wow a year ago...

I can't believe how fast this year has gone by.  A year ago yesterday I found out I was pregnant.  It seems like yesterday.  It has been a year of many ups and downs!  Chris and I knew that our life were about to change but I don't think either of us knew to what extent or the joy that we were about to experience!  I am very excited for the holidays this year!  Since I was prego last year for holidays I spent most of my time with my head in the potty and didn't get to enjoy the good food!  Don't get me wrong I am not complaining because it was ALL worth it! 

Yep...Maddie was baking away!

Mary Madelyn Thiem we love you and are so very blessed to have you in our lives!

Stay tuned because I will be anouncing exciting news in the next few days!  You will want to be a part of this!!!! (no I am not prego!)

Moving on

I apologize that it has been so long since my last blog. Our internet has been down do to all the storms we have had. We have a lot of catching up to do!


I wanted to share this story with you.

Last Thursday I was watching Private Practice and a baby was born that wasn’t breathing. Suddenly everything that we went through with Madelyn came back to me and I lost it. I couldn’t stop crying. The next day I went to lunch with my Mom and I was telling her what had happened the night before. I asked her when I was going to be able to get over it all. She assured me that it would take some time. She left to go to the bathroom when the waitress walked up and asked how old Maddie was. I told her and she continued to tell me that she had three boys but the youngest one died 11 hours after his birth. Suddenly it hit me. That was God working!!! He was telling me to get over it! We have a healthy beautiful baby girl and things could be so much worse! We don’t know all the damage if any that Maddie suffered from her horrible birth and we won’t know until we see if she reaches her milestones and how she develops as she gets older. But I can’t go around waiting for the other shoe to drop or living in the past! I must live for the day and enjoy the moment!

This is not easy for me to share with you but I wanted you to see how God placed this waitress in my life at the perfect time to teach me a lesson. He is amazing.

I know thinking about her birth will still bring tears to my eyes from time to time but I know that we are so blessed to have our beautiful baby girl.

East Texas State Fair

Last week we went to the East Texas State Fair with Mamaw, Papaw and the Chesley family!  Madelyn loved looking at all lights and taking in all the sounds.  I wanted to share some pictures of our night.

 She really wanted to eat some of the good food we were having but she settled for a bottle.

 Chris playing Mr. Mom while I rode a ride with Claire and Cade.  It had been over 10 years since I have been on any kind of ride!  My body felt a little old afterward!  We had a blast!

 All the excitement wore her out!

 Claire Bear on a ride.  Cade liked all the Fun houses more than the rides.

The Thiem Family!

Birthday Wishes

I woke up last year on my birthday crying because I wasn’t pregnant and I had begun to think that an illness I had in the past was going to keep me from getting pregnant. One short year later I woke up on my birthday to my husband and beautiful daughter singing me Happy Birthday! Wow God is Good!


Top 5 Reasons this was the best birthday EVER!!!! (For the record I have had some AMAZING birthdays!!)

1. Madelyn was here to spend it with me!!!

2. I spent the whole day with my husband and daughter. A privilege of having your birthday on a weekend. NO WORK just FUN!

3. Baylor beat KU 55 to 7. I think it is because Madelyn has been practicing her bear claw.

4. PERFECT Fall day! Fall is my favorite season and on Oct 2, 2010 we had a beautiful fall Texas day!

5. My wonderful husband choose to skip the opening day of bow season to spend my birthday with me! Thank you Boogie!! You make me feel so special!

Well, my birthday has come and gone and I am another year wiser! It was a wonderful day. Chris and I took Maddie to the pumpkin patch and then we had dinner at Mamaw and Papaw’s house with the family. We had a great dinner and my favorite frozen strawberry cake. On Friday night Chris and Maddie took me out for Sushi! I love Sushi and I couldn’t eat it while I was pregnant so I have been trying to make up for it!
Thank you everyone for all the birthday text, facebook post and cards. My birthday was one of the best ever!