Wedding

Quick Update: I may start this blogging thing again. I feel like I have no way to track all the changes with Mady and for the girls to see all the changes going on in our lives. On January 26th, 2013, I got remarried! So many changes, all for the BEST. My girls were flower girls and had an absolute blast dancing the night away!

Madelyn Leigh 14 months old!

This blog is dwindling and not likely to continue much longer - but I thought I would throw up some pictures of Madelyn that were cute! She is getting so big, walking, trying to talk, and of course trying to keep up with her big sis! Love her so - best baby ever - :) Mommy has been busy baby, but I love you so! My snuggles with you at night are so peaceful and relaxing.

Mady's 3 months and Carolina 3 years!

Mady, Mady, Mady Leigh!!

Mady on her 3 week birthday & Nana on her 98th birthday!

Sleepy, peaceful, awesome baby girl!

Your big sister loving every minute of holding you!

You love the baby bjorn! Thank goodness b/c it means we can be hands free and deal, I mean play, with your sister :)

Have you ever seen such a perfect baby?! ha! She loves her crib!

Dear Mady - Seriously, you are the best - you are definitely baby number 2, you are patient, cuddly, and quiet. You eat well, sleep well, and burb well :) We all are so enamored by you! I can't promise as many photos and blog posts as I did with your sister, but I know you will understand! I swear we are taking photos, loving you and squeezing you every chance we get, but it comes with the territory girl (I know, I am a second child myself), if I blog about you once a month I will feel I am doing okay! Love you so much sweetie! Can't believe you are 4 weeks tomorrow! Love, Mommy

YIPPEE!!!!! Madelyn Leigh St. Charles is here!

Welcomed on December 30th at 6:39am -7 lbs 14 oz.

The waiting game....

The wait for Ms. Madelyn's arrival continues! We were thinking she would arrive before xmas, but I guess she has her own agenda and we will just have to wait to see how things unfold. We are all anxiously awaiting her arrival! Can't wait to meet you little girl.

Love, Mommy

Our Baby Girl

Carolina Grace - 2yrs

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Carolina Grace 2 years...going on 15!

Jason and I were just discussing that we don't keep track of all the silly and amazing things that Carolina comes up with these days and that we really should! Mostly because she is hysterical, but also because she is the smartest 2 year old we have come across (we are completely biased, but we are okay with that!)

So I thought I would do a post with some of the Carolina quotes and happenings of the past week (that I can remember). There are so many that wish I always had my pen handy!

Carolina quotes:

"Mommy, can we buy a set of stairs for the condo? I really want an upstairs. Then we could put my playroom up there"

"Mommy, slow down (while I was driving her to daycare). There is a big truck coming and you need to be careful. Mommy, do you have your seatbelt on? Mommy, Whoa! Slow down, be careful, don't go too fast, we don't want an accident with the firetrucks and policemen"

"Daddy, you need to get your butt back here! We miss you daddy, we miss you crazy daddy"

"Mommy, my katie (babydoll) spit up 3 times today and needs to go to the doctor right away!"

"Memphis, you are making bad choices lately and I am going to put you in timeout in the bathroom"

"Mommy, can I wear my short sleeve pants today?" (i.e. shorts)

"Mommy, you better be careful or the baby is going to fall out of your belly"

There are so many more, these are just some of the ones that I can recall.

Her pretend play is also ever expanding and becoming so complex. She has full on adventures with her dolls and toys throughout the house. She will even take her play cell phone, go into her bedroom, shut the door, and ask for privacy while she calls Greyson from school [what!?! - her conversation are very cute too (i listen in of course) - she asks him what he is playing with and where he lives, haha!]. She carries around her purses all the time and goes grocery shopping with her stuffed animals, and also takes them to the doctors, etc. She is also very much into music (and always has been) and we throw crazy dance parties in the living room most nights! The girl could dance all night long I think if I let her!

We are so proud of her (and she will also tell you that if you ask her) because she is fully potty trained with the exception of bedtime! Thank goodness! Now onto getting her to stop sucking her thumb! Our next battle :) I think Jason should own that one since I solely tackled potty training! ha!

We love you Carolina and love being a part of your world! It is so much fun!

One belly shot for the record....

33 weeks - Mommy & Madelyn!

