That's right, Madelyn's going to be a big sister!!! We're super excited :) We found out a few weeks ago, and couldn't be happier about it. I went to the doctor this morning and had an ultrasound, and saw the heartbeat! That's so amazing! Anyway, the baby is expected to come April 14th.
So we're hoping that Madelyn adjusts well to a baby in the house. They'll be about 21 months apart, which I think is a good distance. Clint and I both feel that we're going to have another girl, but perhaps that's just because we all ready have a girl so neither of us can imagine having a boy. But we'll be happy either way!!
Well, I need to go now. I've been very pukey and nauseous, so I need to go get some of my "preggie pops" (they actually do help)
YAYAYAYAY!!
Family picture 2015
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Shoes.....
Well, we went to Stride Rite last night. I tell you what, their shoes are NOT cheap, but as soon as I put them on Madelyn she was happy as could be and walked around in them no probelm, which shocked me!! Luckily we found a pair on sale so I only had to spend about $25. And since it was her first pair of shoes, they took a picture. I'll work on trying to figure out how to post it. Sorry, I'm still new at this. It made me so sad to put Madelyn's shoes on this morning. I realized the days of having my baby crawl around barefoot are gone. She seems so much like a toddler now!!
Monday, August 27, 2007
Weekend Wrapup
Well, another weekend flew by too quickly!!
Clint went to a bachelor party out of town this weekend, so it was just the girls!! Friday night we had dinner with my friend Emily and my brother, his wife, and my niece Isabel. I attached a pic of Isabel, who is the cutest almost 2 year old girl ever :) At dinner she kept saying "Hi Maddy", while Madelyn looked at her with a blank expression.
Saturday nothing went according to plan. I was going to get Madelyn's hair cut, but they couldn't fit her in that day. We went to get her 1 year pictures done, but she was freaked out by the photographer, so we left with not a single picture, and a frustrated mommy. I also needed to get her shoes, but I couldn't find any I liked. So we're going to night to Stride Rite and hoping they have something that she will tolerate!! Only 1 week until she doesn't have a choice but to wear them all day.
Saturday night my mom (Nana) came over to watch Madelyn while I went to a bachelorette party for my dear friend Allsion (love you, girl!!). It was fun to see everyone and we talked about when we used to actually all go out. those days seem so long ago!!
Clint got back about 3:30 yesterday, so I made him take me to dinner last night. Besides that, Madelyn and I didn't do much yesterday.
Well, hopefully everyone has a good week. Until next time........
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Weekday preschool
Well, I went this morning for the parent/teacher meetings for Madelyn's upcoming weekday preschool at Germantown Baptist Church. I know, it seems crazy that we're all ready having parent/teacher meetings!!
I'm super excited about her class. We went over the schedule for the year. It was so fun to read about her "curriculum"! It made me feel like Madelyn has grown up WAY too fast!! She'll have 3 teachers in her class, and there are 8 kids including her. She has class pictures in September, parties for Christmas and all the holidays, and all those fun things that school involves. the thing that worries me though, is that Madelyn is required to wear shoes to school every day!! OH NO!!! She FREAKS out if I put shoes on her even for 5 minutes. She screams and cries, and won't stand up, let alone walk. I guess we'll be working on that for the next 3 weeks!! keep your fingers crossed.
I'm definitely NOT the typical GBC kid's Mom! I haven't felt so put of place in I don't know how long. I'm sure I'm the only one there who works. All the other moms had their perfect hair and makeup, and their Louis Vuitton bags. It made me super self conscious, until I thought, "I bet my daughter is cuter than any of the other kids in here :) HA!!"
Well, enough of that. I need to get back to work. I hope you all have a good week!!
