Some New Pictures

Grandma Peggy is asking for additional pictures of Madeline, so here are a few that we've taken over the past week. The weather has been so nice, we try and take Maddie out in the stroller if the weather is nice. We had her sitting outside over the weekend, the only problem is that we have wasps in our neighborhood. They appear every year and the last thing we want is for the baby to get stung.

Anyway, here are some newer pictures of Madeline.

Who, me??
She loves her bouncy chair...
I love the Flamingo shirt I found for her at Old Navy!

Maddie has no problems falling asleep. We find that when she is tired, we put her in her crib, she turns on her side and falls asleep. This is how she sleeps every night in her crib.

Look Mommy, I have toes! :)

We wish we could sleep this easily!!

Thanks for the quilt Cousin Kathi!

Great Warm Day

Today was the first day that the weather was over 70 degrees. Matt and I took Maddie for a walk in her stroller, and we learned that she loves the wind. Her cold is almost gone, and she was in a really good mood all day.

Maddie has also learned to roll over. She loves sleeping on her side at night, so we knew it would only be a matter of time before she rolled over. She rolled over for the first time earlier this week. The picture above was taken by Matt when we walked in the door from work.

Madeline's Baptism

As most of you know, Madeline was baptized this past Sunday, April 13th. It was a nice day as far as the sun shining, but it was pretty cold!

Lauren was Madeline's Godmother, and Matt's best friend Ben was her Godfather. Ben flew in from Seattle to attend, so we are very thankful that we have such a good friend.

Madeline did better than expected at the baptism. She rarely got fussy and even let Vicky's extended family (whom she never met before) hold her while they took pictures.

All in all it was a lovely day, and we thank all of you who attended. A special thanks to our friend/neighbor, Sean Gillette, who took photos for us.

(We'll post pictures as soon as we get them developed).

New Toy! (A Very LARGE Toy)

Prior to going on maternity leave, my co-workers threw me a baby shower and one of the gifts that I received was an activity center, which converted into a walker and then converted into a walk behind toy. Needless to say, the toy is huge.

Madeline can almost touch the bottom with her feet, but she has learned to play the music and to work some of the toys. She seems to enjoy it for now (thank goodness, because this toy takes up a lot of room!)

Maddie's First Cold 4/8/07

We knew it was bound to happen, but Madeline had her first cold last week. (would have posted sooner, but the past week has been very hectic). Vicky took Maddie to the doctor last Tuesday and found that she had an upper respiratory infection. Luckily, she didn't have a fever, but since her baptism was fast approaching, the doctor put her on antibiotics.

A week later, she's still a little stuffy here and there, but throughout her illness, she was never crabby. Matt and I keep saying how lucky we are to have such a good baby.

Starting Solid Food

At Madeline's last check up, the doctor said that we could begin Madeline on solid foods...but just cereal for now. We began with rice cereal. She didn't seem to mind the cereal, but she didn't care for the spoon too much. After this first try at the spoon, we added the cereal to her formual in her bottle. That will work for now until she gets used to eating from her spoon.

Four Month Check Up

Maddie is growing so fast! We took her to the doctor on Monday for her four month check up. She is now 16 pounds, 4 ounces (she's gained over a pound in the past month) and is now 25-1/4 inches (she's grown almost 2 inches as well).


She did get a shot in each leg, but only cried for about a minute. Luckily, we remembered to give her some baby Tylenol right before the shots to help dull the pain. She cried a little Monday night, but other than that, she's been great.

The doctor said that she's doing really well, that she's healthy and that we can start to wean her off of the Zantac to see if she really needs it anymore. It was originally given to her to help with the reflux burning her throat, but if it doesn't seem to bother her when she spits up, we can continue to cut back how much we give her. We're starting with taking away her night dosage. If all goes well, we will wean her off completely. If it doesn't...we start up both doses again.