Our life is upside down!

Right now life is very hectic!

Mark is staying at our house because we are getting the carpet and tile replaced. So far it is looking awesome!

He hasn't slept or ate basically in about 2 1/2 days! He just wants to get it done and make sure it looks perfect! I made him eat supper last night and he took a 5 hour nap and then went back to work! He is going to need a week off just to rest after all this.

On the other hand, Madalyn has a yucky head cold and a sinus infection. Antibiotics--yes!

Sophie is on the verge of being put in the hospital! I know--scary! She may or may not have RSV. She is so sick! She can't sleep, eat, rest, relax, or anything---just miserable! Of course, I am not sleeping either because I watch her all night to make sure she is still breathing. If anything changes, doesn't get better, or she isn't producing urine, we are supposed to head straight to the emergency room! I don't like being so scared for my child's life! Watching her every movement wondering when and if we should be at the hospital...

Please say a special prayer that she doesn't have RSV, that she isn't sick enough or get sick enough to be hospitalized, and most of all that she gets better!

Madalyn is missing Paul this Christmas...

We were driving home from Mark's parents tonight and Madalyn noticed two little stars all alone in the sky. She always points out the first star in the sky and says it is Jesus' star and ALWAYS makes a wish on it. She then noticed the other little one beside it and said it was Paul's star. She started doing that the very day he passed away.

So she started talking about how we celebrate Christmas and why we celebrate it and how VERY lucky Paul was to get to be in Heaven with Jesus on his birthday and celebrate with him. She talked about how great it was that Paul gets to be in Heaven for Christmas and how wonderful it was that he doesn't EVER have to hurt EVER again!

This last couple of weeks, since Sophie was sick, has really made Madalyn start thinking... I walked into her room one night to tell her goodnight and she was really quiet. I asked what was wrong and she told me that she was praying because she was scared that since Sophie was sick that she would die and go to Heaven like Paul and she didn't want that to happen.

So the other day we were exchanging gifts with Paul's family and they gave her the most precious gift of all. Leigh had went to the website shutterfly.com and had a book made--basically it was the story of Paul and Madalyn from almost 5 years ago until he died. AWESOME! She loves it and looks at it constantly! Thanks Saxons! I love watching Leigh and Terrill with Madalyn--they treat her as if one of their own, and as if she has a part of Paul with her and they can feel his presence through her.

The book could not have come at a better time for Madalyn because she is the mad stage of grieving, which isn't the easiest stage to get through...pray for Madalyn to get through this stage and especially pray hard for the Saxon family to cherish Paul's memory throughout the holiday season!

Merry Christmas Paul!

Madalyn loves you very much and misses you dearly!

Merry Christmas to all!

This is the Christmas card I sent out this year.

Outside of the card:

Opening on top:

wording: "Christmas came a little early at our house!

A gift of love from GOd above

Is just what we were dreaming of

Tiny fingers and tiny toes

A little girl with ribbons and bows!"

Opening on bottom:

It is so fun to have a Christmas baby!

I want to make a list of my top 5 favorite Christmas songs:

1. Silent Night

2. Joy to the World

3. Hark the Herald Angels Sing

4. Santa Baby

5. I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Sophie is 3 weeks old (yesterday) and OH, SO HAPPY!

She is such a great baby! Happy, and content, all the time!
We took her to church for the first time yesterday. She, of course, was wonderful! She slept through the entire thing--of course we were late because getting 3 kids ready, yourself, and making your husband hurry is not easy!
She had her first bottle Saturday given to her by my brother whom she also met for the first time Saturday. They said she did great with the bottle. I had to do a little last minute shopping with my dad so they enjoyed the girls for a couple of hours.
Mark is in the process still of redoing our bathroom. He is tiling the bathtub walls as we speak...

Sweet Madalyn...

So as you know EVERYONE in my household has been sick sometime or another in the last 3 weeks. So I was telling Madalyn goodnight a few nights ago and she told me that she prayed to God to please make Baby Sophie better because she didn't her to die and go to heaven...

Guess what--he answered her prayers! Sophie is feeling tons better as of today!

It's FINALLY gone!

I can't stand baby's umbilical cords! I think they are gross and it is very hard for me to clean it. I do what I have to...

Well, good news---Sophie's was hanging by a thread last night when we went to bed and every time we got up to feed and change diapers, it was still hanging. That is until 9 this morning when she FINALLY woke up. It was gone! Thank goodness!

Sophie's 2 weeks doctor check up

birth weight: 7 pounds 5 ounces
4 day old weight: 6 pounds 13 ounces
15 day old weight: 8 pounds even!

Can you believe she gained so much weight in only 2 weeks? WOW!

birth length: 19.5 inches
15 day old length: 20.75 inches

She also grew 1.25 inches in 2 weeks!

I was astonished at how much she grew in both length and weight! The doctor was joking about her double chin--I hadn't even noticed she had one! She slept better last night; instead of 2 hours at a time, it was 3-3.5 hours at a time! Mark and I felt very rested this morning compared to the last few...

By the way today was the first time I had to tell someone my age and literally cringed my teeth when she asked! I hated it!