Showing off for Grandpa Fanning

Here is Maddie and her Grandpa Fanning. She is showing off her SO BIG talents.

Happy 21st Birthday Kellie!!

Well, my LITTLE sister-in-law Kellie turned the big 21 last Thursday. We took her out on the town on Saturday night and had a BLAST. She was so much fun and a trooper with the shots. :)

It feels like she just turned 10 yesterday!!! Time sure does fly.

Shhhhhh....

Our little sleeping beauty.

Leopard Lady

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Hosford for another super cute outfit from Christmas. She is fitting in her 6-9 month clothes now!!! What a big girl!

Welcome Colton Scott Elyea

Welcome to another friend of Maddie's,
Colton Scott Elyea.
He is 6 lbs. 11 oz. and 20-1/2" long, born early this morning.
Kristen and Jared are doing really well. A little exhausted but hanging in there. It was a long labor for Kristen, but an amazing little boy was the result of it.

We are thrilled for the new family!! Many blessings!

Just a great picture

I had to post this one, just because. She's so darn cute. :) At least we think so.

Soooooooooo Big!!!

Maddie loves to show everyone what a big girl she is. We can't believe how much she has grown!!

Fashion Queen

What can we say...we have a fashionista on our hands. :)
Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Hosford, for the cute outfit.

Meeting Bobby Hull

On Saturday Tom and I were off to Frankenmuth for Casey Munger's wedding. Maddie stayed at my sister Liz's house for Saturday night and into Sunday morning. Maddie had quite an exciting day. She met Bobby Hull, a hockey All -Star. He took the Chicago Blackhawks to a Stanley Cup victory in his 1968-1969 season. His son Brett Hull, was a huge player of the Detroit Red Wings. Very cool!! Bobby came to visit because my brother-in-law and his neighbor submitted their home ice rink into a competition and won. Bobby spent the day and signed autographs for fans of all ages....Maddie probably being the youngest. :)

Here is a great picture of Mr. Hull, my sister Liz and Madilyn. The other photo is of Maddie and my brother-in-law Nick with the rink in the background.

Madilyn's 8 Month Photo Shoot

Here are a few of the pictures that Melissa took on Friday. There are so many to choose from! Thanks Aunt Melissa!!

Fun With The Pokorzynski's

We spent Monday night at Ryan and Rebekah Pokorzynski's temporary home. We finally exchanged Christmas gifts. Sad isn't it!! It's almost February!! Here are a few really cute pictures of Ella, Gavin, Madilyn, Tom, Rebekah and myself. Ryan was busy cleaning the Playdough off the carpet...a Christmas gift to Gavin from us. Sorry guys! :)

Ryan and Rebekah are busy building a beautiful new home. Yup, they are moving into Rockford for good!! Wahooo!! All of us ( that have never left :) ) couldn't be happier.

Tuesday's With Aunt Tracy

Every Tuesday, Madilyn get's to spend the day with her Aunt Tracy. Most of the time, she gets to have lunch her her Uncle Dan too. Maddie sure is loved! Sometime soon she is going to visit her new friend Jonah Carlson, who just happens to be her Aunt Tracy and Uncle Dan's nephew. Thanks Aunt Tracy for spending these days with her!!

Day with Aunt Katie and Uncle Austin

On Wednesday Maddie got to play with Aunt Katie and Uncle Austin all day. My sister Liz who usually watched Maddie on Wednesday stayed home sick with the nasty flu thatis going around. Katie and Austin came to the rescue. I wasn't here to get a photo of Katie, but here is one of Austin and Maddie. There were also visits from Aunt Kellie, Both Grandmas and Grandpa Hosford. It was quite a day!! Not to mention Uncle Austin's "diaper duty." Sorry about that Uncle Austin!!!

A star is born.

This is Maddie's Jackie-O look. A nice look for the spring we think. :)

The One and Only Fanning Trait

Well, we all know that Madilyn has inherited a great deal of her looks from her Father...but she got one of my genes for sure!!! :) Look at that tongue!!!

Fun up at Grandma Courtrights

On Saturday Jan. 14 we went up to Mt. Pleasant for the Courtright Christmas party. When we arrived Grandma Fanning was holding Maddie and checked on her "buds" to see if there were any teeth. And sure enough....Well, we thought there was only one and then Grandpa Fanning said "There's two!!" And there were! Maddie broke her two bottom teeth at just over 7 months old.

Here is a great picture of Madilyn and her Great Grandma playing tug-of-war. Another picture of Maddie and her cousin Andrew. The third is of my Mom and Tom.

Two New Friends

Maddie has two new friends to play with.

Jonah Wesley Carlson, born Jan.17th, 2006 and weighing in at 8lbs 5oz and measuring 20 1/2 inches long. He is a healthy big baby boy and mom and dad (Sean and Kelli) are both happy and healthy. Jonah is here being held by his proud Papa.

Hope Ann Deuel. Born Jan 18th. She was 4lb 11oz and 17.5 in long. Born at 4:28 AM The whole Deuel family is doing well and Jen is felling super. Hope is here showing off her weight. :)

Congratulations to both of these families on their little blessings!

Daddy's Little Bug

Maddie sure does love her Daddy. Here she is with Tom on 1-4-06.

Sitting all by her self!!

Well, the day had finally arrived. Madilyn is sitting all by her self. Ok, so she might fall on her face once or twice but for the most part she is sitting up and playing with toys now. Let's hope that she does this for at least a couple of weeks before crawling everywhere!

Sleeping Beauty

Here's our sleeping beauty on 1/3/06. She had a hard day of playing with Aunt Tracy and then fun with Grandpa and Grandma Fanning.