Christmas Photos

On Black Friday Shawn, Madalyn and I met up with Jenna, Brad, Savannah and Landon in downtown Ocala for a Christmas photoshoot. I had bought the kids the matching outfits a few weeks earlier and was so excited to see them all dressed up.

Here is one of Madalyn, and check out the rest at JLS Photography's Blog.

Thanks for looking and leave me some comments!

Day 52: Gobble, Gobble

Okay so I know I am really behind in posting. Madalyn has been sick, and I have been super busy editing photos and getting orders sent out for the holidays- business has been booming!

Just to tide you over until I get a chance... here is Madalyn in her turkey day shirt...

Day 45: 19 Month Pictures

Today Madalyn and I played with my camera in the back room for a little while while she tried out a new headband. Her new headband matches her new RUBY RED SLIPPERS! Yes, you read right. Every little girl should have a pair. They are absolutely darling, and Madalyn pranced around in them all afternoon (in her grey sweatpants of course!)

We had lots of fun shopping this morning at the mall and picking out outfits for Christmas photos with Savannah and Landon. Maddie was very well behaved for about an hour, then she let me and everyone else know that she was ready to be out walking around!

Shopping must have worn her out though, because tonight when I put her in her high chair for dinner she actually fell asleep in her food!

Day 44: What Did Mommy Say?

Madalyn was "helping" me load the dishwasher the other day. And by "helping" I mean she was throwing her own toys in there while I was putting in the dishes. I kept taking them out and telling her "no." And finally, I had enough of saying "no" when she kept doing it, so I said "Madalyn, what did Mommy just say?" and she looked at me and smiled and said "no!" (Then of course proceeded to put more toys in the dishwasher.)

Day 43: (Yes, I skipped a WEEK!)

I admit it. I am a slacker. So much for 365 days of blogging! I skipped an entire week. You want to know the worst part of it? I was off. No work for me. I had an entire week, from last Monday at 8 am until today at 8 am (actually thats more than a week!) that I was off of work and I didnt blog but one time, and that was to post the Halloween pictures! I should be hit with a switch! Well, please dont do that because it would probably REALLY hurt.

I enjoyed the week with Madalyn... mostly we cleaned. A lot. And I did some work for the business and this weekend was packed with 8 photo shoots between Saturday and Sunday which I now need to get edited ASAP. So it was a busy week actually, and trying to get much done with an eighteen- EXCUSE ME now NINETEEN! month old leaves a lot to be desired!

We DID buy Madalyn a potty. (Oh yeah I almost forgot the shopping! When you have two incomes in your house you can actually go shopping once and awhile even if it is only to Walmart!) It is a spectacular potty- actually Gigi bought it for her.... and although we arent going to officially start potty training yet, we wanted to get the idea in her head.

Once the potty was out of the box and snapped together (yes, I did it myself!) I put it in the living room so she could see what it was without pushing the whole bathroom issue. Within 10, maybe 15 minutes Madalyn was sitting happily on the potty with her shirt pulled up to her chin with a look of concentration on her face... a look on only gets when they are..... YES! She actually went #2 on the potty! It was in her diaper, but still she knew what to do on it! It was the funniest thing... she just sat down and went and looked at us like "Yeah I was waiting for you guys to get me one of those things. Took you long enough. Jeez."

So the potty now is in the bathroom, and she hasnt actually used it officially yet, but we will start one day soon. She does however use it as a place to sit when we are in there, even if we are brushing our teeth!