Walking fast

I'm trying to figure out why Maddy walks with her tongue out. She motors along really well. I am so afraid that she's going to fall and bite her tongue. :)

Walking fast

I'm trying to figure out why Maddy walks with her tongue out. She motors along really well. I am so afraid that she's going to fall and bite her tongue. :)

Maddy's latest words & other cool things

Since I probably haven't written them down in a while, I thought I'd write down Maddy's vocabulary.

Mama
Dada
Baba
Doo (dog)
Duuu (go there)
Nana
Jordan (yes)
Reagan (yes)
Gigi
Eeeeeee (stop)
Book (bboouu)
Ball (baaa)

She is obsessed with pictures and lights now. She wants to always look at the pictures in the kitchen.
She is able to pick out most in the pictures.
Me, Jim, Jordan, Reagan, herself, Mimi, Papa, Papa C, Papa T, Gigi etc...
So cool

Shopping?

Reagan and I ran over to Target today to grab a white t-shirt for class tomorrow. Since I hadn't had any luck finding her a coat, I thought I'd try there and let her try it on. We found out quickly that she is still in toddler sizes there. Good.

We wandered back to find a coat and she picked one out that she liked. Next, she said, mom I want to shop. Uh really? Yes she did. She said "I need clothes" and off she went. I said honey, you're a 5T. So she went and found every 5T item they had and pulled it off the rack. I was cracking up. I went from needing a single shirt and maybe a coat to spending $200 in clothes. What the heck happened to me?

One-year old appointment

Today Maddy went to her one-year old appointment. She's now officially one. :) She had the shots. She screamed and cried for several minutes. She fell asleep on the way to daycare. Nice.  I can honestly say that this round of shots was the toughest yet. With Reagan, I didn't know what to expect. She also did pretty well. Maddy doesn't do well with shots at all. And this time was no different. I actually thought about taking her home and cuddling with her the rest of the day because I felt so guilty. Sigh...

The news is - she's in the 94th percentile for height and 88th percentile for weight. Nice. She shot up 2.5 inches in three months. I'm impressed. I knew she had a growth spurt, but man did she grow like a weed.

Tooth #6 folks

Yes - it's poking through... She's been really fussy lately. When I looked in her mouth, I could see the whole tooth about ready to come down. It was already through the gum. Wow!

Welcome Madelynn

Hi Everyone,

As some of you know, our little bundle of joy came a tad earlier than expected. I went in to have my last appointment on Wednesday morning this week and found out that my fluid levels dropped fairly low. The ultrasound tech looked at me and said "you are going to have this baby today".  The doctor came into the room and confirmed what she had said. He asked me to go home and get my bag and the go straight to the hospital. He'd meet me there.

 

I went home, grabbed my bag and Jim and took off to the hospital. My day from that point on became a blur. Everything went so fast that I still feel like I'm catching up to the events.

 

In the end, Madelynn Ashley was born at 3:04 pm on October 13th. She was full breach (or feet criss-crossed). She weighed 7 pounds and 2.3 ounces and was 21.5 inches long. She is beautiful. :) I know I'm a tad partial, but she is.

 

The last few days have been so busy here at the hospital. We've had a steady stream of visitors and have been quite busy learning how to keep up with a newborn again.  Jim has been great - he's done about every diaper so far. :) We are tired, but have been blessed to have some great nurses here that have really helped us out.

 

We have taken some great pictures and should get those posted and out to everyone in the next day or so.

 

Thank you for your prayers and well wishes.

 

We are blessed!