The Baby has Visitors

Of course, after Madison was born, our out of town family came to visit.  How could they resist? ;-)

One week after Madison was born, my Dad & Tammy came to visit.  They didn't end up staying with us because it was so close after she was born (as I have mentioned before, we thought she would be born earlier).   They spent some time hanging out at our house, but Madison and I were not really making any trips out of the house yet, so they also took a trip to Tom's Farms, about 30 minutes away with my sisters and their families and Kyle took Katelyn & Brooklyn.  Kyle took several pictures of their trip.

The pool we bought at the beginning of the summer.  The kids loved it.  Here they are with the cousins.

Poppa with Kenzie & Madison

First time in the car with 3 kids in the backseat.  We were headed out to dinner for Poppa's birthday.

 At Tom's Farms:

We also drove up to my sister's house to see some family, including my cousin who had a baby at the beginning of May.  Eliana was due the same week as Madison, so they were about the same size.

The brothers and their newest granddaughters.

Eliana on left, Madison on right

The brothers and their grandkids.

Grandparents and all their kiddos (except Kenzie)

Dad & Tammy also took Katelyn & Brooklyn to the beach, where they met both my sisters and their kids, but I don't have any pictures of that as Kyle & I were not there. 

Dad and Tammy were here for almost a week and then we had about a week with no guests before Kyle's family arrived when Madison was 3 weeks old.  We hung out around the house quite a bit and they also went on a hiking trip and took a trip to the beach. I don't have any pics of those though, unfortunately.

Grandma & her girls.

While they were here, Madison was baptized and we had lunch at our home after church with family and a couple of friends.  Madison wore the baptism gown that Kyle's mom wore, which was quite special.

 

Madison & my Grandma.

Kyle's side of the family.

Madison with Kyle's parents.

Madison with my parents.

Madison with her Grandmas.

A beautiful little girl.

We had a very busy, but fun month.

Madison's First Month

I hope you had a good Labor Day.  We enjoyed it with a BBQ and swimming and the home of some friends from church.

Here are some pictures of Madison from June.


Her first day at home.  She could sleep anywhere.

First tummy time:

She would sleep without a swaddle:

First bath at home:

Random Photos of our Cutie:

Sleeping anywhere (again):

1 week old - Sucking her fingers, although this hasn't turned out to be something that she does regularly:

 

 

Poppa & Mammie came for a visit, here she is with cousin Mackenzie:



The girls did not think that Madison should ever be laying on the floor by herself (this is Katelyn, although Brooklyn often did the same thing):

My cousin had a daughter (Eliana) about 3 weeks before Madison was born, even though they were due the same week.  Here Madison is about 1.5 weeks old.  They are about the same size here, Madison is on the right.

 

 

More random cuteness:

2 weeks old:

Nap time with daddy is a fairly regular thing:

She spends a lot of time in her gym.

Baptism day - June 22, 2014.  She wore the dress that her Grandmother wore for her baptism.

4 weeks old - Her big sisters like to share their toys:

1 month old!  Here she is with her first bottle.  She took it great!

1 month old and getting so big already.

Madison's first month was highlighted by her baptism and visits from Poppa & Mammie when she was one week old and Grandpa & Grandma D. from Minnesota when she was 3 weeks old.  She did roll from her stomach to her back once the day she turned one month, but I think it was just how her hands were placed as she has not done it since. 

She was (and is still) a great baby.  For the first month, she slept A TON.  She ate every 3 hours from the get-go and then would pretty much sleep until her next feeding.  She only ever woke up 1 or two times per night.  There were times during the day that we would almost forget that we had 3 kids because she was so easy.  We did have to take her back to the check-up center when she was five days old because at 4 days she had some jaundice.  It went down enough that it wasn't an issue though.  Her weight gain was good, unlike that of her sisters, so we never had to supplement or feed every two hours - yeah!  She also had to have her bellybutton/cord cauterized, but that never seemed to bother her.

Madison gets LOTS of love and attention from her sisters.  Katelyn especially can't leave the room (or enter it) without giving kisses and commenting on how cute she is.  We don't really worry about them hurting her at all, but are regularly asking them to give her some space.

We are loving this precious bundle of joy.