Last weekend as a family of three!

Valentine's Day 2009

We had a wonderful past weekend as a family of Three! Soon to be a family of Four. I cannot believe that we are going in tomorrow to the hospital. We are so excited to meet our new little one. Mary Kyle was here this weekend and we had a great time. Nana came in today and will be here through the weekend to help with little Miss Maddie :)
Enjoy these pictures, I probably will not get a chance to update this for awhile.

Getting ready for Mardi Gras... beads from Auntie E & Uncle Ro-Ro

Beckett & Maddie at Barnes and Nobles

Lobster Dinner on Vday!

Daddy giving his little sweetheart her Barney for Vday

Aunt Mary Kyle, Nana & Maddie

Awaiting Baby Hendon #2

counting down the days 4 more to go!

Plans have changed a little bit, for the arrival of baby #2-- we are now planning on going in to the hospital Tuesday 17th around 5pm, if the baby has not come by then. They will start the cervidil that night and then if needed the pitocin in the morning. We are all doing well, just excited to meet the new little one. Maddie is excited too as she has been practicing the names for either a boy/girl. She is such an angel.

My sister, her two kids and my dad were all here last weekend and we had such a blast with them. It was so much fun to see the kids all play together. Maddie loved chasing Addison at 8am up and down the hallway. And she loved baby Anna and didn't want to leave her alone! :) it was pretty cute.

Jiddee played at the beach with the kids and also made cookies (with a tiny mess involved). It was so great that we were able to enjoy the nice weather and get the kids outside! We also went to the park and played on the playground and chased all the birds :) really fun to watch.

Making Cookies with Jiddee


Maddie and Baby Anna

the girls & Aunt Meggy on the slide
at the beach on a sailboat :)
building sand castles with Jiddee
baby Anna at the beach

kids on a walk & down the pier they go
Addison, Maddie and his favorite pup-- Tucker
kids at park chasing the birds

Here are some pictures from the past two weeks and our visitors. Probably the last time I will update this before the new baby arrives... then it might be awhile :) Enjoy the pictures and cannot wait to have some on here of the new baby. til then~

Maddie kissing the new baby
Flowers from Daddy to his girls!
Maddie in action eating at her new "big girl" seat
dressing up before bedtime
Maddie and her friend Molly playing in the igloo

We will have lots of visitors these next couple of weeks to help out so that will be great. Aunt Mary Kyle is here this weekend, then Nana, then Grammy, then Aunt Meggy & Aunt Erin. Looking forward to it, as I know Maddie will be so excited to see them all.

Baby # 2 is coming soon...

37 weeks!!!

Don't I look so great!?! :) ha

So here we are at 37 weeks! Yeah :) The baby seems to be healthy and everything is looking good. Went to the doctor today and she said that if the baby does not come before Feb 18th, then she will go ahead and induce me that morning. SO I guess we can plan a baby to be here no later than the 18th! :) So exciting, Cole and I both cannot believe that it is already here. It seems like yesterday that we just had Maddie and she is now 19 months old. So hard to believe-- but we have loved every second of it. Cannot wait to make more memories with baby #2.
Here are some recent pictures of Miss Maddie ~ Enjoy!

Not the best face, but love this outfit!

giving the baby kisses

Fishy!

2009!

19 months old (well almost on the 26th of Jan.)

Here we are 2009 ~ Cannot believe how time flies! We all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. So much fun to be with family. We were in Kentucky for Thanksgiving with the Skaff's. In Charleston, for Christmas this year with the Hendon family. And at home for New Years ( very uneventful.. but that is the way we like it :)) We were also able to travel recently to Dallas to go and see Cole's brother Clay that was home on "leave" from Iraq for a few weeks. It was so nice to see him and catch up since it has been since last June that we were able to see him. He is expected back in late March... so that is good news! We are so proud of our soldier!!!

Halloween 2008

Our little Charleston Crab

Carving Pumpkins with Daddy

Thanksgiving 2008 in KY

Making cookies with Jiddee

The girls~ Anna (5months) & Maddie (17 months)

Addison and Maddie at the kids table

Ride 'em cowgirl!

Auntie E visits Charleston Dec 2008

Shopping at the children's museum

December 2008

So as you can see, we have been quite busy traveling and trying to get ready for baby #2. This second pregnancy has really flown by, I still cannot believe that it is only weeks away now. It is pretty funny that the baby's actual due date is on Mardi Gras day-- coincidence??? Hope this baby is not a party animal and night owl b/c of that! ha! Okay well that is all for now, everything is going great here in Charleston, SC.

Santa Mickey and Me

Momma and I having fun!

Beach Pictures in December

Christmas in Charleston 2008

Playing with Christmas toys

Chasing birds at the park

Dallas 2009

Aunt Mary Kyle and Maddie

Getting Ready for Mardi Gras

Uncle Clay and Maddie

Nana and Maddie

Having my favorite snack~ Popcicles

Spaghetti night

Maddie is growing more than ever, talking up a storm and saying "No- No" A LOT! but that is normal for this age, just really funny to us, that everything is NO- NO :) but with a smile ofcourse. She is so precious and cannot wait to be a big sister as she kisses my belly everyday (numerous times) and says "hi, bebe!" What a sweetie! I just love her to pieces, cannot get enough of her as I am sure all you moms out there can understand. Okay enough for now- enjoy the pics! (some are from as far back as October ... but this should bring us up to date!)