Clothes

Doesn't she look cute in purple? Most of her clothes are pink, so it's rare to see her in something else. Can you believe Maddie is already six weeks old? She has her six week check-up this week. We'll find out how much she weighs. I'm guessing it's a lot, because her clothes have been getting tight. I've already packed away the newborn size clothes and diapers. Sadly, many of her 0-3 month clothes are too small. She's just too long to snap them comfortably. This outfit is a 3-6 month size. Crazy, I know.
Speaking of clothing issues... I had this pair of feetsie pajamas put back from last winter. They finally fit, (and the nights have finally been cold enough) so we put them on him a couple of nights ago. Apparently they're the greatest things on earth, because it is a huge battle to get them off of him. Caleb loves the feetsie jammies. Sigh. We'll have to get him some more.

Peace and Quiet

It is such a sweet thing when their naps coincide.

A Little Late...

...but here are the guys making a jack-o-lantern. It was apparently lots of fun. Maddie watched, but she wasn't too impressed. She was asleep by the end of it. Oh well, it turned out cute.

Happy Halloween

Caleb and Maddie were jack-o-laterns for Halloween this year. We didn't really do anything, but we thought it would be fun for them to trick-or-treat at Grammie and Popup's house. I wish you could hear how Caleb says "trick-or-treat." It's so very cute. After he got his treats he kept asking for more. He eventually got the candy bowl and sat on the floor to empty it into his bucket. He spent the rest of the evening playing with the candy, counting it, and trying to eat it through the wrappers.

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.