Madilyn turns 2!

and we celebrated with a monkey/curious george theme....


we got a bouncy house that was safari themed and Madilyn (and Aunt Jaime) had a ball bouncing in it most of the afternoon....when we could peel Madilyn off her new bike that is.

I thought that I would include this pic of our house taken from the park across the street for those of you requesting to see what our new house looks like.
here is the birthday girl relaxing with a root beer (her favorite treat drink).
and here is her new prize possession....her new Schwinn tricycle complete with streamers and a bell...look out!
she wakes up every morning asking to "ride bike"....she would live on this thing if we let her :)
whole view of the bouncy house.
party and presents time. We all had a great time celebrating Madilyn's life!
enjoying a few suckers...only on your bday can you enjoy 4 suckers at once...this girl was in heaven!
blowing out her candle
and enjoying her cake!

Cowen is almost ONE month old already!

and he is cuter than ever! He is such a wonderful and natural addition to our family. He is such a good/content baby. We couldn't ask for anything more. This was taken after his first "real" bath. (we had to wait for his umbilical cord/belly button to heal and also his circumcision. We were pleasantly surprised because he enjoyed his bath so much!! He looked really relaxed and enjoyed the whole thing.
here he is riding in his car seat. I love how his little legs look like froggy legs.

We survived our first week as a family of { FOUR}

This week has been full of many "firsts" for our family.....

holding Cowen for the first time...I think their faces say it all. Madilyn's is so full of love and admiration for her new brother...Cowen's looks a little unsure of the whole experience. Madilyn is a very good big sister...she loves kissing her brother on the head...or as she calls it- his fluffy/fuzzy.
Giving her little brother some love

Helping daddy wash the car...what a good little helper.
Madilyn is such a helpful girl. She loves to help me wash the dishes....mostly because she LOVES water and will do anything to play in it.
Look at her go!
Adjusting to being a mother of 2 little ones. I am absolutely loving it.

Adjusting

already missing my big belly!! But I am not missing my sore hips !!
Just about ready to push Cowen into the world!!
Me and my babies! What an incredible feeling.

We can't believe that Cowen has been with us for almost a week now! Crazy how time flies. We are adjusting from being a family of 3 to a family of 4. Madilyn is doing so great adjusting for the most part. She has been getting extra attention from her dad, as he has had time off work. She is really interested in her brother and wants him to go everywhere with her. She likes to dance for him. Cowen is doing really well. We have only had one "bad" night where he wanted to eat every hour or so....but now he seems to be going 2-3 hours at night. I can do that a lot better than every hour. We are all doing really well and are enjoying our new family.