It's so hard to believe that Madi is over 7 months old now! She gets more and more personality every day. She's laughing out loud more and still loves to blow "bubbles" :) heehee. She's getting so strong with standing and will pull herself up to stand while holding my hands.
It's funny cuz she's trying to be so moblie without really being mobile! haha. She squirms in your arms and reaches and falls over all the time, but as soon as she hits her stomach she freaks! :) She wants to move so bad but just can't stand to be on her stomach long enough to figure out how. haha. I guess she's just gonna have to wait till she's strong enough to walk :) Oh boy, the craziness I am in for!
This is pretty funny...So, Madi thinks she is a big girl and can eat with the grown-ups these days! haha. She DEMANDS food when we are out to eat so I have had to start bringing something for her to munch on when we are out! haha. She loves biscuits, so that's what I usually take. She's becoming a conesseur(I know I didn't spell that right! haha) of food. She loves to munch on french fries. I gave her my applesauce at Cracker Barrel when we were visiting Montogmery! haha. PawPaw gave her honedew melon that she absolutely loved!! My dad couldn't get it to her fast enough without her letting him know about it! haha. She's very persistent when she wants it. We gave her a apple piece a few nights ago when we were at Fran and John's having dinner. She loved gumming that. Then the other night we went out to dinner and I didn't have any thing for her. I tried letting her "munch" on some waffle fries, but those don't have enough mush for her to get out and she was very unhappy to not have anything to eat with us! So, I had to ask our waitress if we could get a small thing of mashed potatoes for her! That's all I knew to try! She was great and had them make a small, saucecup size of potatoes for her! haha. She LOVED them! It was so funny. I had some sandwich pickle slices that came with my burger too, so I decided to see what she would do with it. She loved it too!! HAHA. She sucked on the pickle slice and got all the pickle juice out. Crazy kid!! I hope this contiinues when she really gets to the table foods! Who says you have to wait to feed your baby table foods!! This kid thinks she supposed to have them NOW! haha.
We now have a stock of biscuits and mashed potatoes in the house to make real quick to take with us whereever we go! haha.
Madi is still doing awesome at night and continues to go down regularly about 8:30 no matter where we are. She sleeps right now till about 7-7:30 each morning. I definitely count my blessings at how well she does at night!
She's so cute when Scott comes home from work. She just smiles and kicks and giggles when she sees him. It's great. I've started letting her listen to Scott on the phone when he calls and he will talk to her for a minute. Her eyes just light up when she hears him on the phone. It's soooo sweet!
I can't think of anything else big right now to add to this. One day I'll get better at updating and then these entries won't have to be so long! haha. I hope everyone has a wonderful week!! Take care!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Another Mommy/Daughter Road Trip
Hello! Well, since it's been a month since I last updated, I figured it was time for another one! Haha. I guess I'm just gonna have to accept the fact that no matter how hard I try, I'm not gonna be as good at updating as I want to be! :) I hope everyone is doing well. We are doing good here.
So, Scott has to take his Pediatric Emergency boards on March 30th, so he's been doing LOTS of studying! I'm very proud of him and the dedication and hard work he's put into his studying these past couple of months. Well, to give him some uninterrupted good study time, Madi, the dogs, and I took another trip to Montgomery for a week at the end of February. The dogs and Madi did GREAT with traveling! We all enjoyed seeing my parents. Granny and Paw-Paw were extatic to see Madi and how much she's grown :) We also enjoyed our brief, but fun visits with Scott's parents on either side of the trip to Montgomery and back to Charleston. They are always amazed at how much she's grown. It's such a blessing to have them in Atlanta!
While in Montgomery we got to visit Auburn and surprise my Aunt Liz with a visit from Madi :) I also went to Birmingham for a day. We went over to Bethany's and got to see family and Cie and her little girl Berkley came over to see us as well. We appreciated that very much! Berkley loves seeing Madilyn. It's so cute. I miss all my friends there and wish I had the time to see more of you! We stopped by the ice rink before heading home that day and I got to take Madilyn out on the ice for the first time. It was great to be back out there! It was so surreal for me to be taking my baby girl out on the ice :) heehee. She enjoyed "flying" over the ice and touching it. It was really cute. We also got to see Aunt Jessica in Montgomery before we headed home and I got to see my friend Amity for lunch when I was headed back to Atlanta. It was a great week!
