Thanksgiving

This year we celebrated Thanksgiving at home. Aunt Alyssa came up from college in Cincinnati to spend a few days with us. With Alyssa's help we made a complete Thanksgiving feast. No turkey for Madeline this year, but I'm sure she'll make up for it next year :-)

Grandpa & Grandma Frantz came to spend the day with us too- they brought the pie! As you can see we all had a wonderful time!

Daddy and Grandpa even went out and bought us a Christmas Tree. We haven't decorated it yet, but we will soon!

Off to Daycare!

Today Mommy had to go back to work & that meant Madeline was off to her first day at Daycare! She really seemed to fit right in. There was no crying - at least not any from Madeline - Mom was a different story! It was hard to leave her, but we're sure she's going to enjoy her time here. She's going to a Learning Center called Enchanted Care. She has her own crib and tons of new toys to play with! Miss Amy is going to be watching her along with 3 other little ones - all about the same age as Madeline. Their names are Shannon, Clark & Tatum. We're sure they'll all become great friends :-)

The Frantz Relatives

Today we went to visit all of the relatives in PA just north of Pittsburgh. Everyone got together at Aunt Lisa & Uncle Bob's House. Madeline got to meet her Great Grandpa, her Great Aunts & Uncles and her Cousins.

Aunt Lisa took her turn holding Madeline while cousin Ashley watched. Madeline doesn't look too happy here, but she calmed down and smiled at Lisa a little later :-) Next it was cousin Kim's turn to hold her. Kara even took a turn while Jason watched. Unfortunately, we don't have pictures of all the other people she got to meet, but everyone had a great time getting to know the newest addition to the Frantz family :-)

Great-Grandma Shirley

After another long trip in the car we finally made it to Great-Grandma Shirley's house! It's Madeline's first time to Pennsylvania and her first time meeting Great-Grandma Shirley. They sat together in the kitchen and enjoyed telling stories to each other :-) Dad joined in the picture fun too! After a good night's sleep and some more visiting with Great-Grandma in the morning, it was time to get back in the car and head to Sarver, PA to meet the all of the Frantz relatives!

Our New Arrival

MADELINE ROSE FRANTZ
IS HERE!

The Big Day is Finally Here!

Today's the day! We're scheduled for a C-Section at 1:00PM this afternoon. Here's one last picture of my Big Belly before we leave for the hospital!

Friday it is!

Our last doctor appointment confirmed what we had thought - our little one wants to come into the world feet first! The doctor doesn't think that's such a good idea so we have to plan for a
C-section. We really want to wait until July 3rd so that Grandma Judy can make it back from her mission trip in Guatemala in time for the delivery, but our Doctor (Dr. Somani) is leaving for vacation on July 2nd. Since we don't want to have anyone else to deliver our new little bundle of joy, Grandma Judy will have to meet her first grandchild a day or two after he/she is born :-(

After a few scheduling changes it looks like the big day will be next Friday - June 30th, 2006. We're excited (and a little scared), but we can't wait ot meet the newest addition to our family!

Still Waiting

We've decided to start a website to keep track of all of our experiences with our new little addition! Right now we are still waiting to meet the newest member of our family, but we shouldn't have to wait too much longer :-) Our due date is July 7th, but we're trying to get everything ready just in case!


You can see all of our Big Belly Pictures at:

http://madelinemakes3.shutterfly.com