Mommy's Helper

So I was putting up groceries today and Maddie decided to help! Actually, she was taking everything out of the door of the fridge and carefully setting it on the floor. It was just too cute not to take a picture of!!

And here is Maddie waiting for her dinner. She wouldn't let me take her babies away from her. She also found her hat on the floor and put it on herself!

A visit from Bella Grace!!

Maddie's friend Bella Grace came by for a visit today! We haven't seen her since she moved to Alabama last Fall. It took Maddie a few minutes to warm up but she eventually hugged BG. They were so cute crawling around on the floor playing together. We really miss Bella Grace and her mommy!

Brothers and Sisters

I got a cute picture of the kids today! Orrin was actually awake long enough to get pictures with his eyes open. I wasn't planning on take these pictures but when I propped Orrin up on the couch Maddie wanted up too. What you can't see if after the last picture, Orrin cried and Maddie had a look of shock. She quickly removed her arm from around her brother!

The lil guy!
Maddie and her cute pig tails!

And just for kicks... here is Maddie after her nap today haha. She leaked milk all over the sheets and got it in her hair!

Orrin is here!!!

Announcing

Orrin Leonardo Visaya

7lbs 7oz

20in long

Arrived March 28th, 2009 at 12pm

After much anticipation, Orrin is finally here! He was initially scheduled to be delivered yesterday, the 27th but we had to push it back so Daddy could make it. Facio had to fight to get home up until the final day and he was finally released and caught a flight home late Thursday night. He landed in Raleigh Friday at 9am when the initial C-section was scheduled for. I called the hospital at 6am this morning and asked if we could possibly push the surgery back a few hours. They called the doctor and called me back with GREAT news. So we rescheduled for today at 11:45am. Facio was able to spend time with Maddie yesterday and settle in before little brother was born.

So, we arrived at the hospital this morning at 9:30am ready to have our son. After all the prepping, I was wheeled back to the OR around 11:30. Them the doctor was ready to give me the spinal. Well, that didn't go so well. The bulb broke off when he had half the medicine injected. So then my butt was numb but nothing else. Then, he decided to give me an epidural. Needless to say, I was really numb. After I was numb they brought Facio in the OR. I was sooo much more alert with this delivery compared to Maddie's. It was a great experience!! Orrin was born at 12 on the dot! After they cleaned him up a bit, Facio got to hold him by my side for about 5min. Then he took Orrin to the nursery where they gave him a bath and weighed him. I found out his weight while I was still on the operating table being sewed back up.

At 12:35 I was rolled into the recovery room intending to be there just an hour. Well, since I was so medicated, I ended up being there almost 3 hours. I had to stay there until I could lift both legs. Believe me, I kept testing every minute! I wanted to hold my lil guy soo bad. I just kept thinking about how everyone else was looking at him and I wasn't. Well, I finally held Orrin around 3:30ish! He was PERFECT! Although, he didn't look too Filipino at birth...he looked very white haha!

Here are the pictures!!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Nothing exciting except cute pics!

68 degrees just 4 days after snow??

Seriously, how can it snow on Monday and be 68 degrees on Friday?? Not to mention the forecast predicts it will be 72 degrees tomorrow!! Since it was pretty out, Nana (my mom) and I decided to take Maddie out to a late lunch and a little bit of shopping!

Here she is this morning sitting in her toy box!!!

And then she decided to sit on Nana, watch tv and read her book all at the same time!

Maddie in one of her new Spring outfits!! This was just before leaving to go shopping! She is actually wearing capris but they are a little big! I bought her a size bigger so she could wear them longer haha :)

Maddie in her new jammies! She was looking under the recliner for her binki. She can now say "Where it go?"

Riding on her horse! She finally learned how to rock back and forth to rock the horse. She does this while yelling "weeeeee"

Dismounting

Playing before bedtime

I decided to try and put a ponytail in her hair! Too cute! Now she looks just like her mommy!!

BIG SNOW!!

We woke up to 4-5in of beautiful snow this morning!! Maddie wasn't really impressed though! haha I don't think she liked being cold. She just stood in one place and raised her arms in the air to be picked up!

Playdates

The other day Maddie's little friend came over to play. His name is Jeremiah and he is a month older then her. Maddie definitely needs to learn to share. She would scream when he touched her toys and actually pushed him down a few times!! Here are a few pictures!

Today we went to Concord Mills to meet two November babies and their mommies!! Grandpa Visaya came along too! We had alot of fun playing with the little girls and then we had lunch in the food court.

Here is Maddie getting ready to go down the slide!

Maddie and Peyton!

Maddie and Grandpa!

3 Mommies with 3 Babies

Maddie had to model her new shoes!