The week before we left Madi had learned how to blow bubbles with her mouth. It's so stinkin' cute! She purses her lips together and justs spits everywhere. She thinks it's soooo funny and great! :) haha. We love watching her do this.
Everyone please keep Scott in your thoughts and prayers as he continues to study hard for his upcoming boards! I know he will do great, but this is really BIG for him. Just pray that he goes in prepared and focused for whatever the test brings his way. He has to fly to Chicago to take them. They don't have/offer a test center here for them.
Here are pics of our fun trip...
So, Scott has to take his Pediatric Emergency boards on March 30th, so he's been doing LOTS of studying! I'm very proud of him and the dedication and hard work he's put into his studying these past couple of months. Well, to give him some uninterrupted good study time, Madi, the dogs, and I took another trip to Montgomery for a week at the end of February. The dogs and Madi did GREAT with traveling! We all enjoyed seeing my parents. Granny and Paw-Paw were extatic to see Madi and how much she's grown :) We also enjoyed our brief, but fun visits with Scott's parents on either side of the trip to Montgomery and back to Charleston. They are always amazed at how much she's grown. It's such a blessing to have them in Atlanta!
While in Montgomery we got to visit Auburn and surprise my Aunt Liz with a visit from Madi :) I also went to Birmingham for a day. We went over to Bethany's and got to see family and Cie and her little girl Berkley came over to see us as well. We appreciated that very much! Berkley loves seeing Madilyn. It's so cute. I miss all my friends there and wish I had the time to see more of you! We stopped by the ice rink before heading home that day and I got to take Madilyn out on the ice for the first time. It was great to be back out there! It was so surreal for me to be taking my baby girl out on the ice :) heehee. She enjoyed "flying" over the ice and touching it. It was really cute. We also got to see Aunt Jessica in Montgomery before we headed home and I got to see my friend Amity for lunch when I was headed back to Atlanta. It was a great week!
The week before we left Madi had learned how to blow bubbles with her mouth. It's so stinkin' cute! She purses her lips together and justs spits everywhere. She thinks it's soooo funny and great! :) haha. We love watching her do this.
Everyone please keep Scott in your thoughts and prayers as he continues to study hard for his upcoming boards! I know he will do great, but this is really BIG for him. Just pray that he goes in prepared and focused for whatever the test brings his way. He has to fly to Chicago to take them. They don't have/offer a test center here for them.
Here are pics of our fun trip...
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
6 MONTHS OLD!!
Can you belive it?!!!?!! Sometimes I can't! What a whirlwind it's been these past 6 months. It seems like just yesterday that we welcomed Madi into the world and moved to Charleston and everything else we did!! Watching her grow has been a BLAST!!! She's growing so fast and doing new things daiily it seems like.
At her 6 month check up she weighed 15lb 6oz and was 26 1/2 inches long. We are still not sure that her height is accurate (haha)! She doesn't seem to be tall, but we will go with it :) Madi is sitting up all on her own now! She does very well and loves playing with her toys. She's starting to reach for things that she can't quite get to. She absolutely HATES being on her stomach!!! haha. She hasn't liked this from the get go, but to see it now is a little funny. She will be leaning over to get a toy, then fall over. She ends up on her stomach, and as soon as she realizes it, she just starts wailing!! She won't even try to turn over. She's so funny. She can roll from tummy to back, but only if you catch her in a good enough mood to play on her tummy for about 10 minutes. She absolutely loves her feet and loves kicking! Those little legs go to town all the time! She still loves bath time and has started to play with some of her bath toys.
