Jeff & Amy's Baby Shower

Maddie Loving her Cousins.....Ali and Nana.

She found her toes and they went straight to her mouth.

Grandma Cleo's first visit with Maddie.

Grandpa and Maddie. See Grandpa she likes you.

Eating a cupcake from Amy's cake.

Father's Day At Mom

Swimming with Daddy in the Spa with her new swimsuit.

Aunty Amy is going to have baby Abbey on the 15th of July.

Oreo Cookie Face.............

1/2 Year Old

Can you belive it? It has been 6 months already. Wow, where has the time gone. Well, what has happened in the last month you ask....Well, we have been to visit with her cousins. She swam in their spa. She loves the water.

She hung out with her Grandpa's too.

She fell asleep while she was sitting in her bouncy.

We have been experimenting with food. She loves Oreo cookies. I know. I know. She should not be eating Oreos. But it can't hurt her to bad. How can she be allergic to Oreos.

She loves her Franky. She has been watching him more and more. She tries to go after him when he comes near her. He tolerates her, but doesn't really like her yet.

She did get her first ear infection this month. She wake up in the middle of the night screaming. We didn't know what to do, so we sent the night at Mercy's emergency room. It is a nice new emergency room and it wasn't busy, but it still took 3 1/2 hours. We didn't get home until 3am. She was constipated from formla that we gave her for the first time that same day. But we also discovered that she had a cold in her eyes and a slight inner ear infection. So she go meds for both. Joe and I spent a few days home with her. Then we found out that she was allergic to amoxicillin (not sure how you spell it). About her third day on her meds, she broke out in a red rash, that itched and hurt her when she got hot. We had to keep her in cool baths to get her fevers to break and the rash from itching and hurting her. We took her to Urgent Care when she got the rash then her pediatrican the following day for a new medication. She is doing well.

She is now teething. So she is fussy these last few days. Daddy has been really sick with some type of food poisioning or "swine" flu. He has lost 10lbs in three days. That is one way to lose weight.

She has discovered her feet too. She loves to put her feet in her mouth. Crawling is going to come any day now.

Mom & Dad & Maddie

5 Month Birthday

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to Maddie, Happy 5 month birthday to you ......It is Maddie's 5 month old birthday. It feels like this past month as flown by.

So there was mothers day. We spent the day at Grandma's relaxing by the pool. Really, I took a nap by the pool while Joe was on the couch and Maddie was in Grandma's bed sleeping. I don't know why, but we relax when we go there and all want to take naps. It was a nice quiet day.

We weighted maddie the other day. She is up to 15lbs. Most of her 3-6 month clothes are getting too small. She is in 6-9 month clothes. Really it all depends on the brand.

She is eating more and more solid foods. She is eating apples, squash, bannanas, rice and pears. She loves food more than her milk. She is doing good. Getting bigger and bigger by the minute.
I had my first night way from her last on Thursday the 14th. It wasn't bad, but I really did miss her. Daddy had her all by himself for the night. He is the best daddy ever.

More Pics of Maddie.....

More pics of Maddie....

4 Months Old....

It has been a monumental month. Can you believe she is 4 months old? I can’t believe it has been 4 months. Maddie has met some major milestones this month. She wants to hold her bottle by herself so badly, that she pushes and fights your hands on the bottle. I have let go a few times and let her hold the bottle. She keeps her hands on both sides. She even puts it in and out of her mouth. It is amazing how independent she is already. Really she has been since she was born. I really think there are some traits you are just born with that you can’t change. I am afraid Joe and I are in big trouble once she starts talking and becoming mobile. You can tell she hates to lay down unless it is to go to bed. And don’t even try and cradle her in your arms. Unless she is really tired, she’s not having it. She wants to sit up and face forward if you are walking around or look up over your shoulder at what is going on. She wants to be right in the mix of everything.
She is doing a lot of “tummy time” at daycare and at home. She gets mad if she is on her tummy too long and she can’t get on her back. She figures it out about half the time. I think the first time she rolled over was just a fluke. I think now that she has chunked up she can’t get her chubby legs over her body to roll over. And sometimes I think she is just lazy and playing with mommy. She knows that if she cries long enough then I will come and rescue her. Although the other day, grandma and I were in the middle of a tennis match on the WII and Maddie was laying on her tummy watch us. She got mad because we wouldn’t help her roll over. So she was telling us about it and to hurry up with our game. Then all of a sudden it got quiet. We looked and she had rolled over. She finally gave up on us and said forget it I will do it myself.
We got a baby food maker. Yes, we are going to make baby food. For Maddie I find the time to just about anything. It is really fast actually. We made banana baby food first. We started her with small tastes. She likes them. We give her the bananas 2-3 times a day. She is still figuring out the “open your mouth and swallow” concept. But it is really cute to watch her. The first few times she would not open her mouth. Now she sees the spoon and she opens for it. How quickly they learn.
She is wearing size 6 month PJs these days. She is growing like a weed. She is so long. She isn’t getting the Buddha belly that most kids get. So some of her 3 month pants and skirts don’t fit her around the waist.
Joe took her to her 4 month doctor’s appointment. He had to experience this event on his own to understand the doctors. He hated it. She is 25 ¼” tall (83% for her height), 13.5 lbs (48% for her weight), and 16 ¼” round head (52% for her head size.) Joe didn’t hear me when I told him that you had to hold her legs. He didn’t like that part.
We got her pictures taken and family portraits taken at Picture People on the 18th. Check out the pics at http://smilestore.picturepeople.com/my/images?tk=d4a6c4b3-dde9-4bc4-9811-50004e1db766

We spent Easter at the Ebert’s this year. I know not with our “family.” However, the Eberts and their friends and family are like our other family. So really it was with our family, just not our immediate blood related family members. We had a great time. Good friends and good eats. Maddie was her excellent self.
On another note, Joe’s birthday was on Monday, April 13th. He was 31. Boy he is getting old. What am I talking about, I am older than him. So no he is not old. He is still a young pup. I think Joe wanted to avoid his birthday this year. We didn’t do anything too exciting, just dinner at Hacienda. The food was not great, but Joe liked the drinks. Butchy and his girlfriend came which made Joe’s day.
Not much of anything else going on these days. Just our normal nose to the grind stone working spending our extra “non-work” moments with Maddie.
Catch up with you next time, we have another update. Should be sooner than last time. As monther’s day is coming soon.