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Madeline - 9 Months Old

Madeline is 9 months old, where does the time go??? Her favorite games are patty cake and peek-a-boo. Here's some patty cake with Big Brother Andrew in her super cute jammies.

Here she is under the Christmas tree, Mommy's favorite present! She likes to grab the lights.

Here are some pictures of her when she cries. It is ridiculously cute. She'll sit there, put her hands on her legs, drop her head down and out comes the bottom lip. Her little eyes close up tight and all you can see are her pretty lashes peeking out. We tried to get a picture of it, I'm not sure they adequately capture her cuteness factor, but here ya go.

Uh oh, she's really mad now!!! Stop taking pictures and pick me up!

**NEWS FLASH**

This just in:
Madeline has her very first tooth! It is one of her lower front teeth (her right). Which explains the 3am wake up call we had the other night. Hooray!

Joshie's Gingerbread House

Today at the monthly MOPS meeting, Joshua's class made AWESOME gingerbread houses/churches! They are HUGE and smell soooo good!

When I went to his classroom to pick him up I was amazed to say the least. Usually, they do a few art projects which he loves, but this time, they really outdid themselves. Clearly, there was teacher help involved.

Doing gingerbread houses has inadvertently become a tradition for the boys. Their preschool back in Florida did them every year, and they've always loved doing them. This year I was a little nervous that the boys would be disappointed in not doing one. But as it turns out, Andrew will be making one also next week! Hooray!

MOPS, in case you don't know, stands for Mothers of Preschoolers. They meet once a month and each month is a different theme all pertaining to motherhood in some way shape or form. This month was all about keeping the Christmas/Christ in Christmas. It was very well done and as usual has given me lots of ideas on ways to celebrate the season with the kids. There is always food (yum) and childcare provided for the kids. It's a win-win situation and I'm glad to be doing it.

Kids got Elfed!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1210022909


Now go elf yourself!

Madeline's Korean Photo Shoot

I took Madeline to a Korean photographer for her 9 mos pictures this week. The following pictures are pretty typical of those I've seen being done here: a lot of background action and props and a lot of photoshopping afterwards. As you might also notice, they also lighten the skin quite a bit here. Although she is fair, Madeline is not this pale. Maddie was not particularly smiley this morning, so she was either sticking her tongue out, waving at me, or just looking pensive....

This is my favorite: