NOODLES!!

Madison loves spaghetti noodles and sauce! I finally caught her with the camera tonight chowing down on them and making quite the mess...which is to be expected :) She loved them and clearly had fun playing with them! She is such a silly girl!

GO BUFFS!!! Madison Gets on Them!

So the Colorado Buffalos Football Team has not been doing very well lately...that's a real understatement. Last week, they were up 45 to 17 against Kansas going into the 4th quarter and LOST!!! I am still not over that one...Luckily, Colorado fired Dan Hawkins the coach. This week they play Iowa and we are hoping for a better outcome. Madison was quite frustrated as well, so she decided to have a talk with the Buffalo this morning...let's see how it works!

"You want me to do WHAT mom?!? This is not an easy job you know!"

"So listen here Buffalo...you've not been doing well lately, and frankly its embarrassing! So today when you play, try harder. Don't just roll over and play dead like you're doing right now!"

"How am I doing mom? Do you think he's listening at all?"

"Also, don't let Iowa push you over like this..."

"Do we have an understanding? "

"Don't let me down this time, or I'll have my little lion eat you....Good talk!"

She's Getting So Big!

Well, I haven't posted anything for a while, but here are a few recent (but random) photos that show just how big (especially tall) our Little Moo is getting! It's SO hard to believe that a year is just around the corner!!

At dinner with Nana and Papa right before they left to go back to AZ for a while :(

Playing in the grass with the very few leaves that we have left

Such a happy little girl!

Checking out every aspect of this leaf :)

Playing with mommy in the grass...I'm sure getting an abs workout too

Last weekend we took a family bike ride and Madison loves to ride in her bike carriage behind daddy.

Poor Ellie has had very dry paws lately and has been getting bad cracks, so we have been putting ointment on the front one (which is by far the worst one) and keeping socks on it. Well, she kept taking of the socks, so we decided to wrap it! She hated the wrap and refused to move with it on! She looks SO miserable in this picture...our poor Ellie :(

Ellie hated the bandage wrap so much that she even let Madison crawl under her (which does not happen...Ellie doesn't let Madison touch her or come near her too much...she's still sad that Madison turned her world up side down :( ! That's how much she really didn't care to move. It was SO sad, so we took it off and let her be free. The foot is getting much better by the day though!

Waiting for mom to come back up the stairs...see how tall she's getting!

She looks so sad here (even though she wasn't). Just thought it was kind of a cute picture :)

Silly girl! She was playing in the cupboard, but didnt want to let go of her foam shapes, and since she didn't have enough hands to hold both the cirlce and star, she put the circle in her mouth...smart thinking!!

Madison thought it was SO funny to hide behind the cupboard door, but pop up and "scare" me!! She thought it was just the funniest thing, and I of course reacted every time :)

SO funny! Looks like I missed quite a few spots of food on her face from lunch...she's a mess! Oops!

Madison's 1st Halloween and The "Little Pumpkins" Halloween Party!

This past weekend, we had a great time celebrating Madison's 1st Halloween! On Halloween morning, Madison played with the pumpkin ball and and singing dog that Nana and Papa gave her...she loved them both! Later in the day we had a Halloween party with many Madison's baby friends (Elliot, Quinn, Anderson, Daniel, Piper- we missed you Emery and Houston!!). The babies all dressed in their costumes and it was so cute! We had a fun little party with everyone and it was a great way to celebrate many of their 1st Halloweens!

Madison has learned how to roll the ball back and forth and she loved playing with this big pumpkin ball

This dog sings "The Monster Mash" while its ears move up and down...it's very funny! Madison loved watching it sing but couldn't figure out how to get the ears to stop after a while, so she decided to throw the dog and then it stopped :) While we had to laugh, it was something we had to teach her not to do!

Eating a baby friendly pumpkin muffin (just made with apple sauce, pumpkin, eggs, and a few spices). She had it as part of her breakfast and couldn't get enough of it!

"Moo, Moo...Here I come!!"

Little Tomatoe Elliot! He did a pretty good job keeping that hat on, at least for a few pictures :)His mommy, Amanda, made his costume! She is so creative!

Our baby Maddie Moo

The babies all got purple pumpkin straws to blow on and chew...they loved them!

Cute Pumpkin Piper!!

Having fun playing

Sweet Dinosaur Anderson and Little Maddie Moo playing with the ring stack

"ROAR!!!" Daniel was such an adorable lion!

Anderson the blue dinosaur! His costume was so cute and his tail kept wagging when he walked!

Tummy time for the baby tomatoe :)

Playing with the toy that we borrowed from Quinn

Pupmkin-less Piper, but still so cute!!

I think I took way too many pictures of Madison yesterday :) I just loved this cow costume on her though!

Friends, Quinn and Madison, reading a puppy and kitten book together...so sweet

Cute Daniel eating his cup

Sweet Doggie Quinn (Quinn loves dogs and to say "Ba" when she sees them...translation "bark")

Matt wasn't the biggest fan of this mullet wig (I can't imagine why!), but he was at least a sport for a short time and put it on for a picture.

The kids did really well playing together

Our friends and neighbors, The Sartells (Bethany, Quinn, and Drew)

A family Halloween photo!

Quinn did very well in her dog costume and it was so cute

Cute Girl

It's no secret that I love taking pictures...especially of Madison. Here are a few cute (but random) recent photos of our little moo.

A little pose :) I can't believe how tall she is getting!

Such a sweet little face :)

This morning we went for a walk and it was a little chilly to start. Madison was so cozy (even though that hat is bigger that two of her heads!)

Such a serious face! She was eating toast with cream cheese...her new favorite!

Today we went to houstin Howell's 1st birthday party and Madison had a lot of fun playing with Houston and Anderson.

More fun with the boys!

"Cheese mom!!" (Eating cheese and strawberries)