More Pennsylvania Time

Nana and Pappy found a model train museum that had a Christmas Trains display. Madigan was pretty enthralled with the whole thing.
Harpers Ferry:


Pappy took us for a tractor ride!

Pennsylvania Leg

There is no easy way to put a month's worth of pictures on this blog. So, below are a few of our trip to see Kyle's side of the family in Pennsylvania (weeks 2 and 3 of our 4 week road trip). The weather was very mild while we were there. Madigan has 2 cousins under 2 and she enjoyed some "play" with them. She also loved to spend time with the goats and help feed them pretzels.
We went to Hershey. PA-the home of Chocolate World and also hit a small North American zoo too.






Our 1st day in town, there was a family get together. I thought Madigan would wake up when I carried her in, but she took a good sized little nap on top of the table instead.

Wisconsin for the holidays

We were home in Wisconsin for the holidays again this year. And again this year, a baby was born right before we got there. Last year, Ryan Jr. was born on Dec 20th, this year Daniel was born in mid December.Madigan got a horsey coat from Grandpa!
We made lots of Christmas cookies- the cutouts with frosting and candy-yum! Below, Aryanna has her shirt off so we didn't need to do laundry once again. And baby Daniel is in the ergo carrier on my chest. He took a good 4 hour nap in there and loved it. Madigan fell in love with her cousin Brooke the first day we were there. Instead of calling it Grandma's house, it's now called "Brooke's house".

While Dad sent all of Christma Eve in bed (since apparently he was "overserved" the night before), I took Madigan and Aryanna outside to build a snowman. There's about a foot of snow on the ground and very cold. It was the first snowman Madigan built and she was in love.
We got to spend any evening with Jessica and Diego.

Grandma found my Grandma's sour cream sugar cookie recipe.
Lots more pictures to come after I get them from my siblings!

First Legs of the Trip

Here's the first few photos of our trip towards WI and PA. Madigan was an awesome traveler. We made awesome time the first day and left Bozeman at 4am-in front of the storm. We made it all the way to Sioux Falls, South Dakota....and then we were stuck in the middle of a blizzard for 2 days. It wasn't so bad since we had a pool and wifi. But it was -40 degrees outside and we looked like we were in a scene from a National Geographic Antartica special.

Goofy Girl

Kyle actually left the house with Madigan in this outfit below. He said he couldn't take her in public like this, but I assured him Madigan needs to be encouraged to exercise her right to freedom and independence. (Again, this coat was passed down to us from a very unlikely source and Madigan found it herself in the garage...therefore it was meant to be hers, and worn as often as she likes.)

A Little 'Mock' Christmas

Here's a couple of pictures from the little Christmas we did at our house before leaving on our road trip. Madigan got wood food items for her kitchen- a cookie making set, and cut-able fruits and veggies. She also got a cabbage patch kid that she loves.

Never Alone

Aunt Dolores recently said Madigan never seems to be alone- there's always a dog keeping her company. Yes, yes, it is true. Madigan is an animal lover. This past week she's taken to eating her meals with the dogs under the table...mostly Barnaby of course-he's always happy to be near the food. She's also started hugging Naya and telling her she loves her. And she really enjoys putting the leashes on the dogs and tryig to walk them around the house. They don't really get it, but it's funny to see her try so hard. (The leashes aren't really fastened to them so don't panic-we're not letting her drag them around the house or anything.)