Play it, sista..

A quickie post today. ..and a thank you to our most generous friends who stopped by and loaned this piano to Maddie (not to mention so many other things -- including the sorting toy that Maddie's turned into her Piano stool):

And of course, a couple pics of Maddie with her favorite new doll, "Madeline":

Hanukkah

Maddie's first Hanukkah has been wonderful. She's mesmerized by the candles, and loves tearing the wrapping off gifts. Unfortunately she then plays more with the wrapping than the actual gifts, but we're hoping that will change, because she's received tons of stuff! Too bad she's too little to eat the homemade rugelah, cookies and latkes that have been around for the past few days.

Some of Maddie's Holiday Pics, which you may see in your mailbox in the next few days/weeks:

Here's a pic of Maddie sitting amongst her "loot":


..and a couple more: On the left showing off her wrap-ripping talents (with her new "Madeline doll" next to her, and on the right playing with a mobile that made it's way all the way from Prague just for her.

Fall!

We've been settling into fall, and enjoyed an amazing and particularly thankful Thanksgiving feast. While we haven't been so good with the camera lately (or with the blog updates) we did manage to get a few bits to post:

First, Maddie on Thanksgiving:

Second, Maddie a few days later just before going to "Infant-Sing-Along" at the library. Note the two brand new teeth!


Just for fun, a little video of Maddie playing peek-a-boo with daddy behind the camera! We're thrilled to have found this trick for getting her to hold a giggle when a camera's around. Better yet, it allowed us to capture the elusive fang coming breaking through her upper gum:

That's it for now! ..more to come.