Baby Madison Ann!!!

Sorry that it has taken so long to get the pictures up, but here they are!!
Right after delivery, don't I look lovely...Thanks Honey!!

Madison had some difficulty breathing on her own, so they put her on oxygen for a few hours to help her out. We called her our Astronaut Baby. Another Space Cadet, right dad!

Just waiting to hear from the pediatrician to fill us in on her progress.

The proud Daddy!!

The super happy Mommy!!

Heading home to see the rest of the family!!

Lizzi desperately wanted to hold Madison. You may not see it in the picture, but there are three of us holding onto the two of them. We were not taking any chances.

I was showing Lizzi "soft-hands", which she did really well with. She even spoke softly to her.

You may notice that in the previous picture Madison had the binky and now Lizzi has it. She decided she wanted a taste and pulled it right out of Maddi's mouth.

Then she tried to stick it back in...backwards!

Fun Stuff!

Baby Info.

Just a quick update for those I haven't told yet...We have set an inducement date for Thursday, Aug. 21st. Don't worry, nothing is wrong. We just have a lot of things going on right now, so talked to the doctor and he said that it would be fine. So, I only have 4 days and 9 1/2 hours to go!! I'm just getting a little excited. Anyways, we will for sure have a baby by Friday!

Baby Updates...

Madison and I are doing well. My doctor was worried about my lack of weight gain earlier, but now I have caught up to where he wants me to be...sadly putting me just over 200 lbs.and making my hands and feet quite swollen. Other than that we are doing good. Since she has gotten so big, she can't move quite as abruptly as before, making it a little easier to sleep at night. At my last appointment my doctor asked if I had any concerns that would suggest that delivering the baby early would be better than waiting...I took an extra minute deciding my answer and if discomfort would be considered that big of a concern. I finally answered with a "no", but I was still thinking about it. The funny thing is that when I told Jake about it he reminded me that I had been having more problems than just discomfort, so we decided that we'll see how this week goes and if those things continue we might be setting something up with the doctor.
Enough about me and the pregnancy, let's get to the star of this blog...Lizzi! She has been having a great time learing new things. This is Lizzi wrestling with one of her pillows. She likes to throw it around and then body-slam it.

The other Sunday, Bryce came over for dinner, and showed Lizzi how to tie a tie.

She decided that she did not want to wear it the traditional way...she's so modern-chic!

I think that this is a childhood must...trying on daddy's shoes. It only took her a few tries to realize that it was easier to put them on when she is standing up. the only problem she had was that she could not walk and keep the shoes on at the same time.

In the end she went back to her good-ol' bare feet. Doesn't she look so cute in this dress!! I got it at DI (Deseret Industries) for $2. She loves putting things in the pockets, such as my cell phone.