Welcome Landon Dale Martin!

Our new nephew Landon Dale Martin was born on January 29, 2008 at 1:48 in the morning. He weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces and was 19 1/4 inches long. Mommy and baby are doing well, and I am breathing a sigh of relief that the blue outfits that I bought didnt go to waste. I believe Jenna is going home from the hospital sometime today.

Savannah is very much excited to be a big sister!

Madalyn could have cared less about her new cousin. Just kidding, but she wasnt too thrilled that we wouldnt let her crawl on the hospital floors. She was absolutely fascinated by Savannah, however, and this time Savannah wasnt scared of her so that was good!

Our Family Tree

This is a wedding gift from my parents best friends, Maureen and Tommy Archambault. Isnt is absolutely gorgeous?

9 Month Update

Well I know this is a few weeks late... especially since Maddie is closer now to 10 months than she is to 9, but I realized I never posted about her visit to the doctors office. Apparantly we picked a super busy day to take her in, because I waited almost an hour and a half to be seen, which is not normal for that office. Usually we are in and out fairly quickly.

As of 9 months old Madalyn weighs 18.1 pounds and is 26.75 inches long. That puts her in the 37th percentile for weight, down from 70th percentile when she was born. She is in the 25th percentile for height... so our little girl went from being on the big side to being on the small side.

Sick Baby

Madalyn is sick... poor baby. It started off as a cold last week with a little bit of a runny nose and a little cough, then she seemed to get better. Last week she never acted like she didnt feel well. But last night she came home from her Nana and Papa's house and was fine... then about an hour later she was sitting on my lap and threw up all over the place. So I put her in a bath and changed her, then put her into bed with me to snuggle and she threw up again. We finally got her settled down into her bed and she woke up at 3 am and was sick again... poor baby. Today she seemed like she felt okay all day but this evening she started running a fever again. It was so hard for me to come to work tonight knowing I was leaving her behind when she was sick! I gave her Tylenol before I left and Shawn will give her some motrin when she wakes up if she still has a fever.... but it was so hard to leave her! She looked so tired and just like she felt horrible.... just laying back on our laps and laying her head there. She didnt even try to fight me when I took her temperature... a sure sign that she doesnt feel well! I guess we will see how tonight goes and if Shawn needs to take her to the doctor or not.... if she is still sick tomorrow I think she should go rather than try to make it through the weekend.

Its so weird... I see sick kids all the time... and its way different when it is your own baby!

She's Walking! (With some help!)

Madalyn is so close to walking... she constantly crawls over to her walk behind toys and then pushes them around the house. She can take about two steps on her own... so Im sure soon she will be walking all over the place!

No teeth yet.....

Some Family Photos

These were all taken at our Luau in October 2007, when Madalyn was 6 months old.

Sleeping Beauty

Here is Miss Madalyn, AKA Sleeping Beauty. She is recharging her batteries here. Madalyn has officially taken 2 steps on her own to Mommy without assistance... what a big feat! She can also stand for about three minutes now on her own... AMAZING!

Afternoon in the Park

Riding in Cars With Mommy