Christmas with the Slavins!

On Saturday Dec. 26, we went to Kris's parents house for the Slavin Christmas. Maddie made the rounds helping everyone open presents. She got a Disney Princess hoodie and Disney Princess slippers that she had to put on right away and wore for most of the evening. Lauren was awake for a long time and was cooing and looking around. She got a belly ache a little later, and Doug had to go to CVS to get some Mylicon drops. Maddie loves to play hide and seek (which she calls "hide and sneak") with Caroline and Courtney. The Delks brought their new Wii console and we all had fun playing it. We all had a lot of fun and are sad Christmas is over.

Maddie standing by while Kris opens a present.

Cindy and Maddie playing the slot machine.


Maddie opening her Ni Hao Kai Lan Bath doll.


Gigi (Grandpa Wearly) learning how to bowl on Wii.

Lauren looking cute.

Grammy helping Maddie open presents.

Lauren and her Grampy Slavin.

Kris, Cindy, and Lauren.

Doug and Caleb.

Great-Grandpa Wearly helping Maddie open presents.

Maddie wanting her Disney Princess slippers on.

Lauren eating her fist.

Cute little Lauren.

Christmas Day!

Christmas day was a lot of fun this year. Maddie had a great time and Lauren seemed to have one too. Maddie got about half way through her presents when she decided to take her pants off and be "at the beach". The first thing she did was jump on her tricycle, but then she ran over to the "cookies for Santa" plate to see if the cookies were gone. Bailey was already there sniffing to see if there were any crumbs left.

Lauren

Maddie with all of her new necklaces looking like Mr. T.

Maddie laying in the kitchen with her Jack-in-the-box.

Milk and Cookies for Santa. And Lowery's chocolate for the reindeer.

Presley playing with his new toys.

Bailey relaxing.

Maddie opening presents (She is "at the beach", thus no pants!)

Still opening presents (still no pants too).

Maddie & Lauren's stockings.

Maddie pushing her baby carriage.

Kris and Maddie playing with the Jack-in-the-Box.

Kris and Maddie holding her Minnie Baby.

Maddie and her clubhouse.

Doug and Maddie playing with Lauren.

Lauren with her polar bear from big sister Maddie.

Great-Grandma Betty with Maddie and Lauren.

Maddie pushing her tea cart.

Kris, Maddie, and Lauren.

Doug, Maddie, and Lauren.

Maddie fell asleep before she could eat Christmas dinner!

Christmas Eve at Meemaw and Peepaws's

On Christmas Eve, we went to Doug's parents' ("Meemaw & Peepaw") house to celebrate Christmas. We all had a great time. Maddie got a Dora the Explorer vanity that she loves. She also got some Minnie Mouse snow boots that she put on right away and wore all night. She received a lot of cool presents and had a great time playing with Meemaw, Peepaw, Great Grandma Betty and Zack.

Maddie and her new Minnie Mouse boots.

Meemaw with Maddie & Lauren.

Doug, Maddie, and Zack playing with a castle.

Lauren.

Maddie in her Minnie boots with her wooden ice cream cone.

Kris and Maddie opening some books.

Maddie sweeping with her Dyson vacuum

just like mommy and daddy.

Meemaw and Lauren.

Maddie giving Dora a hair cut.

Maddie playing with her hair dryer

while Doug shows her the stool.

One More Update!

One more update before Christmas. Maddie and Lauren are getting along really well. Maddie loves her baby sister. She also loves Holly, her new mini-moose from Build-a-Bear. She carries her around with her EVERYWHERE she goes. We can't even leave the house without bringing Holly. Maddie has developed a habit of not wearing pants. We are not sure why, but she likes to run around half dressed. She will take her pants of and say "I'm at the beach". Don't know where she heard that, but it's funny.

Maddie in her favorite outfit. Shoes and no pants.

Maddie sleeping with Holly the Christmas Moose.

Lauren laughing at Maddie.

Lauren passed out on the couch.

Decorating the Christmas Tree

Maddie really enjoyed decorating the Christmas Tree This year. She called the ornaments toys and ran back and forth from the ornament box to the tree. When putting on an ornament, she would say "this goes here". Then Daddy gave her some Eggnog (which she calls negnog). She didn't put her cup down until it was gone and then ask for "s'more negnog".