I'm super excited about her class. We went over the schedule for the year. It was so fun to read about her "curriculum"! It made me feel like Madelyn has grown up WAY too fast!! She'll have 3 teachers in her class, and there are 8 kids including her. She has class pictures in September, parties for Christmas and all the holidays, and all those fun things that school involves. the thing that worries me though, is that Madelyn is required to wear shoes to school every day!! OH NO!!! She FREAKS out if I put shoes on her even for 5 minutes. She screams and cries, and won't stand up, let alone walk. I guess we'll be working on that for the next 3 weeks!! keep your fingers crossed.
I'm definitely NOT the typical GBC kid's Mom! I haven't felt so put of place in I don't know how long. I'm sure I'm the only one there who works. All the other moms had their perfect hair and makeup, and their Louis Vuitton bags. It made me super self conscious, until I thought, "I bet my daughter is cuter than any of the other kids in here :) HA!!"
Well, enough of that. I need to get back to work. I hope you all have a good week!!
Monday, August 20, 2007
Pictures
Ok, I just figured out how to add some pics to this (thanks Claire!!).
This is Madelyn and the boys from Sunday. Looks like she's fighting the boys off - hopefully she'll continue to do that as she gets older!!
walks everywhere now, it's hilarious!! She'll literally walk in circles just because she wants to walk!!
Boo Monday....
We had the best weekend I've had in a long time. Mainly because we really didn't do much at all. Friday night we went to eat Mexican with our friends - it's a weekly ritual. After dinner they all came over and hung out which was nice. We usually don't get to spend that much time with our friends because we try to be home by Madelyn's bath time, which is at 7:30.
Saturday was a day of nothing. Madelyn and I went to the 2nd of her Kindermusik classes. She seems to like it a lot. Surprisingly she gets really shy whenever we get there and doesn't really want to play with the other kids. I thought that since she's used to going to school, it wouldn't be an issue with her, but I was wrong. She usually just crawls in my lap and doesn't want to leave in until class is almost over. Anyway, after class we came home and made lunch then sat over at Mimi and Poppie's house all afternoon. It was nice and relaxing. We usually cram so much into every weekend that I'm more exhausted when I go to work Monday than I was when I left Friday.
Sunday I slept almost all day. I went to bed at 9:30 Saturday night and slept until M got up at 7:30. We watched some cartoons and ate breakfast, then both went back to sleep from 9:30 until about 11:00. Erin and Billy had invited us and some others over for lunch yesterday. It was fun to get the kids together. Will is almost 8 months old, Pierce is about 6 months and of course Madelyn is the oldest. it's amazing to me how different they all are now, but really they're all less than a year apart. So in a few years, you won't be able to tell any development differences between them. We teried to get a picture of all 3 of them, but that was a fiasco. We put Madelyn in the middle of the 2 boys. She was wiggling around and crying while they looked at her like she was nuts. Hopefully she won't always be such a drama queen!!
After lunch we went home and slept some more. Told you it was a relaxing weekend!! I'm glad I got some rest this week because Clint will be out of town all next weekend for a bachelor party, so I'm on my own with the baby!
Well, I'm off to start out weekday ritual. Breakfast, get dressed, take M to school, then off to work!! Have a good Monday!!
Saturday was a day of nothing. Madelyn and I went to the 2nd of her Kindermusik classes. She seems to like it a lot. Surprisingly she gets really shy whenever we get there and doesn't really want to play with the other kids. I thought that since she's used to going to school, it wouldn't be an issue with her, but I was wrong. She usually just crawls in my lap and doesn't want to leave in until class is almost over. Anyway, after class we came home and made lunch then sat over at Mimi and Poppie's house all afternoon. It was nice and relaxing. We usually cram so much into every weekend that I'm more exhausted when I go to work Monday than I was when I left Friday.