CHALLENGE....That's one word that can be used to describe 5 1/2 - 6 months so far. For the past couple of weeks she's been waking up in the middle of the night and taking about an hour to go back to sleep! It's usually around 4am. I would try and see if she would go back to sleep on her on, but she would just get louder and louder on the monitor! She gets excited when she sees me come in the room, so I would sneak in her room on my knees and reach in and put her paci back in her mouth. Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't. She's a stubborn little girl. I pat her butt and figure out anything to do before I pick her up to put her back to sleep. She puts up a good fight in her crib before she goes back to sleep! She had been sleeping through the night great ever since we started solids at 5 months, so this kinda trhough us for a loop. Well, a couple nights ago, I fed her more than I had been at bedtime and the past 3 nights she has slept through the night, going back to her regular schedule of going to bed about 8:30 and waking up around 7:30 or 8. Poor baby has been hungry maybe!! :) Bad mommy! :) haha. I had increased her night feed some when we went to stage 2 foods, but apparently not enough for her growing little body! :) We will see if she continues to do well.
She has also entered a phase where you can't put her down at all!!! She plays so well usually and loves her exersaucer, but she's gotten to where at least once a day as soon as you put her down on the floor or in the exersaucer she just starts screaming!!! We are where she can see us, but that just makes it worse, I think! So, she now has a crying fit daily, usually, that lasts about 45 minutes. We put her in her crib sometimes or leave her where she is playing. As soon as you pick her up she stops crying and starts smiling and laughing, so we know nothing else is wrong....SPOILT little girl!!! :) I don't know what else to do for this. It's really hard to hear her cry that hard, but I know it's the right thing to do. Every now and then she'll cry herself to sleep, but she's pretty stubborn! haha.
Scott and I still could not be happier with our beautiful little girl! She amazes us every day. We are learning together how to weather the storms and enjoying together all the little smiles and laughs she gives us. We feel better when we hear that we are doing the right thing and hear from others that they have gone through some of the same things we are going through. Overall, we know what a GOOD baby she is. We are very fortunate with how well she adjusts to different enviornments, how well she does with foods, and how well she continues to do at night(she has always done so well since birth with sleeping at night!).
Here are her 6 month pictures I had done
(Yes, she already has her first pair of ice skates! haha. My coach in Montgomery bought them for her :) hee hee)
At her 6 month check up she weighed 15lb 6oz and was 26 1/2 inches long. We are still not sure that her height is accurate (haha)! She doesn't seem to be tall, but we will go with it :) Madi is sitting up all on her own now! She does very well and loves playing with her toys. She's starting to reach for things that she can't quite get to. She absolutely HATES being on her stomach!!! haha. She hasn't liked this from the get go, but to see it now is a little funny. She will be leaning over to get a toy, then fall over. She ends up on her stomach, and as soon as she realizes it, she just starts wailing!! She won't even try to turn over. She's so funny. She can roll from tummy to back, but only if you catch her in a good enough mood to play on her tummy for about 10 minutes. She absolutely loves her feet and loves kicking! Those little legs go to town all the time! She still loves bath time and has started to play with some of her bath toys.
CHALLENGE....That's one word that can be used to describe 5 1/2 - 6 months so far. For the past couple of weeks she's been waking up in the middle of the night and taking about an hour to go back to sleep! It's usually around 4am. I would try and see if she would go back to sleep on her on, but she would just get louder and louder on the monitor! She gets excited when she sees me come in the room, so I would sneak in her room on my knees and reach in and put her paci back in her mouth. Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't. She's a stubborn little girl. I pat her butt and figure out anything to do before I pick her up to put her back to sleep. She puts up a good fight in her crib before she goes back to sleep! She had been sleeping through the night great ever since we started solids at 5 months, so this kinda trhough us for a loop. Well, a couple nights ago, I fed her more than I had been at bedtime and the past 3 nights she has slept through the night, going back to her regular schedule of going to bed about 8:30 and waking up around 7:30 or 8. Poor baby has been hungry maybe!! :) Bad mommy! :) haha. I had increased her night feed some when we went to stage 2 foods, but apparently not enough for her growing little body! :) We will see if she continues to do well.
