Our Little Buddy

Sawyer Mckay Stephenson made it safe and sound into this world on March 21st at about 2:00 p.m. He weighed 6 lbs 8 oz. and 18 in. long. Despite his little size he did great in the hospital and has been a great little baby since we have been home.

Madelyn has really taken well to being a big sister. She calls Saywer "littlebuddy", and is anxious to do thing for him like get him new jammies and "blankalets". She is also good at responding to his crying by shoving his binky in his mouth and saying "it's ok buddy, it will be alright". I am pretty pleased with how well she is doing.

As I mentioned before, I was anxious to see how Madelyn was going to react to having a little sibling and I must say that she is doing great. I would say that any misbehavior that she has had over the past week would have existed with or without a new sibling.

I also must say that Mom and Dad are doing great too. I was a little nervous about having two, but the transition has been pretty smooth. It was great that Spencer was able to take an entire week off of work, and that we had so much support from our family and friends. (We really had a lot of service via house cleaning, food and visitors). I attribute a lot of the successful two weeks that we have had to everyone around us.

So here we are with two now instead of one. I really don't feel like it is that different, but I am so excited that Sawyer is here. Not only because I am no longer 9 months pregnant, but also because he is a sweet little buddy and we are excited to have another member in our little family.