Three Months and More...

I have been a really bad blogger lately. This is suppose to be her three month post (but she turned three months two weeks ago). This has just been such a busy month for us and before I knew it we are now at the end of August! At the beginning of the month Mady made her first five and a half hour car ride to Port Arthur. We were there for about a week and the time just flew by. We were busy everyday visiting with friends and family and there was never a dull moment. Even my aunt and uncle from Mexico came in town to see Mady and celebrate my mom's birthday! Mady was also baptized at our church down there and it was great being able to celebrate that with everyone.

Here are a few pictures from our time down there:

As for her recent milestones, Mady is now reaching out and playing with her toys on her playmat. She loves to grab them and move them around. I love hearing the rattles moving around when I am in the kitchen doing something. She also has really good head control so we can hold her own in the bumbo and we just started putting her in the highchair this week so she can sit up with the adults when we eat dinner. She also loves being held so that she can look out at everything. Right now we get tons of smiles from her, especially when you sing to her, but our giggles are few and far between. I can't wait until I get a big belly laugh from her because the little giggles we do get are so cute. Here are some videos of her.....

The first video was when she started grabbing things and the second one was her laughing a bit with a funny ending when she noticed the camera.





Right now we are still facing the 45 minute (or 30 minute) intruder when it comes to her naps. I have tried to get her back down but many times it doesn't work. On the rare occasions she will go down for a couple of hours. It's a work in progress and I'm hoping that eventually we work it out or she just grows out of it. She is still on prevacid for her reflux and it still is helping her a lot. While I hate that she has to take medicine twice a day everyday, it helps her so much and makes her a much happier baby and that is worth it to me.

I start teaching next Tuesday and two of my three classes didn't fill up so they were cancelled which leaves me with my one class at 8:00. It was disappointing but I have to admit I was a little relieved too because I was getting a little nervous, anxious, and sad that I was going to be leaving her for most of the day. I know, I know, it's only two days a week so I need to get over it but this will help me ease into it better.

Our baby girl is going to be four months in just a few weeks and I cannot believe it. Hopefully I get that post out sooner!

Here are a few more pictures:

Two Month Appointment

Well Mady had her two month appointment last Monday (she was a couple of weeks past two months) and here are her stats:

Weight: 12lbs 2 oz (60th percentile)
Height: 23 inches (50th percentile)
Head Size: 15 inches (25th percentile)

She has a tiny little peanut head!  She got three shots when she was there and it was one of the saddest things I have ever seen.  The minute the nurse stabbed her (yes, stabbed her!) with the needle, her eyes opened wide, she dropped her paci, and then started screaming!  It was a cry I have never heard before and it just broke my heart.  I wanted to tell the nurse to just forget the other two and that we were leaving but of course I couldn't and I had to watch her get two more. Poor thing was still sniffling when we got home.  She got extra spoiled that day and was in her mommy's arms a lot.

As for her reflux, it wasn't getting much better with the maalox or the prescription medicine so at her appointment we decided to put her on prevacid and see how that worked.  Since then, she has been a different baby.  She is much more content and I am so happy to see that it is working.  Putting her down for naps and bedtime is a lot easier.  It would take her forever to settle down and after a lot of crying she would finally go down.  We are still dealing with the 45 minute intruder as far as her daytime naps go.  45 minutes comes and she is up and while it wouldn't bother me if she was really awake and rested, she is still tired and cranky but won't go back down.  It is definitely getting better and we are getting more longer naps than we use to so maybe we are turning that corner as well.  We'll see...

The past couple of days she has discovered her voice and now all she does is talk.  She loves when you talk and sing to her  and she will just talk right back to you.  It is the cutest thing!  She also talks to her butterflies on her gym, and the mobile on her swing, and all of the ceiling fans.  I think she might be a talker when she grows up!  While she has learned she has a voice, she has forgotten how to roll over!  She did it for a few days like a pro.  Everytime that I put her on her tummy she would just roll back over on her back but now she just can't do it.  She gets so frustrated too because she wants to get on her back and she tries so hard but she just can't do it anymore!  It'll come back to her eventually, lol.



I can't believe that we'll have a three month old in just a couple of weeks! Below are some of her latest pictures.

Rolling Over!

