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Thank you everyone. I'm on pins and needles today as DMil & DFil are on their way to Kentucky right now as DSIL is having Maddy a month early. They induced her today. Maddy may be sharing a birthday with her Uncle Mike, as today is Erick & Celeste's Brother's Birthday. She wasn't sure if she may have a C-section as well. We do know Maddy will be a tiny baby like Skyler was, but Celeste did mention that she wasn't quite weighing 4 lbs. Thank goodness I have a small bottle of bubbly in the fridge chilled so when Erick & I know she's born we can have a little at home celebration.
I am bummed about the Bears being knocked out of the Playoffs last Subday, but even more excited that my Niece will be born today. It will also be nice to not have to keep the sex of the baby a secret from DFil anymore.
I hope we can get a new battery for our car soon as it died on Erick getting from one job to the other in the awful snow we have here(he never made it to his second job, but luckily DFIL was able to jump start our car for Erick so he could get home. I hope everyone is well and I'll update you all when I know Princess Maddy has made her gran enterance to the world.
Thank you so much Kathy. I got some updates from the Mom to be a few hours ago and she was doing fine but no Maddy yet, we're still waiting(and hopefully DMIL & DFIL are in KY now). I don't know if Erick's gotten any calls yet, but I'm sure he'd run upstairs to let me know if he knew anything. I can't wait to see a picture of our newest family member.
Yay! Maddy has finally made it into the world! She was born at 3am and is 4 lbs. 7 oz.! I have not seen a picture of her yet, but DFIL just called a few minutes ago! I'm so excite to be a proud Auntie to my first Niece. Celeste already has Tinkerbell picked out for her 1'st Christmas Stocking! Welcome to the world Madison Nicole Haas! I so can't wait to meet our family's newest little princess.
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Thank you so much again Kathy. I finally got a picture of her (sadly it's on my phone which Skyler decided to drench in a cup of water). She is just absolutely precious. I'm glad both my SIL & Maddy are both doing well, and Celeste certainly deserved plenty of rest after 13 hours of Labor. Skyler was very cute giving the picture of his brand new baby cousin a kiss on my phone before he submerged it. I'm just glad to hear that Celeste isn't having false labor pains anymore. I'll try to post a picture of her once I get more pictures. Maddy & her Uncle Mike aren't sharing a Birthday after all, but so cool she was born a day after, and can now share the same birth month with both of her Uncles!
For all of you on here whom I have as friends on Facebook, I have uploaded a good amount of pictures from our trip, both the North Palm Beach bit, but the majority of Disney. I will do the same on here, as soon as possible. I'm sorry my last day of my TR (although the majority of it is written) may be pictoral. I purposely didn't post any of the Boo to You Parade or of the Hallowishes Fireworks incase anyone didn't want the surprise of it being spoiled.
Congrats on the new family member! Sorry about the Bears! I was rooting for them because Matt Forte is a Tulane grad (and so am I) I'm completely not thrilled with this year's superbowl, but I'll be rooting for the Packers.
Hope all is going well with Skylar's testing!
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Thank you Heather. Uh Oh Heather, we have a little school rivalry (although one of my friends is Tulane Alum too), as my DFIL is LSU Alum, so I'd get my rear whooped if I didn't root for them. I'm not watching the Super Bowl. I'm pretty bummed watching their season come to an end (If you thought I was a big Saints Fan, you'd be right, but I truely bleed Navy & Orange, not only for them, but my sister's school Syracuse too).
Instead of dwelling on the past on Super Bowl Sunday, I've just chosen that Skyler & I will be having a Toy Story Marathon of all 3 movies, & Cars, or Despicable Me (he gets to choose, Mommy will just enjoy spending time with what he loves to watch). I'll take time spent with my kid over crying on the Bears or Saints not playing in the big game. I can't wait for the Pro-Bowl though and seeing my old friend from Florida Devin Hester make his grand appearance in it.
Congratulations Becki on your new neice . I was able to check out the pictures on FB, Skyler is just so adorable. It really looks like you had an amazing trip. Sorry about your phone, hope you can get another one soon.
I have some good news and some bad news. I finally got a new phone for now (a regular cell phoone) to replace my oh so loved iPhone that was ruined yesterday, however I appologize if my posts are far and few as I won't be able to access Passporter on the new phone (temp until our contract is up in June and Erick and I can get the phones we want then). At least I have a phone for now (I would go crazy, especially where I'm the one keeping track of all of our appointments, and I'm Erick's personal & physical alarm clock).
As long as Skyler's sleeping or will let me use the computer without trying to help me type, I'll try to get on here to finish up my TR. You can't blame honesty though. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.
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Becki! I too am glad you've found some support - it's always good to have other people around that are dealing with the things you are.
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! Welcome to the world Madison Nicole Haas! I so can't wait to meet our family's newest little princess.
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. I was able to check out the pictures on FB, Skyler is just so adorable. It really looks like you had an amazing trip. Sorry about your phone, hope you can get another one soon.
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