Merry Christmas! Part 1

This is Maddie's first Christmas with us, and we have had alot going on. Earlier in the month we went over to Aunt Kristy and Uncle Chip's house to do some cookie baking. That was fun, as Maddie and cousin Molly and Cole also helped out in the mixing and measuring department. Of course Pop pop was the offical taste tester....and even called to the house multiple times to make sure the cookies were baking ok!

Here is Cole, Maddie and Molly taking a break from their hard cookie baking duties...

We also went to the Cluff Family Christmas Gathering (Ron's side of the family) at Nana's house. It was the first time Maddie got to meet some of her relatives, including Uncle Clifton, who showered her, literally with a bunch of stuffed animals! Maddie was a tad shy at first, but by the end of the day she was running around charming everyone, cousin Will, April and Michelle obliged with the reading of books, which we all know Maddie LOVES!

Here is Cousin April and Cousin Michelle helping to dig Maddie out of her pile of stuffed animals from Uncle Clifton!

We decorated the house, inside and out. Maddie loved the tree, with all of the lights, and especially the little angel ornament. Coming home each day after work and "school" it would be dark, so the outside lights would be on.....each day as we drove up to the house she would say "Ooooooohhhhh, lights!"

Christmas morning....Maddie with her milk, checks out the tree and presents from afar!

Maddie wasn't very interested in the presents prior to Christmas day. We actually had put a good number of presents under the tree about a week before Christmas, just because we were too lazy to try and find space to put them anywhere else! The most Maddie wanted to do with them, is to sit on them.....which she did!

Continued in next post....