Two years old!

We celebrated your second birthday last weekend with a puppy dog party! It was so much fun. Two years have flown by, but you have made them the best two years of our lives! We love you sweet girl!

Thank you for being you!

Dearest Madison,

We recently lost one class act when my grandmother "Mama" passed away. You have been such a joy through this situation to everyone who is mourning, but especially to my mom, your Grandmommy. It brings me such joy to see her a bit happier from seeing you smile, you holding her hand or hugging and kissing her, or just saying something cute and silly to make her laugh instead of cry. Thank you for that! I pray that you always take joy in making others happy.  I also pray that you inherit Mama's love of reading, her love of nature, her peaceful demeanor, classic taste, and strong mind. This is one of my favorite photos that I will cherish always and hope you will too:

photo and video dump- your personality lately

I've been terrible about posting lately, but there are so many things we want to remember about your personality at this age (almost two). Here are the photos and videos from my phone lately to play catch up:

Snowpocalypse 2014

Well, we survived Snowpocalypse 2014! We thought you might look back on this story and chuckle (especially if you end up living somewhere that gets snow more than once every few years). Snow was predicted this past Tuesday and the city of Atlanta decided it wasn't that big of a deal. So, imagine everyone's surprise when it started snowing pretty hard and actually sticking mid-morning on Tuesday.  Still, everyone waited thinking it wouldn't be that bad. And then all at once the entire city (including the major school districts and most businesses) decided that it was urgent to get home immediately. Therefore, 5 million people hit the roads at the same time. I left at 1:45 since daycare was trying to close early and dad left shortly thereafter.  By 5:30 we still hadn't reached you. Thankfully, our friend from church had abandoned her car and walked to daycare to pick up her kids and called to say she would get you as well. They started walking towards their house and I finally made it to their house and started walking to meet you guys.  We walked home (still snowing by the way) and then Dad had run to meet us, but we ended up able to bypass the bad traffic and make it home the back way. We were so stressed and upset, but quickly realized how lucky we were since some people were still stuck in their cars on the freeways the next day!!!

After we calmed down, warmed up, and got a good night's sleep, we enjoyed the snow and the two days off together!

Freeze Frame...

This video captures several things that have captured our hearts lately:

1. your precious pigtails
2. your imaginative play (notice each baby is on a pillow going "nite nite"
3. your own spin on words as you begin to talk up a storm (Madisas is your name right now)

You fill our hearts with joy!!!

Christmas videos

We had a great Christmas this year! Grammy and Grandpa Tom were here and we went to church on Christmas Eve and then opened presents Christmas morning. You weren't sure of what was going on with Santa at first, but once you got into it, you loved your new kitchen and floor piano! We finished a great day with a yummy dinner (Uncle Paul and Shel joined us).

The video above is you coming down the stairs and seeing what Santa brought you.

The video above is you opening your presents from Grammy and Grandpa Tom on Christmas Eve.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0r3Mb5D2-4pbVZ6NHhxUl9TY0txZFIwOThpUk4tQmRFUmtv


The last video is of you playing with your new piano floor mat. It came from Daddy's phone and won't open in anything but Google drive for some reason, so hope this link works. :)

We love you so much and had such a great Christmas with you! We can't wait to create new memories each holiday season with you!!!

Five things to remember about right now...

1. You walking around saying "I see ya" and playing the game with your dolls and stuffed animals.

2. The look of pride on your face when you went pee-pee on the potty for the first time (12-8-13)

3. The look of wonder on your face when they lit the Christmas tree in downtown Alpharetta.

4. Your secret language, especially when you say "dubadubadubaduba" over and over again.

5. The way you put your arms in the air and say "hey" at the end of "Jingle Bells."



We took family pictures a few weeks ago and had so much fun at the photo shoot with you. Here are some of the pictures: