It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year... Almost!

Just a little sneak peak of my little dancing queen in her new Holiday dress! We are trying to be early instead of late this year on Holiday cards...

Can't wait for the Holidays to arrive!

Happy Halloween!

Halloween 2009 So Far...

We went to Tanaka Farms a couple weeks ago with our neighbors...

Maddy loved trying to pick up all the pumpkins! She loves climbing too... She was in heaven with all the pumpkins and hay to climb on...Happy Birthday Jonas... Maddy loved the bounce house at Jonas' big birthday bash...

Facepainting... She wasn't so sure about, but looked sooo cute!Maddy had no fear when the Creature Teacher came and was trying to hug and squeeze all the lizards, sat on the turtle...
Wanted to take home the giant snake...

Trunk Or Treat with our friends the Child Family...Maddy's practice run for getting all the candy on Halloween. She pulled out sucker after sucker wanting us to unwrap it so she can get one taste and move on to the next one...

Today we went to another pumpkin patch with Maddy's friend Brynlee... They loved the little rides...

This was Maddy's favorite, she couldn't wipe the grin off her face the whole time!And of course Maddy had to hug all the pumpkins in her own cute little way of hugging... putting her head on them...Can't wait to see what fun Halloween day will bring! Happy October!

Sorry daddy...

Now you are really outnumbered!

We definitely thought it was a boy, but we were wrong! Even though, we are still super excited! We love little girls and now we don't have to paint the bright pink room the girls will be sharing, and we will have plenty of clothes and girly things for this little baby! Maddy will be such a great big sister! Thought we'd share the news!

Inspirational Message...

I got this off of my friend Heather's blog header. She just passed away this week after a long almost 3 yr battle with cancer. I thought it was appropriate to post this message. Heather was an inspiration to so many people! She was beautiful inside and out. Our prayers are with her family right now, she left behind a husband, a daughter, a son, and so many wonderful family members and friends...

"Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with friends and family. One day each of us will run out of tomorrows." Thomas S. Monson

Our Wierd Cat

Yes he is way to fat for Maddy's doll's stroller, but there he was... Maddy was bumping him into walls, corners, couches, but there he sat. Crazy Mungo...

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My poor sick baby...

This has been a Looooong week. My poor baby...

I'm going to be a ....

We are super excited....I just forgot how much I LOooooVE (sarcastic) being pregnant! haha. Here we go again!

Say Cheese!

Since I am a photographer, I thought it was about time Maddy learned to say the infamous "cheeeeese!" She has it down pretty good now and is soo cute when she says it! Here we are practicing again...

Maddy Loves Mickey!

Everyday while eating breakfast, Maddy gets to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She LOVES it! Sometimes I think I need to cut her off though. Now if I accidentally step in front of her high chair, she is trying so hard to look around me and doesn't even notice if I am talking to her! I might be creating a tv addict, but it is sooo cute when we go to Disneyland and she recognizes Mickey Mouse! She loves him so much!

This time, after her portrait with Mickey, I couldn't tear her away from him! And when I finally pulled her away, she escaped again and yelled "Dadda!" so loud while running back to Mickey! Mickey was blushing. It was hilarious! Tony doesn't think it's that funny though. haha.

Happy Father's Day!

I forgot to post these pics, but they were just too cute to pass up!

Maddy has the best Daddy ever! Tony is an amazing father! We are so blessed to have him in our lives! So to show our appreciation, Maddy and I made him a special tie to wear to church on Father's Day. He wore it proudly! What a good Daddy!

Happy 4th of July!

We were so excited to celebrate the 4th for the first time in our new home in Huntington Beach. The day was amazing, so many wonderful memories! I couldn't have thought up a more perfect day!

My Grandma and I were able to make Maddy this super cute dress to celebrate the 4th in! She was soo cute all day!



We started of with our neighborhood biker gang heading off to the parade on Main Street...

Then watched the parade... We love our new neighbors!

Amy and Rob were able to meet up with us for the parade! We were so excited to have them join us!
Maddy and her BFF Jaden...

Then it was the celebration dinner with the family! Tons of food, fun, and games...
Then daddy lit off some of our own fireworks...

Blake loves Kylie...

And we hopped back on our bikes to catch the fireworks show on the pier...

We got their just in time with our gang, and it was so amazing! The show was 30 minutes long, with music and everything. The finale was spectacular. It was such a perfect way to end our day!

Happy 4th of July Everyone! We are so blessed to everyone who sacrificed so much so we can live in peace in our beautiful country!

Love, The Nguyen Family

Our Little Sunshine...

Bonnie and Scott have a blog!

So my friends Bonnie and Scott finally made a blog. Here is the link...

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They are currently working hard trying to adopt a baby to begin their family. If anyone knows anyone that is looking for an adoptive parent, or knows someone who is searching for an adoptive family for their little one, please foward this blog on to them so they can get to know the Carters and see how loving and deserving they would be to any baby.

Thanks! Have a great day!

Doing Laundry with Uncle Blake...

Maddy!

Just a couple pics I shot of Maddy in front of our house the other day... She loves being outside, picking flowers, and playing in and eating dirt. These pics were before she invaded the garden. She is growing up so fast! It's crazy how one day she is my little baby and the next she is a little girl!

Maddy is finally getting more confident and trying to walk more on her own...

Ooopps, fell again...
But she is still happiest crawling around getting her knees all scraped up and dirty!

Here is Maddy with her BFF Mungo...
Whether he likes it or not...