Yesterday, Mady rolled over for the first time, while on tummy time watching Ellen. She gave me no indication she was about to do it, and she hasn't really been trying to before yesterday. I couldn't catch it on camera, and the other bad thing, Nick was at work. This morning, Nick got to see it and she did it a third time on camera. Please excuse my singing and me and her Aunt Dee's excitement.

2 Months and Other News!

Well Mady is now two months old and I don't know where the time is going.  She is now smiling so much and I swear, those smiles are worth everything and make up for all the times when she is crying and you have no idea what to do.  Mady had to go to the doctor yesterday, not for her two month appointment, but because the last few days we noticed she has been really fussy, and having a real hard time going down for bed.  We had a feeling it had something to do with gas or reflux because she had a lot of burps which would relieve her for a while and then the crying would start again, and she would constantly arch her back.  It was so hard when she would cry and cry and there was nothing I could do to stop it.  She sounded so uncomfortable and I knew it wasn't normal so we went in to the doctor.  It looks like she does have a case of reflux and they told me to cut dairy from my diet and try giving her some maalox to see how that goes.  If that doesn't work then we have to start her on a reflux medicine :( So far it seems like she is feeling better but it's only been one day.

Besides that, she is learning new things everyday.  She is discovering that she has these marvelous things called hands and wants sooooo badly to put that thumb in her mouth but she can't quite do it yet.  She is exploring everything with her eyes and loves looking around at everything.  She talks to these decorations that hang from the ceiling in her room everyday.  I wonder what they tell her because it sure does seem funny! She also loves her bath time, and is just all smiles and splashing around every night. 

Here is a video of bath time fun!


Other big news in our house (besides Mady discovering her hands) is that I now have a new full-time job which is called stay at home mom.  It was a hard decision considering I had a great job at Brinker where I worked with some really great people but we thought about it a lot and it just felt like the right thing to do.  I feel very fortunate to have this option and I know if I don't stay home I will come to regret it later.  They're only small for so long and I want to spend this time with her.  Ironically, I have been asked by the college I taught a class at last fall, to come back this fall and teach a few classes.  I decided to do it because it is only on Tuesday's and Thursday's and not even for the whole day.  It's a good chance for me to get out and do something I enjoy but still be able to be home with my girl.  I feel very lucky that everything has fallen into place like this and I am getting use to my new boss - Mady. 

Mady will go for her two month appointment on the 25th so we'll see what her stats are but we did find out yesterday that she weighs 11 and a half pounds!  And for what you really care about, here are some pics....

Love my bath!

The cousins hanging out on Fourth of July

What is this on my head?

I'm two months old!

Cute Pictures from today!

Big Smile!!!

So Cute!

She is saying, Hi Daddy!

She also held her first toy today!

A Big Smile!

Madison hit six weeks this past Thursday (where does the time go?). This also means she is going through her 6 week growth spurt right about now. For the past two days she has been really cranky and wanting to eat a lot more. Hopefully, the websites are right and it only lasts a day or two more. We were able to capture a big smile on video this morning though. These smiles she gives in between fussy times are the best things to keep us going. Check out the video and dont mind our baby talk!  I guess she's not quite ready for her bumbo....

Happy One Month!

Madison is one month old today!  I cannot believe that it has already been a month.  Everyone always said enjoy it because it goes by so fast and boy were they right.  Before we know it she'll be leaving us for college, haha.

It's been a while since the last blog post.  Having a new baby has shown me that there is never enough time in the day to get things done.  Everything is done around her schedule and you never know when you will have time to do things like blog, clean the house, shower, or even eat and sleep.  Being new parents, this has definitely been a month full of learning and sleepless nights but I wouldn't change a thing.  We are having a blast with her and she is teaching us more than we are probably teaching her and I'm sure that won't change. 

Her two week appointment went great.  She weighed 8 lbs 6 oz and was 20 inches long.  Such a growing girl!  At a month old, Mady can smile, she can keep her head up really well, and when on tummy time she can move it side to side like a pro!  The first time she smiled at me was one of the best moments ever.  She's even started talking to us a little and she is much more interactive.  In the first few weeks she slept a lot but lately she has been staying up during the day a lot more. I can't wait to see what the second month holds!

And for the best part, here are some pictures of our sweet baby girl...

I'm one month old today!

 

Big smile!

My cousins came to see me

Aunt Brittney and Uncle Cody