6 weeks old already?!?!

Are you kidding me?!?! Madison is 6 weeks old?!?! Well, technically she is 5 1/2 weeks old ;-) Things have been going great! Time flies by for sure...it seems like we were just bringing her home. She is a wonderful and happy little baby. She is eating good and growing quick. Just like her brother, she is VERY strong! She holds her head up so well for being so young. She likes being on her tummy and stretching out. She has been such a good sleeper too!!! Usually she will sleep about 5 hours at a time at night before her first feeding (much needed block of sleep for mommy). Aiden has been SO good with her too. He is always concerned about sister and needs reassurance on her well being. For example, if we are leaving the house, he will get her carseat and say "Madison leave too." just to make sure that we don't forget her LOL! Or, if she is crying in the car, he will tell me to stop the car..."Madison needs binky mommy". He has made me smile so much the last few weeks. I am so happy that he has so much love for his new sister. As well, Madison is always checking out her brother. When he is playing around her, she will watch and track him wherever he goes. If she hears his voice, she will turn to him...I LOVE IT!!!! =-)

Pictures aren't taken nearly as much as with Aiden, but she sleeps a lot so what fun are sleeping baby pictures?! LOL However, a good friend of mine took some great photos of Madison a few weeks ago so I will post those. We are working on getting some family photo's done soon (just waiting for the sun to arrive haha).



PS - I love the pictures of the kids together...they melt my heart!!

Madison Joyce Kunasek

She is HERE!!!! Madison Joyce Kunasek was born on May 13th, 2010 at 6:05am! She weighed in at 7 lbs 8 oz and 20 1/4 inches long...and she is BEAUTIFUL!!!

The labor and delivery went well and VERY fast...a total of 3 hours LOL!!!! And I am proud to say that I endured the whole thing with NO epidural! (Of course, there was NO time for the epidural so I didn't really have a choice, but I still did it!) The entire experience was so different then with Aiden, but it was just as incredible. She has been a great baby so far and we are just head over heals in love with her. She looks different than Aiden in many ways, but there are times I think they look very much the same. We will see as the days and months go on who she starts to look most like, but I am holding out hope that she looks more like me =-)

We were able to come home the day after she was born. Aiden came to the hospital with Nathan's mom so he could "help" bring sister home. Everytime he would see her, he got a big smile and couldn't wait to get closer. We went home as a family which was very important to me and Aiden enjoyed being part of the process. When we got home, he was very happy to have "sissy at Aiden's house" but when asked if he wanted to stay home with us or go stay at grandma's again, he opted to go back to grandma's LOL! It wasn't that he was upset, but just that he REALLY likes it at grandma's house!!! =-)


Heading home! Aiden kept a close watch to make sure Madison was okay =-)
Big Brother and Little Sister home together =-)

We are all happy to be home and settling in well! Madison has been eating and sleeping great and both Nathan and I are feeling good and rested...ready to be parents of two!!! Thank you everyone for your love and support through the pregnancy and these first couple of days home...WE LOVE YOU!!!

Just hanging out

Not too much excitement in the Kunasek house lately...a couple of false labors and lots of playdates but otherwise pretty quiet around here. I am 38 weeks and patiently (for the most part) waiting for Madison's arrival. We have been talking to Aiden a lot getting him ready for her arrival...mostly getting him familiar with the idea that she will be a person living in the house just like Mommy, Daddy and Aiden. He still tells us that "sissy come to Aiden's house" but he seems ok with it =-) He has been very cautious with my ever growing belly and will randomly remind me that "sissy Mady is in there".

We have had some very nice weather lately which has been great for getting energy out of a 2 year old!! Lots of park visits with friends have allowed me to get a little exercise. When we have rainy days, we will lay low and watch movies. Aiden will now ask to watch specific movies and will usually sit and watch most of it with little distractions. This has really helped me to keep the house in order in case labor hits which I LOVE!

Nathan has been working quite a bit lately. Otherwise, he is doing the same old, same old...working on the yard, house and his fish tank =-)

Aiden has been speaking a LOT lately. Some days he seems to talk in complete sentences for the entire day which will blow Nathan and I away. Plus, he will bring up topics he wants to talk about or tell you about all the things he did that day (even if we just did them!) I finally got a video of him talking a little bit before he wanted to see the camera. Hopefully you can hear it well enough.



Hopefully my next post is to introduce Madison!! =-)

Easter 2010

This was such a wonderful time to have Easter! Aiden thought everything was so exciting and STILL asks me to "color eggs mommy" haha. He really caught on to the whole idea of Easter very quickly and was so animated...although, he spent most of his egg coloring time in deep concentration LOL




My good friend Kristen and her 3 year old son came down from Seattle area to be here for my shower. The boys had lots of fun together! After the boys were done coloring eggs, their hands were completely colored and Aiden kept asking me to "clean hands". So we put the boys in the bath...they are too cute!!!!


The next morning they got their Easter baskets! Aiden got a couple new movies, books, some new undies, a McQueen towel and a couple little toys. He was SO excited about his firetruck basket too...I would say he was more excited for that then anything else LOL


Then it was outside to find eggs! It was a bit chilly still, but not raining so we took advantage of the opportunity. Aiden did awesome and had so much fun shaking the eggs!!!


After all the fun, the boys played with their new goodies inside. I saw that Aiden had kept one of his eggs from the hunt. They were filled with about 5 jelly beans, just enough to make a little noise. Well, that little boy is quite smart and figured out how to open the egg and as soon as he saw the treats, he QUICKLY grabbed them all and shoved them right into his mouth LOL

We had a great time with our friends and a fun "first" Easter!!!!

Baby shower!!

I had the most wonderful baby shower on Saturday! I had wonderful family and friends attend and we enjoyed a nice afternoon (toddler free!) of food, games and of course gifts!! I received some super cute clothes and am SO excited to dress her up =-) I am so lucky to have such a wonderful support system around me...I even had a friend come from Seattle for the shower. Thank you to everyone that attended or sent something for Madison.

The diaper cake from Kristen =-)


My wonderful husband brought me home flowers. SO SWEET!

We are just SO excited to meet our little girl!!!!!!

The final countdown...

33 weeks!!! Time sure has gone by quickly! I have been doing well...wearing down for sure. All my weight gain has been directly in my belly LOL keeping up with Aiden is getting more and more difficult since bending down and getting up off the floor just doesn't agree with me =-) Him being potty trained sure has helped but it has added a bit of stress since my absentmindedness causes me to forget he hasn't gone potty in a while which leaves more opportunity for accidents. He really seems to understand the fact that his sissy is in mommy's belly getting big so she can come home. He will come up and pull at my shirt and say "my sissy in there?" which is adorable! He gives her lots of hugs and kisses too. We have been talking a lot with him lately about sissy coming out of mommy's belly and coming home to sleep at our house and that when sissy gets here that she is part of our family. It has helped that we have a few books about babies and family for him and he seems to associate them well and understand. It will be interesting how he really reacts when she is here!!!

Mini Nathan

Is there really anything more I can say?!?! Aiden is such a helper lately, and anything you do, eat or say, Aiden is right there wanting to do it too. He got his lawn mower for his birthday and asks to mow every time we go outside LOL



He even wants to help take pictures whenever he sees the camera...



His little personality keeps growing everyday!