Morning Sunshine!

Can you guess which one is the morning person??

Chatter Box

Madi is really starting to coo and talk - it is so cute!! She'll sit in her bouncy seat or in the swing and have a grand old conversation with the animals. Every morning her feeding takes extra long because she has to pause halfway through after the first burp to tell me about her dreams the night before - its my favorite time of the day.

Two Months Old!

Being two months old is hard work. Either that or the vibrating bouncy seat is just the most comfortable thing ever. Madelynn had her two month checkup this week - 14lbs 11oz and 24in...still topping the charts in case you couldn't tell by the chunk on this girl.

Church Camp

Spent a little time this week with Gram and Great Gram out at Winding Creek Wesleyan Camp. Madi enjoyed her nap outside in the cool breeze and snoozing in Great Gram's arms.

Starting to Smile

Madelynn is really starting to smile and talk - I can't get enough of it. The sound of her little squeal just makes my day!! She tends to be the happiest first thing in the morning or at night just before bedtime. Seriously though - is this girl chubby or what?? Look at that double chin and the tootsie roll arms!!

Happy Birthday

On Sunday we celebrated Brody's 2nd birthday - I can't believe he's that old already!! His favorite gift was his new bike - that's the only word he said the rest of the night. Madelynn was stylin it up in her rainbow party dress...although it didn't stay on too long in the 90 degree heat!

Happy 4th!

Ok, I know I'm a week late, but just wanted to wish everyone a happy 4th. These are pictures from our day at the lake at my Uncle Ken's house. Darby and Matt spent the whole time in the water while me and the little firecracker (isn't her dress so cute) chilled on the shore.

For those of you who haven't heard yet, our Matthew decided to give us another hospital scare!! For the past few weeks he just hasn't been feeling right...he dropped about 30 pounds (which he was pretty proud of himself for until he figured out why), had extreme thirst, was using the bathroom ten times more than I was when I was pregnant, and just was tired all the time. I finally forced him to go to the doctor (not after callin his Mom and having her yell at him) and have his sugar tested because all of his symptoms were warning signs of diabetes...he went Thursday morning of last week and his sugar was around 230 (the normal range being about 70-90). Because he had already been diagnosed around October or November of last year as hyperglycemic, they made him an appointment for the next morning with a doctor. Well...that wasn't fast enough...because by the time evening rolled around he spiked and actually passed out at work. Luckily someone had noticed that he didn't look very good (and this is after I attempted to get him to stay home already because he looked terrible when he left mind you...are you noticing a stubborn trend??) and he had told them that he had gone to the doctor for high blood sugar so they knew what was happening. Someone in the class tested his sugar - which was over 500 and wouldn't even read on his machine - so they had him call me. I was very scared when I went to pick him up!! I'm sure I broke a few speeding laws on the way. So we got to the emergency room and he was tended to very quickly. They said pretty much immediately that he was a diabetic and did lots of blood work to confirm. We're still waiting on one test result, but it is most likely that he is type I. Right now he is on lots of insulin...we're hoping that once he is consistently regular that he will only need one shot in the morning instead of that plus one at each meal. We're in the great world of carb counting - really a change for both of us because I have to really plan out meals and help him figure things out and he can't just grab a snack when he feels hungry. Please keep us, and especially Matthew, in your prayers as we adjust our lifestyle...and hopefully bring his sugar down to a safe place over the next couple of weeks.