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!

Thiem family update!!

September 16th was Maddie’s 2 month wellness check. Chris and I both went to the Dr and were so surprised to see the scale top off at 11 lbs and 13 oz. Yep our baby girl doesn’t have any trouble eating!! She is 23 inches long and starting to get rolls and creases on her cute little legs and arms. Over the last week she has started teething! Yep already! She is drooling buckets of drool and at times a little cranky. It is not uncommon for teething to come with a cranky child, fever and drool. She is trying to put anything and everything in her mouth. She can hold her rattle, teething toys and her new favorite toy, her giraffe. She goes everywhere with her giraffe and loves talking to it. Here are some of her milestones.


She holds her toys.

More talking and cooing.

Teething

Sleeping 6 to 7 hours at night! (Praise God)

Sitting up in her Bumbo.

Trying to sit up on her own.

Turning her head to follow people and objects.

Yes Our baby is growing up so fast.

In our lives…

We have been very busy. I had my first MOPS meeting last week and fell in love with it and all the moms. Chris made senior lineman at work! Congratulations Boogie!!! This normally takes about five years and Chris did it in less than three!

This weekend I am decorating the house for Fall! Stay tuned!!!

Sisters

When I found out I was pregnant I was very worried about my first child Prissy. She is 8 years old and we have been through thick and thin together. I hated everyone telling me she would suddenly be forgotten. I knew that could never happen but I worried how she would adjust to having a little one around and not getting 100% of my attention. I prayed that she would adjust well and love her new sister. Chris reassured me that she was going to do great and be very protective of Madelyn. Once the nursery was complete Prissy new something was going on. As I got further along in my pregnancy she became even more protective of me. There were days that she would lay on my stomach and Maddie would start kicking and Prissy could feel her. Prissy didn’t like that but she accepted that this was now part of life. The first time the two met Prissy knew she had a new member of the family to guard and protect! After returning from outside she goes to the cradle, her room, the bouncy seat and the swing until she finds her sister. When I rock Madelyn to sleep in her room Prissy is right there with us. I feel so relieved that she loves her sister! She has been so good with her. I know sometimes she must get jealous and a little peeved but she is doing great! She has had to adjust. We no longer play fetch after 9 pm because we are trying to calm things down for Maddie and sometimes she has to wait for Maddie to finish her bottle before she is fed but overall she is adjusting well!

Splashing Around!

Sunday we decided to let Maddie experience the pool for the first time. Nanny (Michelle) gave her a swimsuit at one of my showers and I have been dying to see her in it! So Sunday morning I ran to Wal-Mart and purchased a baby pool. Chris blew it up and filled it up with water and let it set in the sun for a while to warm up the water. By early afternoon we were all ready. She was dressed for the occasion with a swimsuit, cover up, sunglasses, and a hat! My Mom and Lavonda came over for the occasion. I think we all had more fun than Maddie. She seemed to love the water. All smiles and no crying were our clue! Prissy was dying to get in the water too but she was fresh from the doggy spa and I didn’t want her getting yucky. After Maddie’s little swim we all came in from the heat and Maddie took a nice long nap while we finished the day with football and homemade seafood enchiladas.

This week is going to be a busy but great week!  It will be my first time to volunteer at the ccc sale (a semi- anual childrens consingment sale at Harvey Hall), Maddie has her 2 month Dr visit, Chris' birthday, Friday is date night, and next Monday is my first MOPS meeting!  So much to look forward to!

Learn more about the ccc sale at

cccsale.com

Find a MOPS group in your area

mops.org

Updates to come on how the family survived the week! 

Looking like a star!

Her pool full of Dad's hot air.

Labor Day Weekend!

Labor Day Weekend we went on our first trip with Maddie! We traveled to Houston to visit our good friends Tim and Randi Jones. They have a beautiful little girl , Tessa, who is 3 weeks and 3 minutes older than Maddie. The trip was a wonderful experience. We learned a lot about traveling with a little one. I was never good at packing light but packing with a little one was a whole new experience. We did manage to fit everything in the car without needing a trailer!!!! Maddie slept most of the way there with one pit stop for a feeding and a clean diaper.
Saturday we all woke up and let the kids play and we did some shopping at Costco. (Chris and I love going to Costco since we don’t have one in Tyler). Saturday night we celebrated Chris’ birthday with steaks and cookie cake. Sunday the guys went fishing and Randi and I took the girls shopping at the outlet mall. Sunday we all went and great dinner. It was a great weekend! We love spending time with them and I am always sad when our visits have to come to an end. We have all been friends for a long time and we hope the girls grow up as close friends too!

 

The girls in the car.  Tessa is on the left and Maddie is on the right.

 

Maddie on Tessa's tummy mat.  She loved it so much we had to go buy her one.

Randi with both girls.  Maddie is on the left and Tessa is on the right.

Chris' birthday cake.  It was supposed to be a hunter and it looks more like a baseball player!  Every time we get together with the Jones' we find a reason for cookie cake!

The boys caught blue crab! 

Chris and his flounder!

 

Well coming home took a bit longer than getting there.  We had to stop 3 times for diaper change, twice to eat and burp, and one bathroom stop for Mom.  We also had a few more items to bring home since we did some shopping!  Thank goodness for SUVs.

 

We came home Monday evening and went to my grandparents house to celebrate my grandmother's birthday.  It was a special treat because my Dad came in town to see Maddie.  We all had a great time at Mamaw's and Dad got to catch up with Maddie!

 

Mamaw with the Grandkids and great- grand!

Happy birthday Mamaw!!  We love you and are so thankful to have you in our lives!  Maddie is so blessed to grow up and have you to look up to.