Happy Birthday Livia Kathleen!

Yes the day has arrived

Our 2nd baby girl Livia Kathleen came into the world at 7:39 this morning.
She weighed 6lbs 11oz, and was 18" long, just a little smaller than her older sister was (7lbs3oz, 19")
Below are some pics and a video(daddy was ready this time)

Thank you to all of our friends and family for the well wishes, thoughts and prayers the past couple of weeks.

Love Pat, Brenda, Maizie, and Livia

Halloween 2009

Maizie trying on her Halloween costume prior to the big day. Doesn't she make a cute duck?

I love the back of the costume.

Here is a clip of Maizie leaving for her first trick-or-treating experience at the neighbor's. It doesn't show much; it's just cute watching her walk in her duck costume.

Jessica & Zach's Wedding

My cousin Jessica got married Saturday. We had a great time but unfortunately did not dance much as I spent most of my time chasing after Maizie who had a blast running all over the joint. ;-) Here are a few family pictures from the day.

Kissing cousins in-utero! ;-) For the record, Bonnie is wearing taller heels than me! And yes, I realize I still have no butt. ha!

6 days to go!

The Felling family minus Michael who lives out-of-state and couldn't make it home for the wedding.

My mom with her two full-term pregnant daughters.

Miscellaneous...

Maizie playing the piano. Let's hope she is this eager to play in a couple more years! ;-)

Mommy-in-training. Godmother Bonnie reading to Maizie.

The Vikings tired this little girl out the Sunday before Pat left for China. So sweet.

Maizie is a "typical" girl in that she enjoys talking on the phone. Here are a couple clips of her "talking" on the phone at the hotel.

Happy Wedding Day, Jolaine & Dan!

Jolaine & Dan got married Saturday, 10.24.09. We had a great time at their wedding! Maizie was their flower girl but didn't quite make it down the aisle with Nick & Cooper. Oh well. She sure looked cute! The happy couple's first dance.

Maizie loved dancing with "Papa"Jennissen!

Maizie waiting to get back out on the dance floor.

Daddy & Maizlyn gettin' down on the dance floor.

Jen & Cooper dancing away.

Happy Family.

My two favorite people in the world - how blessed am I?!

Weekend in Red Wing

We decided to celebrate our anniversary as a family in Red Wing. It was a nice weekend away. We stayed at a Bed & Breakfast that had a couple horses, sheep and chickens. The owner of the B&B even dressed the part in "turn of the century" attire. Maizie loved the large whirlpool tub in our bathroom, we went out for dinner, checked out a large toy store, hiked up Barn Bluff and drove along both the MN and WI riversides to check out the foliage. It was a great weekend!

Daily Happenings

Maizie points out where her little sister is. I am 28.6 weeks pregnant in this picture. The 'lil one has hit a growth spurt. I have been feeling my stomach stretching over the last 36 hours. As Maizie says, "owwie.." She is really strong too! I am pretty sure I have internal bruising from her moves. She is definitely giving Maizlyn a run for her money as to who was/is stronger in utero. ;-) At my 28 week appointment I was measuring small so we did an ultrasound at 29 weeks just to make sure baby was developing normally. Happy to report that all is well! Baby weighed approximately 3 lbs at that ultrasound (two weeks ago). 8 weeks from today we will be holding our newborn baby!!

Paul and Patrick made a make-shift playhouse for Maizlyn out of a couple boxes we had. Maizie loves playing in them and brought daddy in to read to her.

Miss M often takes a bowl of grapes or a couple of mini oreos and runs to her favorite spot to eat them - on the granite slab in front of the fireplace. We find it humorous.

Somebody enjoys ice cream just like her mama. As I was making dinner a couple weeks ago, Maizie decided to grab a spoon and help herself to some ice cream from the freezer!

Below is a clip of Maizie showing off one of the onesies we received from our couple's baby shower a couple years ago. Too funny!