Thursday, December 31, 2009

Blog vaction break

Though we are on vacation, and I have chosen to be on blog vacation; I thought it only appropriate to blog on the last day of the year, sentimental reasons of course. I mean this has been a rather awesome year! :)
We've celebrated birthday's of friends, and childrenAmazing birth of our first daughter
a transition from only child to big brother, it's like Abby's always been here now! :)
Always trying to have a good time, or at least always trying to get Stephen to eat!
Learning about being a big brother, and still working on very important terms like - no hitting, please don't bite your sister - you know the important stuff
Then there's just been some great moments together, just hanging out!
Alan learning all about how easy it is to love on his little girl
and what a cute little girl she is!
flexible too!
then the year has come to an end with a wonderful celebration of Christ's birth!
Family (I know everyone says Abby looks like a Maddox, but I'm tellin you she looks a lot like her Aunt Jo Jo did when she was a baby!)
And Stephen finally got to sit in a jet - and one that his Popi used to fly! :) What a great year
Thanks so much for all those reading as I've enjoyed this little blog. I love all of you, May Christ be with you throughout this next great year! God Bless you all!!

Thursday, December 24, 2009

A full bed!

What happens when you have a 2 1/2 yr old, a large lab.... A 9 month old with two ear infections :(.......
A large lab (did I already mention that?), mommy and daddy, and one bed room?
That's a full bed and a long night! Around 2:20am Alan felt Stephen crawling up his leg (he was supposed to be sleeping on the floor in his sleeping bag) at which point he said "Hi daddy!" and crawled in between us (in a double bed). He was so excited to be in the same room and the same bed with us he wanted to talk to us, snuggle with us, roll around, and all that fun stuff. Then poor little Abby who was in a pack-n-play next to the bed started having a rough night and could only sleep with her little ears up against me. So as Stephen started to settle down and I think Alan was able to go back to sleep, Abby and I retreated to the living room. Around 5:30 little Abby got some relief from the Tylenol and we went back to bed.

All that being said, at one point last night, I was still in the bed I had Abby on my chest, and Stephen was snuggled up next to me; it was a very sweet moment with my babies! :) Oh, I can't forget that Augie had snuck up onto the bed too! Merry Christmas! :)

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Stephen got a Gaaatooorrrr

Ok, so I know I have a southern accent, I can't deny it - but let's be honest it's not the deepest southern accent out there AT ALL!! Some how Stephen has developed a very, very deep southern accent. There are moments that I notice it, and yesterday was one of those moments. He was able to open one of his Christmas presents early from his Grandma and it was a John Deere Gator. He was so stinkin excited to see this, and I mean this thing is awesome, cool, neato and all that plus a bag of Christmas cookies - and after we told him what it was he repeated it and I haven't been able to stop laughing b/c that southern accent came out with flying colors. I just don't think I can spell it as southern as he said it but it was funny! He said "I got a John Gaattooorr!" :)
He was even so excited he wanted Abby to take a ride with him.....that didn't really work!
He even helped Daddy out by hauling some logs to the burn pile! :) May the rest of this Advent season be an amazing time of preparation for you and your family and may your Christmas be filled with the joy of Christ! God Bless you all!!!

Sunday, December 13, 2009

A step by step guide to Beef Bourguignon.........kinda

What sounds like more fun than an afternoon filled with great friends, cooking, and then an evening with an amazing dinner and a movie! So here we go....
Step 1 - Make sure you have enough wine - you do actually have to put some in the recipe
Fancy blue pot, just in case the recipe doesn't turn out at least it might look good in this!
Step 3 - husbands please take toddlers out of the house
Don't forget the meat....
The yummy bacon......
Now we're cookin - good lookin!
Add one pregnant lady....
Then one silly goose!
Mix well together to equal great friends and fellowship
Enter in the children....
And of course the husbands..... yes that's football on tv
We're still cooking.....Hey Lauren, don't burn the baby!!!
Can someone please say yummmmmmmyyyy.......
Then set the table, light the Advent wreath....

Now everyone say Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Random moments

I have some pretty darn good lookin kids if I do say so myself :) And since I can never, and I mean never get pictures of them together, I had to post this one! :) They are so funny in the bath tub, I'm sure many of you have the same experiences as we do - but to say the least, bath time happens to be my children's favorite time
Now this is my personal favorite of our "Christmas pictures" b/c I think it shows a small glimmer into our funny/chaotic/personality filled life! ( I had a death grip on Stephen to hold him there!)
Another random moment in the Maddox family - I really, really, wanted a picture of them sitting together, but Stephen was a bit interested in driving his tractor through the pile of leaves I had built up for him. So he just wouldn't take a picture with Abby - this is the best I could get :) Silly little guy, I had to bribe him just for this - I wasn't obviously ready for it :)