Oxygen

We met with Dr. Pfeffer, the Breathing and Sleep Specialist yesterday. The good news is that Madi's problem doesn't appear to be serious. The tissues in her throat are still soft (very normal). They typically aren't hard until they are 6 months old. With some babies, when they lay down and sleep the soft tissue relaxes and closes more than it is supposed to. Because Madi is having this problem she isn't getting enough oxygen to her little body. The solution is simple, we have her hooked up to an oxygen machine to suppliment her body until she is able to harden up those soft tissues. As of right now, she has to be on the oxygen for 6 weeks at which time we will check her oxygen levels again and determine where to go from there. Hopefully this simple fix is all that she requires. We sure love little Madi! It's sad to see her all hooked up to the machines but it looks worse than it is and all will be well!

Picture Day!!!

Madisyn is growing SO fast! I can't believe it! We got to spend this weekend with Dad and it was great! We went and watched Madi's cousin Sklyer play football. He did awesome! Then we were off to Bluffdale to get some family pictures taken. While we were there, we were able to get these great pictures of Madi! Who knew she was so photogenic! We couldn't help but post them on our site! We hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

I want to get back in the tub!!!

I couldn't help but post this picture. Madi loves her baths but she HATES to get out of the tub. She screams bloody murder as soon as you pull her out of the water and boy does she have a healthy set of lungs. Bryon and I got this picture that we thought was too cute not to share. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Back to work....

I love this picture of Madi stretching. She HATES to get up in the mornings!

Well, it is sad but true. The time has come to return to work. I started back to work on Monday. I never realized how hard it would be to leave Madi behind with someone else! Luckily we have family that is taking care of her for us while we are away - which is a lifesaver!


While we were off however, we got to go on a camping trip (the bowhunt) with Madi. I was very nervous that she was going to freeze, but we stayed in my parents trailer and she was snug as a bug! She loved camping! We had a lot of fun with her. We are definitely going to have to do that again! Next on the agenda is getting her on top of her horse. I guess we might need to wait until she can hold her head up first! Ü
Thanks for the cute outfit Kevin!

SHE'S FINALLY HERE!!!

This is the 3D ultrasound of Madi taken 7/26/07 to see how big she was going to be. This was the deciding factor as to whether or not to do a C-Section. Lucky for me she was just big enough to get the ball rollin'!

It has been a while since I have posted on here and quite a bit has happened!!! Madi was expected to arrive on July 28th, but she just wasn't ready! The doctor said that after 3 weeks of nothing happening that we better just do a C-Section. So we scheduled it for the soonest possible day which was August 2nd. On August 1st, I got a phone call bright and early in the morning from my Dr. and he let me know that there was an opening that day at noon and if we were ready to just head in there at around 11:00. So as we were driving there, we received another phone call stating that they had several women come in in labor and they now didn't have a bed but that they would still try to get us in later than day. So we turned around very disappointed and headed home. At around 2:00 that afternoon, they called us back and appologized but they weren't going to be able to get us in at all that day but to still plan on our original appointment on the 2nd. We then got a phone call again that they had since double booked the operating room on Thursday and that we would be first to go on Friday. So at last, Friday morning, bright and early, we drove to the hospital and all went as planned and little Madi came into the world at 9:32 am on August 3rd, 2007. She was absolutely beautiful from the minute she arrived! She has been such a good baby and has been so happy and pleasant to be around. We just love her! She was a whopping 8 pounds 10 ounces when she was born but has since dropped some weight as usual and is down around 8 pounds even now. She loves her Daddy and he just adores her! He had his first day back to work today and I have never seen him so sad to leave.... It almost made me cry! Anyway, we will try to update more and add more pics as we get them. Have a great night!

About Us

My friend and co-worker introduced me to the world of blogspot. Hopefully we can use this as a tool to update friends and family as to what is going on with our little family. Bryon and I have been married since January 19th, 2007 and are expecting our first child any day now. She is going to be named Madisyn. We can hardly wait for her to get here!! Her bed has been ready and waiting for months now! We really need to quit fidgeting and just be patient. She will get here when she gets here. In the mean time, we will try to update as often as we can and we will try to put pictures up as soon as little Madi gets here!