Not for the faint of heart

I started several times to post something about the difficult time we had yesterday, last night and today with Madelyn. Parenting is definitely not for the faint of heart. But, I decided that I don't want to say anything negative. So, instead I'm just going to post a picture of Madelyn dressed up in a Christmas outfit. How cute can you get?!?!?

See ya later, Sister!

Tomorrow is the day that my sister, Sabina, leaves for Indonesia. I wish that I could be there to see you off, sister, but I'll be praying for you! I just wanted to post this picture for you as you go...my favorite face that Madelyn makes - the poopy face! Love you!

Getting Started

Well, here I am...just getting started. I decided to start this blog so that my family can keep up with my daughter's life. You see, my sister is moving to Indonesia for the next 6 months, and I want her to be able to keep up with Madelyn while she's gone. Also, my brother-in-law has been living in Costa Rica, and my parents are 6 1/2 hours away. Hopefully I'll have some interesting anecdotes to add from time to time.

Let me start with the tale of Madelyn's first Christmas. She got sick! We were planning on going to Kyle's family's Christmas in Dayton, but instead we went to the emergency room at 4:30am on Christmas day. Fun times! Madelyn's doing alright...she just has a stomach bug which causes her to alternately have diarrhea and vomiting. I can't count the number of times I've changed her clothes in the past few days. Anyway, I know that everyone is just dying to know about all of her "bodily functions".

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Love to all!

(Here are a few recent pics of Madelyn!)