Sledding at the farm - December 2012

Thank goodness for hand-me-downs from the Overmyers! Madilynn made good use of the snow suit they let us borrow when we went sledding at the farm.

Last year we didn't get any snow - so this is Madilynn's first time out in the white stuff....

 

 

With cousins Ericka and Elizabeth

 

Being pulled up the hill by Aunt Katie

 

Waiting at the top with Ericka

 

Sledding with Daddy

 

Must be nice to be pulled back up the hill....

 

Uncle Jason

 

Ericka and Aunt Jackie

 

 

Jason and Katie

 

Sledding with Mommy

 

Jason and Jackie

 

Uncle John used the 4-wheeler to bring people back up the hill sometimes...

Madilynn enjoyed the ride!

 

Aunt Jenny, Uncle Chip, Emily and John, and Nate joined us as well - but by that time Madilynn was ready to go in. She went down the hill 6 or 7 times, but didn't like the snow getting in her face....so she and mommy went inside to play with Meredith and get ready for Christmas Bingo.

Christmas 2012

I received many comments regarding Tugger not making the Christmas card. So here he is...

 

Matt's family, including Grandma Sharon were able to come join us for Christmas. We had a wonderful dinner, great gifts, and great fun...

 

 

A Minnie Shirt from Aunt Katie and Shayne.

They also gave the girls "Twas the night before Christmas" a book they recorded for them. Shayne sounded just like Santa!!

 

Uncle Bryan bought Madilynn a princess tent/tunnel...she LOVES it!

 

Unfortunately we couldn't get Madilynn to cooperate for a family photo...so here's Matt and Meredith...

 

 

Madilynn loves climbing in baskets/boxes/crates....she was able to get Meredith to join her...

 

 

 

 

Matt worked on December 25th, so the girls and I went to Columbus to visit with Dad since he was still in the rehab facility....

 

After our visit with dad we were able to visit for a bit with Nicci and Aunt Val...

 

Christmas was spread over several days for us since we both worked several days Christmas week....we still weren't able to see everyone we would have liked, but all the moments we did have together! Looking forward to next year, both girls will be at such a fun age!!! We can't wait!

Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning 2012

Christmas eve after baths Madilynn and Meredith put out cookies and milk for Santa...

 

 

Christmas morning...

 

Madilynn did a great job opening all her gifts, and helped Meredith open all of hers.

Santa brought them the Kitchen as well as some play pots and pans, and play food!

 

Some of the gifts from mommy and daddy included for Meredith: a new ducky bath, pink blanket, a "quiet" book (so far Madilynn is really enjoying this book), and some more animals for the zoo (a elephant, hippo, and seal).  Madilynn got several new books that focus on counting, shapes and letters;  a magnetic writing board with animal shapes; a play cell phone; alphabet flash cards.

 

 

 

 

 

After we finished opening all of the presents we enjoyed some biscuits with jelly, then took some naps before Matt's family came to celebrate!

 

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Meredith is 5 Months Old!

With December being as busy as it was, and now the girls being sick with RSV these posts have been a bit delayed! Meredith was 5 months old December 24th! It's hard to believe she is getting so big so fast! Here are some of the photos I took of her today....

 

 

 

 

This month Meredith has really grown in how she interacts with everything. She reaches for everything, and of course whatever she does get ahold of goes straight into her mouth. She is rolling everywhere! I can no longer put her down and expect her to be in the same spot when I come back! She is really starting to enjoy her jumper, and is starting to actually jump a bit! She still needs a pillow under her feet so she can reach...but that might not be for much longer.

She has doesn't have any teeth yet....I'm sure those will be popping through within the next month or two.  This month we started her on cereal...she seems to enjoy it, and is getting much better at eating it rather than wearing it. She's been doing fairly well with sleeping...she goes down just after Madilynn - usually around 8:30 or 9, and generally sleeps till 3 or 4. Though now that they have both been sick either they have been waking more, or I've been waking them to give them Albuterol breathing treatments during the night. As you can see from the photos she is starting to sit on her own pretty well! With the girls being sick Mickey Mouse Clubhouse has been on the TV a lot....especially when they are getting their breathing treatments....I think Meredith is starting to enjoy this show just as much as Madilynn!  She is starting to get more vocal - no specific words - just a lot of fun baby sounds!  Here are some more photos from over the past month....

 

 

These fingers have become our biggest obstacle when trying to feed her her cereal!

 

Enjoys her playmat - just doesn't stay on it much anymore -

she's too busy off rolling around everywhere!

 

 

Madilynn loves to bring Meredith her toys!

 

We've had a lot of pajama days lately - so glad to see them starting to feel a bit better!