My hair is so fluffy when I get out of the bath!
Jess boxing Jim on the Wii at Thanksgiving.
Okay, since we last posted - Happy Thanksgiving! Hopefully everyone had a wonderful holiday filled with friends, family, and great food! We spent Maddy's first Thanksgiving with some great friends - a group of 10 of us at Clint and Alicia's house (the couple Shaye and I went to Italy with). We had all the fixings and the best dessert - 6 pies and Grandma's pumpkin ice cream to share between us! Madelyn also got her first real look at television. The boys were watching a movie (in the dark) and I went to check on Maddy to see her completely "zoned out" on the big screen! Even the flash from the camera couldn't phase her!
Movie time!
Wow - must have been some good entertainment.
Before we started our afternoon with friends, we made a trip to Bury St. Edmunds to register Madelyn and get her British birth certificate. The first of many steps to get her officially registered in both countries....
Official UK Resident!
Friday was spent getting out of the house (it took till 1:00 p.m.) and walking around the Christmas Market in Bury. We enjoyed checking out some crafts and of course bought ourselves some honey roasted nuts and candies! We got rained on, but liked it all the same.
Madelyn didn't like bundling up.
Saturday we took the opportunity of some nicer weather and took Madelyn to her first castle! It was also Aunt Jessie's first castle ruin (she's been to the Queen's castle before) and they both seemed to enjoy themselves. Maddy slept and Jess took lots of pictures! We also took some time out for a great meal at the local pub (another first for Maddy) and stopped by the coast to take a peak at the North Sea.
Castle Rising Castle
Time for a sister pose!
Shaye and Maddy taking the tour.
Madelyn and Jess at the Pub.
Jess on the beach - North Sea.
The rest of the weekend was nice and relaxing. Jess helped put up the Christmas decorations and we spent the evening eating junk food and watching football. Madelyn absolutely LOVES the Christmas tree and spent a large part of the day gazing up at the lights. Monday was errand day and Maddy was snug in her car seat while we ran from base to base getting a few "essentials."
I close now with a video of Ms. Madelyn taking her favorite vitamins. She makes a lot of the same noises she makes when she eats, although the facial expressions are reserved especially for the vitamins! It's a little long, but hopefully you'll enjoy some more live footage.
All our love,
S, J, M, and D.
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