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.

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: