An Angel is born.....

Maya Frances Helwig was born this afternoon weighing in at 7 lbs 2 ozs. She's absolutly beautiful and I think she looks a lot like her Aunt Erin. However, Dave thinks she looks like her daddy. I can't even begin to describe my happiness for my best friend and the journy she is just beginning. I know that her and Bryan will be wonderful parents and Maya will be a happy little girl! Parenthood is the best gift that we could ever be blessed with. GOD is good! We are looking foward to our trip down to Cinci to visit and to meet little Maya......it can't come soon enough!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

First I must apoligize! I dont know how to rearrange these pics so they are next to eachother and take up less room!

Sooooo....My little baby is 2 yrs old already!!! We had her birthday party at Chuck E Cheese on Saturday, which is the first pic of her eating her Elmo cupcake. It was so cute to see Maddie with all her little friends. Sean and Jen both had to work 2nd shift on Saturday, so they were not able to come to her party. They came over on Sunday and we had a little birthday party for her so Sean and Jen could be part of it....which is the second picture....again, with cake! The last 3 pics were all today, on her actual birthday. Aunty A, Uncle B and Maya sent her birthday presents by mail since they were not able to be here....as they are preparing for Maya's birthday. (any guesses on what the day will be???) This morning Maddie opened up presents from them as well as presents from Mommy and daddy. Dave took the day off so we could all spend Maddie's birthday together. We had a really nice family day at the zoo, and as you can see, Maddie's favorite animal is the monkey! Oh yea........She's going to be starting gymnastics classes soon, which I am really looking forward to. Well, I am off to bed. I need to take a few minutes to process the day and snap myself into reality and accept the fact that I am now the mother of a 2 yr old!

Madilyn's 2 yr pictures......This picture of her "smelling" the flowers is the funniest thing I've ever seen! They definatly timed that shot perfectly! We decided to go out to Portrait Innovations in Solon to get her pictures taken this time. I've tried JCPenny and Target, and just havent been all that happy. THis place was wonderful and worth the drive! THey are great with kids and totally let them take time to warm up and get use to everything. THey are really patient and now I'll never go anywhere else!

My Little Princess

We went to Kailey's 3rd birthday party.....a "princess party." Maddie loved wearing her Tinkerbell dress and didnt want to take it off! As a matter of fact, when we got home, she napped in her dress! Just wanted to share this picture. I thought it was sooooo cute!!

BIG GIRL!!!!

Maddie peed on the potty today for the first time!!!!! WOOO WHOOO!! However, it really set off my emotions! I cannot beleive my little girl is going to be 2 on the 22nd! I was kind of feeling sad about her being 2 this month, but when she went on the potty today, it really made me emotional! I was so super excited at first, but then it made me truly realized that she is growing up! :-( What a fun day though! She got to eat M&M's and she put a sticker on the calander!

I want a Re-Do!!

I want a Re-Do! Easter just didnt seem like Easter this year! Maybe it had to do with it coming so early this year, but I'd like to try again in a couple weeks :-) Maddie had (has) an ear infection, which then of course she had the cough and runny nose. So needless to say, we didnt do much and didnt even go to church. This was the first year (as far as I can even think back) that we havent gone to church on Easter. It made me really sad, but I just couldnt see taking Maddie when she wasnt feeling so well. Maddie still had a great time coloring Easter eggs on Saturday and then doing her Egg hunt on Sunday. She loves M&M's although she calls them M-E's. She had been asking for M-E's for quite a few days. I kept telling her that we didnt have any but that if she was a good girl the Easter bunny might bring her some. Sunday morning, the first words we hear coming out of her room were: EASTER BUNNY M-E's!! I swear, her mind is a sponge! She anyway, she ran around the house searching for eggs and it was great to see the excitment on her face when she found them, and then even more excited when she found her easter basket. Uncle Sean and Aunt Jen came over later and had another easter basket for her. I had to at least put her in her Easter dress for a couple of hours......which she actually seemed to love!

ABC's and 123's

Maddie has been working so hard on her ABC's and 123's lately! She is now counting 1-10 without missing any numbers. As we read her counting books she will point to the objects and count along. Yesterday, Dave was working on 11, 12 & 13 with her and she actually counted once all the way from 1 to 13. She pretty much has her ABC's down, but she always skips M, N and O. She gets so excited and goes from L to PEEEEEEEEEE. She just recently started singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars and sings it over and over and over and over and over again! :-)

Mommy and Maddie had a lot of play dates this week. Paappa was sick, so I took an extra day and a half off of work. On Monday we went up to the mall to play with Miss Jamie and Aidan. On Tuesday we met Miss Jamie, Mr Kevin, Aidan and Colin up at Chuck E Cheese and Maddie had a blast!! SHe loved it so much we are planning to do her 2nd bday party there! Then on Wednesday we went out to Strongsville mall and met up with a lot of moms and kids from our Mom's group. We played and had lunch and then went to one of the consignment shops down the road. We've had a busy week! Today, Dave and I are going to take Maddie up to the mall for their kids weekend thing they have going on. We're meeting up with Kevin, Jamie, Aidan and Colin. We're also going to try to get her to sit with the Easter bunny.............THAT should be fun!!