August 18th, 2015: INTRODUCING Mr. Colin Eric Hergott!

August 18, 2015; 1:50am:  Introducing Colin Eric Hergott!  We got to the hospital Monday the 17th around 5:30pm;  Mommy and Daddy walked the halls of the hospital for over 2 hours to get this labor going!  After all the walking and lots of help from the great nurses and  an amazing mid wife, mama was able to have a drug free, natural labor for you just like she wanted and there you were 8lbs 12 oz and 21 inches long, so perfect, so handsome and so loved already!  And now for LOTS of pictures of our handsome baby boy.

Mr. Colin, you gave us quite the scare your first few hours of birth, you decided you would forget how to breath just to get all the nurses attention (ladies man).  This little stunt of yours bought you a ticket to the NICU and that's where you stayed for the next 5 days.  After lots of special care and attention from the great nurses at Beaumont and assorted tests that all came back normal, we were told you were fine and good to go home where you belong!

8/19/15 First family photo :)

You big sister was already so proud of you and happy to finally meet you.  She brought you a bear and wanted to help cover you with blankets and take care of you!

Our time in the NICU was stressful, but, we had lots of alone time to just spend time together, bond, and cuddle :)  The nurses  all joked that you were the biggest baby ever in the NICU!  You were already such a sweet boy, my little snorter, you snorted all the time!  When you were hungry, trying to nurse, or crying, you would snort like a little piggy!

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After 6 days at Beaumont we were ready to go home!

All packed and headed home....let the adventures begin!

Summer Adventures with The Hergotts!

So far it has been a great summer filled with trips to the zoo, splash pad, parks, pool in the back yard, our first family road trip and more!  We are having lots of family fun all while getting prepared for the arrival of Baby H #2 :)

6/1/15 Zoo fun with Grandma and Lilly!  The train was a huge hit!

"Choo Chooooo!"  You yelled and cheered while zipping around on the train, smiling and waving the whole time!

We got a van!!!  You love your new van Madelyn.  The first few days we got it you would wake up in the morning and run to the window to look to see if it was still there, you affectionately say, "blue van," when it's time to go anywhere!

Hanging with Grandpa Dan at Aunt Katies baby shower

Cousin bumps, these lucky guys will be just about a month apart...oooh the fun they'll have together :)

Dressing up with Mama, you love wearing scarves, and trying on my clothes while I get dressed. 

Snuggly girl, you carried this dog around for days, named him, woof woof, "woofy" for short.  You took him on walks, took him to school, and even to bed with you!  You are really very good at taking care of animals, dogs, anything really, I know you will be a great big sister. 

Cool chick!

Happy fathers day to this handsome guy.  Madelyn and her little bro are so lucky to have you, we love you Daddy!

Date night for Mama and Daddy who got to head out for a wedding!  Madelyn this was your first night away from us and we missed you like crazy!! 

6/28/15 Mama is 34 weeks pregnant and baby brother is the size of a butternut squash!  Hard to believe that soon we will be able to hold him in our arms instead of all these fruits and vegetables that are his size!

Happy Fourth of July!  We got to enjoy a beautiful morning boat ride with Aunt Katie and Uncle Danny. 

Fourth of July by the water.  Daddy gave us quite the set up here with your slide and pool.  You love to push your toys under the slide then ask us, "where'd they go?"

On the left is baby brother around 33 weeks, and you are on the right just about the same time.  I see a lot of resemblances!

Madelyn, at just over 2 you continue to amaze us every day.  Over night your vocabulary seems to have exploded!  You try to be so independent and adventurous.  We often find you just playing with your toys, talking, acting out little scenarios with them, you're very creative!  You started to make up your own songs, turning pages in a book and randomly singing about the animals on the pages.  

Bridal shower fun, you were such a well behaved little lady. 

First family trip!  We spend the weekend with the Foxes and visiting with Great Grandma Ellis!  Madelyn had a BLAST with Courtney, Kaitlyn and Megan!  There was lots of swimming, playing dress up, playing with dolls and watching Frozen of course!  You followed those big girls around and wanted to do everything they did, you have three beautiful, talented (and very patient) girls to look up to and it's so fun to watch you imitate them and show off  your own talents like singing and dancing to them!

Snuggled up to watch Frozen with Grandma

You saw cousin Megan diving of course wanted to dive just like she does :)

Madelyn meeting her cousin Ayla!

Hanging on the lake with Uncle Danny!  Madelyn even got to drive the boat!

May 2015

5-29-15, We have had a fun month enjoying the nice weather (and a lot of rain)! Madelyn, you are loving our new house and neighborhood and doing really well at school playing and learning with all of your friends!  I love it when I get notes that come home that say, "Madelyn loves to sing throughout the day!"  "Madelyn was very helpful today and played well with all of her friends!"

It's amazing how much you say and how much your personality has developed, here are some of our favorites and some new milestones you've reached:

"THAT'S A BIG ONE!"  Not sure where you got this from, wasn't at daycare apparently but you like to say it while you're eating if anything is larger than you're used to it being, you say it very slow and drawn out with a funny face!

"One mo time!"  Meant to be, one more time, but you sort of say it with an accent which is funny, and use it any time you want to keep doing something or we are doing something that is repetitive at all.

You also love to place your hand on our cheek and tell us, "it's ok," or ask, "are you alright?"

You love Disney movies already; we are regulars at the library checking out books and new movies. So far your favorite is Tangled, you also enjoy Aladdin, Rayrella (Cinderella), and Beauty and the Beast.

You love yard work, we have beautiful landscape at our new house and Mommy does her best trying to keep up with weeding it, good thing you're around to help!  We also have a family of toads that lives in our bushes and we see regularly, you usually go outside and call to them, "Froggy, where are you!?"

You can count to 20!  You are great at puzzles, and matching your colors, you still like to call most colors green but when we are practicing you know them all!

You're sleeping in a big girl bed and doing great at it, getting all ready for when baby brother comes! You say your prayers every night and point to baby brother when we talk about him and you've even kissed Mamas belly a few times :)

Park fun!  We are still finding and exploring all of the parks by our house and there are a lot!  You love the slides and the swing, but only the big girl swing, not the baby swing.  It makes it tough when you insist we sit and swing with you but also want us to push you at the same time. 

Chillin in your car, you love to load up your car and push it around, or color on it with chalk like Daddy showed you then wash it, and race Daddy in his van when he gets home from work!  Thanks cousin Lilly for passing along your cool pink car!

Safety first! You insisted on wearing Daddy's hard hat as your bike helmet!

Orange slices on the porch while waiting for Dada to get home! 

I can already see differences between you and baby brother.  I remember being pregnant with you and laying around poking at my belly trying to get you to kick me, baby brother kicks me all day long!  He's constantly moving, has the hiccups, or stretching his legs out to get comfortable in there!