My cute neice. :)

I figure next week I'll be gushing about my side of the family's cuteie pies... Right now, I'll gush about my neice Madison. Hubby's sister's new baby girl.

Brandi (my Sister-in-Law (SIL)) posted new pictures on her facebook, and I just wanted to share the cutest ones. :) She's so pinchable! I can't wait to get my car back here so I can go babysit this wee one! :)

These first two are my favorites, its a toss-up. I love the "cheerio" face, and I love how cute she looks wearing green!





These last two are total opposites, one she's dressed like a princess, the other looks like she's ready to watch some hockey with daddy on the leather sofa. She's little, but she's tough. ;)





She's so cute. Her dad is Portugese, so she's going to have that beautiful olive skin, with Brandi's blue eyes, and dark hair. I can't wait for her to grow up! I need to have a baby soon... Then I can use all of Brandi's baby equipment! lol hurrah! I don't think I can quite yet convince the hubby though. *sigh*

Baby Shower Madness!

Yesterday was Brandi's baby shower for Madison. It was a lot of fun, although I was helping out Linda (my Mother In Law (MIL)) the entire time and it wasn't much fun for ME... but I do hope everyone else had fun.

Here are a few pictures for your enjoyment... or maybe just my enjoyment.


Belle helping Brandi with the presents. (Belle is my neice). Look at that little belly poking out. lol She's cute.


She got a TON of presents... Remind me to invite all of Brandi's friends to MY (eventual) baby showers! Man she really got a LOT of gifts.


Guess the baby food (without the labels) game. I actually think someone got all 8 of them right! Amazing.


Brandi, opening cards, presents, etc. I forgot to take a picture of the food, cake and all that, but it was QUITE a spread! If anyone went home hungry, it was their own fault! :)


Baby Madison. She has either a heat rash, or baby pimples... Brandi is taking her to the Doctor's today to find out... Poor thing, she cried and cried for ages during the shower, her other grandma (George's mother) and I took her out in the hall and we fanned her for a good 5 minutes to cool her down. She was absolutely burning up. The pimples or rash or whatever it was on her face got SO much darker, or a brighter pink/red when she was hot. We were able to cool her down a little. That girl just doesn't like wearing clothes! The same thing happened last Wednesday when I took her to the mall. She was WAY too hot, and wouldn't stop crying. I think I would have done much better with her at home, and NOT in the mall on a super hot day. Ah well, I'll be better next time!


The ever-embarassing ribbon hat. Hers turned out quite well, a family friend Shelley made it, and did a great job, considering she didn't have ANY tape! :) Good Job!


My neice Belle. She's Christian's (hubby's younger brother) daughter. She'll be 4 on September 19th.

The Shower was quite nice and I hope everyone had a good time. The hall we'd rented was WAY too hot, and everyone was fanning themselves, no wonder Madison had a cry-fest. :( Overall though, I think everyone had a lovely time. I'm glas its over though, I'd been helping my MIL with the food etc since like 9:30am, and we weren't out of the hall till 5:45pm or so. For my shower, we're just having a fruit tray, a vegie tray, a cheese tray, desserts and some concoxion of mormon punch. (sprite/ginger ale + rainbow sherbert in a punch bowl yum!) :)

One good thing though, I slept like a baby last night, from like 11:30 till 9:30 or so this morning. hehe!

Madison is ok :)

Quick baby update! She's doing fine, they went home Thursday afternoon. We got to visit them last Wednesday at the Hospital. She's beautiful and just perfect! See for yourself! Oh, and they dropped the "River" as her middle name. She currently doesn't have one.

Happy Mommy Brandi with baby Madison. 5/3/2007 (2 days old)

Baby update :)

Apparently Brandi hasn't been able to hold the baby yet. Madisyn was in respriatory distress, because of the cord. It was wrapped around her neck and her whole body, so I think they said she's on IV in the NICU. We'll more than likely get to go see them tomorrow. :) Other than the minor cord issues though, they said she's perfect. 7lbs 5oz. :)

Congratulations Brandi & George!

My sister in law (DH's sister) had her baby this morning at 6:40am, she got to the hospital at 6:25, and was in labor for a whole 15 minutes! She had a baby girl, so now I get to be Auntie Shelley to TWO baby girls this year! (Paula (my sister) is having a girl in Mid June!)

Apparently the umbilical cord was wrapped around the baby's neck, and her lungs were full of fluid... I'll post updates as we get them. She hasn't settled on a name for sure yet, but they like Madisyn River R. I'm sure she's going to be beautiful though. Not sure how much she weighs either, they took her to the NICU right away.

Let's hope nothing is too serious! They told Brandi that the baby is ok! I really hope so. I'm glad I don't have to keep calling it "it" or "your baby" or "the baby" it's a GIRL! :D