Blizzard of '09!

We had a huge snow storm that dumped about 2 feet of snow on us. It was over the weekend which was nice. Chris spent much of the weekend shoveling and even shoveled the deck because he was worried about the weight of the snow on the deck. He ended up with a big pile in the yard below and could not pass up the opportunity to have a little fun, Chris-style. It's not exactly like doing a flip on a snowboard, but it satisfied his urge to have some x-treme winter fun!

First Visit with Santa....worth the wait!

This is Maddie's 4th Christmas and we have never taken her to sit on Santa's lap. The first year it seemed crazy to wait in line with a 5 month-old, the second year Maddie definitely would have cried, last year she said she didn't want to and I respected that, thinking if we traumatized her at 2 1/2 we might never get a picture with Santa. This year, she was game. Especially when I told her she would get a candy cane at the end. We went the week of Thanksgiving and didn't wait at all and got a great picture with a great Santa!

Fun in the leaves!

Usually around Thanksgiving or my Nana's birthday we help rake the leaves at her house in PA. This year we went up for my Nana's birthday and Maddie and I played in the leaves and she was being quite a ham for the camera. I got some funny shots.

Giving the birthday queen a kiss!

Oh, so dramatic! Nothing was wrong, she was just acting.