Six Months Old!

Maddie is such a happy baby! She's getting so big! She's starting to sit up pretty good if she's got something to help prop her up a bit. She loves to play with her toes... so she loves to be naked! I can't believe she's 6 months old! She's full of smiles and squeals and the funniest faces! What can I say?... she makes me smile.

Getting Ready For Christmas

Thanksgiving

I'm behind! Here are a few pictures from Thanksgiving '08 with my parents!

The kids and their PaPaw

Riley REALLY enjoyed the turkey leg on Thanksgiving!!

Baking cookies with MaMaw is ALWAYS messy!

My Husband, My Hero

I know I've said it a million times, but my husband REALLY is a hero! It AMAZES me sometimes when I realize what he DOES for a living! These pictures were taken at the scene of a Motor Vehicle Accident that Rick worked over the weekend. Because criminal charges are still pending, I can't give any details and probably shouldn't even be posting these yet. But I'll play my stupid civillian card once again.

What I AM going to say is that when Rick arrived on scene, he crawled into this car through the busted out windshield and treated the passengers inside. He kept them alive for the next 30 minutes or so while the Fire Dept peeled the roof off of the car... with Rick inside! He's amazing! And I'm so proud of him!

Push-up

The kids think it's funny when Maddie plays on her tummy... they think she's doing push-ups! :0) She loves to play on her tummy and she's rolled over at Lisa's house... but of course, she hasn't done that yet for Mommy.

Decorated

Yesterday the boys came running to me, giggling with delight. They were so proud of themselves!!! They said, "Mommy! Come look... we decorated Maddie!"

Preschool Thanksgiving

On Tuesday, Westside Preschool celebrated Thanksgiving. Here is Joey's class full of pilgrims and Joey with his friend, Hunter who he is most thankful for.

Go Upward!!!

My Upward Basketball player and my Upward Cheerleader!

Fuzzy Wuzzy

The first week of November has been unusually warm... averaging a high of 72F each day. But last week it got downright chilly. Here's Maddie sporting her funky fall jacket!

Halloween Fun!!

Jennifer and I picked the scariest costumes ever!!!... we dressed up like Pastor John and Pastor Lindell!!!

Halloween meant Mommy had to get EIGHT costumes/outfits together! All 5 of us had a costume Friday night PLUS.... Riley had Career Day at school, Mira had Jammie Day at school, and Joey had Nursery Rhyme Day at preschool. Here Riley is dressed as a soldier, Mira in her Halloween jammies, and Joey was "Old King Cole". He recited the nursery rhyme in front of his class. This kid has a TERIFFIC memory!

Maddie tried on my "Pastor John" wig. I think she looked like a Cabbage Patch Kid!! Too cute!

More from Halloween

My storm trooper and my spider man!! Joey was supposed to be a transformer but we lost his costume.... and then found it 2 days later!! Oh well... now he has a costume for next year!

My 2 beautiful girls... my butterfly and my fairy princess.

The Arnolds' Halloween!

The sweetest, sleepiest butterfly.

A few more...

Maddie loved her individual shots... but was not a big fan of sharing the spotlight!! Our group pictures did not go so well.

Maddie - 4 months old!!!

I'll post more tomorrow!

As promised... More videos!!

She just cracks me up!!! I love listening to her talk and coo!

Mommy & Maddie

This weekend I assembled Maddie's highchair with my brand new pink tools from my brand new pink tool box! :-) Don't giggle too much... I'm quite proud!!! Here's Maddie enjoying her new chair, all pretty in pink!

Parents Lunch with Joey

On Thursday I got to have lunch with Joey at Westside Preschool. We enjoyed some yummy spaghetti together.

Camping with Mamaw

Last weekend Maddie went with me to the WAR Retreat at Whispering Winds Bible Camp. Here are some pictures of her from the weekend.

Video

For some reason my video clips are not turning out well. They're quite dark. So I'm going to have to give in and pull out the owners manual to figure out what went wrong. But I know Grandmas are missing Maddie... so here she is this morning. Nothing special... just Maddie being her adorable self!

Three Months

Last Thursday Maddie officially turned 3 Months old!!! I can't believe it!! It's been a busy week, so here are some pictures I took of her last week.