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!!!

Lovin' summer in WI

We are having an awesome summer here in WI. Cameron is loving going to the zoo, the lake/beach, daddy's baseball games, outside with his water table, grandma and papa's house, and seeing all his cousins and friends. He talks our ears off these days and comes up with the cutest and smartest things. This morning he told me "Cameron hiccup broken" after watching a TV character hiccuping. We had a wonderful 4th going to the parade, a party, and then the fireworks at night. He wasn't scared a bit and he loved all the fire trucks and tractors at the parade.

Cameron has been sleeping in his big boy Thomas bed for the last week, doing great. He also has been doing very well potty training, but not sure how it will go once mommy is back to work. We are doing lots of projects around the house trying to get ready for the baby to come. We can't wait to see what and who this little one is. Cameron says he wants a sister so we'll see.

Survivin' winter

We are getting tired of winter and ready for spring to come! We have had a nice day here and there, but it doesn't last long. At least most of the snow is gone now, hopefully not to return until late this year. Cameron always wants to go outside but he is a lot braver than mommy in the cold. He is so much fun and is speaking sentences of 4+ words a lot more now. He loves to play with money and papa is trying to teach him to go for the silver instead of the pennies when he offers him change.


I am changing jobs and hospitals starting next week, so we are looking forward to that. I have also had some time off to enjoy Cameron and doing some fun things with him like going to the Children's Museum, which he loves. It should be an interesting transition to a post- surgical unit but hopefully I will eventually end up back in postpartum when a position opens up. Steve is still loving his job and they close on their first renovated and sold house very soon! I am so excited for him and how well they are doing. Life will be as perfect as can be once I get settled into my job, we can't wait!