We L-O-V-E our flip!!!

We got a flip video camera from Eric and Nora for Christmas in hopes that we could use it a lot with a little one on the way!!! We LOVE the flip...it is so easy to use and just as easy to save on your computer and share with others. Hope you enjoy the little video of Maddie. Hope to put up some more videos soon. We have now started carrying the flip in the diaper bag so that we can take some more!!

Smiles, smiles, and more smiles!!!

Just like everyone has said..it keeps getting better and better!!! She melts our hearts more every day. About two and a half weeks ago I got the first "real" purposeful smile and it was so cute. Now we get smiles very regularly and it never gets old!!! Madelynn is very happy in the mornings when she wakes up for the day and that is when she smiles the most!! Enjoy the photos!!

Next stop...Lake Norman, NC

We also went to visit my Dad and stepmom for the 4th of July weekend!! We had a great time and enjoyed the sun and the lake. Maddie even had her first boat ride (with a life jacket of course...that she preferred to suck on) and she thoroughly enjoyed it. The hum of the motor and movement of the boat put her to sleep both times we went out on it. Maddie enjoyed her time with Granddaddy and Grandma DeeDee!! They ate up any chance they could get to hold her, kiss her, feed her, rock her, and love on her. I am still very much a daddy's girl and it was very special for me to watch my dad with Madelynn and know that she will most likely grow up to be Granddaddy's little girl too!! I hope that she has a relationship with Matt silimar to what I have with my dad because words couldn't describe the closeness or how special our bond is and always has been. My mom is also my best friend so I hope that Maddie and I have a relationship that mirrors that too!!

We even took the boat out to watch fireworks and Maddie slept right through them. The sound did not bother her at all but I think she was exhausted and would have slept through WWIII starting!!!

Traveling all around!!!

We have been traveling like crazy lately it seems and Miss Maddie has done so well with it all. She is a great car rider and seems to not mind that we have been constantly on the go. First stop was Charleston and Folly Beach so that she could meet Grandad and Noni (Matt's dad and stepmom)!! They were able to be at the hospital for a little bit while I was in labor but had to catch a flight and missed her delivery by only 4 hours!! They were so excited to meet her and as you can imagine they loved on her the whole time!!!

Not quite a beach bum yet...

Well I can't go swimming yet or even get out in the sun but when I can....I am READY!!! This is my first bikini (compliments of my Great Aunt Renee)!!! Mommy and Daddy think I look so cute in it!!

Would you like fries with that????

You would think Peanut is eating cheeseburgers rather than breast milk the way she is gaining weight. We went to the pediatrician today and Miss Madelynn went from 8 lbs, 120z. two weeks ago to 10 1/2 lbs today!! She also grew from 21" at birth to 22 1/4" today!!

The doctor is very pleased with her weight gain and growth!! We are too!! We are all three doing really well and couldn't ask for better!! We love her to pieces and love watching her grow!!

One month old today!!!

Hard to believe that our sweet peanut is already one month old today!! We love her more and more every day!! She is growing so fast and already changing. She loves to look and watch the ceiling fan and really studies any face that is holding her. She doesn't miss a single meal..girlfriend loves to eat!! She is beginning to sleep for 3 and sometimes 4 hour stretches and of course mommy loves that!

We had newborn photos taken at our house and the photographer was awesome. This picture is a sneak peek and I can't wait to see all the other poses that she took.

It has been a good month and we are looking forward to all the months ahead!! We go back to the doctor this Friday for the month check up..can't wait to see how much she has grown!!