Updates

I haven't been able to post in a while.....Madden is keeping me busy and on my toes 24/7. I wouldn't change that for the world though. I thought I would give updates on everyone in this post. To see our July pictures...go to thewakulatfamily.shutterfly.com .

Paul - Paul went back to work yesterday, and needless to say his help during the day is dearly missed. He is so great with Madden! We all miss him when he is at work.

Me - Well, some of you know that I was hospitalized for three days last week with Pregnancy Induced Hypertension. My blood pressures continue to be high, but not SCARY high like they were when I was in the hospital. As a result of this high BPs, I have been getting these terrible headaches..I am managing those with meds though. Hopefully I will be better soon :)

Kylie - This week Kylie went to Volleyball camp at our community center. She loved it. We are going to sign her up for the junior v-ball league. We also got invitations sent out to her 10th Luau themed birthday party. On August 16th, I am taking Kylie to see Wicked...we are very excited about that.

Madden - Still eating, sleeping, and pooping tons. He continues to be a joy. We love him more and more everyday! He has the biggest blue eyes and he has a baby mohawk that will not lay down no matter what I do. He is taking almost 6 ounces each time he eats, which is ALOT for a 3 week old. He took his first trip to Nanny and Papa's house today. He is so glad that they live so close :)

That is all I got for now...gotta run and tend to a baby with hiccups :)

Madden Joseph - Our Little Miracle Baby

Madden was born on Thursday, July 9th at 3:40 PM. He weighed in at a whopping 9 lbs 6 oz and was 20.25 inches in length. Our lil guy turned out to be our future linebacker. My sister calls him Bruiser...she is so great with him. I am so thankful that she was able to be there with me in recovery after our c-section, even though she did back way up when I felt nauseated.We spent three nights in the hospital and I must say the whole process of having a c-section was not as bad or scary as I thought it would be. The doctors and nurses were all great and I was in very little or no pain during my stay.

Madden stayed with us the entire time in our room and I am so glad he did. The day we welcomed him into our family was the best day of my life. He is such a little joy to have around. I love getting up to his little noises at night and believe it or not I love changing his diaper and talking to him. His little eyes just melt my heart and I have found myself just crying becuase I am so happy and thankful to have him here in my arms. He has captured all of our hearts. Paul is just in love with him and Kylie can't wait to get home from her morning camp to hold and feed him.

So to the fun things..here is one of our first pictures of Mr. Madden at home. Big sister Kylie took this of him in his swing. We love you little buddy! We also have tons of pictures up on our shutterfly website. You can view all of our albums and look at videos we have. We are updating this site a lot because we are taking so many pictures of Mr. Man.

thewakulatfamily.shutterfly.com

The Day We Have All Been Waiting For.....

Is finally here. We are SOOOOO excited that we can barely contain ourselves because today is our little Madden's birthday. Some of you are probably wondering why I am not resting...well the reason for that is we are being delivered via c-section today at 3PM, and since that is a major surgery I can't eat or drink anything past 7am this morning. My sweet husband is was so nice to wake up at 5:45 this morning to make me my favorite breakfast tacos so I can get nice and full. I am also having some watermelon (something I have craved during the latter part of my pregnancy). Oh, and I have just rediscovered Tang. I LOVE that stuff. It reminds me of my uncle Jason because we used to drink this stuff when we were little at my Nanny and Papa's house. I can hear him sipping it now.....he was always a loud sipper when it came to drinking Tang and Ovaltine :) Funny how we remember little things like that.

Last night we did a lot of last minute things to get ready for Madden. Paul brought down the diapers, set up the wipe warmer, set up the video monitor over the pack and play in our room, and we set up a shutterfly account so we can easily upload video for Paul's family in Michigan and my family who is in Texas but won't be in Austin for the birth. I never thought I would be good at technical things like that, but it was really easy to do. To see our videos go to: www.thewakulatfamily.shutterfly.com.

Yesterday Paul and I also did some last minute shopping and let Madden pick out a gift for big sister Kylie. Here are some pictures of the gifts he got her and the note he wrote her...so sweet. She is really excited to meet him today.

Kylie opening the silver heart necklace from baby brother Madden.
Sweet little note that Madden wrote Kylie. I think you can read it if you click on it and make it big.
Well, Paul is off to the store to get today's paper so we can save that in his baby book and of course some HEB coffee. I am not a fan of the smell of that coffee these days, but maybe that will be over soon :)

Check back later for more updates on our little guy's birthday.

Madden...we are so ready to meet you. We love you and Happy Birthday!