More Christmas in OK

Somehow, I only took one picture on Christmas Day. Must mean that we were busy...

It's a cute picture of Auntie Em, Madelyn and Big Bird!

We braved the roads and weather to go shopping the day after Christmas. Surprisingly the stores weren't bad at all. I think that people were still stuck in shelters and trying to get home to their families. We got a few good deals (I never buy Christmas cards full price - wait til after Christmas. There are usually tons of great ones left and at 50% off!) and somehow managed to go out and get back home in one piece.

Madelyn has a love/hate relationship with these shoes and I think her face in this one completely captures her sentiments.

Jonathan and I even snuck away to watch "Sherlock Holmes" with some of the fam. What an exciting movie and tasty popcorn.

We also went to Van's Pig Stand on our last night in OK for a celebratory dinner for Jonathan. It's his FAVORITE BBQ. It was also Madelyn's inaugural visit to such a fine eating establishment. (If you've been there, you know what I mean...)

Christmas Eve

So, all our plans for Christmas Eve went out the window with the Oklahoma Blizzard of 2009. It was snowing so hard and the wind was pretty fierce. After it was all over, OKC saw 14.1" of snow! Worst. Snowstorm. In Oklahoma. EVER!
All the churches cancelled their Christmas Eve services, so we all stayed snuggly inside.
But that didn't mean Madelyn didn't wear her Christmas Eve dress. We had a fun little mini-fashion show! She huffed and puffed because she'd been in her pj's all day, but once the dress went on, she was workin' it for the camera like a supermodel!



Check out all of the snow in the window...


My favorite, by far!

As is tradition in our house, we open one gift on Christmas Eve. Here's Madelyn in action...

Pre-Christmas Eve

Yummy mexican dinner at Auntie Em & Uncle Outlaw's. If you didn't know, Madelyn's middle name was almost "Queso." Sort of kidding...

We opened a few presents, too.

An OU hat from Grandma D.

And, one of her favorite Christmas gifts, a phone. She's still practicing saying, "Hello!"

Scrolling through her rolodex.

Time flies and so do little girls

The days have zipped right along here.

Madelyn helped decorate for Christmas.She also went flying and hit her teeth on our headboard. There's even a mark left on the headboard! She cried and cried a lot. But didn't bleed nor lose any teeth. We may have lucked out on this little accident. Fingers-crossed that it doesn't become infected.

Madelyn had her last music class for the semester...

Even Mommy & Daddy enjoyed a night away for a company Christmas party in downtown!
And a big congratulations to Daddy for passing his Professional Engineering Exam! Woohoo!!