The Taylors Come to Visit

A few weekends back, Grandmother, Grandad, and the Taylor Prospers made a trip to Fort Worth to get some baby lovin'. Grandmother had her camera and caught some great moments on camera. Enjoy....

Baby Maddie gives Henry a kiss on the forehead....or is she sucking on him...haha....not sure
My beautiful sister and her bundle of joy

Maddie in 'airplane' mode with her Dad. Funny tidbit is that Max did this maneuever with her at the restaurant later this same night and she spit up into his open mouth (his mouth was open b/c he was talking and smiling at her)

Second cousins Allison and Abby and Great Grandmother Taylor

A fine set of ladies.....plus handsome Henry

Great Grandmother and Grandad Taylor

Maddie is performing and Henry says, 'wazzup'

In the infamous words of celebrities on MTV Cribs...Henry says, you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. Peace out.

Labor Day

This Labor Day, we set out to visit all of the grandparents...this included Georgetown, Austin and Garden Ridge.

The fun began on Thursday where Misty, Tim, the babies and I left for Georgetown (Max wasn't able to make it until Friday when he got off work). Below is a video of us leaving the house. Needless to say we had a packed car and one adult was always stuck in between two babies...sometimes it was a peaceful seat and sometimes it was not. Take a peek for yourself.

Of course we had to make a quick pit stop before really hitting the road to fill-up the car with gas.

Labor Day Fun continued

Full car!

The weekend started at Dad and Natalia's where we hung out and started our Labor Day fun.

Maddie and Grandad...Hook 'Em

Maddie and her G'Nattie as we like to call her :)

Maddie made some friends. Terry Tilley and his 4 month old, Grace.

Oh some girl chat.

Sweet baby Henry's feet

more sweet Henry...bootie and all

Big group at Georgetown Country Club

Shhh...don't tell Grandad that Maddie is in his special chair

Great Aunt Susie hugs - wow, Great Aunt sounds weird

Henry is such a poser.

Henry and Grandad

On Saturday, we made a stop in Austin to visit Max's great aunt's and uncle's.....on his Mom's side. We were treated to an afternoon of delightful Iranian cuisine and of course good company.Niki, Max's sister, likes polaroid cameras. I took pictures of her pictures.

Sibling love.

Sleeping Maddie and her Mimi

Sweet Uncle Alex looks like such a natural.....wait, no it's awkward

Maddie and Niki share their 'sultry' looks

Maddie pauses for some mid-afternoon exercise.

Part of the weekend was spent at my mom's where we had a house-load of people...including Maddie's Great Grandma and Papa and Great Aunt Marcella

Great Grandma's just have that special touch

So does Great Aunt Marcella (mom's sister)

Calvin and Grandma play tug-of-war...babies don't phase his playful spirit

Maddie dug the golf car ride

Generational shot

All the single ladies....nope, no we're not and Henry is no lady

Max poses Olan Mills style

Grandma + Henry + Hunter + Emma + Allie

On Mom's back patio watching the UT football game.

Papa and Maddie

From left to right: loving aunt, goofy tim and Misty and the hooter hider...somewhere under there is Henry



We ended the weekend in Garden Ridge at Max's parents house.

My two favorite swimmers

Maddie comes with her own security guards

Those DuBois men know how to make Maddie smile

Allie and her mate...Halen...enjoying some cuddly time

ooops, caught in the act of smooching

my little card shark

She is peaking at the cards....

....and then telling all her secrets

She's Rummi...no doubt...put that last card down Maddie and go out

So glad Niki was able to come over after work

Dining out....Greek style

Maddie would like to speak to the chef about the stale pita while Mimi tries to console.

Group shot...before Maddie fires the chef

First Day of School

Yesterday, Monday, August 31st Maddie attended daycare for the first time!Merryhill is a private nursery that services infants up to middle school. The facility came highly recommended by neighbors and friends. It's about a mile from our house, so super close. Pictures of her first day are below:

There are actually two buildings, but this is hers. A little hidden by the overgrown bushes, but cute and quaint.
Maddie is one of 12 babies in the nursery and one of 3 Madison's (each with a different spelling).

Already, she is ignoring Mom and playing.

The first day went great and we got nothing, but positive feedback from her teacher Miss Valerie.