It's FINALLY here!!!!!!!

I have been waiting for this for a LONG time... Like 6 months or something! My Canon Rebel T1i. After saving and saving and waiting for black Friday to come, I was able to purchase this camera for a very descent price!

I have always been interesting in photography so now I can try to start getting creative!

Pictures to come soon! :)

This is what SWEET looks like...

So this weekend we had a self defense activity at church. Maddox being the copy cat that he is, got right up with the instructor and tried to imitate everything he did! And when everyone was sitting down listening, he sat with his hands in his lap and looked up at the instructor and actually sat like that for a few minutes. Oh, it was so cute. So, anyway, after the class was over we were all sitting around eating pizza and I look over at Maddox. He went and got a bottle out of a diaper bag and then he did this...

He proceeded to give the little girl lots of hugs and kisses! SO SWEET!!!

This was taken a few weeks ago... He is just admiring the fountain, taking it all in!

Maddox is talking SO much now! He still loves to dance and make funny faces. He loves to get cuddles from mom and dad but he is sure a crowd pleaser. He is always showing off! I love him!!

Aarrggg! Happy Halloween!

This year, we went to San Diego to celebrate Halloween. We had fun doing all sorts of Halloween activities and spending time with family! ONE HUGE BUMMER: So LAST YEAR I got Tommy an Ocean Fishing trip for his birthday. Well, we decided that it was about time to take the trip! So, Tommy made all the necessary arrangements and had everything all planned out. He and his friend Greg show up at 6 in the morning to go and the guy tells them that they didn't get enough people to fill the boat so the trip was canceled!!!! What a bummer... I felt soo bad for Tommy who has been looking forward to that for the last year and a half! Luckily, a few nights later he was able to go Lobster fishing. They didn't catch anything but it is all about the experience right? :)
So, anyway, on Friday, after Tommy got back from NOT fishing, we went to a little carnival with our friends Greg and Allison.

Tommy took Maddox into one of those bounce house things. Maddox was to small to go in himself so Tom had to go. I love the picture of Maddox coming out and when his whole body comes down the slide his shirt is half way off and he is missing a shoe. What happened in there?!

This is Maddox being a BIG boy on the BIG kid swings!

Friday night we went out to eat, went to Trunk or Treat (SO much fun!) and then came home and carved pumpkins and watched a scary movie!

The finished products!

This is on Saturday. This was a big day setting up the Hainline's house for all the kids to come. I love that they deck the house out! Maddox wanted to help daddy out in the picture.

So, after a failed attempt to be both Mickey Mouse and a little puppy (he didn't like having anything on his head) we settled on a little pirate costume. Some how when it was really time to go trick or treating he did actually wear the hat... who knew.

We had to get him excited about it!

....because he wasn't very excited about it!

but he finally got the hang of it and had SO much fun. He would walk up to the door and say "please" and the people would let him just dig in to the candy bowls. He got the hang of things after 2 or 3 houses and LOVED it!

This is the final picture of the night... all tuckered out and enjoying the fruits of his labors!

The Many Sides of our Maddox

We have decided that Maddox's future has no limits. He can be just about whatever he wants and he has already started trying his hands in a few things...

A Doctor

A Baseball Player (he practices daily and I'm sure daddy wouldn't mind!)

A Stud (I mean really... You can't resist that)

A golfer... He is getting better :)

The President of the United States ( I think we would be in good hands!)

A Super Hero!!

A Rockstar!!!!

A Cowboy (yeeeehaw)

And a Public Speaker (please refer back to the video titled "Best. Video. Ever." on 8.03.09)

What will we end up with? :)

We have been staying busy here. A few nights ago we went and hiked Pinnacle Peak. Tommy has been busy with work and playing baseball/softball. I have had a blast preparing for Halloween this year and now that it has started to cool off a little we have ventured outdoors and found lots of fun things to do! Maddox is learning so much and is doing new things everyday. I cannot believe how big he has gotten. He cracks us up daily and is such a fun and happy boy! I love every second of my life!!!!

We can't quite decide on any costumes for Maddox.. Any suggestions? 

BYU vs. UNLV

This last weekend we were able to drive up to Vegas and go to the BYU game! We had SO much fun. While we were in Vegas we stayed with my old roommate Ashley, which was so fun cause we don't get to see each other often so it was good to catch up! It was a pretty quick trip so we didn't really do much. Before the game, Tommy's Aunt Cathy had a big bar-b-que with all the cousins. It was fun to hang out with the family and eat some delicious food! After that, we were on our way to the stadium! We were all decked out in our BYU gear and we were really "pumped up"! 

So, you all know Tommy. He can pretty much find a way to do/get whatever he wants! He had a friend that worked for UNLV and did the camera's during the game or something so he gave Tommy a press pass to get down on the field. Tommy wasn't on the field for the whole game, he shared the time with his friend "cheddar bob"(please don't ask) and they both thought it was the coolest thing ever.

Maddox had a great time too. He did enjoy cheering and clapping for BYU (or UNLV, pretty much when he heard anyone clapping, he would clap) but I think his favorite part was hanging out with his cousins. He wanted them all to be carrying him (even though they were hardly big enough) and he loved giving them hugs and kisses and showing them all of his "tricks"!

We had a great time and of course, BYU kicked their butts!!!

Baby Shower Cake

So, I threw a baby shower for my friend Cassandra this last weekend and I had taken on the task of making the cake. I had been wanting to try fondant for a while so about 2 weeks before the shower I did a little trial run cake before the real deal had to be done. Anyway, I enjoyed it.. (for the most part). The fondant drove me crazy at times but all in all the final project turned out alright!

You know they are growing up when....

They put their shoes on themselves:

 They are soo cool sitting in their brand new booster at the "big people" table that they have to wear their shades during breakfast...

HAHAHA.... He just cracks me up! I have soo much fun hanging out with him every day and watching him learn and grow. Maddox is deffinately an entertainer!

So, in other news... We decided to take the binky away during the day time because he was WAY to attached. He was not happy unless he had it in his mouth ALL DAY and it was starting to drive me crazy. So, we have limited the binky to the crib only. The first few days have been TOUGH but he is getting better. Now I just need to figure out how to get him to stop screaming in the middle of the store without giving him the binky...??? Note: Screaming = at the top of his lungs, high pitched shrieking so bad you would think his life was going to be over. UGH!