The Wedding!!

On December 27th we flew into LA- just in time to join the craziness at the Jenkins' household. The day after we arrived Corinne and Morgan were married in the Los Angeles Temple. It was a wonderful wedding! Corinne was a beautiful bride! We are very excited to have Morgan join the family. Mom and Dad with the bride and groom
Corinne with her sibilings.
Corinne and Morgan with their 4 nieces and 3 nephews.
Even Madi had a great day!

Madilyn is LOVED!

We all had such a fun time being in Brentwood! Madilyn was especially loved and spoiled by everyone! Thanks Dad, Mom, Karlee, Clark, JoSue, and Roxy for the fun time!! We love you all!

Merry Christmas!

Madilyn had a wonderful first Christmas! She got lots of fun presents- even though she liked the wrapping paper better than what was unwrapped. I was especially excited to get a Kitchen Aid (thanks mom and dad) and Spencer was excited about seasons 1-3 of "The Office"!! We all had a nice relaxing day- hanging out, watching movies, playing games, and eating LOTS of yummy treats!

Madi was feeling very satisfied after her yummy Christmas dinner: oatmeal cereal, green beans, and peaches! YUMMMMMM! Look carefully and you can see Karlee in the back making her famous cinnamon rolls!!

Roxy surprised all of us with new pajama bottoms- thanks Rox!! Just a few pictures of us modeling our new PJ's! The boys really got into the photo shoot- this is just one of their 100 poses!

Fun at Gram and Papa's House!

Finally 3 days after arriving in California, Madi has adjusted to the time change and is back to her normal schedule. It was a crazy few days with lots of fussing and crying, but now she's VERY happy to be here and spend some time with her grandparents, aunts, and uncles! Since arriving on Monday we've done a whole lot of RELAXING!! Boy has it been nice! The weather's been great- a little windy, but definitely warmer than Maryland. Madi has been having lots of fun- going for walks, eating lot of yummy treats (well...just wishing she was big enough to eat all the goodies that are around), playing with lots of new toys, having fun with Kody, playing in the bathtub, hanging out in Half Moon Bay with her GREAT Grandma Jenkins, Aunt Fay and Uncle Bob, and just today going into the hot tub for the first time!! She's having such a fun time, I don't know if she's going to want to go home!

The week started out a little rough........but Madi adjusted in no time!
Madi and her buddy ready to go for a walk.
Madi digging into Gram's peanut butter balls! Yummmmmmmm!!Playing with Homer!

Having fun with Kody. Playing in the tub!
Madi LOVES her GREAT Grandma Jenkins! We had tons of fun in Half Moon Bay with Grandma, Aunt Fay and Uncle Bob!
Madi's first time in the hot tub! She had a fun time splashing around.

Flight to California

On December 17th Spencer, Madi, and I flew to California! We were super excited for the trip to spend Christmas with family and have a nice relaxing holiday vacation. Madi's first flight was when she was 5 weeks old and she did great!! But now at almost 6 months old we were a little nervous as to how she'd do. Well, let's just say it was a six hour hour flight and she slept only 1 hour of it!! Luckily the flight was not full. We actually had the whole back of the plane to ourselves. I think that was the only thing that helped Spencer and I survive. We arrived into SanFrancisco with splitting headaches and hungry stomaches! Here's Madi at the beginning of the flight- very excited to see her Gram and Papa. We weren't in picture taking mood the rest of the day.

Santa Claus came to Town!

We had our ward Christmas party last night. It was a pretty fun night with dinner, the nativity play, singing, and visiting. But what we were most excited for was the visit from Santa!! The tricky part was getting Madi to stay awake long enough to meet him. Her regular bedtime is at 6pm and with the party not even starting until 7pm, it was a stretch. She was a pretty good girl the whole night, but almost 2 hours later it was obvious that she was ready to go. We gave up waiting and got ready to head home, a little disappointed with Santa's delay. But just as we were about to walk out the door, Santa arrived!! So yes, Madi did get to meet Santa for her first time! She was a little too tired to enjoy it though.

LET it SNOW!!

We had our first snowfall on Wednesday!! It wasn't a little snowfall either! It snowed ALL day long! Madi loved it!
She was really itching to get outside and play in the snow!

Exersaucer

I recently made my first purchase off of Craig's list!! Boy was it a GREAT experience! I woke up thinking, man Madi really needs a new toy where she doesn't have to lay on her back....on the floor. SO, I got on Craig's List, typed in exersaucer (I've been wanting to get one for awhile now), and to my amasement saw postings in Rockville! I don't have a GPS (yet!) and so I am NOT willing to drive more than 10 miles to pick up a new toy. I emailed the people who after listing the price said OBO! Yes, I like making the "BEST" (or first) offer. An hour later I had Madi's new toy at home and put her in to try it out.
So what do you think Madi??Hmmmmmmmmm.....yes......this is actually pretty interesting!