Chrismas in VA cont..

Christmas in VA

This past weekend we celebrated Christmas in Virginia with my side of the family. We had a great time! It was the first time we took Madilyn on a trip, and she did pretty well. The cutest was Madilyn meeting her cousin, Jonas (who is 7 months old) for the first time. Jonas kept reaching out to her real gently, it was so sweet. It was fun thinking about them playing together when they get older. Madilyn also got to meet her other cousins, Amalia, Jillian, Matthew, and Isabella. The girls loved holding her and were like little mothers with her- very cute. Overall we had a great time...but of course it went too quickly!!

More smiles...

Ok, here are some more pictures of Madilyn smiling at us. I couldn't resist. We put our Christmas tree up this weekend and strung the lights. We're planning on putting the ornaments on tonight. Madi LOVED looking at the lights on the tree. We're so excited it's her first Christmas, it makes the holidays SO much more exciting!

Since it is our first Christmas with her, our first Christmas in our new house, and our first real Christmas tree, we were excited to go pick it out together, the 3 of us. Well Madi had a rough night on Friday and didn't sleep much, so....Ryan went and picked it out by himself on Saturday. Once you have a baby, you look at things in much more of a practical way!

She's smiling at us!

Madilyn has started smiling at us! She definitely recognizes our voices now and responds to us by smiling, gurgling and sometimes laughing when we talk to her. We've been having so much fun with her!