Madeline's 2 month appointment

We went to see the doctor yesterday for Madeline's 2 month appointment. She weighed 13 lbs and 11 oz. She has gained 2 pounds in a month! She was 25" long and has grown an inch and a half in a month! So she was 98% for height and 92% for weight. My big, strong girl!! Her head remains a normal size-not huge like her brother. Everything else looked great-we are going to try some cereal in her bottles to slow down the spit up...we'll see what happens! I used rice cereal in Spencer's bottles and it didn't lessen the spit up-just slowed it down so you could catch it faster!
I don't want to curse it but Madeline spent through the night last night-I mean REALLY slept through the night-she had a bottle around 10, went down around 10:30 and I didn't hear from her until 5:30 this morning-which is about the time I am going to have to get up anyway when school starts. She is such a great baby. I am so lucky to have two beautiful, healthy children...
I go back to work next week (boo-hoo!) and Spencer and Maddy go back to Mrs. Anne's. I think Spencer is secretly thrilled about this...he wakes up in the morning asking to "go, go, go" and then starts asking: "go see Meme??" "go see Poppy?" "go see Kate?"
So, that's the report...will posted more pictures soon!

The Lord's Day

I know...I did these posts backwards-so scroll down and read from the bottom up! Anyway-on Sunday-we had Madeline baptized at Glenn Memorial Methodist Church on the Emory Campus. We chose that church because that is Dr. David Jones' church. Dr. Jones and his father go way back with the Day family and he is an outstanding minister. His sermon the day of the baptism was excellent and it's almost as if God wanted us to be there that day to hear that specific message...basically get out of God's way and let him take control. If you don't-you might just miss something!
Madeline had the honor of wearing the Pela (my mom's side of the family) baptismal gown that was first worn when Abe Lincoln was president and the underdress came from a parachute that my mom's dad used when he bailed out of his plane in WWII. Lots of history and I am so honored to be able to pass that on to my children.

Anna Lauren rolls into town

So Mary Martin arrived on thursday and Matt, Mandi and Anna Lauren arrived on friday for a long weekend. It was so great to have them in town and for all the "1st round of cousins" to get to play together. We loved having them here and hope we can all be together again very soon! We love you Matt, Mandi and Anna Lauren!

Welcome to the world Mary Martin!

Mary Martin Thornton (aka Madeline's partner in crime) arrived last thursday and weighed 8lbs and 13 oz. She looks JUST like her brother and can already wear a bow in all that thick black hair....yes, I'm just a tad jealous that Madeline is a little "hair impaired" at the moment, but Mary Martin is beautiful! Kate pushed for approximately 10 mins (whatever-overachiever!) and Mary Martin arrived without any complications! We are so blessed to have healthy babies all the way around!

Trip to Gulfport

I was so excited to take Spencer and Madeline home to meet their great grands! We had a great time visiting with Maw-Maw, Paw-Paw and Robbie and I got to visit with my dear friend Wendy. Spencer loved going for a ride with Poppy in the golf cart and Maddy had a great time with her new "friend"....a plush red cross that came from Meme office. I don't realize how much I miss the coast, my extended family and the water until I get down there...

Green Eggs and Ham mixed with a little jet fuel....

So life has been pretty exciting around here lately. First, some of you know but I wanted to post this for everyone else: Madeline had her 1st month appointment last Friday. She weighed 11 lbs and 11 oz and was 24 in long. That means that she has gained 2 lbs and 1 in in the last month. Like Meme says, "that's what happens when you feed them!" and boy does she get fed. That girl likes to eat and you better not get between her and food when she is hungry. I guess she thinks we are going to let her starve. Everything else at the doctor was perfect. Her head grew too but is still smaller that her bowling ball for a head brother at this age! Anyway-like I said everything else was perfect and the doctor answered all of my questions, even the irrational ones. All the pediatricians at our doctor's office know that I'm a SLP and know that I know just even to make me stupid-so they tolerate me. So, Maddy is a healthy growing girl and for that I'm thankful!
Life at home has been a typical lazy summer with two kids (I guess!). Spencer's new favorite book is "Green Eggs and Ham" and actually anything Dr. Seuss lately. Which I adore but he is particular fond of Green Eggs right now. He pretends to eat the eggs off the page and names all the things in the book. He is also the poster child for bug repellent these days. He LOVES being outside to survey the backyard with Hailey. The only problem is that the bugs love him. We make sure to COVER him in bug spray, I stick fabric sheets in his pockets and we have citronella candles out there but nothing helps. He just ends up sticky as heck,smelling like a clean towel AND has some bug bites. The only thing left to do is put him in a bubble because keeping him inside all day is NOT an option!
Madeline is so fun. She is picking up her head and looking around. She likes to look at the lights and loves being on her daddy's chest. She even has a birthmark on the side of her ribcage in about the same spot as her daddy but on the opposite side. We are so proud of her because she burps like an Ole Miss Frat boy and what comes out the other end...WOW! It sounds like we loaded her up with jet fuel and she is going to propel herself into the atmosphere. We are so proud of our delicate little flower. So if you see an UGPB (unidentified giant pick bow) flying through the night sky, well, that's just our little Madeline and she has completed her mission.
So-I must go now-Spencer just came in with TWO new bug bites-ON THE BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE!! Really-the one place I didn't get the bug repellent. Anybody know where I can find a bubble suit?

Another Saturday Night....

So, last night Michael and I loaded up the KIDS (plural-still weird!) and headed down to Decatur to play with Kate, Jim and James. Thanks guys for letting us crash your saturday afternoon! The boys had fun playing and we even managed to get a picture with 3 out of 4 of Meme and Poppy's grandkids. It dawned on us that Meme and Poppy are about to have FIVE grandchildren!! WOW-that's a lot in two years! Anyway-we all had a good time and for those of you that don't know-SUPER WHY! is Spencer's favorite show and I watch at LEAST two episodes every day. Now, MY children were NEVER going to sit and watch tv for hours on end and if they did I was certainly going to be right beside them to TALK about what they were watching and make it more interactive-to get some language out of it. Well-that's the B.S. I have been feeding my speech therapy clients for YEARS-if your child is watching TV-make it interactive-what a load of YOU KNOW WHAT!! Anyway-Spencer loves SUPER WHY and I must admit-it's a really good show for him to like. He can now recognize his letters and all of the stories are based on classic stories like Little Red Riding Hood. I'm ok with him watching it-what's so funny is that Michael and I talk more about SUPER WHY! than we do about the shows we love. It's very sad, really but we feel like the main characters are our friends as well and notice crazy little things about the show like the fact that "Alphapig" always gives a "big thumbs up"- who knew that pigs had thumbs?? or that Whyatt does "jazz hands" before he turns into SUPER WHY? So the next time you find yourself with a "super big problem" call on the Super Readers!!! Super Readers to the rescue!!!