The Wii

Last year we were able to try out the Wii at Mike's family Christmas with the Determan's which Maddy was very interested in.

At Christmas this year, we were able to play some Wii with Kelly, Ron, Grandpa and Maddy. Maddy is learning more and more and wanting to do some playing on her own...

She is also getting very good at the drums!!!!

Christmas

Here's a few shots of Maddy at Christmas this year with our family and Mike's family. We have finally bribed her enough to let us put on dresses and jumpers on different days :)

Even though Christmas last year was quite exciting being Maddy's very 1st.. this year proved to be even better. She was actually able to get presents from under the tree to open, tear into them, and check out what the presents were. Even though she didn't know what some were right away, she figured out what they were or how to play with them. In all the excitement she even chose to play with each toy for a little bit before moving on to opening the next. On Christmas Eve we even set out some cookies for Santa and some milk. To Maddy's amazement in the morning they were all gone!!!!!! She just couldn't believe it and couldn't wait to tell Daddy that Santa ate her cookies on the plate. Which made Santa "Naughty, Naughy". gotta love this child. Even better the next day, when Maddy woke up, she insisted that we go check the table again to see if Santa ate more cookies!!!!!! So here's a picture of Maddy from last Christmas and this Christmas.

We also spent some time with Mike's family... Here are Maddy and Evan finally getting along with each other and interacting at Christmas.