One Month Old!

Hey everyone! Sorry it's been so long since I've updated. It's hard to get computer access right now with living in a motorhome and all! :) It's going well, though. We are very thankful that my parents let us stay here in it! It's saving us money for sure! The house is coming along fine. It's so neat to see it coming along. I would post pics, but it takes me so long, so I figured I post pics of Madi instead :) I'll post house pics later. They say we should close the last week in September! That's exciting. We are staying about 5 miles from the house, so we go by there almost everyday to see the progress. The cabinets are in, the appliances there, the house painted, the countertops in the bathrooms are in, the hardwoods down, and more, but those are some of the big things. They were getting the electricity hooked up this coming week!

Well, Madilyn is now one month old today! It's hard to believe that it was a month ago we welcomed her into the world. She's doing good. She's had some fussy days, and those are hard, but she's growing and doing well overall. She sleeps well during the night, but sometimes you just can't make her happy during the day! It's hard cuz you feel so helpless when nothing you do seem to help. We are making it though, and taking it day by day. She's eating well and gaining weight, so we are happy about that. I weighed her at Scott's work one night and she weighed 7lb 7oz with a wet diaper on, so she's doing well!!

Here are some pics of her at 3 weeks old. I'm gonna go have her pics taken somewhere for one month, so I'll have to post those later. Enjoy!

We miss all our friends in B'ham and around. We hope ya'll will come visit when we get into our house. I will update later when I'm back at Scott's office and have access to a computer.

Trailer Park Livin'!

Hey everyone! Just a brief update... We are in Charleston and kickin' it in the trailer park until late September when our house is done. Will be updating pictures and stories soon! Madi had a great 2 week check-up before we left and she is growing. We closed on the B'ham house without incident. We miss you all!!!! Watch for updates soon...

PICTURES!!!

MADI'S FIRST BATH AT HOME. SHE ACTUALLY LIKES HAVING BATHS NOW! SHE LOVES TO HAVE HER BACK WASHED :) AS YOU CAN SEE ALSO, MOM AND MADI MAKE THE SAME FACES TOO!! MADILYN'S IS MUCH CUTER THOUGH! :)


3 DAYS OLD


4 DAYS OLD


MADI'S FIRST NAP WITH HER DADDY AND ALTE


ONE WEEK OLD...MADILYN'S AUNT JESSICA MONOGRAMMED HER ONSIE AND BIB HERSELF! GOOD WORK JESS!! :)



TOY BAR FOR THE LONG DRIVE TO CHARLESTON! (12 DAYS OLD)

No More Lights...

Hey everyone. Sorry it's been a few days since I updated. We have been BUSY packing boxes and moving stuff around getting ready for the movers to come next week. So, in between feedings, we are packing and deciding what to keep and what to sell/not keep.

Madilyn is doing great. She actually got to come off the bili lights Thursday afternoon! She ended up not minding the bed at all and slept really well on it. It had a humming noise to it, so I'm sure that helped too :)

She had lost weight since birth, but is gaining it back now. When we went to the doc on Tuesday she weighed 6lb 2 1/2oz, but she had really just started eating well too. She wasn't eating when she came home from the hospital which was concerning, but she finally picked up on that Saturday night/Sunday. (she weighed 6lb 7oz at birth) So, when the nurse came Friday to check her bili level one last time and pick up the light, she got her weight checked again and she was up to 6lb 6oz! YAY! She had been gaining a couple of ounces back each day since on the bili lights cuz they would check her weight daily when they came out.

So, we are very proud of our sweet little girl! I will post more later.

We are having a yard sale this weekend, so I have to get back out with helping with that. Chris and Mindy that Scott worked with at Children's have graciously volunteered to help run it for this weekend, so we are VERY thankful for their help! Granny (Mel's mom) gets baby duty while the sale is going :) She's enjoying her job :) hee hee.

I'll try and post more pics later today or tomorrow. Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

Love to all!!!