Our tribute to the Bell Family!

We are moving this Saturday. So sad! Everything happened so fast, I don't think we ever really had time to think about it, and now our beautiful house is not ours anymore. But we are looking foward to what comes next, spending more time with Maddy, hopefully a good vacation, and maybe more kids in the next couple years. We are still looking for our next home, which we hope will be close to the beach. But we will see...

More than our house and everything else, we will most miss our favorite neighbors ever the Bell Family. They have been amazing, so fun, so helpful, and such great friends. We have never experienced such a fun neighborhood and I think it is because they really bring the neighborhood together. They are great people. They are the really the reason we had such a hard time deciding to put our house up for sell.

This is Maddy's first boyfriend Taylor aka "Big Boy". He can eat more than any kid I have ever met in my whole life... ever! This will look great in their wedding video..

And here is my tribute to Colleen...

Being blessed at an indian engagement party...

Look.. No legs!...

Thanks Colleen for being so great! You are an amazing photographer! Woo hoo!

Maddy's Peeps

I took these a couple weeks ago and thought they looked so funny. These are Maddy's first Pony Tails. Enjoy!!

25 inches and 12lbs 8 oz today!

Another check up for the Maddikins today. She knew as soon as we walked into the room at the doctors office that she was going to get a shot. She went from happy to so sad as soon as she realized where we were again. She is very smart! The shot was no fun, but she was measured at 25 inches today which is in the 99% of babies in her age group. She is super tall and skinny and will definitely be taller than her daddy. Watch out Tony. (=

We love her so much! Maddy is the happiest most smiley baby ever! (Unless you stop paying attention to her). I thought this portrait of her was so sweet...

We love you Maddy!

4th of July!

So it's now the 14th of July, always late but worth the wait! Here are some highlights of our 4th of July get together with the family. We enjoyed our beautiful pool for it's last 4th of July with us. We will miss it! Amy and Rob brought their new puppy "Bruiser" to the pool party. I'm not a huge fan of dogs, but he was really cute. We can make an exception for him, though we forgot to send a thank you note for the present he left us on our back lawn. Thanks Bruiser!



We are so grateful to live in such a wonderful country and feel so blessed to all our ancestors who paved the way for us to be able to enjoy all the wonderful freedoms we have here. Happy 4th of July to everyone!

Maddy's First Kind of Vacation...

So we needed to get away this weekend from all our stresses and because we were having an open house, so we escaped to the Balboa Bay Club. Little did we know that vacations aren't going to be the same as they used to before Maddy. Sunday morning we weren't able to leave our room until 2pm becaue we were taking care of Mad Maddy.

Even though, we did have so much fun and are looking foward to many more vacations hopefully since we are out of our expensive mortgage. (= It was so great to get a break and just hang out as a family.

Here are some pictures from our little trip to Newport...

Maddy and Mia


Maddy loves tummy-time and is getting so good at holding up her head. She is already trying to crawl and shakes her booty around trying to move. Though all she does is flop over back on her side right now. (=



For anybody wondering where Maddy gets her hair from...


Maddy's first Duffy ride. This is so much fun! We just cruised the harbor with some of our favorite friends Bonnie and Scott. We definitely plan on doing this again! Give us a call if anyone is up for it!

And Maddy slept happily ever after....

Not really. (=

Mama Mia!

So we decided to put our house up on the market 2 weeks ago, had a open house this weekend, and to our total surprise, the house sold the second day! We are in escrow right now, and that means we are pretty much homeless. We'll keep everyone updated on that story...

So while we were having an open house this last weekend, we rewarded ourselves for all our hardwork getting the house ready to sell in less than a week, by going to the Balboa Bay Club for 2 nights. The first night we were there, Katie Hatch and her cute daughter Mia came down, and here are some of the portraits we shot there. She is such a beautiful little girl. She reminds me of the Coppertone baby since she is the tannest baby I know. (=

A wedding just finished on the lawn in front of the bay, so we had Mia play around in the flowers left over from the Ceremony. I thought these turned out so cute...

Happy 1st Father's Day!

A couple weeks late, but here are some images of Maddy and Tony on his first father's day. Maddy had a cute little outfit to wear to church and made daddy a special tie that he could wear too. It was such a great day.

Tony has been such a wonderful father to Madeline. I feel so lucky everyday to have such a great husband who is such an amazing father. He can change diapers, fix bottles, sing songs he makes up himself, make Maddy laugh, is a great story teller, and so much more. He is always thinking of his family, and puts us first before anything. We love him so much! Thanks Tony for all you do!

4 Generations, Grandpa Olive, Grandpa Nuttall, Daddy Tony, and Maddy... Happy Father's Day to all the fathers!

Madeline's Blessing Day

June 1st was Maddy's blessing day. It was such an amazing and wonderful day for our family. Tony gave Maddy a beautiful blessing and was so proud to show her off to everyone at church. It was so cute when he went up on the stand to hold her up so everyone could see her. She was so good and just looked around at everyone with the biggest eyes.

Maddy was sooo beautiful in her blessing dress. Both grandmas did so much work to make it. I wish I had the patience and talent they do. I have never seen anything so beautiful. I helped a little too. I sewed on the buttons. (=

Here is our 4 generation portrait...

We were also sooo excited that finally Tony's parents came to church. It was their first time ever, and they were so cute. Everyone was so excited to meet them!

Once again we are so grateful to all our friends and family who support us in everything we do. We love you all and feel so blessing to have you in our lives! Here are just some of you who shared our special day with us...

And then there was Grandpa Nuttall...

Goodbye Aunt Amy and Uncle Rob!

So my sister Amy and her husband Rob moved to Arizona Monday. Everyone misses them so much and can't wait for them to move back after they realize it is way to hot out there and no one can live without Disneyland! (= Madeline had so much fun with Aunt Amy before she left, she misses her sooo much!

Bathtime!

Maddy's favorite time of the day is bathtime. She loves to lick the water running down her face. It is hilarious!

Maddy Goes Swimming!

Maddy LOVES the pool and everything with water. She was the happiest baby in the world when we took her in our spa. (Don't worry, it wasn't hot). She was so comfy she fell asleep in Amy's arms. It was sooo cute. I just love this little swimsuit I found for her at Gymboree. (=

Handprints

So we had to get more handprints and torcher our poor little Maddy a couple more times. Daddy and Grandpa had to put Maddy's hand in theirs. Here are a few shots of Daddy and Grandpa Nuttall making their impressions with Maddy.