Pumpkin Patch

Hey everyone. How exciting it didn't take me another month to make an update :) hee hee. Well, it has been busy these past 3 weeks around the Russell household. We have been in our houe for 2 1/2 weeks now and we have been busy unpacking and decorating. It's coming along slowly, but surely. It's a little more difficult to get things done when there's a baby in the picture. She only allows you to do a little work at a time before she wants the attention :) Madi really has done well with all the changes she has been through.

So, this past Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, my parents were in town. They came and brought stuff we had packed and stored at their house and they brought Madilyn's furniture. My parents gift to us was her furniture, so they had the chance to bring it to us this week. What a gracious and wonderful present. Madi now has her own bed for the very first time!! She doesn't have to sleep in the Pack-n-Play or on a palate on the floor any more! :) My dad put Madi's furniture together while he was here and he helped me and Scott hang a few things around the house. My mom babysat which was a BIG help! I got to do more cuz I knew Madi was being watched after. My mom also organized Madi's room and got her bedding on her crib while Scott and I were out running an errand one day. What a blessing and big help they have been to us! It was great to have them here for a few days.

I'm still adjusting to not being close to them, but it has been ok cuz we see them and Scott's parents once a month when we go to the Auburn game. We make a stop in Atlanta and spend the night to break up the trip for Madi. Madilyn is a GREAT little traveler!! She does so well in the car for so long. It has been nice for us to get to go to Auburn to a few games. I've even got to go into the games cuz my mom demands to babysit! :)

Well, why my parents were here, my mom and I took Madi over to the Pumpkin Patch to pick out a pumpkin for her first Halloween. She was a real trooper with all the picture taking and bright sun. We have her Halloween costume picked out. I'll keep that a secret until Halloween :)

Here are pics from the Pumpkin Patch. I'll put pictures up of Madi's room as soon as I get the last little bit organized.

ONE MONTH PICTURES

Finally...Another update!

Hey everyone! I can't believe how long it's been since I updated this!! I guess that's what happens when your life is in chaos with no organization! Hopefully it will start getting better now. Well, since the last update a LOT has happened. We moved from the RV park after one of the nurse practitioners Scott works with offered to let us live with her and her husband until our house was finished. She and her husband are truly a God send!!!! We couldn't be more grateful for what they did for us!! Fran and John were definitely put in our lives at the right time! Fran has been great helping me with Madi too. I'm so very lucky to have such wonderful people around me!!

Madilyn is now TWO months old! She had her two month check-up and she weighed 9lb 10oz and was 22in long. She also got her shots...3 in all! She was soooo pitiful! It was very sad! It's amazing to watch her grow. She's smiling now and cooing :) She loves, loves to kick!! She is always moving when she's awake :) She likes to sit up in her bobby and watch football now :) She's very content for a while in it :) For a while she didn't like to sit by herself anywhere, but as she's getting older, she's doing better with that. She's also now been to her first Auburn games! She and I went to the Southern Miss game and then Scott got to go with us to the LSU game. Madi and I got to go to a game earlier than we were going to to because of the weather and my dad had to come get the motorhome when Hurricane Hannah came through at the beginning of September, so since Scott was working, I went back to Montgomery with my dad for a few days and we went to Auburn. Our first family trip to Auburn was the LSU game. We had a good time even though Auburn lost. I have gotten to go into the games cuz my mom has stayed in the motorhome with Madi during the games. She took that job without any arm twisting! :)

Now for the biggest news.......WE HAVE MOVED INTO OUR HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!! We closed on our house Monday Sept 29th and the movers came that afternoon. We are slowly getting it all organized. It's been rough sometimes trying to keep Madi happy and get things set up. We are getting things the way we want them though. We are soooo excited to be in our very own house with all of our things!! Now we don't have to live out of suitcases anymore or live in the "trailer park"! :)

Well, I will post pics later. Madi is waking up and she's hungry, so I gotta go. I'll do pics when she takes another nap.

Love to all!!!

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!!!