Wayne and Rebecca Madsen

Paela set a new world record for herself. She fell asleep at 8 last night and slept and slept...until 6:30 in the morning. Whoa. It's the longest she's ever slept in a row. Who knows when she'll decide to do it again, but we kept waking up all night wondering if she was still okay!  read more »

Paela loves her feet. She loves her toes, in particular.

Two Sundays ago, I took her with me into a church meeting and a little toddler boy kept running up to her, grabbing those toes and shouting "toooess!" at her. While his father was embarrassed for this child's actions, Paela was mesmerized by the sudden interest in her body. What are toes, she seemed to inquire of herself.

Since that day, she's been obsessed with those little toes. She loves them so much, everytime she's on her back she grabs at her feet and holds on tightly.  read more »

We started off the week last Sunday playing some games with Karl and Angela and Chris and Alyssa. Ethan and Thomas and Paela were all nice playing "together" (babies don't really play "together" so much, and Paela really just napped and watched and practiced rolling over...and fussed some, wishing we were outside). We have to make good use of Sunday afternoons since this is the year of early Church for us! Though some weeks (like today) we just want to use it to catch up on sleep, hanging out with friends and family last week was definitely fun.  read more »

Rebecca was really happy to have me home.

After a week of conferences in Dallas, I'm very tired and was glad to be home. I'll write about the conference in a different entry, as to cover the important topics for me to remember next year and so as not to bore people with details. I need to make a list -- or rahter transpose my list from my sketch book -- of important notes to remember for next year.  read more »

Our friends blogged about a website with graphic instructions for caring for your new child. While they are all great recommendations, I feel this one best represents what I've learned from the PSA. See more here.

While we did stick Paela in a drawer, we SWEAR we didn't stick her in the dresser!

seriously folks. seriously.

We GOTTA get Paela's hair to match our own.