The girls of course had such a blast with their cousins, Brianna and Acadia. 
If it already wasn't a circus around here, it sure was with 4 screaming little girls running around! It was chaos but a good kind. They all got along really well and Madden and Lily pretty much just laid around like the little blobs that they were :)
Our days seemed to go by very fast as they always do and luckily we had some very warm weather so there were plenty of park trips.
The day the last of Brian's family left, my parents came into town so we wasted no time there. It was a great help having my Mom and Dad here to entertain the girls and it doesn't hurt that they adore them as well. They did plenty of bugging Grandpa to be taken to the park and pushed on the swings. Definitely hard seeing them go, thank goodness my Mom will be heading this way in April hopefully to visit while my Dad is on a work trip. Emme keeps asking when Grandma and Grandpa are coming back and then she says "maybe in two months." So she is more than ready to see them again!
Needless to say, this came as a huge surprise to us since we just thought we were having another girl. Madden Cullen Lilly was born on December 21st, 2011 at 10:05 am, weighing 7 lbs 8 oz (my biggest kiddo yet) and 21 1/4 inches long (the same as Emme).
I didn't go into labor with him and had him on my schedule c-section date which was a relief since I was afraid I wouldn't have my wonderful doctor that delivered both of my girls. Everything went smoothly and this was my best c-section yet as far as pain level, not getting as sick, and having the best nursing staff. I was worried since I was having him at a different hospital than the girls but it turned out to be a great experience and I had the best nurses who took care of me. When he was born, Brian got to see he was a boy first and I almost couldn't believe it. I secretly really wanted a boy since this was our last, even though a girl would have been great too. I love my girls and really a healthy baby is number one but if I could have choosen, that is what I was hoping for. He looks so much like Emme, and really both girls when they were born. As he is getting older, he looks just like our little Em bug, the resemblance is crazy. He is such a wonderful little man, very good baby and doesn't even have a fussy time like most babies do. Not to say he doesn't get fussy here and there, but he really is an easy baby. I got lucky in that my first was my hardest so it has helped that the following two have been very easy going. Doesn't make it any less of a circus around here but it could be alot worse! 
