Madelyn Grace!!

Payton James would love to introduce the newest addition to our family...

Madelyn Grace Born Feb 26th, 6 lbs 13 oz 19.75 inches.
Both mama and Madelyn are doing great. We hope to be home Monday and will post more pictures soon!

La Nina vs El Nino

Boy what a difference in weather we're having this year. This picture was taken today (2/25). We've hardly had any snow this year. I think Spring started in mid-December :)


Technically these next pictures were in Jan of 09, but this is the winter we had last year. Gives you an idea of the vast difference between this and last year!!

The snow was piled so high from the plows, we were sledding down our little hill!!

Last day!!!!!!!!!!

Tomorrow is D-day!! My Csection is scheduled for 8am. I have to be at the hospital by 530. I'm only a little bit nervous, because it's surgery! But I know what to expect this time around!! I'll post pictures as soon as I can!!

39 weeks. 1 day from delivery.

Crazy hair!

I think it's safe to say that Payton was enjoying his pancakes and blueberries to the max!!

2 Year Well Check

Payton had his 2 yr well-baby check today. He was 33.5 inches tall and weighs 27#. He was in the 35% and 25% respectively. Dr Amy wants to weigh him in a few months to make sure he's gaining weight appropriately, but isn't worried b/c she saw how active he was at the office and says he's burning every calorie he takes in. I guess we'll be putting ice cream in with his fruit smoothies now :)

Dr Amy was impressed with his vocabulary, particularly when he was pointing out colors on the toy ambulance in the exam room! I guess I'm doing a better job than I thought!! Unfortunately, today's visit also called for shots. He got his MMR and Hep A. Payton always does better than I do. I'm always near tears (the extra hormones don't help right now) and he only cried during the actual pokes. I had a sucker waiting for him as soon as Nurse Sarah was done. He was pretty happy and forgot what had even happened 5 seconds later. And just when I think "Oh good, he's done with shots until he starts school"....Baby sister is just getting started! Oh well.

Why do I bother....

...buying toys. Erik had to order a new marine toilet for his tug. Of course it came well packaged. Payton has been playing with the packing material for over a week now!! Currently it's a runway for his planes :-)

Prepared??

With D-day scheduled for 18 days away, we thought we'd attempt to prepare Payton for what we'd be bringing home. We pulled out a few baby things-the bouncer, infant carseat, etc. and let Payton put his baby-doll in to test it out. Well Payton had other ideas!!

He just doesn't quite fit like he used to :)

Birthday boy!!

It's hard to believe my baby boy is TWO!!! Seems like just yesterday I was waiting (and waiting...and waiting!) to go into labor. He had a mostly good day, he fell off his chair at Udder Culture during lunch (throwing a fit b/c he couldn't have his sucker until he ate real food!). Then the poor kid wiped out running in excitement to get his McQueen balloon. The good news is that his day ended with cake, and lots of presents!!




Flashback to the beginning :)

So much to see!!

My favorite trail in Juneau is the wetlands trail. It's Payton's too. He loves to walk along and look at the airplanes coming and going. There is a lot more activity going on these days as they are expanding the runway!

Watching an Amphib take off.

Excavators and dump trucks are always great fun to watch!!



Wings Caravan landing right over our heads!

Payton read his "book" all the way home. It was too cute!

35 weeks, 4 days.

Or if you want to count down to D-day (Delivery Day) it's 3 weeks 4 days. I realized I've been posting all my belly shots on Facebook and none have made it to the blog. I have been very fortunate to have been blessed with great skin. So far nary a stretch mark! I didn't have any with Payton (even 2 weeks overdue!) and I'm hoping I'm just as lucky this time around!