A few of my favorite things...

The Beach...

Oreos...

Disneyland!...

Swimming lessons with Tanner... (We'll post actual swimming pics next week, this is my favorite part of swim lessons! They have these in the bathrooms so the moms can get dressed! I want one of these chairs in every room in my house!!)
Kissing all my toys and animals, even if they squirt water in my face...
Strawberries and Whipped Cream...

Watching Cartoons with Monkey...
And the beach...

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Bunny Merry-Go-Round

At South Coast Plaza right now they replaced all the horses on the merry-go-round with bunnies! Maddy was so excited because she now knows all about bunnies after Easter. When we were walking towards the merry-go-round and she saw the bunnies she sat right up in her stroller and screamed! She was sooo excited! I had to take her on it. It was only $1 so we went on twice! I love seeing Maddy so happy. She was so cute!

Here's a little video clip. She loves music! When she hears any kind of music she starts dancing or clapping.

Maddy's First Haircut...

So I had been waiting to make a special day out of Maddy's first haircut. I invited Maddy's great Grandma and Grandpa Olive, my mom, and my sister Amy was able to come help out too. I scheduled Maddy at First Cuts at Fashion Island, it was a little expensive, but I thought it would be fun to go get lunch, and see the pet store before hand. Here is my mom and Maddy at Fashion Island...

It was time to go to our appt, we walked over to where First Cuts used to be, and it was gone!The lady on the phone told me it was still there when I scheduled the appt that morning! This was the start of a very bad day...

I had locked my keys in the car before and was just going to call AAA after the haircut so my grandparents didn't have to wait. Now I needed to get in my car to go to Corona Del Mar where the haircut place was really located. It took AAA 40 minutes to get to my car, while G&G where waiting...

When AAA guy finally arrived and broke into my car, my alarm went off and I didn't have the transponder to turn it off! The AAA guy was like, "sorry. See ya!". Yes, I had to drive with my car alarm going off. It finally stopped en route, we pulled up to the haircut place, turned off the car, and there it went again! It was so loud! Super embarrassing, and I just left my car there with the alarm screaming at everyone. It is now Maddy's nap time, but we are going to get a haircut. I have my camera and everyone is ready. We sit Maddy down in the cute little airplane, and the meltdown begins...

I end up having to hold her while she gets her hair done my the lady who had told us First Cuts was at Fashion Island earlier that morning. Maddy was not happy..Most of her first haircut pics look like this...

Here I am trying to tell Maddy how cute she looks with the wierd little flowers the lady stuck in her hair...A little happier...
Then the scary lady wants to take her picture...

The haircut lady takes her picture for Maddy's memory book, and her printer prints out the portrait of Maddy, except her face is bright green. The printer ran out of toner. She said this has never happened in 2 years. "Sorry, that will be $25." She says.

Good thing I had my camera to capture these great memories! (=

Finally Maddy was happy when she realized how good her first sucker was! There was no taking this away from her. The carseat was a sticky mess. But at least she was happy again and we got the first hair cut experience out of the way. Fewwwww! That was a long day!

A couple days later I got these cute shots of Maddy. Happy again and showing off her new haircut! Sooo cute!No more $25 hair cuts for you!

Maddy's New Car..

I've been so excited to shoot Maddy in this car. Tony gave me this for my birthday, and I've been just waiting to shoot with it. I had the urge to just go outside and shoot this really fast, and this is what I got in my 3 minutes of Maddy's attention span. Of course there will be many more portraits of Maddy in this super cute car to come...

Madeline Paige 10 months old..

Here are a few shots I got of Maddy for her 10 month pics. Maddy is so much fun. We love her to death! I can't believe she is almost a year!

Catching up...

It's been awhile since we have been able to catch up. We are finally settling down in our new home. It is half the size of our other house, so we found we have alot of "junk" to get rid of. It's a bad sign when you are all moved into your house and your garage is still packed to the cieling with no access. I don't look foward to cleaning that out, but at least if I do, someday I can hope to build my studio back in the garage.

One of my favorite things in our new house is our kitchen sink... No more baby bathtubs which we don't have room for anyways, I love it... Check out how long Maddy's hair is getting!
Maddy got an early birthday present from her Aunt Wendy, uncle George, and cousin Emily..
Check out just one of her cutest ever new outfits, and we especially love the super loud lawn mover which Maddy loves. Thanks guys!

Maddy wanted to say thanks too!And here are some of our favorite pics of Maddy. This is what happens when you refuse to take your morning nap. Happy Lunch Time!

This does not look comfortable..

We are not sure what to think about Maddy's new smile... I think she is just proud of her new top teeth?

And here is Maddy with Tanner, one of her potential future husbands... As you can see, I think Maddy is super excited to be practicing her engagement portraits with Tanner..

(also notice our very green island in the background, yes we are courageous, but we love it!)Check out Maddy's arm around Tanner's neck and her hand on his knee... Let's not show daddy these ones..

That's it for now! Have a great day!

Flying Away on Valentine's Day...

Jackson and Kyle wanted to bring over this giant balloon they got for their daddy for Valentines. We got these great shots of them blowing away with the balloon, unfortunately it popped at the end of our little photo shoot before their dad got to see it..at least we got these fun shots!! Happy late Valentine's Day!!

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Twas the Night Before Christmas...

Twas the Night Before Christmas and Maddy would not go to sleep...

She was up till 12:30, giggling and showing her tired mommy and daddy how she now could clap her hands, while jumping super fast in her jumper at the same time.


Mommy and daddy didn't know that the teething tablets they were giving her that were "supposed" to make Maddy sleepy, were in fact making her WIDE awake...
Happily by the morning, Santa has granted Maddy's wish, and she woke up with her 2 front teeth! Finally!!!

(Notice Mungo trying to make his Christmas debut in Maddy's portrait, and you can't miss Maddy's feet! Check out her size 4's!)

We love our Maddy!

(Lots more pics to come...)

Holiday Portraits for the Grandparents...

Here are some of what the grandmas got for Christmas...

All I Want for Christmas is my 2 Front Teeth!

Yes, Maddy still has no front teeth. But we still think she's super cute! Here is my sister Jill and I's attempt to get some cute Holiday portraits of our kids together. This was ALOT of work! As you can see below, our attempt to get all 3 kids looking and smiling together did not work out as we planned, but these are some super fun pics anyways!

Happy December!

Maddy..

Kyle...
Jackson...

The Crazy Group Portraits...