Young love

Lovers, in a dangerous time.....

Again I quote '80s songs for you all! Yesterday we went to science world. We met up with Angela, Milo, Theo, Hilary and Roan! It was a grand ole time! We also ran into another veteran mainframer wife Jen! She was there with her daughter Ava. Jen is due in 2 weeks and looks fanfrickingtastic! The bitch! I bet you are all guessing who Maeve is holding hands with. Is it Milo? Is it Roan? Nope, you are wrong. It is random cute kid at science world! Maeve befriended him and he seemed to love her instantly! It was really cute. Later his Mom came and told me that he kept saying, "pretty, pretty" to Maeve in Korean. If she is this sought after now Michael and I are going to have a hell of a time in the teen years! So, Michael went to work today and my day went straight down the toilet. Every time I got Madigan to sleep Maeve "loved" her awake. Kisses, hugs but mostly squishes tend to wake up newborns! Today Maeve and I are having a rather difficult time. I realize that there will be boundary testing and limit testing but with a lack of sleep I have to admit to having a short fuse and lack of patience. So after a tearful call to Michael and a few frustrating hours later I finally got both girls to sleep. I think part of the problem is I don't want to plop Maeve down infront of the TV to keep her occupied while I get stuff around here done. I try to reserve TV time for when i really need it. Like, for instance the shower that I never got today! Oh boo hoo, I'm sure comparitively speaking I don't have much to complain about.. but I did get a wonderful treat. Michael came home to my rescue an hour early AND took care of the dinner dishes. As shitty as today was I think Michael and I can manage it together but not on our own! That is why I will try very hard to never have 3! Right now we are even steven! 2 vs 2. Throw another one in the mix and I'll drown!

Stanley Park

We want you, we want you, we want you as a new recruit! Well, since we were in Stanley Park I thought quoting the Village People would get a chuckle out of at least one of you!
This weekend we hit good ole Stanley Park hard. We kicked up alot of leaves and we played on the awesome playground. We met a friend for Maeve her name is Greer. Yes, I thought the name odd too but, who am I to cast stones! Madigan managed to stay out of all of this weekends photos due to the extreme cold that is Vancouver! Actually, it was surprisingly nice weather at first then became very cold. I don't resemble the michelin man so much when I'm not trying to keep myself warm! I will try and get a good picture of our baby girl for you soon.
Tomorrow we are hoping for some nice'ish weather so that Daddy can take some nice pictures before fall takes all of our sunshine away. Oh to be living in California right now! Tomorrow we are going to take the girls to science world and hopefully meet up with Lisa, Ronan and Liam. For now, I am off to bed. It would be nice to get to bed before 11 once this week!

Visits

Well, the Grammas have been and gone in a whirlwind! Gramma Susie stayed for almost a week and we got to celebrate her birthday at Great Gramma Mimi's. As you can see by the lovely cake! My Mom was just here for one day but, hopefully she'll be back soon! I know she can't go too long without squeezing and loving the stuffing out of at least one of my children!
Poor Auntie Sara has left us to go back to Connetticut. I probably didn't spell that right but I'm not going to fix it. I bet Uncle Brad missed her and is very glad to have her back! I can't believe she is going to have her baby in january! It sure doesn't seem far away! Oh, and speaking of far away, we are NOT going to leave you all and move to Singapore. Unfortunately it just wasn't financially possible for us. I think we will be staying in Vancouver for another year and then who knows where the wind will take us! Well, I best go and make sure Maeve isn't pushing Madigan in the swing again. Thank goodness for safety harnesses!

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OK, so turn your head to the side and get a load of all that is cuteness! Granpa Georgie or "PaPa" as Maeve calls him picked up this sweet soft snuggly jacket for Madigan. I love it! Our good friends Lisa, Ronan and Liam got Madigan the boots! How cute! If I had more time on my hands I'd have rotated the picture for you. Since I am now the busy mother of two, tilt your dang heads! This weekend was busy busy! Gramma Susie, Granpa Georgie, Great Granparents on both sides and the Aunties all hung out to say goodbye to Auntie Sara and her belly bean. Hopefully it wont be too long before we see them again, who knows when Sara will make it back to Canada! All in all it was a very nice weekend. Monday Gramma Susie is coming to spend the day with us and we are celebrating her birthday with dinner at Great Gramma Mimi's.
My mom is coming back from and incredibly long vacation in Montreal. I think she is coming back on wednesday so hopefully she'll want to stop by and give some love to my girls! Crappa hasn't met Madigan yet so maybe we can guilt them into visiting us! Well, thats it for me for now. Must go feed my baby!

Two for one

Here she is in the swing. Not an exciting or particularily flattering pic but you all have to take what you can get! Madigan is sleeping pretty well. She goes to sleep at 9/10 and is up for a feed at 3am, then down again until 6/7am and up every hour after that! Sheesh, the trade off for that first big lump of sleep is a big one! Michael, Maeve and I prefer to sleep in but stay up all night! Weird! Second babies seem to be opposite of firsties! We are all doing well here, oh, except Madigan and I who have thrush! Gross. Anyhoo, we will be seeing all the family this weekend and we are really looking forward to it! I'll try to sneak another picture on here but if I'm not successful I don't want to read anything about it in the comment section! Take care and happy weekend to everyone!

