Happy, Happy Birthday Baby!

Four years ago today my little Maddie was born. I was in labor for 36 hours and only ever dilated to a 4. She was born via c-section. Dave watched as they lifted her out of my tummy. He later said it looked like they were pulling her from a giant envelope.

That night she stayed with us in our recovery room. She cried around 3:00 a.m. and because I had just had surgery and wasn't able to get up Dave had to do the first diaper change. Dave got out of his little bed and wheeled Maddie over to the sink. He took all of her clothes off, took her diaper off and then left her totally naked so he could go to the bathroom. I couldn't believe it. He left our newborn baby naked so he could go to the bathroom! He finally came back and took care of her. It wasn't funny at the time, but we laugh about it a lot now.

We're going to an indoor water park for her birthday. She is so excited. She gets to bring treats to school today and begged me to be room mother. She is taking frosted cookies and candy cars (small pack of gum with mini peanut butter cups glued on for wheels, starbursts glued on for a seat and a blowpop glued on for the driver). I'll post a picture of her cake later. It's turned out pretty cool.

It's Been A While...

Ok, so it has been quite a while since I posted anything. I'm not sure what happened. Laura stopped posting and I guess I did too. Oh well. Here I am now.

Dave has been out of town the past few days. When he is away Maddie gets to sleep with Mommy. I know this creates problems, but we both just love it so much and it's not like she's going to want to sleep with me forever. Well, Gabe realized that Maddie was sleeping with Mommy and he decided he was going to sleep with Mommy too. They did go to sleep though. Here are some pictures.
They were so cute cuddling up together I couldn't not take a picture of them.

This morning when Gabe woke up him and I went in his room and laid in his bed for a while. He was very alert and focused on me while I was talking to him. This was our dialog.

Me: What is your name? (no gestures at all)

He paused and looked at me for a minute and then...

Gabe: Gabe

Me: What's your sister's name?

Gabe: Maddie

Me: Who am I?

Gabe: Mama

Me: Put your hands on your head.

Gabe put his hands on his head.

Me: Rub your belly.

Gabe rubbed his belly and laughed.

We played and sang songs for about 45 minutes. It was SO great!