She has also entered a phase where you can't put her down at all!!! She plays so well usually and loves her exersaucer, but she's gotten to where at least once a day as soon as you put her down on the floor or in the exersaucer she just starts screaming!!! We are where she can see us, but that just makes it worse, I think! So, she now has a crying fit daily, usually, that lasts about 45 minutes. We put her in her crib sometimes or leave her where she is playing. As soon as you pick her up she stops crying and starts smiling and laughing, so we know nothing else is wrong....SPOILT little girl!!! :) I don't know what else to do for this. It's really hard to hear her cry that hard, but I know it's the right thing to do. Every now and then she'll cry herself to sleep, but she's pretty stubborn! haha.
Scott and I still could not be happier with our beautiful little girl! She amazes us every day. We are learning together how to weather the storms and enjoying together all the little smiles and laughs she gives us. We feel better when we hear that we are doing the right thing and hear from others that they have gone through some of the same things we are going through. Overall, we know what a GOOD baby she is. We are very fortunate with how well she adjusts to different enviornments, how well she does with foods, and how well she continues to do at night(she has always done so well since birth with sleeping at night!).
Here are her 6 month pictures I had done
(Yes, she already has her first pair of ice skates! haha. My coach in Montgomery bought them for her :) hee hee)
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Boone Hall Plantation Oyster Festival
So, around here in Charleston, oysters are a BIG hit. Everyone loves them here, and people are always having "oyster roasts". Basically, people have these big steam pots that you steam the oysters in, you dump them out on a table, and then you have oyster knives to shuck(open) your oysters and eat then however you like. Good thing Scott and I like oysters!! hee hee.
Fran and John(the people we stayed with before our house was ready) have hosted a couple of oyster roasts that we've gone to already and then we did our own at Christmas time when our family was here. The one we did was definitely a learning experience, but we enjoyed it none the less.
Well, about a week ago we went to our first Oyster Festival. One of the historic visitor places here hosts a festival every year, so we went and checked it out. It was our first family oyster festival :) hee hee. We figured we better go ahead and get in on these traditions. I have never seen so many oysters in my life!!!! This thing was huge! There are different food stands set up with other food you can buy, live entertainment, and many, many oyster tables for people to stand around and get dirty with their oysters. People also bring lounge chairs and blankets.
We didn't know how we would like it, but we had a blast. It was a cold day, but iwth all the people around, it wasn't too bad.
Fran and John(the people we stayed with before our house was ready) have hosted a couple of oyster roasts that we've gone to already and then we did our own at Christmas time when our family was here. The one we did was definitely a learning experience, but we enjoyed it none the less.
Well, about a week ago we went to our first Oyster Festival. One of the historic visitor places here hosts a festival every year, so we went and checked it out. It was our first family oyster festival :) hee hee. We figured we better go ahead and get in on these traditions. I have never seen so many oysters in my life!!!! This thing was huge! There are different food stands set up with other food you can buy, live entertainment, and many, many oyster tables for people to stand around and get dirty with their oysters. People also bring lounge chairs and blankets.
We didn't know how we would like it, but we had a blast. It was a cold day, but iwth all the people around, it wasn't too bad.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Yummy Foods!
Madi has hit the big time now....she's eating solid foods now :) hee hee. It's so funny to watch her reaction to new things you put in her mouth :) We started her on rice cereal Christmas Day while all our family was here. She actually did pretty well with that.
Well, after the first day of rice cereal, she decided that it wasn't as good as she thought it was! haha. I kept her on it for about a week, but she really wanted nothing to do with it usually. She always crinkled up her forehead when she ate it. haha. So, after enough fighting with that I went on to the baby foods.
We started off with green beans. She LOVED them! It was so funny. I put just a dab on my finger for her to try and after that she reached and reached for my finger for more! haha. She grabs the spoon and "helps" feed herself cuz she's so excited about them. hee hee. She's also had carrots and peaches now too. Both of which she loves as well. She takes one bite of the new food, thinks about it, and then reaches for more! haha. So far she likes all her fruits and veggies, even the stage 2 foods that are mixed with different fruits and veggies. One thing she doesn't like though, chicken and chicken broth! How funny that she doesn't like the meat! I'm not gonna complain though. It's funny though cuz as much as I LOVE chicken, that's the one thing I never craved or really wanted to eat when I was pregnant with her!
It's been fun and ineresting feeding her foods. She loves to try and "help" all the time. She gets a tight, tight grip on the spoon, and it's hard to pry her tiny little hands off of it without making a huge mess! :) She's also sneezed and coughed a couple of times as I've brought the spoon to her mouth, which is very interesting as you can imagine! haha. Ok, so all of you mom's that have been through this can stop laughing now! hee hee. It's really been fun, even with all the messes and "fighting"! haha.
The sad part, though, is that her little tummy has not well adjusted to the food change just yet. She's been having a hard time pooping since starting foods. It's so sad to see her cry as she's trying to go. I do admit, though, it's a little funny when's she's trying cuz I stand her up and she sticks her little butt out and bends over to try and go. haha. We've been giving her a lil' bit of water and karo syrup to soften things up, and she's doing better now. It was tough for a few days cuz every time she would try and go she would just lean in to me and cry. Poor Madi!
She's on 3 meals a day now. It's been interesting trying to figure out a eating schedule for her. It seems that as soon as Madi and I get something figured out, it changes cuz she's moving on up in the food world :) I love trying all the new different things for her.
Hopefully Madi will keep enjoying her introduction to the food world. I know there will be exciting, fun, messy times to come. haha. I'll be sure to keep you informed of all the funny food stories Madi provides us with! :)
Well, after the first day of rice cereal, she decided that it wasn't as good as she thought it was! haha. I kept her on it for about a week, but she really wanted nothing to do with it usually. She always crinkled up her forehead when she ate it. haha. So, after enough fighting with that I went on to the baby foods.
We started off with green beans. She LOVED them! It was so funny. I put just a dab on my finger for her to try and after that she reached and reached for my finger for more! haha. She grabs the spoon and "helps" feed herself cuz she's so excited about them. hee hee. She's also had carrots and peaches now too. Both of which she loves as well. She takes one bite of the new food, thinks about it, and then reaches for more! haha. So far she likes all her fruits and veggies, even the stage 2 foods that are mixed with different fruits and veggies. One thing she doesn't like though, chicken and chicken broth! How funny that she doesn't like the meat! I'm not gonna complain though. It's funny though cuz as much as I LOVE chicken, that's the one thing I never craved or really wanted to eat when I was pregnant with her!
It's been fun and ineresting feeding her foods. She loves to try and "help" all the time. She gets a tight, tight grip on the spoon, and it's hard to pry her tiny little hands off of it without making a huge mess! :) She's also sneezed and coughed a couple of times as I've brought the spoon to her mouth, which is very interesting as you can imagine! haha. Ok, so all of you mom's that have been through this can stop laughing now! hee hee. It's really been fun, even with all the messes and "fighting"! haha.
The sad part, though, is that her little tummy has not well adjusted to the food change just yet. She's been having a hard time pooping since starting foods. It's so sad to see her cry as she's trying to go. I do admit, though, it's a little funny when's she's trying cuz I stand her up and she sticks her little butt out and bends over to try and go. haha. We've been giving her a lil' bit of water and karo syrup to soften things up, and she's doing better now. It was tough for a few days cuz every time she would try and go she would just lean in to me and cry. Poor Madi!
She's on 3 meals a day now. It's been interesting trying to figure out a eating schedule for her. It seems that as soon as Madi and I get something figured out, it changes cuz she's moving on up in the food world :) I love trying all the new different things for her.
Hopefully Madi will keep enjoying her introduction to the food world. I know there will be exciting, fun, messy times to come. haha. I'll be sure to keep you informed of all the funny food stories Madi provides us with! :)
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Madilyn's First Christmas
Hello everyone and HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all!!! I hope ya'll had a wonderful holiday season. We sure did around here! We had a wonderful Christmas here in Charleston with both Scott's parents and my parents here to visit. They all got to stay for a few days after Christmas too and we had a wonderful time. We celebrated Madi's first Christmas, had our first seafood boil and our first oyster roast. We got to show Scott's parents around Charleston some since they had not been able to visit till now. We also went out to the Angel Oak Tree here in town that is over 1,500 years old!!! That tree is AMAZING!!!
