February already???

Wow!! This past month flew by!! I feel like a horrible mom; I haven't been taking enough pictures of Maddyson.  I need to work on that.  I have also been a horrible blogger, but I feel like I am just so busy with the two girls and then trying to school on top of that.  Life is busy, but great.  Here is a little update with pictures to come tomorrow or the next day.
Samuel starts his new position as Assistant Manager tomorrow at Costa Vida.   He is a little nervous, but I think everything will work out for the best.  Hopefully we will be able to move out in a few months too with the extra income. Samuel is also working on school and being a dad.  He is busy with his crazy work schedule and it is only going to get worse.  He is so cute with the girls; I love it.
Amilee is busier than ever.  She is talking more and more everyday and learns new words all the time.  She is a great big sister too.  She is so fun also.  i love my little Amilee.  but oh my, is she two!!! It could be worse, but we definitely have a few rough days every now and again.  right now she is getting her molars, so that is no fun!!
Maddyson weighs 11 and a half pounds and she is such a happy, smiley baby. She is a great sleeper!! I love it.  She got shots today, and that was so sad, but she has done really well today.  Her blessing was a couple of weeks ago, and that was such a special day.  It was great. Maddy loves to smile, and she is liking a few toys.  I love her so much!!!
And me, well I am a busy mom.  I am working on school and many sewing projects and serving my friends and family.  I keep very busy, and might just need a pedicure or something coming up soon.  haha I am wanting to make a cheesecake or something soon; I am getting the urge.  haha.  I am truly falling in love with sewing.  It is so fun, and a great outlet for me.  I wish I had more time to sew, but I know that will come with time.
 We saw Gladys Knight and her choir on Sunday night, and it was amazing.  I know there were so many people touched by her testimony and by the spirit that was communicated and felt through the beautiful words and music.  I was also inspired too, and I can't help but think about what else I can do for the cause.  This work is bigger than my family.  i have more to do.  And I can't help but be so proud of Chris for serving his mission and following the Lord.  He has six more months and I know he will keep bringing more souls unto the Lord.  It is awesome!!
All is well!! more to come!! love you all!!

Maddyson update!!

Maddyson is 6 weeks old now!! man, the time has gone by really fast. She is a great baby. She is a good eater and a good sleeper.  She holds her head up really good, and she is more awake during the day and its fun!! Amilee loves her so much too!! It is so fun!! Here are some pics!!

More pics to come!!! They were matching yesterday and it was darling!!

Christmas festivities!!!

This year we were able to decorate a gingerbread house with Amilee.  A few days before decorating, Amilee kept asking to make the house. She was very excited.  And then when it actually came time to do it, she only wanted to help a little bit.  Kind of funny!! Here are some pics

On Christmas Eve, Amilee put out cookies for Santa and some celery for the reindeer and we snapped her picture in front of the fireplace with all of the stockings.  Sorry the pics are in the wrong order.  We took the video of her Christmas morning right after she woke up to see what Santa brought her in her stocking.  She loved her Elmo objects.  We had a great Christmas with her.

On Christmas morning, Amilee opened her stocking and then we went to church.  I sang in sacrament meeting with two other sisters, and it turned out really good. We went home and had breakfast and then we opened presents with everyone.  Amilee loved it, but she was overwhelmed with all the presents.  Poor thing was also sick, so that kind of made for a hard day.  We put Amilee down for a nap and then she opened some more presents.  We had a nice dinner and then went to Christmas tree lane again, and Amilee loves looking at all the lights.  It was a great Christmas!!!

Amilee's 2nd birthday!!

This year we had an Elmo themed party for Amilee.  We had family and some of Amilee's friends from nursery over.  It really was a great party, and for a 2 year old, Amilee did pretty good.  We are so thankful for the friends and family that were able to come.  We are also so thankful for Amilee. We really do love her so much and she brings so much joy and happiness to our lives.

Here are some pictures of the party!

I loved her cake!! it turned out great!!

And I love this pic of Steve!! sleeping with his granddaughter!! so sweet!!!

It really was a great party and Amilee loves her presents!!

Family Pics

We had some family pictures taken last week by our dear friend Montez Barrow.  Amilee did not want to cooperate during the pics, so there were only a few that had all four of us together.  But we did get things separate.  Here are a few of my favorites.

We had a great time despite our lack of actual together family photos.  haha.  Love our little family!!

4 Weeks!!

Pictures to come in the next blog!!

Maddyson is four weeks old today, and will be one month old in a couple of days! Time has flown by.  She is a great baby. She sleeps at night.  There have been maybe two nights when she didn't go right back to sleep after eating, and she usually gets up to eat a couple of times.  It is great. I am breastfeeding her, and it is going really well, but I have to be honest, breastfeeding is not favorite.  I am not the mom who loves it, but  I want to do it for the sake of Maddyson.  I don't like not being mobile half of my day though, and it is hard to watch Amilee when I am feeding Maddyson.  Amilee is starting to get the routine of feedings though, so her messes aren't so bad like before.  haha.  But occasionally she has a few moments where she gets into all the wrong things.  haha.

Amilee is a great big sister. She loves Maddy so much.  She always wants to kiss her and love her and hold her. It really is so sweet and so adorable.  I hope they will be best friends.  I hope they have a relationship like I do with my brother.  It is special.  I love watching the girls together.  It melts my heart!!! so cute!! I also love seeing Samuel with both of them.  He is a great dad.

We are still adjusting to everything, but we are almost through the six week dense and thick fog.  it hasn't been as bad as I was expecting, but it has been hard and our world has been thrown upside down.  We are working on our morning routine, and how to get out of the house at a decent time. I am also trying to balance giving Amilee her time with feeding and taking care of Maddyson, and then trying to keep up with all of my other responsibilities.  It is getting there, but it really is hard.  It is all worth it, but still hard.  I know as Maddyson sets into a routine more, things will get easier, so I can see the light ahead.  :D

But that's all for now.  Pictures to come.  A blog about Amilee's birthday to come.  (which was so fun btw) and many more fun things!!

Maddyson Elaine Aedo

 Maddyson Elaine arrived 11/22/11 at 10:08 pm.  She was 7 lbs and 7 oz, and 18 1/2 inches long.  

Her arrival story is a bit of a crazy one.  I started having contractions the Saturday before, the 19th, but they finally went away. However, Sunday morning they started again, and I went home after sacrament meeting because Amilee was sick.  After going home, my contractions got really intense and about every 5 min apart, so we decided we should go to the hospital.  We get there and get checked out and I am still dilated at a 3 (I have been there for a week), so they sent me home because nothing was happening.
      Then Monday, I still had contractions all day, and they got pretty unbearable by the evening time.  I went to Messiah practice and left early because I was dying. I could barely sing, let alone stand up.   We called the dr to see what she recommended since my contractions were every two to three minutes apart.  She said to wait a bit and see what happens.  So we waited an hour and they just got more intense, so we decided to go in one more time.  So we get there, and I am still at a 3, no change, just crazy contractions.  They sent us home at 2:30 in the morning, but recommended keeping my doctor's appointment that was scheduled for 8 hours later.  They also said to mention that we live an hour away from the hospital.
     So samuel and I come home, sleep for four hours and head back to Sac for my dr's appointment.  We told her what had happened, and I was almost at 3 1/2 cm, so still not really progressing.  She asked if I wanted to be induced the next day, and I said yes, or even today if there are any openings.  And luckily for us, there were no openings for the next day, but we could head over to the hospital right then and get things going.  Of course, we rushed over there, and Samuel's dad picked up Amilee at the hospital.
  I then had to walk a lot to try and get things going naturally, but nothing happened, other than my contractions getting more and more painful.  So around 5:30, 6 pm they start me on some pitocin and give me an epidural.  The pitocin wasn't helping too much, so they kept upping the dosage.  I was okay though because it was the first time I was slightly comfortable in the last few days, let alone the last few weeks.    
    Around 8 pm, my nurse comes in to check me, and my water breaks, but I was still at 4 cm, so it would probably still be awhile.  My contractions then again started becoming very painful, so they upped my epidural around 8:45, 9 pm ish, and  I just felt a lot of pressure with each contraction.   At about 10 pm, my nurse comes in to get the baby back on the monitor and decides to check me also.  I was at a 10.  It was time to push.  Of course, samuel had just went out to the car, so I texted him to come back now, and he ran back to the room.  The nurse calls the dr and staff to get things ready, and she goes to put her gloves on and turns around and sees the baby crowning.  They ask me to push one time and out she comes.  I texted Samuel at 10:04, (and luckily, he made it) and Maddyson arrived at 10:08.  The dr didn't even make it for the delivery, and I didn't even feel anything.  I never really felt any desire to push or anything.  I am lucky the nurse decided to check me on a whim, or I would have had that baby on my own with no one else in there!! Crazy stuff!!
   We are so happy she is finally here and apart of our family!!