Dedication

This Sunday we dedicated the kids at church. Sorry the pictures aren't great. There were a lot of photos, but it was so dark that my camera did a lousy job.

Ah, how they grow...

We had our two year and two week well child check-ups this week. Caleb now weighs 30 lbs. 12 oz. Maddie is up to a whopping 9 lbs. Already. I know... she's only two weeks old. She's an eater.

Here's a picture of her first real bath.

Here's Caleb being himself. :-)

Sick already

Well. Life is slowly getting back to normal... or at least a new version of normal. Unfortunately, everyone is taking turns getting sick. Yesterday I had a lovely stomach bug. Both kids have a cold. Josh feels kinda blah, but at least he's not sick yet.

Caleb decided to decorate our bedroom door with blue crayon. All I can say is thank goodness for washable crayons. As soon as he saw me coming he asked for a towel. At least he cleaned it up.

:-)

A Long Awaited Update

We're finally home. Woo Hoo. Madeline was discharged from the hospital late Saturday evening. We've been home today sleeping and enjoying being a family together. At the moment Caleb and Maddie are both asleep, so I'm going to post some pictures! Yay!

These first two pictures are the ones that the hospital took. She's in the online nursery, but I'm not sure what the website is or anything. I'm sure if you google Sparks you can find it if you want to.



This is the first time Caleb met Madeline. Here she is dressed up to go home.
Ah. Snoozing safe and sound back home.

Caleb is adjusting. Slowly. Since we had to go back to the hospital he hasn't had much time around her. Initially he simply ignored her, so we took it as a good sign when he asked to hold her.

Of course, we've had moments like these... He was supposed to be taking a nap. When I heard him out of bed I told him to "stay in there." Technically, he followed my instructions.

New Baby News

Heya everyone. Here's the scoop. Tuesday morning I noticed decreased fetal movements, so I was sent to the hospital for a nonstress test. The baby was okay, but they decided to go ahead with our induction early. Madeline Renae was born that evening. 7 pounds 15 ounces, 20.5 inches. She's got an incredible amount of dark hair.
We came back to see her doctor for a normal weight check this morning, but it turns out she has jaundice. Soooo, I'm writing this from a hospital room. She's over in the nursery getting light therapy. Josh and I are hanging out here. I get to feed her every three hours. Hopefully we'll be out of here by late Saturday night, maybe Sunday.
Sorry there aren't any pictures up yet. I promise I'll post some as soon as we get home from the hospital. Until then, just trust me that she's beautiful. :-)

A New Look

So I've been trying to update my blog. What do you think so far?

I'm not going to go back and fix all of my old posts, so please ignore the way the pictures are all cut off.