Things I love about her...

I wish there was some way I could capture all the little things about Madeline as well as the camera captures her beauty. At 12 days old, I would have never imagined our precious little one would have so much personality already. What a blessing we've received. So for those of you who have not yet met her, to list but a few of the joys that make up Madeline Noelle...
- I love the way she acts surprised with wide eyes every time she passes gas.
- I love the way she whimpers like a puppy when she's not quite asleep.
- I love the way she flings her arms out wide, milk dripping from her mouth when she's done eating. Like that was the best meal ever, every time.
- I adore the way she comes alive when her daddy walks in the room. Absolutely captivated by his voice and cannot take her eyes off him. (I have a feeling the economy will profit greatly from him one day)
- I love how she loves to snuggle. She could easily spend day and night in someone's arms, receiving kisses, nose kisses and head rubs.
- I love how patient she is. Almost as though she realizes I've never done this before, to say "It's ok Mommy, I'll wait until you get it right or figure it out".
- I love how expressive she is...Eating, sleeping, crying, yawning, playing. She lets you know with her whole face what is going on.
- I love how watching her constantly reminds me that we are made in HIS image. What a beautiful God we serve.

You might be saying "Oh, Becca, all babies do those things"...sure, but not the way my Madeline does them! So I'm a doting mom...

Bath Time!!

Maddie had her first bath this past week. It was an experience. Daddy did most...Mommy did the lady area. There are no pictures of that ;)




We also said goodbye to Grammie after being with us for our first week. And hello to Mimi over the weekend for the first time! Unfortunately we didn't have our heads on this weekend to get pictures of Mimi and Maddie. But thanks to both our grandmas for coming and helping!!


It's been a busy week...Madeline was worn out during her nap today. She broke free from her swaddle, as usual, to free that left arm!

Who you lookin' at?

It's been a hectic few days between our time at the hospital and today. We had a pretty rough first night, but an amazingly improved second night! Hopefully whatever we did last night will work again tonight and we can get another 5 hour stretch of sleep! Here's a little bit of our photo documentation since leaving the hospital. It's just so easy to pull out the camera for every little face. Trust me the camera does not do her cuteness justice :)
I'm ready to go home!

The real sunlight is so much brighter than hospital fluorescence

We slept good once we got home...Mommy did too


Snuggles and tummy time with Daddy!




Thanks for checking in on us!

She's Here!!

Madeline Noelle arrived at 11:09am January 16,2010! She came out via C-Section at 6 lbs 10 oz, 19 in long. We're having so much fun with our healthy, beautiful baby girl!! (even if she is about 3 weeks ahead of schedule)When she's awake, she's very alert and curious - and not at all afraid of her daddy!

Happy Family!

A few more pics of our precious,and we're out for the night!




Be on the lookout for more pictures!

The Latest

For those of you checking in here, I'll update you on our latest news. We came back for our appointment Thursday morning, to find that our fluid levels had gone up a little, but not enough. So they've admitted Madeline and me to the hospital and hooked us up to an IV. Tomorrow morning we'll have another ultrasound and NST. Depending on the amount of fluid in the morning I'll either be sent home, back to the room, or to delivery!! She'll be right at 37 weeks, so she will be out of the premature zone. Thank you all so much for your prayers and the many many offers for help we've received! (and for the visitors who've kept me entertained!) I'll do my best to keep you posted!

Doctor Update

We went to the doctors yesterday for a normal 36 week check up. All looks good with baby. She's 6lbs 11oz. Still has hair, still in breech, and growing fine in the 60% percentile. However, we (the doctors as well as myself) were all shocked to see that amniotic fluid has decreased. As of 10am yesterday, fluid levels should have been around 9, we were at about 5. We'd been told this could happen given our situation (2-vessel umbilical cord as opposed to 3) None of it is serious cause to worry as the baby is still fine. But we are praying that fluid levels will rise so we can make it at least a little closer to our due date (Feb 6), and that she'll have time and space to flip (or flop). We definitely recognize how blessed we've been thus far in the pregnancy, and appreciate the many prayers!
Meanwhile...I'm on "house arrest", drowning myself in liquids until tomorrow when we go back for another ultrasound/stress test. But I REALLY want to go to Target!!!

On a much more exciting note...I'm still working on the bedding for miss Madeline's room (yes, not only am I crazy to do it all myself, but as usual have procrastinated in getting it done). In the meantime, I have pics to show you of the diaper bag, diaper/wipes holder and changing pad I've done for her!


Like what you see?? www.mimsyssister.com (wink wink)
I promise we'll have nursery pics up soon!!

ps- Happy Birthday Granddaddy! and Happy belated Grandpa! xoxo

I Have Succumbed...

Yes...I have joined the world of blogging moms. At less than a month out from our due date, it's time we get ourselves in order. I'm not much of a writer, but between family and friends stretching the coast and spanning the country, we want to keep you all updated on our Madeline Noelle! So expect mainly pictures (that's the fun part anyway). I can't guarantee much in the way of posts before she gets here...partly because we're frantically preparing for her arrival and partly because there's just not much to report on until we can get some real-deal pictures of our little Maddie. Here's a little bit of our progress so far:

This is our first Ultrasound at 8 weeks... seems so long ago!

A few 20 week ultrasound pictures. This is when they told us it was a girl! (Daddy might have teared up a bit..shh)
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Here's a foot!

And finally some fingers

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