Where is Maeve?

So basically my mother has pointed out that there have been no pictures of Maeve. Well, here is one! It is of course up to you to find her! Ha ha. Here I thought everyone was sick of seeing photos of Maeve and was anxious to see photos of Madigan! I also didn't want all the pictures up here to be Maeve holding Madigan! I thought Madigan should have her debut and then start doubling up on the cute for everyone! Apparently you can all handle it so I will endeavor to put more photos of my precious girls together! It does give my heart a workout to have Maeve hold Madigan. Sometimes the best handhold is an ear. More often and more frightening the handhold is an eye. Since Maeve loves her sister so much I'll try to capture some new pics of the two for everyone to enjoy! Ta!!

Whew, what a weekend and it isn't even over yet! Yesterday Aunties Erin and Sara came over with a giant turkey. Uncle Jaycie and Auntie Barbie came over with an adorable outfit and tonnes of energy! The outfit lasted much longer than Uncle Jaycie's energy! Saturday was pretty much an evening eat fest then a triptophan snooze off! Sunday we spent all day at IKEA! Maeve got to play in the blueberries again. Fortunately for everyone she didn't have a pee accident! Madigan was great and snoozed while Daddy carried her. Now resting is in order! Sorry you have to suffer through my terrible profile shot but I thought she looked terribly cute in this one! Hope you all have a great Turkey weekend. Tomorrow we are off to see Great Granny Grace!

Is it mean to say that your child is a little funny looking? I'm not sure what she is thinking but I think it is, "Why must my Mommy kiss me soooo much?" Madigan is doing really well. She slept from 12ish until 5am. I don't even want to get my hopes up with her because Maeve slept so poorly! I don't want to jinx this sleep pattern! Today we are going out to buy Maeve new jeans. As it turns out Maeve has outgrown every pair of jeans/pants she owns in the last week and a bit! Tomorrow Uncle Jaycie and Auntie Barbie are coming over and we are very excited! Aunties Erin and Sara are coming over too and we are all going to have Thanksgiving dinner! Wish us luck though, Auntie Sara is doing most of the cooking! On Monday we are heading over to Great Granny Grace's for swedish pancakes. I have no idea what they are but I presume there will be some sort of whipped cream action so I'm there with bells on! Hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday weekend!

Chunky Monkey

Today Beth and Nicole our midwives dropped by for a check up. Maeve and Michael are still in love with Beth so nothing much changed on that front! Madigan is gaining weight well and actually weighs 9lbs 2oz. So, she lost some weight which is normal, then gained it back so thats great! Don't be fooled by the weight on the scale this time. There are lots of blankets and a fully clothed baby. It was staged for your viewing pleasure! Madigan continues to be adorable, as does Maeve. Great Gramma Mimi came by today and brought both girls a lovely gift. Maeve got a wonderful book and Madigan got a sterling silver music box carousel. Great Gramma Mimi had given one very similar to Maeve when she was born. It was very lovely of Great Gramma Mimi and we love her very much! I am going to go and feed Madigan who I now refer to as "boobie monster". Does she ever love to eat!

Madigan day 5

Please note that Madigan is wearing blue! She is of course wearing pink underneath it though! Today our Midwife Beth came by to check us out. Madigan is fantastic of course. I am recovering nicely too! Maeve and Michael are just in love with Beth so they are more than happy when she comes over!
Madigan managed to sleep for 4 hours in a row last night. I was ecstatic! She did it twice for me. What a good girl! I was feeling much more rested today than yesterday let me tell you. Maeve is a busy little bee keeping Daddy busy all day. She keeps me on my toes too. I swear she is 2 going on 15! She loves to argue! Even when we are saying the same thing she corrects me and tells me how it is. Jeez, wonder where she gets that from! Well thats it for me. This was a late posting so off I go to bed. I know at least one of my two gorgeous daughters will be up before I know it!

Mannies and Pedies!

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Well, things around the Mussellam home are busy busy. Between feedings, poopings and booking appointments for mannies and pedies I am just grasping how much our lives have changed! Michael is busy taking care of Maeve while Madigan and I work on learning how to nurse! Michael takes Maeve out for walks and I get to steal a shower even too! Last night was a tough night. Madigan was up every hour to nurse. Maeve surprised us both by sleeping in her bed all night! Yahoo! Maeve looks to have grown about 2 inches in the last week. I know I know, you think that because we have Madigan now it makes Maeve look bigger but, I am referring to her capri pants that now resemble bermuda shorts! Hope you all have a great day and hopefully I'll post up some more pictures of our lovely Madigan!

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Originally uploaded by Clan Mussellam.

Hi! We are home safe and sound! The Mussellams are now a force to be reckoned with! Its 4 of us against the world!!

We had a happy, healthy delivery of Madigan Mussellam. Born September 29, 2005 at 5:05pm. She had a great apgar and as soon as they put her up on my tummy I knew she was a biggun! Our tiny little bundle of pink love weighed in at 9lbs 4.5 ounces! What is with giant second babies? She is great, we are great and I'm going to catch some zzzzzz's! As you can see in the picture big sister Maeve is thrilled and quite clever! She loves Madigan and Madigan loves her!