Stress Shopping

Early Saturday morning while away up North I woke up and felt like baby Reed may be making his appearance soon. I had been having pretty bad back pain all week and at 3am Saturday it became torture. Finally at 6am we packed in the car and headed down a White Mtn highway to the local ER. Maddy  wanted nothing to do with this adventure and even tried to drop me off and have Ray drive away at the entrance! Once we got upstairs though I enjoyed immense relief when I delivered.... Dum da dum.... A kidney stone. Once that passed and I got settled in I told Ray to take Maddy for breakfast, they still needed to monitor the baby and I'd be in for another hour or so. 

I will never let Ray and Maddy out of my sight in a stressful situation again... Because after breakfast they made a pit stop to Wal-Mart and as Ray says.... "I was really stressed, and didn't realize what I was doing."

In the trunk, upon picking me up at the ER were $212 in movies. 

Can you guess what we did after the ER? Wal-Mart return desk!

Another Installment of....

Things Maddy takes pictures of...

Novembers with Maddy

Novembers with Maddy are filled with dancing in shoes that are too small.... And meant for teddy bears.

Lazy movie days...

Thanksgiving decorations...

And my favorite turnovers!

Big Words

My girl of little words has started to surprise me, and I am in awe.

Maddy loves to watch anything baby-related, and her favorite part? The birth! I joke with Ray that when she comes to meet her new brother she is going to be mad that she missed all the ACTION!

So back to my point, we were watching A Baby Story last night and Maddy looks over at me and says.... "Mom, this is so emotional." Such a big word for Maddy. :)

Toe Wipes

Maddy told me today that the doctor said she should do this.... Yes,that is baby wipes in between her toes. 

....I think I missed something in the big sister class!

Schedule

When I first cut back my hours in October to help Maddy, we would get home around 12:15 and we both would sort of roam the house aimlessly. That was definitely not going to work... And it didn't. Now that we have settled into a routine I have to say I have never felt more fulfilled or had more fun getting to know Maddy better. These last few months were tough at first, and there will still be challenges (especially when our routine completely changes in a month) but I am pretty sure that we can work through it together.

One of the things I noticed when we first started our new temporary schedule was that it made Maddy anxious. And why the heck not? She had no idea what the schedule even was! At first I handled it like a maniac and yelled and screamed to just do what I say! But, after breathing through my own anxiety...together we made a calendar to keep track of our week. Here is a typically Lewis family week:

Sunday... Nana and Papa's for dinner with dad.

Monday.... School in the morning, then lunch, then playtime at Sabrina's.

Tuesday... School in the morning, then lunch, then Baby's checkup, so we can hear his heartbeat.

Wednesday.... Play at Mimi's until mom gets home, then a special visit with Katie. (someone Maddy gets to talk to and play with)

Thursday.... School in the morning, then lunch, then a free day.... Last week we went to cousin Emma's to play.

Friday.... School in the morning, then lunch, then another baby appointment.

Saturday.... Free day, usually spent chasing dad around the house.

Big Sister Class

This morning Maddy, Dad, and I attended a big sister class.... Guess who got the most practice?