Sunday I slept almost all day. I went to bed at 9:30 Saturday night and slept until M got up at 7:30. We watched some cartoons and ate breakfast, then both went back to sleep from 9:30 until about 11:00. Erin and Billy had invited us and some others over for lunch yesterday. It was fun to get the kids together. Will is almost 8 months old, Pierce is about 6 months and of course Madelyn is the oldest. it's amazing to me how different they all are now, but really they're all less than a year apart. So in a few years, you won't be able to tell any development differences between them. We teried to get a picture of all 3 of them, but that was a fiasco. We put Madelyn in the middle of the 2 boys. She was wiggling around and crying while they looked at her like she was nuts. Hopefully she won't always be such a drama queen!!
After lunch we went home and slept some more. Told you it was a relaxing weekend!! I'm glad I got some rest this week because Clint will be out of town all next weekend for a bachelor party, so I'm on my own with the baby!
Well, I'm off to start out weekday ritual. Breakfast, get dressed, take M to school, then off to work!! Have a good Monday!!
Friday, August 17, 2007
First Timer.....
Well, I'm going to give this blogging thing a try. I don't know how well I"ll do, but I've gotten really bad at keeping people current on what's going on with us, so I'll give it a try. Where shall we begin???
Madelyn Grace just turned 1 less than a month ago. Everyone tells you how fast the time goes by, but until you have a child of your own, I don't think you can realize how true it is. She's just firgured out the whole walking thing over the last week or so. She looks so cute with her wobby little legs walking across the floor. I think it's so funny that her knees hardly ever bend while she's moving. Hey, whatever works!!
We've been having some health scares the last 2 or 3 weeks, but everything seems to be fine for the moment. I went to the ER 2 weeks ago because I had pains while I was breathing. I was sure that I had pneumonia, but they diagnosed me with pleurisy. They did a CT scan to check out everything, and saw a mass on my trachea. I don't think it's possible to understand how your life can totally stop in a matter of 2 seconds unless you ever get a phone call like that one!! CLint and I prayed for days that it just wasn't cancer, while preoaring for the worst. We discussed all kinds of things I never want to talk about again that weekend - from life insurance, to who would take care of Madelyn while LCint was at work if I were undergoing chemo. Thanks the Lord, when they did the bronchoscopy they determined that the mass was only an infection. The pulmonologist suggested that I have surgery to get it removed, but CLint and I have agreed to put that pn hold temporarily. They still aren't sure what caused the whole thing, but they think it relates to the rare infection I had in Knoxvillw 9 years ago. As my sis-in-law told me, I'm the "Queen of Weird Illnesses!!"
That's about all that's going on in our household at the moment. let's see how often I can remember to update this thing!!
Until next time......
Madelyn Grace just turned 1 less than a month ago. Everyone tells you how fast the time goes by, but until you have a child of your own, I don't think you can realize how true it is. She's just firgured out the whole walking thing over the last week or so. She looks so cute with her wobby little legs walking across the floor. I think it's so funny that her knees hardly ever bend while she's moving. Hey, whatever works!!
We've been having some health scares the last 2 or 3 weeks, but everything seems to be fine for the moment. I went to the ER 2 weeks ago because I had pains while I was breathing. I was sure that I had pneumonia, but they diagnosed me with pleurisy. They did a CT scan to check out everything, and saw a mass on my trachea. I don't think it's possible to understand how your life can totally stop in a matter of 2 seconds unless you ever get a phone call like that one!! CLint and I prayed for days that it just wasn't cancer, while preoaring for the worst. We discussed all kinds of things I never want to talk about again that weekend - from life insurance, to who would take care of Madelyn while LCint was at work if I were undergoing chemo. Thanks the Lord, when they did the bronchoscopy they determined that the mass was only an infection. The pulmonologist suggested that I have surgery to get it removed, but CLint and I have agreed to put that pn hold temporarily. They still aren't sure what caused the whole thing, but they think it relates to the rare infection I had in Knoxvillw 9 years ago. As my sis-in-law told me, I'm the "Queen of Weird Illnesses!!"
That's about all that's going on in our household at the moment. let's see how often I can remember to update this thing!!
Until next time......
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