Cheese! and the Real Rodeo

I have every intention of blogging about 10 times a day and then of course, never get around to it. Finally I am here filling you in on the last few weeks. I am so excited for Easter coming up(one of my favorite holidays) and just enjoyed a wonderful spring break. Tomorrow Case Patrick will turn 7 weeks! I can't believe it. His latest trick that he has been doing for about 2 weeks now is Smiling :) His mammy is pretty good at getting one out of him so I was able to catch in on camera.

Sorry for the random order of pics, I am still learning. Here is a baby piglet that we saw at the Rodeo. We took the girls during spring break to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo carnival and the indoor facility that had tons of cool things. The birthing center had piglets and calves and they were adorable!

Of course we had to hit up the petting zoo. The girls really enjoyed this.

The Rodeo has the coolest interactive farm where the kids can do all sorts of stuff. Here is Morgan milking a fake cow.

We met our best buds Hudson and Isabella at the rodeo and enjoyed the day.

The Slide!! Last year Mallory went on the slide but Morgan was too little. This year Mallory wanted to go on it again and of course monkey see, monkey do so fearless Morgan headed on up behind big sister Mall. The spec of pink on the left is the girls. I took a picture of them coming down but Morgan decided to do the pencil(laying down) so I only got her feet. Too fun!

I had to take this picture because it reminded me of how I feel these days. Rolling over and nursing Case!!

Morgan on Gem the pony

Mallory on Tiki

Road trip, rodeo, playdates, 1 month and pictures!!

What a month this has been!! I promise to do a better job blogging in the months to come but I will give myself a break since we have been adjusting to our bigger family. Yesterday Case turned 1 month. He weighed in at 9 lbs, 13 oz and had grown an inch(22 inches now). So far he has been a very good baby with the exception of some gas :) typical boy I figure! I have cut out dairy to see if that might give him some relief but I am hoping it isn't that because my diet is pretty obsolete without some dairy!

I will recap some events over the past few weeks. Below are some pictures.

Many of you know I took Case to have his newborn pictures taken. You can view them online for one more week if you would like to see them. Go to www.trueexpressionsphotograhy.com and enter website. Click on clients and enter madison as the password. It was so hard to choose which pictures because Case was such an adorable model. Of course the one of him in daddy's football helmet was a keeper.

A few weeks ago we experienced some fun in the snow at the house. The girls enjoyed that. Case and I had our first play date at my friend Sarah's. Sarah has a toddler and one on the way and my friend Kate came with baby Luke who was born the same day as Case. It was nice to get out of the house and visit. Thanks Sarah for the yummy lunch.

Mallory had her rodeo dance that she performed at school last Friday. Below is the video. She is a performer.

We took our first road trip as a family to San Antonio this past weekend. Multiple people thought I was crazy to take Case but as I have said to them, life does go on. Case was the easy one on the trip. The girls were the ones asking the infamous "Are we there yet?" over and over. We went to SA to visit my brother who turned 40 and my sister in law Laurie had a surprise party for him. Mission accomplished. He was surprised and the party was great. We then headed to Austin to see our great friends The Gillenwaters. Tiffany was able to get a baby fix and K and T loved Case. They were so good with him. M & M loved seeing their buddies and thanks to Ryan for a yummy dinner off the grill.

Spring Break is next week and we are looking forward to some fun events with the fam!

Mamaw and Mammy with Mallory
My brother Brent, Lonnie and my dad Papa Marc
Cousin Taylor and Mallory

What a cute cowgirl!
Luke and Case- born 2/9/10
M & M Catching snow
Morgan chillin with Case
I found my thumb in this pic but haven't since

And then there were 3...

Yesterday the girls got to come see me in the hospital and love on their new baby brother. They were so cute with him. Both of them kept "petting" his head and giving him kisses and cuddles. Case doesn't realize how lucky he is to have two big sisters to love all over him. Below are some pictures and a video. Luckily the hospital has had wifi so I have been able to do this on my laptop. I am sure once I get home my posts will be few and far between. Thank you to everyone who has come to visit- if we haven't seen you yet, Case can't wait to meet you all.

Morgan, Mallory, and Case(Mall being a cheese ball)

Morgan was loving on Case and I'm not sure who that swollen faced person is in the background! yikes

Mallory was much happier when she could crawl in bed with mommy

the Madison five

Case Patrick- born 2/9/10 9lbs, 1 oz, 21 inches long

Here are some more pictures. The girls were able to come meet him and they weren't quite sure what to think. They were a little distracted by me being in a bed hooked up to all sorts of stuff. They are coming up again today so it should be a little better since I am up and moving.

Notice my big hands?
A very happy daddy with his first son!

Ready to begin!

Lucky #9?

A lot of people would call 7 a lucky number but for me this week I would have bet on 9. I had planned a pedicure for today, a highlight appt for tomorrow and was counting down the days until my scheduled c-section on next Friday, the 19th. I was a little off. This was my 39th week of my pregnancy and on Tuesday, February 9th Case Patrick Madison decided he was ready to join our family, coming out a whopping 9 pounds, 1 ounce and 21 inches long.

I got to school Tuesday morning and started having contractions. I wasn't quite sure if that is what they were since they felt a little different than my ones with the girls. After timing them for most of the morning I figured it was the real thing and called my dr. I went in and got checked and was not dilated at all so she sent me home to eat, rest and see if any change. No change except that they came more often. So after trying to help the girls with their Valentine's goodies for class- (another thing I had planned to finish this week) I called the doc again and she sent me to labor and delivery. By then my contractions were 4 minutes a part and I was dilated to a one which is nothing but since I was having a c-section we could finally proceed. All went well until they tried to get the little or should I say big booger out. Apparently he was quite cozy because even though it was a c-section, his head was huge as was his body and he wasn't budging. I started to panic a bit because I kept hearing a pop(later finding out was the vacuum) and after about 5 unsuccessful tries, the anesthesiologist asked if he could help and reached over my sheet and was pushing below my rib cage. At this point I think there were at least 4 people trying to assist and finally...out he came!

Proud momy and daddy!

Case's first cries

Future Highstepper

If you are from The Woodlands then you know what a Highstepper is. If not, it is our dance team at the high school and they are AWESOME. Today Mallory got to participate in the Highstepper clinic and the video is the dance they learned. She had so much fun and was too cute. Morgan can't wait to join her next year!

What a difference 9 months can make

Today I am 38 weeks pregnant! Only two weeks to go. I was thinking how amazing the transformation your body makes when you are pregnant. It seems to change in ways that you can't even imagine. Take for instance the following pictures. The first one was this summer at the beach when I was first pregnant and the last ones are from yesterday. HOLY COW!! I don't think my skin can stretch any more. I had my appt yesterday and everything went really well. Case is still very active and according to my Dr., has a huge head. I guess I am glad to be having a C-section :) I am not dialted at all so I am assuming he is cozy and in it for the long haul. I am scheduled to deliver him on Friday, February 19th unless he decides to come before then. I will keep everyone posted! Have a great Super Bowl weekend

June 2010

January 2010- My friend Kate and I are due 3 days apart. Baby Luke and Baby Case are sure to be buds!

The t-shirt says it all!

Torpedo tummy