Mad Gracie Photo Blog » Year 1

Tricycle time

Matt — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:55:45 +0000

(no kitties were harmed during the making of these images) On a nice fall in November Maddie was outside just running around enjoying the day and trying to get the hang of pedaling her tricyle around the yard. After a bit Maddie made friends with one of the little kitties and decided that he, the kitty, wanted to ride her bike. So the routine went: pick up kitty, carry him to bike, place him reasonably gently on seat, attempt to push kitty, Kitty jumps down almost immediatly and repeat about 30 times. The kitty took it REALLY well and never even made a peep let alone make a break for it and try to claw Maddie. After a bit kitty got smart and ran off leaving Maddie to ride her bike.

BOUNCIN !! BOUNCIN !!

Matt — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:00:03 +0000

(more pics on the Bouncin page) One of the beautiful things about my job is that I often have assignments that I can take family and friends along on. Last Sunday was a perfect example, a fall festival at Swan Harbor Farms. Kathleen and I got married there so it made it that much nicer to take the munchkin. Maddie had a great time, especially in the “bouncy house” as she called it. We stopped by the performer stage for a few minutes and got the “wheels on the bus” song embedded in my brain for the afternoon. Kathleen and Maddie wandered around for a bit while I gathered up a few photos for the papers. We made our way to the water and Maddie loved watching the folks drift around in canoes and sitting on the pier with mommy. The petting zoo was entertaining. Maddie saw goats, a pony, a bunny even a pot belly pig.

Easter 2009

Matt — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:40:05 +0000

Yes, I know I’m a bit late with this entry but it’s been a bit busy lately. Maddie enjoyed Easter a bit more this year. She got a really nice bunny stuffed animal from Poppy & Nonnie along with some other fun stuff and a basket of goodies from Grams & Gramps. Nothing spectacular but she enjoyed pulling the fake grass out of the baskets and playing with everything.

Munchkin on the Move : month 13

Matt — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:44:53 +0000

maddie-walk-3 (click here to view movie) So for month number 13 we’ve truly reached a milestone…Madeleine is now officially walking on her own !! She has been walking with some help from people, walls, tables etc. but now she’s put it together and she’s a baby on the move. Her vocabulary is still growing like crazy. She repeats just about anything you say to her and I’ve really had to start watching what I say around her. Purple is one of the newer ones, I tried to get her to say Ravens along with purple…she’s working on it. We’ll have it nailed by football season !!

Snow time

Matt — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:54:02 +0000

A bit of real snow finally fell a week or so ago so I of course felt obligated to take Maddie out to see what the fuss was all about. While she didn’t actually walk, roll or really play in the snow because it was a bit chilly for all that, she did enjoy just taking a stroll around the yard looking at the critters and laughed when she got pelted in the face with snow flakes as she looked to the sky. She did get to at least touch the snow when I put a little snowball in her hand and she shook a branch of one of the pines in the yard. Next year should be a real blast…if we get any snow of course !!!

Double digits (ten months)

Matt — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:20:44 +0000

I’m a little late getting this one up but better late than never !! My fellow Aegis photographer Nicole Munchel shot these fun pics last week when grandma called out sick…it was take your munchkin to work day !! Madeleine was good and was a welcome distraction to the newsroom. She made a great little subject for some photos as you can see. The munchkin turned ten months old in January. She’s crawling like a flash and walking is coming slowly but surely as she pulls herself up on everything. Talking is coming along well too, cat, pop, wow, ba ba or bob for her bottle and many more. When she starts laughing…it’s the greatest thing !! hope to have some video soon ? Teeth are coming in like crazy and she’s starting to eat real people food, chopped into tiny pieces but real people food none the less. It is amazing to see the personality start to show a bit more day by day…she’s going to be a handful but she certainly is a good baby !!!

December 25th 2008 (Maddie’s 1st Christmas)

Matt — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:14:49 +0000

Well we took her to see Santa, got through the photo with no crying, did a little shopping and finally the day came. December 25th, Christmas day but not just another Christmas, this was Madeleine’s FIRST Christmas. We started and Poppy and Nonnie’s for gifts; a nice princess chair, a talking purse (very cute) and some other fun…then back to the living room to play with the new toy lawn mower and other stuff from Santa and friends. A little later we through on Maddie’s Christmas dress and it was off to Grammy and Gramp’s for even more loot. A nice wooden rocking chair and teddy bear and some other fun toys. She had as much fun crawling around collecting the bows on presents as she did tearing the paper. Though I’m sure she really didn’t know exactly what was going on I know she had fun and that’s what is important. Next year will be an entirely different experience I feel…can’t wait !!! Please check out the 1st Christmas page to see more photos.

Some family Christmas fun

Matt — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:59:24 +0000

So for some family fun and to begin a family tradition…this year we went to historic Ellicott City to visit the B&O train station museum for the train gardens. Gramps Gran had fun showing the munchkin the trains and she really seemed to enjoy watching them go around. It will be fun to see where we end up next year !!!

Christmas tree search

Matt — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:14:34 +0000

We took Madeleine to search for the 2008 Button family Christmas tree a few weeks ago. It didn’t take long to find a perfect little tree that we all loved. While were at the tree farm, a place called Enviromental Evergreens owned by a friend and former teacher of mine Bob Chance, Maddie met Santa Bob and his reindogs.

Maddie meets the Jolly Fat Man

Matt — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:46:20 +0000

Kathleen dressed Maddie up in her Christmas dress and we took her to see Santa on Tuesday evening at the Harford Mall. It was surprisingly quick & painless. We were a bit unsure how she would do but she handled it like a champ….she sat on Santa’s lap, grabbed his beard and looked around…didn’t shed a tear or even get fussy. She looked toward the camera when we called her name, the girl snapped a couple of shots and we were done !!