Grandpa Bob

Happy Birthday Nikki

Happy Birthday to the most wonderful sister and best friend!! We all love you so much!!

Hello Wonderful Family!!

Hello all!! I know that you will probably read this on my blog but I just thought that I would update you all on our cute little family. Carlie is doing wonderful. She is in dance and told her teacher on Monday that I need to put on a tutu and crown just like the other kids in class if I am going to be there with her. The teacher thought that was hilarious and did offer me a crown and little tutu to do their princess kicks in. I kindly declined. Carlie keeps us laughing with everything that she does. Maddie is just getting chubbier every day. She now weighs 13.4lbs and is 22 1/4 inches long. She is perfect in every way, but then again, I am completely biased.

Jon and I are doing well. Jon is busier than ever at work trying to fix phones and computers. He still loves his job and we love that he is home at a good time instead of when it is time to go to bed. Work for me has been slow. I have only had a couple of sleep studies this week and next so I don't have alot to keep me at work right now. I do have to work this Friday in Instacare so that will be good.

Well, hope all is well with everyone. We love you all!!!!

Growing and growing

So as promised here are some more pictures of my beautiful girls. Maddie is just growing and growing. She already has a double chin and her birdie legs are starting to fill out. When I had her at the doctor 2 weeks ago, she was up to 8 pounds. Dr Sutherland couldn't believe that she had already surpassed her birth weight. What can I say, I make sure that my babies are well fed and happy.
As you can see here, Maddie is peeking to make sure that I am still in the same room as her let alone on the bed. I just love to watch her sleep. She is so funny. She laughs and smiles all the time in her sleep.

Here you can see that Carlie is a big help to me. She loves to hold her sister and help me feed her. Carlie knows right where everything for Maddie is and wants to always get me a diaper or a clean burp rag.

My precious baby sleeping. Isn't she the cutest thing that you have ever seen? Okay, okay, so I am a little bit biased in my judgement. But she is so cute when she is asleep like this. Always has to have a hand by her face.

Carlie had decided to get into the stickers in my bedroom one day while I was preoccupied. This is what I found her doing in the kitchen when I was able to finally get up off the couch and put Maddie down in her bouncer. Carlie thought she was to coolest thing and was so proud of herself that she didn't put the stickers on the wall, floor, table or anywhere else I could have gotten mad over. After seeing her "artwork" how could I be mad at her. She did a wonderful job!!!

This is mild compared to what her room looks like everyday. Oh well. I will just have to live with the mess and keep cleaning it up at the end of the day. Needless to say that when we have visitors, her door is always shut.

Announcing Maddie Ellen Nuttall

Maddie Ellen Nuttall
Born Wednesday July 23, 2008
Weight 7 lbs. 7 oz.
20 inches long
3:40 a.m.

Hey all thought we'd show you a picture of our bundle of joy. Maddie was born very early this morning, and true to form she was born and went right to sleep. She is so beautiful, but our opinion is very biased. Mommy and Daddy are very excited to add her to our little family.
We'd love to post more right now but we've only a few hours of sleep. More to come later.
Love Jon, Audi, Carlie and Maddie.

Nuttall update

I went to the doctor yesterday for my regular check up and just wanted to let you know that everything is progressing well with the baby. She weighs about 5.9 pounds and is very active. Her weight puts her a week before my due date of 8/8/08. She is gaining it so fast. I can't believe how fast she can gain weight in 2 weeks!!!! I feel like my ribs are a xylophone. Her head is down and she is ready to come in about 5 weeks (that is up to my due date), but she may make an early appearance like her sister ( I can only pray).

Carlie is still excited about being a big sister, but I think that might change when Maddie finally comes to play. She has asked me several times if we are borrowing her like we do when I watch Chase for Nikki. I don't think she quite gets that this is for keeps, but oh well. I know that she will be a big helper when she realizes that Maddie is ours forever.

On a side note, Carlie is becoming quite the funny little kid. Yesterday she was a Nik's while I went to my appointment. They were watching a cartoon called Phineas and Ferb on the Disney Channel and Carlie started to sing along with the theme song. Nadya looked at her and asked Carlie if she had seen the cartoon before and Carlie replied with an innocent "oh just once". She is funny little kid. She comes up with the funniest things to say that make me stop and wonder where she came from. The other day Jon and I were discussing a matter quite heatedly and Carlie looked at me and said, " Audrie, just calm down". I couldn't stop laughing. She has obviously been around me to much.

Well, everything is great on our end. If anyone wants some peas, beans, squash, pumpkins, honeydew, cantelope, corn, tomatoes, peppers, or whatever else is in my garden, come help yourself. There will be plenty for everyone.

Love you all!!!!

So Yeah We Haven't Disappeared.....

Well, just for a quick FYI we have decided on a name for our little bundle of joy...... Well unless after she's born and the name doesn't fit. We are going to name her Maddie Ellen Nuttall. Just thought we would let everyone know. We are really excited for our new little one and Carlie can't wait to be a big sister.