1st Doctor visit

Today was Madison's first outing... off to the doctors! We met with our pediatrician (who is super nice) and then went to lunch. Madison did very well, she slept most of the day and didn't fuss too much at the doctors. We are so lucky to have such a wonderful little girl!!

Home from the hospital

Today we brought Madison home from the hospital! It was such an eventful day, she got to experience her first car ride, (which was a little traumatic at first, but she settled down once we started driving), she tried out her swing and all her favorite people were at the house waiting to visit with her.

So happy to be home!

not too happy about the car seat

She had so many visitors!!
All her Grandpa's and Grandma's were there, plus her Great Aunt Sandra and her Uncle Jared
The boys celebrated her arrival with some of Grandpa Glenn's very special tequila, followed by some relaxing tv/couch time :)After everyone had thier turn holding her, Madison tried out her swing

then took a well deserved nap!

I can't even begin to describe how much I love her, she's just perfect!

Madison Nicole has arrived!!

The big day finally arrived!

Madison Nicole was born on September 9, 2010 at 4:55pm. She's 9lbs .08oz and 20.5 inches long. She has brown hair, blue eyes and is the most beautiful baby I've ever seen (yes, I know I'm a little bias). She is healthy and perfect!

We checked in Thursday morning around 12:15am and they started the induction process. By about 4pm (yes, that is 16 hrs later) I was 10cm and ready to start pushing! The doctor came in, we pushed for less than 20 min and she was out!

We are still at the hospital and will be taking her home tomorrow morning. I will post more info soon, but daddy Deven wants me to get some sleep, so here are some pics to enjoy!

before labor started
Madison's 1st picture
getting weighed and measured

she had so many visitors!!

trying to smile

daddy loves her so much!!!

We love everyone and we are so happy to share this with you!!

Week 39 and the last pregnancy pic...

Our baby's waiting to greet the world! She continues to build a layer of fat to help control her body temperature after birth, but it's likely she already measures about 20 inches and weighs a bit over 7 pounds, a mini watermelon. The outer layers of her skin are sloughing off as new skin forms underneath.

Tonight we head into the hospital and the Doctors will induce labor... If all goes as planned, Madison Nicole Lightner will make her much anticipated appearance tomorrow!!!!!!

Early Arrival

In case you haven't already heard... Little Madison will be arriving this Thursday... just a few days early of her Sept 14th due date. The Dr. is going to induce me a little early, due to a condition I have called Cholestasis of Pregnancy (we just found this out on Thursday). No need to panic, worry or stress... the condition is caused by pregnancy and goes away at delivery, the only real side affect is that I'm EXTREMELY itchy!! Not just a little scratching here and there, but itchy like I have chicken pox or something. It does not cause any rashes, bumps, etc... it just makes me itch... non-stop. Deven is ready to tape oven mitts to my hands, since I won't stop scratching!

FYI, for those of you who are still concerned about my health or Madison's heath due to this condition (aka Ivy and Nancy), the Dr. had me go in and get a stress test done, this is to check my fluid, her movement, heartbeat, oxygen levels, etc... the nurse said everything was perfect! I go back for another test on Tuesday and will be admitted into the hospital on Wed night or possible Thursday morning. At that point our Dr. will give me a drug called Pitocin, which will start my contractions. It's then up to Madison on how quickly she'll want to come out...

Deven and I are so excited that the big day is finally here! We can't wait to meet our little girl :-D

Madison's Room

The room is finished!!

She already has more clothes than me... I didn't think that was possible!

Well her room is finished and it turned out soooo cute. It's exactly how we pictured it and we can't wait until she's finally here to enjoy it!