Makadie's 2nd Birthday Party

Makadie had her 2nd birthday party on October 27th this year. She invited all of her friends to a Cinderella Birthday Party!

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We first palyed in the bubbles. Roni and Coleman used an old Nursery trick--bubbles and a fan=happy kids! The kids had a blast until the floor got too slippery and they started falling.

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Instead of doing Party hats this year we decided to do crowns! Each guest got to decorte their own crown. The kids had fun and were very creative.

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We then decorated cookies that looked like Cinderella Castles that Grandma Nada had made for Makadie's party. The kids frosted them and put candies on them. The candy was a hit, and it was hard to keep the kids decorating and not just eating the candy! The castles all turned our really cute and sugary!

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After cookies the kids headed out to our backyard! Coleman and his Dad had raked all the leaves into a big pile hoping that it would be warm enough to play in. It snowed a little in the morning, but was ok weather when leaf playing time came around! The kids and the adults had so much fun.

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We came in from outside and had lunch! Hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill!

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After lunch it was time to open presents! Makadie and the kids had fun opening all the loot that Makadie got! Thank you to all of you for the gifts that you gave her. We have thank you cards that she helped make for everyone, but due to our busy life this last little while--we have not given them out yet!

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And a party would not be complete without a cake right! The Cinderella cake was a hit with Makadie--she even recognized who she was! It was a pretty dense cake and was not too tasty! But we had yummy ice cream so the cake was bearable!

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Makadie recieved a retro kitchen from Grandma Nada and Grandpa Wayne! She loves her kitchen--but since Aunt Elia gave her food for her kitchen she thinks Elia gave her the kitchen! Granada (as Makadie calls Nada) was not sure how she felt about that :-) So we have been working on making the truth known to Makadie!!

It was a really fun party and we had fun having everyone in our new home--though it still had lots of work to be done at that point!

Our Sweet Little Anika

Sunday, November 18th 2007, I started having contractions while at church. There were a few ladies at church that came up and asked me if I was in labor. They said they could just tell! I knew that I was having contractions but really did not think that I would go to the hospital OR have a baby that day. So we got done with church and drove over to the "New House" to take some pregnancy pictures. We had been meaning to do it for quite sometime, but never got around to it. So these pictures were taken just hours before I went to the hospital to have Anika. I felt a lot bigger than these pictures actually made me look!

Makadie had been SOOOOO excited for baby sister to come!

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This is what I saw when I tried to look down at my feet!
Once at the hospital it was determined that I would probably be having the baby soon, they would not be sending me home. But I was not progressing at all. 16 hours had gone by at I had not dilated past a 3, but my contractions were less than 2 minutes apart. Finally my contractions got REALLY bad and I was having multiple contractions at a time---this meant time for that wonderful EPIDURAL!! After the epidural was in it seemed that Anika was ready to come. Coleman thought that it would be hours and hours after the epidural (since that is how it was with Makadie). So he left to go get lunch and let me try and get some rest. Much to his surprise he returned to my room full of people! The Doctor told him that if he would have been 5 more minutes he would have missed it! The delivery went well and Dr. Hill and nurse Nicole and nurse Erica were amazing!! We are so grateful to them for all that they did to make the delivery a success.
Our friends that were watching Makadie brought her that evening. We were wondering if she really understood what it would mean for Mommy to have a baby and for her to have a baby sister. As soon as she walked in the room she started calling for baby sister and looking for her baby sister. We were surprised how much she really understood. From moment one she has been such a sweet and loving big sister. She adores her "baby sister". The hospital does a sibling birthday party for siblings of the new babies. They brought in a big cupcake with stickers and a candle. We sang Happy Birthday to Anika and blew out the candle. Makadie thought that this was great! And she really enjoyed eating the frosting off the cupcake.

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Daddy and his Girls!!!

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Mommy and the girls!!
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Sweet cuddly moments with Anika!



Wednesday, November 21, was the day to go home from the hospital! I really really really wanted to sleep in my own bed (and Wednesday night I felt like I just melted into my sheets--it was so amazingly comfortable!!!).

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Getting dressed for the trip home! This is the same little outfit that Makadie wore home from the hospital. My mom gave it to me, it is a preemie size. I was so tiny and had to wear doll clothes as a baby that my mom wanted to make sure that I had tiny enough clothes if my babies were as little as I was. My girls have both been long and skinny! So we need to wear the preemie stuff as soon as they come out, because they get too long for them pretty quick!

Anika wore the came outfit but we were missing the pink Cougar hat that Makadie wore home. We were planning on finding it to have her wear it home, but she came 2 weeks early and we had not gotten a round to finding it!

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The first of many times on the car seat!

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It was cold and snowy when we left the hospital!

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Wow!! We thought that this back seat was roomy--not so much with 2 car seats!
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Anika is a sweet little baby and we feel so very blessed to have her as part of our family.