Brotherly Love

Zach LOVES his sister SO much.

I went to go stir the food for dinner so I set Madison on the couch and I come back to this.

When Madison wakes up from a nap Zach looks at her so lovingly and says HI. He loves to be right next to or on top of her. I love that he loves her so much.

Happy Valentines Day 2010

Wishing Everyone a Happy Valentines Day from Our Family to Yours

We found a butterfly and Zach LOVED it

Our Silly little ones

Says "Daddy's Little Valentine"

Says "Heartbreaker"

We celebrated with a nice dinner. We had Roast with Carrots, Red Potatoes and a whole lot of gravy. For Dessert we enjoyed Cheesecake and Strawberry's.

4 Months Old

I can't believe Madison is already 4 months old today.

She tries really hard to sit up now. It's so cute because all she can do is a crunch, but she thinks she's doing so much more. She wants to be standing or sitting always. She grabs stuff on purpose now, but still can't make it do want she wants. She talks all the time and is so loud (just like her brother)

She adores Zach and doesn't mind in the least if he is right up in her face. (which he is a lot)

3 Months Old

Madison turned 3 months old on Sunday. Time is going by so fast.

She is very alert and we are told so by a lot of people. She loves to smile and coo. She knows when it isn't mommy holding her and has already started to cry about it. She loves to watch her big brother and enjoys it when he "plays" with her.

We LOVE having Madison in our family!!

Zachary's 2nd Birthday

We had so much fun at Zachary's 2nd birthday party. The theme was construction. We had hard hats for all the kids to wear. They had fun in the sand box, playing the bean bag toss and digging for tools in saw dust. It was so cold that most of the adults said inside while the kids played outside. When it came time to break open the pinata, Zach didn't want to. He didn't want is truck pinata destroyed. Luckily once the candy came out he didn't worry about that anymore. Here are some many pictures below. Hope you enjoy.

Jake BUILT each tool box for the favors.

The Decor

The Signs

The Pinata
The video of the pinata did not want to upload.

Let it Snow??

We went to the snow on Friday, if you can call it that. It was more like ice on top of snow, but it was still fun. We were joined by Sam, Stephanie, Michael, Annallise and Tim with his two kids. We had fun sledding and enjoying the snow.

Madison was bundled up tight!

Watch Out for the robber!

Two trouble makers!

Do you want some Ice . . . I mean snow?

It's SO good

Wrapped up tight!

Not sure why he thought he could ride a shovel.

This tree was covered in ICE! You didn't want to stand underneath it.

We got to the snow at the right time. No one was there yet and we had it all to ourselves for an hour or so. The guys and kids had fun sledding. Zach said a new phrase while at the snow "I'm Cold". It was so cute. We will have to go back soon when there is a little more snow and not so much ice.

Christmas Day 2010

This is what Zach woke up to. Santa brought him his very own cozy coupe, but instead of the plain boring ones, Santa upgraded Zach's to a Police cruiser. Zach was super excited. In fact it was hard to get him out of the car to open his other gifts.

Mommy and Daddy got him a BIG thing of Mr. and Mrs. Potato Heads, a puzzle and a food set that he can cut apart.

After opening each gift he would get back into his car and we would have to convince him to come out because he had more presents to open.

Madison got One gift (that's right just one)
She got a musical teething toy.

She was SUPER excited if you can't tell.

Santa brought Zach a few more gifts in his stocking. A "cell" phone, a hot wheels Monster Truck, and Despicable Me

Zach playing with his food cutting set.

It was a great day. We woke up and opened presents. Then Nani and Papa came over and we made breakfast. Next it was time to go over to Aunt Laurie's house. After Laurie's house we drove to San Diego to be with my family.

Christmas with Family

We had a fun filled family day

Luke and Madison

They both have snowman all over there PJ's

Sam and Jake wanted to jump in the picture too.

Nani and Papa with the grand kids

Emily and Madison

Megan and Madison

(since her big sister got to hold Madison, Megan wanted to hold her too)

Opening gifts at grandma and grandpa's house

The BOX game

(if you've never played it goes like this: You put a box inside of a box inside of a box and so on and so on. You tape each box SUPER good. Then you go around in a circle rolling dice. Who ever gets doubles puts on some gloves and tries to open the box. Punching is allowed as you see in the pic's below.)

You never put the prize in the smallest box because it might get destroyed

Madison looking all cute playing with her aunt Christy

We had fun visiting with all the family that we could squeeze into that day.

The night before we hosted Christmas Eve with all Jake's family. It was a lot of fun.