Thursday, April 23, 2009

It's official...I'm tired!

Whew -- yes, everyone, in response to your wonder - I have fallen off the face of the Earth into mommyland. I spent today using toothpicks to keep my eyelids from slamming closed for good! But even though I'm so tired, it's a great feeling being home with Madelyn AND Emily. And we thought we had it rough when Madelyn was a baby...ha!



It's been a wonderful few weeks so far with our new little girl. She's absolutely perfect, we are so thankful she's healthy and beautiful. She has not a care in the world...she eats and sleeps and poos, ALOT!

Madelyn is in love with her new baby sister, sharing her crayons and toys - she's already had a tea party with her! They are sharing now, but we'll see how they share 15 years from now!

I have so many pictures of her already...and I've shared most of them through emails. But I do plan on getting them on our blog. I posted a few with this...but this is just a tiny sampling of what we've taken so far.



Friday, April 3, 2009

Come out and play, Emimy!

The end of this second pregnancy is drawing near! Emily's due date is Tuesday, April 7th. I visited my doctor this morning and we decided that I'll head in Monday to have her. It's a little sad, because Ben doesn't think he wants any more children -- it's a little scary, because we'll instantly have TWO little girls to care for -- it's a sigh of relief, because this second pregnancy came with more aches and pains than the first. It's a lot of things - it's an END and a BEGINNING. We're nervous, thrilled, anxious, curious, a million different feelings all balled up together!
Ben got a few pictures of Madelyn loving on the "belly juice" as he likes to call it:






Bringing home a baby bumble bee...

Madelyn has been very interested in the flower garden we have out front. She loves to pick my pansies - and it didn't bother me for a while. But when she started picking out all the pretty spring colors, I finally told her she needed to stay out.

Well - a few days ago she insisted on picking this one dark purple pansy, she held it in her hand for a second, threw it on the ground and started screaming. Then I saw she also threw down a bumble bee! It was on the flower and stung her finger! My poor girl, she cried for a few minutes and then said, "you don't pick mommy's flowers." Now she stays clear of them!

Day at Maymont


Last Sunday we spent the day together at Maymont Park - we love Maymont. It's beautiful gardens and fun animals keep little ones AND adults captivated all day! It was a windy day there, but most of the animals were out. Even two brand new baby goats! I just wanted to snatch them up and bring them home with us!


Madelyn had fun running free and picking dandelions. It was a great day for us, we had been looking forward to a nice day to spend together, the three of us. Here are a few pictures: