So Much Has Changed!

I obviously did not update this thing as much as I thought I might as I was pregnant. Well that faint little line sure was a VERY positive pregnancy test. I had a healthy and normal pregnancy all throughout the nine months I was carrying our little baby. At 18 weeks we found out that we were expecting a little girl and I couldn't have been more thrilled!!! I seriously enjoyed every moment of pregnancy, labor, and delivery and miss it greatly. It was so amazing to have the miracle of a baby growing inside of you and feeling her kick. I even enjoyed labor and delivery despite how much it hurt and how little relief the epidural gave me. I can't wait to do it all over again in a few years.

Madelyn Cara Wallick was born on her due date punctually at 7:58 am. The last two weeks I never thought that she was going to come. We walked the mall for about 3 weeks DAILY and still nothing. It was finally when I had given up hope of going into labor naturally and started thinking about induction, that the labor finally started. I had the best birth experience possible and was amazed at how well my husband encouraged me and held strong for me the entire time.

The past 5 months have been a blur. I enjoyed my 7 weeks at home with Madelyn and went back to work at the end of February. Madelyn went to my mother-in-law Janet's every day which they both loved! Now I am finally on summer break and enjoying our time together as a family for the next couple months.

Madelyn has shown that she is quite a character! She is a very well-behaved baby who has been very active and alert since the day she was born. Lately she has been rolling over and has been getting quite vocal with all of her crazy vowel sounds. She sure does love her Mommy and Daddy too! She loves to wrap her arms around our heads and necks and gives us nice WET kisses too!

I have been breastfeeding Mady since she was born too and am proud of what I have done. There have been times that have been difficult in the beginning weeks, but I am so glad that I pushed through and made it! I could not be happier with my decision. Sometimes it is a little extra work but it has been totally worth every minute of it! I feel very close to Madelyn because of it =)

So that has been pretty much our lives for the past year or so. I am going to *try* to update this thing more often this summer and document my thoughts and feelings and keep up to date with Mady's 1st year!