water feature is her favorite part of this park and yes, she is just in a diaper, in public.


AND at the Children's museum

Bubble station; my serious girl.

Climbing the wall

The ultimate pillow fight room...definitely her fave.


And on the train on the way home. We road the Coaster and then walked to the museum. It was quite the adventure!

Dance class

In an effort to shield our daughter from a lifetime of awkwardness on the dance floor (which unfortunately she is genetically predisposed to), we have enrolled her in tap/ballet class. This week was her second week. It is pretty much chaos with a bunch of near 2 year olds running around but she has a blast. You can see in the video how proud of herself she is (especially at the beginning). And her favorite part is the freeze dance at the end (which is kind of a 'free dance' as well in that they can move however they want to). Maddie definitely has a signature move :) (which she seems to fall back on all.the.time). Let's hope she learns some more from this class ;). She is the one in black.

Telluride!

We just went on our first real family trip for a week to Telluride, CO. We had a blast and I think it's been confirmed that Maddie loves vacation!