Sisters!

Madie is quite the big sister!  She does such a good job watching over Ms. Marlie.  I am so lucky to have two precious sweet girls!

Madie singing to Marlie when she upset.  I laughed SO hard!!

The sweetest thing ever - Marlie spit up and it made her REALLY mad!  Madie kept kissing her saying "it's OK sister, it's OK. "  Oh be still my heart.  I knew she would be great, but she is more than I could imagine.  I am so proud.  

Coming Home!

We got to bust out of the hospital on Friday!  We were so ready to head home and have our little family.  

Our first family photo!

Seesters!!

Marlie Grace

From the fullness of his grace we have received on blessing after another. John 1:16

On January 31, 2012 at 7:27am our world became a better place!  We were blessed with Marlie Grace.  She weighed 7lbs 7oz and is 20.5 inches long. It is absolutely amazing how full my heart was from the very moment I heard her first cry as she entered the world. 

Turns out our anesthesiologist was also some sort of amateur photographer so he took tons of pics for us!  We figured for what we were paying him we might as well take full advantage! Ha!

First pic with Daddy!

Grandaddy was the first one to meet Ms. Marlie as Mimi was home with Madie waiting to come up!

Here is the very first time my two girls layed eyes on each other!  Madie has been SO sweet, she just hugs and kisses her and is very interested in everything about her!

The girls gave each other big and little sister dolls and Madie got a strand of big sister pearls!

Holding her little "seeester" for the first time!

Cooper came all the way from College Station to meet Marlie too!

And of course, Uncle Case!

Helping Daddy with Marlie

Marlie also got to meet Grammy, Uncle Chad, Aunt Kelly, Jenna and Michael!  She is so blessed to have so many people excited to meet her.  She is such a delightful little baby girl.  She just watches everything and sleeps a lot so far!  I am so unbelievably overwhelmed by the love I feel for our little family.  I cannot believe we are favored enough to get another precious girl to call our daughter.  Welcome to the world Marlie Grace!  We love you!

Madie's Special Day!

The day before we were scheduled to have Marlie Grace we took Madie on a "Special Day".  We had SO much fun.



First stop was the Grapevine Aquarium.  Madie loves to look at fish, just like her daddy! 

Here is our brave girl on the shark walk!

Next stop was Chuck E. Cheese! It was our first time there.  Momma and Daddy sure had fun playing games.  Ha!

She loved her giant ice cream cookie!

Look at this loot!  It purchased a new ring, a crayon, some stickers and a lollypop!

We had such a great day with our sweet little girl and were anxious to meet Marlie the next day!

Stock Show Parade

This weekend we took Madie to the Stock Show parade.  It was such a beautiful day and Madie's FIRST ever parade experience.  The news said later that night that there were over 100,000 people and 2200 animals.  The biggest one yet!  Madie loved it.  She danced and clapped and yelled yay!  Everything is so much more fun through her eyes.  

Getting ready for the parade

 Eating cotton candy for the very first time, yes please!

 My attempt at a pic before it started

Madie LOVED the TCU band!

What a great way to start a Saturday!  Now if we can just make it to the Stock Show!

21 Months Old!

Ms. Priss is 21 months old this week.  She is so very precious and I absolutely love this age.  You just never know what you are going to get. Like this picture attitude when I told her I wanted to take her picture this morning!  She was saying NO! Ha!

At 21 months, Madie is saying so many words I have lost count.  Granted some of them only Momma knows but I know exactly what she is talking about.  My favorite things she says right now is "hi Momma" every morning and as soon as she sees me after work.  It also cracks me up when she walks in and sees Mike and I and says "hi guys!".  She is SO funny.  Madie LOVES Coco, fish, and her baby dolls.  Currently all of her babies are named DeDe.  It is really funny because the names change.  For a while they were named Cassie, then MiMi, then Kelly, then Daddy and now we have settled on DeDe.  The other day I was in Madie's room and she left and it was a little too quiet.  I found her doing hand feeding CoCo one piece of dog food at a time.  They officially love each other now. 

Madie also recently got a fish but that's a story for another time.  Ha!  A few of my favorite things that I never want to forget:  I love these little sideways glances Madie gives from time to time.  They are just precious and always a little mischievous.  I also love that when I am trying to tell her something (typically time to go night-night) she closes her eyes.  She still thinks that if she can't see me I can't see her! Ha!  I love how much she loves us.  She is the sweetest most random run up and give you a hug and kiss girl.  But don't be fooled, she can be feisty just as quickly.  We are so enamored with our precious little girl and cherish everyday with her!  Happy 21 month day Madie Lou!

Feathering our Nest (again!)

I am happy to say we are in the "just add baby" phase!  Ms. Marlie's room is done, her bottles and pacis are sterilized, pack-n-play, swing, and bouncy seat are set up.  We are ready!  All I left to do is pack our bags.  Madie has been such a great helper with each step of the way.  She even helped Daddy tape the room to paint!

Here are pics from her room.  I am really happy with how it all turned out.  I wanted something special and entirely different from Ms. Madie's. 

 All her bows!