Life is Good

There are moments in life when you sit back and feel like everything in the world is going right and your life is complete. I'm definitely feeling that way right now as we sit and enjoy our new family.

We are home from the hospital, and I sure do miss having the nurses around for the nighttime feedings!!!!

Here are some pics. from our remaining days at the hospital:
Our view. Not quite as nice as the lakefront room we had the first time but still good.
Our little bean hanging out.Being outfitted for her light therapy. Happy to report that she left with no jaundice. Yeah!We had several visitor's from Brett's lab.
Jill and Andy also came for a visit. Practice run before they have their baby in September:)
Heading home from the hospital!
We are at home now settling in.
Maddi enjoying her new caterpillar toy from Kristin. Placement courtesy of her big brother.
Owen just loves her to pieces. It's so heartwarming to see them together.

And she also already loves him. She's been drawn to his voice since day 1 (not surprising since she reacted to him in the womb too.)

Owen enjoys holding his sister. He looks so old to me now that the baby is here.

The kitties love their new sister too!

We've had some visitors at home:

Ryan and Mary stopped by to say hello. They were our saviors and watched Owen as we went to the hospital.

Kristy and Ava stopped by too. Ava and Owen really thought the Penguin was funny!

Maddi is now 1 week old. Can't wait to see how each day unfolds!

Thanks to Gigi who has been staying with us since the day Maddi was born. She was a great help and Owen especially loved having her around!!!

Thanks also to all of you that sent birthday wishes this past Saturday. It was a pretty uneventful birthday but I'd say we had enough excitement for one week:)

Before I forget, I want to start logging some of the funny things Owen says for future reference:
-Owen calls his feet his sharp claws like the conductor has on dinosaur train. He uses them to punch his train tickets. Obsession is the first word that comes to mind!
-Says "Ohhh Mommy (Daddy, etc.)" when he thinks we are being silly
-Says "Hey Guys" when he wants to get both of our attention. It's hilarious!

More Family Fun

Still having fun with our new family:)

We've also had some visitors come to visit our dear Maddi. We are so excited to share her with the world!!!!

Some of my work friends:

Lauren

LindsayJenny

AmyKristin (friend from my first Chicago job)

Our poor little Maddi has some jaundice so she needs to lay on a light therapy pad. She looks like a glow-in-the-dark baby now...

It's a Girl!!!!

Welcome to the world little Maddi. Madeline Alexis Geissler was born at 8:20 pm on 5/9/10. She weighed in at a whopping 10 lb. 5 oz. and was 21 1/2" long.

Getting ready to go to the hospital. I was SO ready (and big.)

My water broke at 5am so it was time to go to the hospital. Thanks to Ryan and Mary who came to stay with Owen at 5:30 am!!!

We tried to do a regular birth even though we had a c-section the first time. After 13 hours of labor and progressing enough for them to prep the room, everything kind of stopped and the doctor decided to do a c-section after all.

In regular delivery room early on

Daddy preppingJust found out it was a girl!

Dr. at work
And baby makes 4Hanging out in the recovery room
Isn't she the most beautiful thing you've ever seen!?!?!?

I have to say, after finding out how big she was, I thank God that this is the route we took! Everybody is doing great today so we are so thankful and blessed.

Today my mom and Owen came up to meet Maddi. Owen did AMAZING and was so sweet with her. As soon as he got there he was excited to meet her. He wasn't scared of me and didn't act up at all, he was perfect.

Meeting his baby sister for the first time.

Holding the baby

Hugging the baby

She already has these two wrapped around her finger

Owen and Maddi exchanged gifts with each other:)

On Saturday before the big adventure began we took Owen to National Train Day at the main train station downtown. It was really neat (although Owen was being a bit of a pill...)
We are very excited for this new adventure in our lives!

Counting Down

Just waiting (not too patiently I may add) for Baby G #2 to come.

Here are the 38 week ultrasound pics. We did the test to see how big the baby is going to be. The Ultrasound tech said 8 lb. 8 oz. and the doctor was thinking around 8 lbs. Who knows. It's big, that's all I know and I didn't need a test to tell me that...

Enjoying Mother Nature

Laying low waiting for the baby, today we had some fun in the backyard. Owen absolutely loves being outside.

One of his favorite things to play with are his outdoor "tools." Featured here are the weed wacker and lawnmower.
Hanging out in the elephant chair being a little ham bone. Planting his bean plant in a pot so it can keep growing.
Good helper with the watering can.

Owen running around outside being a boy.

Visitor Pics.

Papo and Nonna Barbara sent along some pictures from their visit with us. Very cute!!!

Owen admiring Papo

Looking for Ants. Such a Boy.

Having fun with Nonna Barbara

They enjoyed getting to watch Owen at swim lessons. There are a lot of great expressions captured here.