November 2014

Highlights from November

We bought our first home and moved in! I'll post pictures soon!

Lots of packing and unpacking. Surprisingly Madi was mostly helpful :)

Madi has adjusted well to our new home and likes to explore

Madi loves nursery, she walks in and tell us 'bye bye'

Madi says 'Love You'

 Madi hides something then shrugs her shoulders and says “all gone”

Cody’s birthday- golfing with Jay and a steak dinner in Portland at Portland City Grill

 Madi helping me pack the kitchen

The tower of boxes ready to be moved

 Dinner the first night in our new house

Such a good helper :)

 Madi hanging with her best pal, Mabin

 Madi and her baby 

 She is such a mini me :) Here she is knitting just like mom :)

 Madi is so sweet with her toys, she is going to be a good big sister

 The Gilbert House- wind tunnel

 The Gilbert House- veterinary room

She is using the stethoscope as a telephone

  

 The Gilbert House- making tunnels

 Helping mom make Thanksgiving rolls

 Mabin, Madi, and Mael

The carousel with dad and mom

 Portland Children's Museum with cousins Michael, John, and Evie

 Enjoying a frosting beater

 Putting the candles on Cody's birthday cake

Happy Birthday Cody!

October

Highlights from the month of October:

  Madi loves the moon- she has an eagle eye and can spot it before we can
Madi’s first high school football game at McNary
We are in the process of buying our first home- our offer was accepted on our new house
Trip to Wyoming/Utah- Cody hunted and camped in the snow while Madi and I visited my family
 "Haha, 'Fun'” is my new favorite Madi phrase- she does this when she is having a good time
Madi was a the cutest cat on the block for Halloween

The place where Madi's obsession with the moon began :) 

 Bubbles with Aunt Melly

 Wheeler Farm

 Cornbelly's 

 Playing in the corn pit with Aunt Melly

 Corn Maze with grandma, grandpa, aunt Melly, and mom

 Reading stories with grandpa

 Playing in the toy room under the stairs

 Having fun at the Halloween party at Tristan's house

 Our friend Sammie

 Madi, Cougar, and Sammie

 The Aquarium with grandpa and grandma

Playing with grandpa at the park

 Uncle Ry

 Riding the carousel after some shopping at the mall

 Grandpa and Madi looking for the moon

 Witchfest at Gardner Village

 Madi loves reading books- this has come in handy at the doctor's office and on the airplane :)

 Melanie and I used to have pjs like this one that we called Jasmine Jammies (they are silky like the outfits Jasmine from Aladin wears). Seeing Madi wear them takes me back to my childhood. 

 Canby Pumpkin Patch

 Painting Pumpkins

 Our sweet kitty cat 

The ward trunk-or-treat wore Madi out :)