Madelyn Nicole Smith

Well, we are finally home and happy to be a family of 4!

Madelyn and mommy are doing great. And Abby was very excited to see her little sister for the first time. Her first reaction was adorable, she sang "Rock-a-bye-baby" to her and said "baby, beautiful"! Then she proceeded to give Madelyn all of her princesses and her lovey!

The whole experience went great, but we are happy it is behind us and we can enjoy our little, newest bundle of joy.

Madelyn Nicole Smith

Born Wednesday November 4th @ 6:04am

8lbs, 3oz, 21 inches

In the labor/delivery room.....hours and hours before Maddy's arrival! Total labor time was 16 hours!

Just minutes after birth!

Day 1 of life! She eats and sleeps like a champ.

Chillin' with daddy

Getting dressed and ready to leave the hospital

First time in the car seat...she slept the whole way home

Meeting big sister Abby for the first time

Rocking our babies together

Trick-Or-Treat 2009

We trick-or-treated with Abby earlier in the day for Halloween, as the downtown area had a store-front candy pass out session. Our poor "Unicorn" girl was a bit overheated as it was at least 75 degrees out, so it was a warm halloween....we might have helped her eat some of the candy before it melted :)

Our little Unicorn and daddy walking the streets
Ever see a Unicorn butt before?? Here you go!!

Meeting "Dora The Explorer" for the first time, and willingly gave her a hug!!

Zoo Boo 2009- Norfolk Zoo

Sunday after Grandma Donna got into town the night before, we took part in the local zoo's "Zoo Boo" event. They put on a great performance for the kids, who got to come dressed up (even though Abby did not dress up) and had booths all along the zoo path passing out candy for the kids, and they had special "pumpkin smashing" sessions setup for different animals throughout the zoo.

We got there just in time to witness the pumpkin smashing at the lion exhibit. They put out open pumpkins filled with raw meat to entice the lions and cubs to have fun.

There are 4 cubs, and a mommy & daddy that came out to enjoy the festivities.

Hunt Club Farm- Pumpkin Patch

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

We took Abby to the local pumpkin patch harvest festival today.

We had much more fun than we anticipated, and she really enjoyed each part of the experience, so it was fun to watch her take it all in.

Walking through the parking lot

There was a petting zoo with chickens and goats.....she loved chasing them all!
In the chicken coop she just kept saying "cock-a-doodle-doo" as she chased the chickens

Feeding the goat all by herself

The very cute baby sheep.....he was so little he was still being bottle fed so he didn't know how to eat what we were feeding him.

"Get over here mr.goat.....I'm going to get you" This photo was just before she took a butt-first plunge into the mud at the feeding trough; other than trying to figure out cleaning off her hands, she got right up and continued on chasing. So the rest of the photos for the day show her dirty back/butt!

All the goats were very docile and just her size, so there was no intimidation; although I can't say they weren't scared of this screaming and excited 2 year old

Waiting patiently for the hayride

Playing in the hay mound

Checking out the donkeys with dad

The dirty butt.....it was much worse before it dried up

Loveable even when muddy

The tractor hayride

She loved the small pumpkins..she could pick them up all by herself, even with one hand

Family of ALMOST 4!!!!

"This one's heavy mom!!!"

Hmmm....which way will they go.......

Deep in cupcake

Our friends the Mitzner's had a fun kiddie fall party on Saturday, and Abby had a great time playing with all the kids. Unfortunately the only photos I caught were of her eating (devouring) a cupcake at the end!!

And she stopped to smell the flower while she was chowing down.

Just being silly & cute

This is a classic shot of Abby these days. She loves any opportunity to climb onto Mike whenever he's on the floor. Here he was trying to tape off the baseboards in the living room prior to painting, and she had to climb on.
My 2 kids!! They love each other so much its just fun to watch them interact. Abby had just finished her bath and was out drying off when she sat down to watch tv. Roxy joined her.....only because she had a snack cup of goldfish at her side. Any opportunity for a dropped snack! Cute photo opportuity nonetheless.

Play Kitchen Fun!

Here are some more birthday gift photos!

Grandma Donna & Great Aunt Arlene bought Abby a play kitchen for her 2nd birthday, and Grandma Smith bought her the cute dollie (or in this case, teddy bear) high chair!

She LOVES making pregnant mommy sit on the floor next to her kitchen so she can serve me food and drinks. And it is a requirement that I make noises of enjoyment like slurping and saying "yummy", or the playing is just not fun.

Its funny, she even uses the fake water/ice dispenser on the front of the fridge like I do on our real fridge!! Kids pick up on everything!

Frying up some eggs! The pans audibly sizzle and boil on the stovetop, the microwave and oven have buttons that beep and make appropriate cooking noises, and there is a phone that has buttons as well! She also loves washing her hands in the sink.