I haven't exactly been into belly shots this time around (given I have been without a camera and without Jason to shoot any good ones)- but I thought for Madelyn's sake I would post at least one!

Happy Turkey Week!

A preview of our photo shoot! Enjoy! More pictures to come soon!

Carolina Grace - 2 years, 7 months! Love that smile - makes me so happy!

The Peanut Posing for Daddy

The Peanut picked out a Christmas outfit yesterday while shopping - she fell in love with this little dress and wanted to take pictures and send them to Daddy. I only have my camera on my phone so they didn't come out so well - but you can see how excited she was to pose for Daddy in her new Christmas outfit. She is getting so big! Ahhh!

9 more weeks to go!

Can't wait to meet you Madelyn!

And your big sister is so excited too!

We may decide to induce you on January 1, 2011...hope you don't mind if I pick your birthday for you! This way both you and your sister both have holiday birthday's! How very cool!

However, feel free to come sooner! We would love a December baby!

See you soon! Love, Mom

Halloween Comparisons!

Halloween 2008

Halloween 2009

Halloween 2010

Our little ladybug with her favorite teacher, Ms. Amy. The costume only lasted about 5 minutes and then got ripped off, otherwise I would have gotten a pictures with me and her! ha! Oh well - maybe on Sunday we will have more luck.

Happy Halloween Everyone!~

Forgot to post this one! - oops!

Dear Sweet Baby M,

We are all getting so excited to meet you! You have begun to kick and punch and wiggle around inside of me and I absolutely love the feeling! We will be moving back to Indiana in just a few short days and we can not wait to start a nursery for you! We got you a beautiful crib that is a deep brown wood and just gorgeous! I will be painting my old dresser white for you to use and we got you a brand new rocking chair that is chocolate brown to match your crib! I hope to add some purple and pink to make it all girly for you just like your sister's room! Speaking of your sister, she loves to play in your crib! She also loves to pick out stuffed animals for you and to let me know which of her toys she will be sharing with you! She also picked out a cute outfit for us to put you in on your way home from the hospital. We of course already got 'little sister' and 'big sister' shirts for you both! Can't wait for the day you can wear yours!


Love, Mommy, Daddy and Carolina!

We have our name -

So you can take your thinking caps off :)

We are not sharing, at least not now..but it is pretty popular so you could probably guess what it is if you tried - and no it does not being with an "A".

Excited to meet our girl in 20 weeks or less!

Today's the Day!

I will keep everyone posted as soon as we know! I can't believe how many people have voted 'boy'! Ha!

UPDATE: Everyone was WRONG!!! It's a GIRL! More pink for the St. Charles'! Carolina is so excited to have a baby sister :)

EIGHT DAYS !!!

We can't wait! Just 8 days until we find out the sex :) Yippee!!!!

Baby Names

Picking a baby name has proven to be much more challenging this time around. I will give you all a small hint in that our top name today for both a boy and a girl start with an "A" so most likely this blog will read 'Little Miss C and Little Mr/Miss A' in the next 5-6 months, but I don't REALLY know! We are completely torn when it comes to names. Even our top names are not definite by any means - we are open to having them tossed and new ones brought in, they are just the best we have come up with so far. We are open to being swayed by others this time around so if you have any you would like to suggest, please go right ahead! We would love to hear them! 16 days until we find out the sex, so that ought to help us focus!

Beach

Being her typical goofy self.... dancing away!

Beautiful scenary

Frightened of the sand

Hanging with baby doll Emma and watching the waves

Finally adjusting to the beach and building a sandcastle with daddy

Showing Daddy her sandcastle building skills!

15 months and busy

We are still here. I have some cute pics to post from our trip to Boston, but I need Jason to downsize them as they are huge and will not upload. We are busier than ever with Jason taking 3 classes and working most nights too. I don't think either of us have ever worked this hard and it is definitely taking a toll on both of us. It is ultimately all going to take us in the right direction, but certainly challenging us daily. We are looking forward to a long weekend in August and for school to wind down a bit! Carolina and I have had lots of time to bond at the pool this summer and at the park. We found a custard place that we both love so that has become something of a ritual on Sunday's for us too! This city is definitely not one that I would recommend, adding some additional stress to our everyday and therefore we are already talking seriously about our next steps to get out! That's about it for now. Pictures to follow. - And we should know the sex of baby number 2 on August 11th at 1pm, just a few weeks away!