Visit with Aunt Amy & Grandpa Ron

Well, Aunt Amy left today and Grandpa Ron leaves tomorrow.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving here in VA, with nice Fall weather.

Abby has had a lot of fun being entertained by her company!

Snuggled up and sleeping on Auntie Amy

Maddy is now sleeping naps and nights in her own room now!!

Coloring on the doodler with Amy before bedtime

KISSES!!! Always free in this house!

Big & Little Smith

Abby holding Madelyn. She is such a proud big sister, its fun to watch her love on her.

One day Maddy will appreciate the attention from her Big Sis.

Monkey'n around!

We were off to the "Jumpin' Monkey" to play this morning.

Off course Abby had fun, and this was daddy's first visit, so he had fun too!

Of course Maddy slept through the whole hour of playing! Good girl!

Illumination Parade-Norfolk

We bundled up and took the girls to the Norfolk Annual Illumination parade last night.

Abby LOVED it, and got a kick out of sitting on daddy's shoulders and watching the floats and marching bands go by. She pointed out EVERYTHING!!! She's very observant these days!

Maddy slept the whole time on my chest in my wrap all bundled up.

Madelyn's 1st Bath

Roxy had to check and see what was going on up there
Daddy doing some washing

All wrapped up and clean

The clean cutie!

Oh, sisters

This is what happens when you fall asleep! Your big sister comes over and dumps all of her princesses onto your bed.

Abby loves seeing what Maddy is up to at all times of the day.

KISSES!!

New pictures of Maddy....

Relaxing in her swing
Napping & relaxing on her boppy pillow

Doing what she does best....sleeping!

Getting her first bottle feeding! Mommy doesn't want to be the only one to provide this service!!

After much squirming, she busted loose from her swaddle after a night of sleep.

Fun for Big Sister

Trying to remind Abby that she is still the star in our life....she gets her playtime too!

Daddy got down on her level the other night and played an endless game of doll house madness, shoving "mom" and "dad" thru windows and over walls! They had a blast.....

But then this is what happens when Abby makes you play too hard.......

Then Abby & daddy shared a cereal moment where she enjoyed feeding him pieces of her cheerios. They love being goofy together!

Grandma's Girls

We were super lucky to have Grandma Donna come out and stay with us for 2 weeks while we were in the hospital with Maddy, and to help out once we arrived home with a newborn.

Abby loved her 3 days at home with Grandma Donna and their activities while we were in the hospital, and never even asked for us....I keep telling myself she at least thought of me!

We had a wonderful visit that seemed to fly by, and enjoyed a lot of time relaxing at home together with the two girls. Here are some of the photo memories.....even the goofy ones of Abby not wanting to obey the "smile" commands!!

Just 2 years ago....so similar....sisters!!!

Here are photos from the day Abby was born 2 years ago, compared to Maddy's newborn photos!

There are so many similarities between she and Maddy, its fun to see, and makes us feel like we are starting all over again; which we are, but this time we have a fun toddler to enjoy along the way!

Can you tell which is Abby and which is Maddy??? Its a close call!!!

(you guessed right if you thought Abby was the one on the scale! They were only 2 ounces different in birth weight!)

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THEN..........

Abigail Roslyn Smith

10-11-2007 8lbs 5oz, 21 inches

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.........AND NOW

Madelyn Nicole Smith

11/4/09 8lbs 3oz, 20.5 inches