Reading with Meme and Grandpa

I just love these shots with Meme and Grandpa reading with Maddux. He really likes to listen to people read and interact with him!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, I know we did. My parents and Matt's parents and Brett and Kerri came over to eat and hang out today! It was so nice to have everyone here, especially since Kerri's been in CA for the past two Thanksgivings. We really enjoyed having her here this year!! We didn't do anything too exciting, just ate, enjoyed each other's company and relaxed! These pictures are in no particular order. My computer always seems to jumble them up, I never know exactly how they will post.
Relaxing by the fire daddy built.

Eating Lunch

Maddux's Thanksgiving feast, he ate a ton for lunch and dinner!

3 Rothell men building a fire. Maddux and Pop went and collected sticks outside for the fire.

Maddux hanging out with Grandpa and Meme. Maddux was interested in Meme's boot!

I like Oreos!

I gave Maddux a half of an oreo last night after dinner and this is how much he enjoyed it!!

First Haircut!

Well, the curls are gone for now. It was looking so much like a mullet that I had to get him a haircut. He now looks like a little boy instead of a baby. I miss the curls but I think as his hair grows that they will come back!

First of all you are going to have to understand while posting this that I'm extremely sleep deprived and beyond exhausted. Maddux had a cold and is cutting teeth so he hasn't been sleeping well, therefore I haven't been sleeping well. And on top of that My dad was admitted to the ICU on Tuesday night with a heart block and erratic pulse problems. Many sleepless hours later, he has a clean bill of health for the arteries and coranaries in his heart and a pacemaker to regulate his electrical issues. So hopefully he's coming home tomorrow!

Below is a video of some things we've found to do with the dark times that used to be light outside playtime before daylight savings. Enjoy! I have many stories to share, but I can't hold my eyes open so I must go to sleep, must go to sleep, must go to....................

We love playing with the Clay, Brennan, and Lily! Here are some pictures from last week during one of our numerous playdates!

Maddux would hold on behind Clay for laps around the downstairs. It was so cute, every once in awhile Maddux would fall down and Clay would stop and turn around and say "Maddux okay??" until Maddux got up and was ready to go again.

Lily, Brennan, and Clay playing.

Maddux and Brennan playing Golf!

Lily and Brennan playing on the kid' computer.

Here is a video of Maddux and Clay with the car! It is so cute to watch them play!

Happy Halloween!

I may never be able to figure out how to arrange pictures in the correct order on this site. If anyone can help, please do! Anyways, here are some pics from our Halloween weekend. Maddux carved pumpkins, went to Halloween Hoopla at the Library downtown, went to two different fall festivals and trick or treated! We had a great time!

Here Maddux is taking a Hayride at the Spotsylvania Fall Festival with Pop.
Riding the barrel train with Pop at the Massaponax Baptist Fall Festival.

Riding a pony at the Spotsylvania Fall Festival. And he LOVED IT!!!!!

Dressed up for Halloween. Look it's a bird, no a plane, no it's Superman!

Hanging with Grandpa and Pop at the Massaponax Baptist Fall Festival.

Maddux is eating some pretzels at the Halloween Hoopla at the Library.

Mommy and Superman

Helping to carve some pumpkins. He loved putting his hand in the pumpkin and pulling out the slimy stuff.

Playing Elefun with Meme at the Fall Festival at Massaponax Baptist.

First Trip on the Boat

Last week, when it was much warmer of course, we took Maddux out to Lake Anna on the boat! Matt even caught a fish! We had a ton of fun and Maddux was so tired he fell asleep

while eating on the way home, see video!

Bubble Boy

Maddux loves bubbles!!! This clip even shows him making a few!

Enjoy!

Animal Sounds

Welcome to the Zoo! Here are some of the animal sounds that Maddux knows. It's amazing how much he really understands! You can see how long his attention span is by the last video!!!

Pumpkin Patch pictures

So these pictures are all out of order, but still fun to look at! Enjoy!
Maddux getting a ride with the pumpkins.
Clay hanging out on the picnic tables. What a sweet face!
Maddux covered in the hay. What were the men thinking?
Lots of fun in the hay!
Yucky!
Maddux and Mommy in the pumpkin patch!

Our beautiful pumpkins that we chose!
This picture cracks me up because it looks like Brennan is holding the pumpkin! He's so strong!
Gam, Pop, and Maddux and of course the pumpkin Maddux chose!
Scott taking Clay and the pumpkins for a ride!

All of us on the hayride, boy did I pay for that one!

Gam, Pop, and Maddux
Meme and Maddux
Matt and Sarah, yes I took this aren't you impressed?
What a cool pic!

Daddy and Maddux riding the tunnel slide!

Talking to the pigs.
Feeding the goat.
Waiting for the pig races.
Picture with the scarecrow family.



Mommy and Maddux with the Belvedere Scarecrow!

Giant Pumpkins


Thank goodness I found a push broom!