Daddy is in the Philippines

Daddy left at 7am on Saturday morning for his business trip :( Just as soon as he left Maddy started to really feel discomfort in her teeth. Poor thing is having the most drawn out teething process...

Later in the day Saturday Nana Pam took us to the mall to meet the Easter Bunny (and go on a baby shopping spree!) Here is Maddy meeting the Easter Bunny!

Please excuse the quality of the picture, it's a picture of a picture. :)

She was such a good baby! Everyone was standing around the bunny area trying to get her to smile. It was a great time!

We had a sleepover with Nana Pam on Saturday and then after a delicious turkey dinner by Grampi we went home.

Last night, Nana Patty came over... Bubba's all around!

Maddy and the parentals...

Spring is here!

Finally! I happen to love Winter, but this was a long one... even for me.

Maddy has really started teething lately, and on top of that her mom won't stop taking pictures of her!

Poor thing!

She is also really great at holding her head up now...

We caught a smile!! :)

Nightime :)

Night is my favorite time... We are sitting here, Maddy on her daddy's lap rocking in the chair waiting for American Idol to come on. This may sound very simple to many, but these are the moments I am most grateful for. In this quiet family time I am grateful for Ray, and our beautiful little girl. In years past my life was full of regret, sadness, and complication.... Now, I sit peacefully. I have never been so content and happy.

Does Maddy... ?

Hear no evil, See no evil, Speak no evil? Yes! :)

Miss Moves Alot!

Last night while Ray was changing Maddy she would not stop showing off her "rolling over" skills! All I could do was sit back and laugh as Ray tried to get that diaper on her! She just kept rolling to the right. :) That's my girl.

Right now we are planning for daddy's work trip. Ray leaves for the Philipines on Saturday morning, so Maddy and I are getting in all the daddy time we can before his trip. :)

Whoa... it's been awhile

So I just signed on and realized that I have not written anything since I was 5 weeks pregnant... So a brief update and then I will resume in the present.

Our beautiful daughter Maddy Eileen was born on Halloween! She weighed 7lbs and 15ozs and was 20 inches long.

She is the absolute joy to our world. Amazing.

Her birth was wonderful! I am being told that I paid during pregnancy so I deserved the break... I agree. I was induced on 10/31/08 at 8am and she was born at 12:07pm.

Now.... TO THE PRESENT! :) Maddy is growing more and more everyday. She has just started cereal and has also started to roll over. We had quite a surprise putting her down and coming back to see that she MOVED!