She's arrived!

Our beautiful Madeline Grace arrived early on Thursday, Oct. 29th at 6:26 a.m. weighing 7 lbs 11 oz and 20.5" long to two beyond-blessed parents. After weeks of suffering from severe kidney stone pain, it was decided to bring her in to the world a little early and I have to say we believe it was the best decision we could have made.

We are so thankful for all of the prayers that surrounded us for the birth of Madeline. The delivery was so different than when I had Noah and I'm so grateful to have had a positive experience this time around. Thank you, thank you from the bottom of our hearts to all of our prayer warriors!

There is nothing sweeter than seeing the immediate love between a father and his daughter.

While I missed Noah tremendously during our stay at the hospital, I have to say that there is something so special about the bonding I was able to have just between Madeline and I. Sort of a "get to know you time" before all of the craziness of home life begins. Lucas stayed the nights with us which was a huge help and also a great bonding experience.




Those eyes melt my heart. She is just oh so sweet to hold that you never want to put her down.

I immediately saw Noah when I laid my eyes on Madeline. It brought back so many memories of first getting to hold him in the hospital and I love getting to see the relation between our two children already.

Maddie has such cute brown fuzzy hair. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that her hair will stay dark like mine. I told Lucas he already has a mini me so I deserve one too!

On our way home from the hospital with our bundle of joy!

Noah is doing great adjusting to having a little sister around. While I'm told there still might be some jealousy issues pop up in the weeks to come, right now he loves hugging and kissing on Maddie and yelling "baby" whenever she enters the room. The word "gentle" has become our mantra for a little while I think.

We had purchased a gift to give the big brother once we arrived at home. He loved the additional GeoTrax set he received to add to his collection. Baby? What baby?


The Lord has blessed us so much with our family of four. I cannot tell you how much we love having pink and blue in our lives.

God is good.