Maddux's Favorite Things

Here are a few of Maddux's favorite things...

The shower...he always wants to get in it. He doesn't love it when it's actually on though. His favorite is opening and closing the door.

Eating snacks...he has a little snack trap that he loves to carry around.

Playing in the fridge...if he see it open he books it as fast as he can. He loves to open the drawers, take food out, and especially take all the condiments out ...since they are right at his level.

Taking all the books out of his little library. He takes all books off the shelves until he's surrounded in his books and then sits in the middle of them and either looks at the pictures or pretends to read.

We just love this littlle guy!

Mr. Walker

Maddux has officially stopped crawling. He loves to just walk everywhere these days. He is getting pretty fast and we think he might start running soon too. He is really starting to show his funny personality and is such a sweetheart. His favorite things right now are mimicking everything that his Dad does, chase and hide and seek, playing with Boca (our dog), dipping his food in things, pointing to the parts of his body (especially "eyes" which he can say), getting into the cupboards and the pantry to bring us food he thinks he wants, and he still looks forward to bath time every night. Here are a few recent pictures of him.

Our handsome little guy

I'm gonna get you Mommy

Sitting in his Elmo chair with Mr. Tiger

Wearing Daddy's clothes

Valentine's Day 2009

This year I decided that I wanted to take a little pressure off Greg and plan Valentine's Day myself. So I got a group of my girlfriends together and we planned a day date to my parent's cabin in Zion's. It was a surprise for the husbands and so much fun! We made invitations, invited our husbands, met for breakfast on Saturday, drove to Zion's, and spent all of Saturday and Sunday morning there! It was really fun to take charge for a year and I think it meant a lot to the boys! :) We are hoping it inspires the boys to do something creative next year too!

Our Little One Year Old

Maddux has changed so much in the last little while. He really has started to seem like a little boy and not a baby anymore. He has got the most adorable personality that keeps Greg and I laughing constantly. He loves to mimic us (especially his Dad) and has started to walk a little too. (check out his walking on Maddux Videos) I can't believe how fast this last year went. I guess time really does fly when you're having fun! Here are a few recent pictures:

Mr. Napkin Head

Lovin' a massage...we could not stop laughing at this picture!

Playing Basketball

Our very own Little Drummer Boy

Doing pull-ups just like Daddy

We were SHOCKED he could actually hold himself up! He even lifts his legs! So Funny!

Christmas Eve

This year we spent Christmas Eve with Greg's family in California. One of their family's traditions is a Christmas Eve party that is themed. For example, the first Christmas I spent with his family was Hawaiian theme. You dress for the theme, we play games araound that theme and eat food that matches the theme as well. It's really fun!

This year it was Country Western theme. So we all got dressed up in Cowboy attire and headed to the party. The first part of the night was a suprise but all that we were told was that it would be outside, and dealing with horses. Little did we know that we were in for a Santa driven, horse drawn, trolley ride adorned with Christmas lights and music. So cute huh?

Here is our little family in front of the trolley...isn't Greg one good lookin' cowboy?

Here is the whole Harris family

It was a little chilly but we each had comfy blankets to snuggle with and yummy hot chocolate to keep us warm and toasty

Maddux wan't too sure about the huge horses...you can tell by the watchful eye he has on them.

After the trolley ride we headed back to his Aunts house for chili, cornbread, coleslaw, and Resses peanut butter cup s'mores for dessert.

It was a really fun Country Christmas Eve!

Family Night

For family night we bought a Costco gingerbread house kit...It turned out pretty good. Here is a picture of our masterpiece!



Maddux wasn't much help...he just wanted to eat all the candy and icing...but it was fun to do together.

Happy Birthday Maddux!

Maddux doesn't officially turn one until Sunday but since it is such a crazy time of year we decided to have a little party for him early before everyone heads out of town for Christmas. It was fun to have friends over to celebrate with us! Here are some pictures of all the fun!Maddux's Baseball themed birthday cake

At first he was very unsure of the whole cake but he quickly figured it out and ended up LOVING it!

Here is the little cake they made for just Maddux to devour all by himself!

Happy 1st Birthday Sweetheart!