In my previous post I stated "In like a lion...." and we DID end the month of March with our little lamb - our sweet, sweet little girl Maedi Marie. My water unexpectedly broke at 8:30 p.m. and after a quick call to Grandma Carol to come and stay with the boys, Karl and I rushed off to Duluth. After the resident tried to determine if I was really in labor we were admitted. Labor progressed really quickly - too quickly for medication. Luckily, active labor lasted a total of 16 minutes and at 12:27 a.m. on March 26, little Miss Maedi arrived. She had lots of dark hair and lots of excited family and friends. Even though she arrived late at night, we were able to share the excitement with family (excited grandparents) and good friends who we were in touch with via text from the time we left home. We had been under neighborhood watch everytime we left home together, and made sure we let our friends know when the real event was underway. 
Maedi's brothers LOVE her to pieces. We have been lucky that they adore her so much. Leif loves hearing that she looks like he looked when he was a baby. And, Mikko loves helping. He is still little enough that he will even help with the diaper changes!Maedi arrived right before Easter. And, being the grand parents we are we allowed chocolate bunnies for breakfast! Leif LOVED that. He, unlike his mom, is not a breakfast lover. He most certainly takes after Karl. Chocolate bunnies sure hit the spot though! The boys also enjoyed an Easter Egg Hunt in Ely the day before Easter.
Easter was followed by Mikko's second Birthday. If you ask him, though, he will tell you that he is three (free). On his actual birthday he wanted to go to Duluth and play with the boats. I took that to mean he wanted to go to the aquarium. So, I ventured out with he and Maedi. We had fun at the aquarium and stopped at McDonald's for a quick lunch - his choice - before heading home to greet Leif as he got off of the bus. We had a nice little family party on Sunday. Mikko got some great presents and especially enjoyed cake and ice cream time. I'll post more pictures 
as soon as I get them off of my new camera.
as soon as I get them off of my new camera.Leif loved helping Mikko open his presents. Mikko got his own camera but still goes searching for mine.
