Trip To Arizona

Our family visited Arizona for 10 days. As always the time passed too quickly. We enjoyed spending time with family and friends, and were also able to have Madelyn’s baby blessing in Arizona. Thank you to all who made this day so special. Ed & Bethany, thank you for hosting this event in your home. The weather was beautiful there are we arrived back in Connecticut just in time for another snow storm!

Pictures with cousins

We're loving the weather in Arizona and are very excited to have the Cardinals in the Super Bowl!

Here are a few pictures of Ammon and Maddie Sue with some of their cousins...

The Girls
The Boys

Ammon & Maddie

The Whole Gang

One stubborn little boy...

I've been wanting to share this story for awhile, but life has been a little crazy trying to get ready for yearend. For those of you who didn't know, I do accounting work from home. December - March can be a little hectic in our house.

The other day Ammon decided that he wanted to drink 'Daddy's juice," a.k.a. soda pop. Nathan is the only one in our household that drinks soda, so Ammon has referred to it as "Daddy's juice," for as long as I can remember. If and when he gets a sip of it, it's usually watered down and is diet soda.

Well, Ammon woke up in the morning asking for it about a week ago. The only problem was that the juice he was referring to in the fridge was vanilla extract. After trying to explain this to him several times, he kept insisting that he wanted a drink. Finally, I decided that I would let him have a sip despite my attempts to convince him that this 'juice' was yucky.

Ammon, thinking that he had won this battle, quickly took a drink. He then said, "Ahhaa, that was good." When I asked him if he wanted more, he quickly said, "No, that's okay." Even now when Ammon sees the vanilla exact he'll tell me how yummy it was, but that he doesn't want it anymore. I don't think he'll ever admit that it wasn't really as yummy as he thought it would be.

I have never in my life met such a strong-willed little boy. I know this trait will help him go far later in life, but there are some days when I literally feel like pulling my hair out. Don't get me wrong, I love being a mom and I love my son more than words can ever express. It just keep life interesting at times I guess.

Christmas 2008

Miss Maddie Sue

It's hard to believe that my baby girl is two month old. Enjoy the pics!

This is an outfit that our neighbor gave us. The entire day Ammon referred to her as Bessie and kept saying, "Mommy, can't we just take her back to the farm?"

She's so huggable, kissable, loveable... unbelievable!

Every time we get ready to give Maddie Sue a bath, she urinates on me… So jokingly I sat her on the toilet and told her, “OK Maddie now this time you need to pee in the toilet.” Well, she did only it sprayed all over my leg, because she was sitting directly on the toilet seat. Nathan grabbed the camera and we took a few corny shots. I think they’re funny and hope that I don’t offend anyone. Hopefully they bring a smile to your face like they did to mine.

One of Ammon's new favorite saying is from the 'Madegascar II' movie. He saw it with daddy and Grandma King. He walks around the house saying, "I like them large... I like them chunky!" Well, Maddie surely is that. It's so fun to have a chubby baby. Unlike Ammon, Madelyn love to eat! I think she weighs 6 lbs less at 2 month than what Ammon weighed when he was a year old! Pretty crazy, huh?

One of Maddie's first smiles caught on camera!

Exciting Times

The Rhode Island Air National Guard had their Family Christmas Party on Sunday. We left church a little early, so we were able to attend part of it. Ammon wasn't very interested in eating, but loved working on Christmas crafts and was thrilled when a special guest from the north pole arrived.

Ammon proudly displays his finished product

Ammon was so excited to see Santa!

Maddie didn't share the same excitement, but sat on his lap anyway.

While Daddy was at Young Men's last week, Mommy and Ammon made a ginger bread house

Putnam Lights

We came across Ammon's Santa suit from last year. It still fit him, but was a little short. Here's a picture of Daddy and little Santa.

Family Pictures