Mungo is the new neighborhood cat here on our street. He loves everyone and wants to visit them all in their homes and eat their other cats food. He is also fearless! He is not afraid of 50 lb Fuzzy the cat that lives across the street! He waltzes right pass the huge hissing cat into Fuzzy's home and eats all of his food! He is also not afraid of cars...this could not be good! We have to tell cars to stop for him while he casually crosses the street in front of them! Good thing he is white. But if anyone knows Mungo, you just can't keep him locked up indoors... we don't know what to do with our cuddly, loving, friendly, computer cord and clothes eating Mungo....

This is how daddy "babysits"

So I went to do 1 small errand and came home to this...

I guess this is what Tony calls "babysitting." He was outside mowing the lawn. I think it's hilarious how dads call watching their own kids babysitting.

Hi Mama!

"Look at me, Look at me!"

A few of my favorite things...

The Beach...

Oreos...

Disneyland!...

Swimming lessons with Tanner... (We'll post actual swimming pics next week, this is my favorite part of swim lessons! They have these in the bathrooms so the moms can get dressed! I want one of these chairs in every room in my house!!)
Kissing all my toys and animals, even if they squirt water in my face...
Strawberries and Whipped Cream...

Watching Cartoons with Monkey...
And the beach...

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Bunny Merry-Go-Round

At South Coast Plaza right now they replaced all the horses on the merry-go-round with bunnies! Maddy was so excited because she now knows all about bunnies after Easter. When we were walking towards the merry-go-round and she saw the bunnies she sat right up in her stroller and screamed! She was sooo excited! I had to take her on it. It was only $1 so we went on twice! I love seeing Maddy so happy. She was so cute!

Here's a little video clip. She loves music! When she hears any kind of music she starts dancing or clapping.

Maddy's First Haircut...

So I had been waiting to make a special day out of Maddy's first haircut. I invited Maddy's great Grandma and Grandpa Olive, my mom, and my sister Amy was able to come help out too. I scheduled Maddy at First Cuts at Fashion Island, it was a little expensive, but I thought it would be fun to go get lunch, and see the pet store before hand. Here is my mom and Maddy at Fashion Island...

It was time to go to our appt, we walked over to where First Cuts used to be, and it was gone!The lady on the phone told me it was still there when I scheduled the appt that morning! This was the start of a very bad day...

I had locked my keys in the car before and was just going to call AAA after the haircut so my grandparents didn't have to wait. Now I needed to get in my car to go to Corona Del Mar where the haircut place was really located. It took AAA 40 minutes to get to my car, while G&G where waiting...

When AAA guy finally arrived and broke into my car, my alarm went off and I didn't have the transponder to turn it off! The AAA guy was like, "sorry. See ya!". Yes, I had to drive with my car alarm going off. It finally stopped en route, we pulled up to the haircut place, turned off the car, and there it went again! It was so loud! Super embarrassing, and I just left my car there with the alarm screaming at everyone. It is now Maddy's nap time, but we are going to get a haircut. I have my camera and everyone is ready. We sit Maddy down in the cute little airplane, and the meltdown begins...

I end up having to hold her while she gets her hair done my the lady who had told us First Cuts was at Fashion Island earlier that morning. Maddy was not happy..Most of her first haircut pics look like this...

Here I am trying to tell Maddy how cute she looks with the wierd little flowers the lady stuck in her hair...A little happier...
Then the scary lady wants to take her picture...

The haircut lady takes her picture for Maddy's memory book, and her printer prints out the portrait of Maddy, except her face is bright green. The printer ran out of toner. She said this has never happened in 2 years. "Sorry, that will be $25." She says.

Good thing I had my camera to capture these great memories! (=

Finally Maddy was happy when she realized how good her first sucker was! There was no taking this away from her. The carseat was a sticky mess. But at least she was happy again and we got the first hair cut experience out of the way. Fewwwww! That was a long day!

A couple days later I got these cute shots of Maddy. Happy again and showing off her new haircut! Sooo cute!No more $25 hair cuts for you!

Maddy's New Car..

I've been so excited to shoot Maddy in this car. Tony gave me this for my birthday, and I've been just waiting to shoot with it. I had the urge to just go outside and shoot this really fast, and this is what I got in my 3 minutes of Maddy's attention span. Of course there will be many more portraits of Maddy in this super cute car to come...

Madeline Paige 10 months old..

Here are a few shots I got of Maddy for her 10 month pics. Maddy is so much fun. We love her to death! I can't believe she is almost a year!

Catching up...

It's been awhile since we have been able to catch up. We are finally settling down in our new home. It is half the size of our other house, so we found we have alot of "junk" to get rid of. It's a bad sign when you are all moved into your house and your garage is still packed to the cieling with no access. I don't look foward to cleaning that out, but at least if I do, someday I can hope to build my studio back in the garage.

One of my favorite things in our new house is our kitchen sink... No more baby bathtubs which we don't have room for anyways, I love it... Check out how long Maddy's hair is getting!
Maddy got an early birthday present from her Aunt Wendy, uncle George, and cousin Emily..
Check out just one of her cutest ever new outfits, and we especially love the super loud lawn mover which Maddy loves. Thanks guys!

Maddy wanted to say thanks too!And here are some of our favorite pics of Maddy. This is what happens when you refuse to take your morning nap. Happy Lunch Time!

This does not look comfortable..

We are not sure what to think about Maddy's new smile... I think she is just proud of her new top teeth?

And here is Maddy with Tanner, one of her potential future husbands... As you can see, I think Maddy is super excited to be practicing her engagement portraits with Tanner..

(also notice our very green island in the background, yes we are courageous, but we love it!)Check out Maddy's arm around Tanner's neck and her hand on his knee... Let's not show daddy these ones..

That's it for now! Have a great day!