Madison Avery Arrives

Madison Avery Martin joined our family on September 24. She weighed 7# 9 oz and was 18.5 inches long. She had a very bruised face, especially around the eyes, due to coming so quickly. She really knew how to get daddy out of bed in the middle of the night to rush around and run mommy to the hospital. I woke up around 3:30am and started timing the contractions, then decided to take a shower. By the time I was done I barely made it upstairs to wake Steve and grab last minute things. Poor Cameron woke up and was crying for mommy. Grandpa drove in at 5:01 and we drove out, Steve broke every speed limit on the way there. She was born at 5:17 am with in 10 minutes of us getting to the hospital. Extremely painful, but at least it was quick and we have a great story to tell her. :)

We enjoyed having a ton of visitors while in the hospital. I was ready to go home right away but Madie's Ped didn't agree due to our history of jaundice (ok so I agreed too). She was high before we left and we had to go back for several repeats. It did finally start to go down at 6 days old. She has been a sleepy girl but is starting to wake up more and lets us know what she wants. Cameron is an awesome big brother and he loves to give her kisses and hugs and help us take care of her. We are so blessed to have a wonderful little family and are enjoying (almost) every minute!!!