Well, Madi's first Christmas was a BIG hit! She racked up on gifts. We know it wouldn't have been any other way. haha. We give a big thank you to Grandma and Grump-pa and Granny and Paw-Paw for all her wonderful gifts. Madi's Grandma and Grump-pa (Scott's parents) got her a bunch of wonderful V-tech toys and some cute, cute clothes. Granny and Paw-Paw got her a very soft bear rug, name puzzle, and some of mommy's old Disney movies. Santa Claus rbought Madi a play mat, clothes, and bowls and spoons for her to start solids with! It was so wonderful to have Madilyn with us this Christmas! It gives a whole new special meaning to Christmas.
She got so worn out with all the excitement that she fell asleep without a fuss while the grown-ups were still opening gifts. She was in the best mood that day and enjoyed ripping wrapping paper. hee hee. The bows were just a big a hit for her as well.
It's hard to believe that Madi is 5 months old now. She turned 5 months on Christmas Eve. She's growing so fast. She has now found her toes and absolutely loves pulling on her feet and play with them. She's also trying really hard to sit up. Sometimes I can prop her up sitting in the boppy before she arches back and falls. The bumbo seat is great, but she has learned how to arch her back and pull herself almost out of it! It's funny, but it's not! She doesn't know better not to, so when you tell her to keep her little bottom in the seat she just laughs and squeals at you! haha. We started her on rice cereal for her Christmas dinner while all her family was here. It was pretty funny. I think more of it was on her face than in her mouth, but she did pretty good with it. She tried really hard and she loves to help with the spoon already.
Our New Year's was a pretty normal day. It's funny how things change when you have a baby. Scott was working overnight on New Year's Eve, so it was just Madi, me, and the dogs. Madi was out at her usual bedtime, bout 8:30, so I tried really hard to at least stay awake, but it did not work! haha. I fell asleep about 20 minutes before midnight! Usually I am wide awake at midnight, but not these days! I love all the changes in my life, though, and look forward to wonderful year of watching Madilyn grow. I hope everyone has a wonderful year filled with excitement and happiness!!
Here are some pics of our fun-filled Christmas.
Well, Madi's first Christmas was a BIG hit! She racked up on gifts. We know it wouldn't have been any other way. haha. We give a big thank you to Grandma and Grump-pa and Granny and Paw-Paw for all her wonderful gifts. Madi's Grandma and Grump-pa (Scott's parents) got her a bunch of wonderful V-tech toys and some cute, cute clothes. Granny and Paw-Paw got her a very soft bear rug, name puzzle, and some of mommy's old Disney movies. Santa Claus rbought Madi a play mat, clothes, and bowls and spoons for her to start solids with! It was so wonderful to have Madilyn with us this Christmas! It gives a whole new special meaning to Christmas.
She got so worn out with all the excitement that she fell asleep without a fuss while the grown-ups were still opening gifts. She was in the best mood that day and enjoyed ripping wrapping paper. hee hee. The bows were just a big a hit for her as well.
It's hard to believe that Madi is 5 months old now. She turned 5 months on Christmas Eve. She's growing so fast. She has now found her toes and absolutely loves pulling on her feet and play with them. She's also trying really hard to sit up. Sometimes I can prop her up sitting in the boppy before she arches back and falls. The bumbo seat is great, but she has learned how to arch her back and pull herself almost out of it! It's funny, but it's not! She doesn't know better not to, so when you tell her to keep her little bottom in the seat she just laughs and squeals at you! haha. We started her on rice cereal for her Christmas dinner while all her family was here. It was pretty funny. I think more of it was on her face than in her mouth, but she did pretty good with it. She tried really hard and she loves to help with the spoon already.
Our New Year's was a pretty normal day. It's funny how things change when you have a baby. Scott was working overnight on New Year's Eve, so it was just Madi, me, and the dogs. Madi was out at her usual bedtime, bout 8:30, so I tried really hard to at least stay awake, but it did not work! haha. I fell asleep about 20 minutes before midnight! Usually I am wide awake at midnight, but not these days! I love all the changes in my life, though, and look forward to wonderful year of watching Madilyn grow. I hope everyone has a wonderful year filled with excitement and happiness!!
Here are some pics of our fun-filled Christmas.
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