St Patty's Day

Very low key but very fun. For St Patty's Day we had the Harrison's and Hannah over for corn beef and green sides. Andrea carried on the tradition of shamrock salad complete with oreos, green filling, and mint. It was delicious.
We weren't paying attention to Kelsey and she helped herself to more salad than we realized :) It was disgusting and adorable all at the same time.

After St Pattys dinner it was time to get ready for March Madness. We switched the shamrocks on the wall for basketballs, pulled out our computers and filled out our brackets. My favorite moments are when Hannah asked who Manham was and when Kelsey said she wanted Kentucky to win until it was time to actually fill out her bracket and she chose Gonzaga!It was a fun night for us. We love having everyone at our house.

 

  

 

Who's who

 Everyone has been telling me that looking at Madison is like looking at a baby Kelsey. I haven't been able to see it but as I have been going through Kelsey's baby pictures I am starting to notice some scary similarities between these two girls. I'm sure once Madison starts to change even more, it will become more more obvious whos who, but right now I need to make sure that I label my pictures really well.

 

 

 

 For those playing the "game" Kelsey is always on the left and Madison is always on the right :)

That just happened

How is February over and the middle of March is tomorrow!?! Where is life going?! My goodness

The Tuesday before Madison was born we went to a Mardi Gras party at Virginia Barrett's house with some MBA friends. It was delicious food, fun games, and great company. Hannah babysat so that we could go childless one last time.

The cake had a baby Jesus in it and if you found it you got a prize. I wanted to find it so badly, but alas I did not

Heather Palmer, Virginia Barrett, Stacey Morris, Kristina Lake, Kacey Ableman, Katie Apker

Katie Apker, Lakes, Tanners, Ablemans, Morrises, Palmers, Walkers, Barretts

Ethan was in a 3 point contest about a week after Madison was born. He didn't do great, but it was still super fun to go watch.

When Madison was a week old, we drove up to Bountiful for a celebration dinner in her honor. The Saturday before the dinner, BYU beat Gonzaga at home and Ethan about had a heart attack! It was a lot of fun to see Gonzaga lose.

When Madison was 2 weeks old, Diana and Robert took Kelsey home for the weekend to give us a little bit of a break. It was such a relaxing weekend only having one newborn. Ethan took me on a scavenger hunt which led to dinner at Mimi's and then we watched a movie. We slept in the next morning and then Ethan headed off to Vegas with Daillin Salmon and Jake Morris to watch BYU in the WCC tournament. I thought I would be sad that everyone was gone, but instead I just felt so free to work on some stuff. Everyone had a great time, but it was fun to be reunited that Sunday. Kelsey ran up to Madison when we got home, gave her a big kiss, and said "I missed you so much Madison" It was adorable.

At the beginning of March Tori and Trent Petersen came to Utah and we got to visit for a day. Capri and Kelsey played so well together. I wish we lived closer to them. They are just such great friends.

Family of Four

We are now a family of four and I love it. I fall in love more and more everyday with everyone all over again. We expected the worst and got better so we are pleasantly surprised everyday. Obviously things are different and take a bit longer, but its going so well. I've even been on a shopping trip that consisted of 7 stores and did it all in an hour and a half! I am totally loving everything about everything so far. I'll let you know how I feel when the day comes that both girls are SCREAMING. Since that day hasn't happened I can still be naive right?! The one thing I am not liking is the fact that I literally can't exercise the way I want to and every time we go on a walk I have to wear Madison. That has to change ASAP!

Ethan and I both tried really hard to help Kelsey adjust to a sibling. We tried so hard to give her lots of attention when Madison got home and include her in as much as we could. I'm not saying we are perfect but we did a petty good job in my opinion.

The other day the girls and I (still not used to that) went up to BYU and had a picnic with Ethan. It was beautiful weather and it was another successful outing to boost my confidence.

 Here's Madison at her first BYU sporting event. She was such a good girl and Kelsey danced the whole time we were a happy bunch. We also went to the Children's Museum and again, great outing. We plan everything around nap times and feedings so yes our great outings are false, but they are all good practice. I'm getting more and more confident everyday.

When Ethan is around this is how we roll on walks! Both girls happened to fall asleep and so we stopped to enjoy the beautiful 70 degree March day.