Today Will had his first bath. He loved it. Not one tear. Matter of fact, it relaxed him so much he had a diaper change not too long after his bath.
My assistant, Madeline Grace!
His first dip!
So clean and happy!
The kids cuddling. I think this lasted about 4 minutes!
Worst picture taker EVER! Yep, I just enjoyed the holiday and forgot to take any pictures. We had a nice laid back holiday with Grandpa Ross & Grandma Jenna. A nice small turkey breast, some of our favorite side dishes, pecan pie, and chocolate cake. We even had our friends the Latall’s come visit. I’m not sure they will ever come back because Nick talked Jon into helping him build his new trailer. Here are the FEW pictures I took.
Will did lots of sleeping & eating!
Madeline enjoyed having the grandparents to play with. (Mom liked it too!)
Here is our thanksgiving table.
Yes, this is the only picture I took of Grandpa Ross & I took none of Grandma Jenna. I will do so much better at Christmas!
Here is our turkey breast. Isn’t it tiny. Just the right size for a meal and one set of sandwiches.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Our little Will is one week old! The time is already flying by. Here are a few pictures of our little one. He laughs all the time while he is sleeping. It is the funniest laugh. He is a huge eater and enjoys a couple of meals during the night. At least he sleeps in-between.
Grandpa Ross & Grandma Jenna were able to stay and extra day to help me get caught up on a few household items like…ironing, curtain hanging, bathroom cleaning, fridge organizing, sheet changing, and Madeline hugging. Thanks Mom & Dad for helping out. Now, Madeline lets me know if I haven’t scrubbed her hair enough like Grandma Jenna and she always reminds me to brush my back teeth.
Love you guys!
Yes, our Little Will is here! I think the most exciting thing is that I don’t have to type Hot Dog anymore. Although, Madeline continues to call him Hot Dog. We actually didn’t decide his name until the last minute. We couldn’t leave the hospital until we had a name. So on Sunday afternoon we made our decision William (Nick’s grandpa’s name and My grandpa’s name), Steven (Nick’s middle name, Nick’s Dad’s name, and My Dad’s middle name). I think we have just about covered all the men in our lives. :)
Here is how it all happened…
Friday night I wasn’t feeling very hungry for dinner so I decided to have a few jalapeño poppers. Yep, I think that is what did it. Then around 10:00pm I had a few contractions and Nick sent me to bed with a glass of water and told me to not have this baby on one of his days off. Well, around 12:30 the contractions started. They were 8 minutes apart and then when they went to 7 minutes I decided to call the grandparents and wake up Nick. Everyone started heading to O’Fallon to take care of Madeline and Nick took a shower and started to load up the car. Finally when the contractions were 4 minutes apart I hustled Nick up and he loaded Madeline in the car and we headed to St. Elizabeth’s. Thank goodness I was the only person in the labor section. I had such wonderful personalized care. It was FABULOUS. They also had great medications and my epidural guys were my new best friends. Finally Grandma Linda, GG, and Andy arrived and whisked our Madeline away. Around 12:55 pm I felt the need to push and 15 minutes later here came our little boy. Let me just say he was LOUD! He came out crying. He weighed an even 9 pounds, 21 inches long, and his head circumference was 15 inches! Soon I learned why he was screaming he was HUNGRY! A 9 pound boy takes a lot of food. Here are a few pictures of the day.
Madeline first seeing her brother.
Will’s footprint on the hospital wall.
On our way home.
Andy, GG, Madeline, Will, and Linda the day they headed back to Ohio.
Grandpa Ross and Grandma Jenna are still here helping out. It sure has been nice having so many people here to finish up a few to do list and heap attention on Madeline Grace.
Welcome to the world William Steven Schindler!
Now that we are a family of 4 I am realizing that time is speeding up! Christmas is quick approaching, I have a 4 day old child and not a single Christmas card idea. That is why I LOVE Shutterfly. They will print your card, mail your card, and keep your Christmas card list from year to year. Yes, this is going to be the year of the Shutterfly Christmas card. I have LOVED their bookmaking for our scrapbooks. Madeline has two favorite bed time reads. One is the ABC photo book I made on Shutterfly and the other is the day she was born that I made on Shutterfly. So please go and try out their things and yes Grandma’s I am working on the yearly calendar Shutterfly.
To make your own calendar go here.
To make your own books go here.
To make your Christmas cards go here.
Nick and I try to decorate for Christmas on Veteran’s Day and then we make anybody that comes for Christmas help us take down the decorations. Madeline is a fabulous Christmas tree decorator, but only the bottom 2 feet. She also thought all the ornaments that matched should be on the same branch.
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