Madeline's On The Move...

Madeline has now begun to crawl. Over the past month or so, she has been able to get into the crawling position, but instead of moving her arms and legs, she would rock back and forth and then get upset that she wasn't moving forward. Over the past week, she has been able to get some smaller crawling steps in. But Sunday, she took some bigger crawling steps. She is becoming more consistent, but when she wants something, she'll still get on her tummy and army crawl. Today, she crawled across her room to get to a toy. Now comes the fun part - baby proofing the house!

She has another cold, this is the worst yet. She has a runny nose, cough, and a fever. To add to it, she is also teething, so she's been a little crabby...but who can blame her. She still smiles and plays, but she spent most of today sleeping. Matt was able to watch her since he could work from home, and I will be taking her to the doctor tomorrow, and taking the day off. I'm sure it's just something that needs to take its course, so hopefully she'll be ok in a few days.

Low Key 4th of July

Sorry for all the posts! I've got some catching up to do...

Since last weekend was so busy, and the next coming weekends are going to be super busy as well, we decided to have a low-key 4th. It was nice having a three day weekend (and the best part...we still have tomorrow!)

Friday was spent shopping in Vernon Hills. Matt said that "We need to buy Maddie a toy" so we stopped at Babies R Us, and of course we had to get her 2 toys...not just one. Amazingly enough...I didn't buy her any clothes. This is hard for me because there are so many cute outfits. But, Maddie has a ton of clothes, so I didn't even look. I think I even surprsied Matt! We were out shopping for about 4-1/2 hours...Maddie loves shopping and looking at all the items on the shelves.

When we got home, we took her to the park. We found out at my company picnic that she loves to swing in the baby "bucket" swing. She laughs and scunches her nose. Luckily there are a few parks in our area that we can walk to!

What we've been up to lately...

Things have been very busy with us lately. I can now officially say that I'm used to working full time again. I really like my job and my boss is super nice. It's still hard to drop Maddie off from time to time, but she really loves the kids at her daycare, and I know that she's well taken care of.

The past couple of weeks have been so busy! Last Friday (6/27) was my company softball/BBQ outing. Matt and Maddie came with and got to meet everyone that I work with. Maddie was so good, she only cried once because she was hungry. I was surprised she did so well since it was so warm and humid. She slept through a large part of the party, which was surprising because everyone was so loud.

The 28th was another BBQ with a co-worker of Matt's. There were a lot of kids at this party...I think there were more strollers than chairs! We got rained on a little, but the weather cleared up and it ended up being a nice day. Luckily Maddie slept in the car to and from the party, so she was in a good mood most of the day.

And then the 29th was Matt's birthday. He went for a motorcycle ride in the morning, and then Peggy came over and we went to a nice steakhouse for dinner. We kept it pretty low-key since our weekend was so busy to begin with.

Seven Month Update

Madeline turned 7 months old on June 28th. We can't believe how big she's gotten! She is now 20 pounds, 3 ounces. She is talking more and more, and laughs all the time. Matt and I are very lucky that we have such a happy baby.

Madeline is almost crawling. She can get into the crawling position, and then she rocks back and forth. She took 2 crawling "steps" the other day, but we know that she'll be crawling before we know it! She still doesn't have any teeth, but we're expecting those any day now as well. She's been sitting on her own for quite awhile now, and has very good balance. She can't get herself into a sitting position if she's laying down, but we know that will be coming with time as well.

She has been doing great at daycare. Everyone there just seems to love her. One of the ladies that works with our daycare person came up to us at Chili's the other day and told us what a great baby she was...always so happy. Madeline loves to people watch, and she also loves to giggle at our dog.

Father's Day Weekend

Well, Father's Day weekend wasn't too spectacular around here. Madeline came down with a stomach virus and ended up at the doctor on Thursday. She really wasn't eating and our daycare person said she was crying for mama all morning, so she thought it was best for us to take her home. The doctor wasn't concerned, just said to give her Pedialite and if she came down with a fever, we were supposed to take her to the hospital. Grandma Peggy watched her Friday morning while we went to work. Matt left work early on Friday to watch Maddie for the rest of the day. She's fine now, back at daycare and back to her usual self.


Saturday, since Maddie was feeling better and the weather was so beautiful, we decided to put Maddie in her pool. She loves the bathtub, but the pool took some getting used to. After awhile she was splashing and talking (she now says mama).

This is before...

This is after...

Father's Day wasn't too exciting. Matt came down with the stomach bug that Maddie had, so we just took it easy. Matt got to spend a lot of time with Maddie while I ran errands.

These are for Daddy

Since Daddy up and left us for a week (motorcycle trip with neighbor/friend Sean), it's a Mommy and Me week. She's been doing well...I put Matt on the speaker phone and she just stared at the phone. Matt is able to check email/blog while on his trip, so I promised to post some pictures.


Here's some new pictures Daddy!

Our cat Charlie, loves attention...

...even if it means having fur pulled out by a baby!!

Our friend Sean is updating his blog as he and Matt make their trip. Anyone interested in seeing it can visit his website:

http://razorsride.blogspot.com/

Six Month Check Up

Time has certainly flown by around here. Madeline had her six month check up last Friday. She is now 18 pounds, 14 ounces, and is 26-1/2 inches long. The doctor said that she is doing great. Just one shot in the leg this time, and we were on our way. She was crabby at daycare, but we knew it was due to the shot.
Madeline is also able to start solid foods. We started her on carrots first. The face says it all.

She likes carrots mixed in with her cereal. I tried sweet potatoes with her today and she absolutely loves them. We'll see how she does with the green vegetables later this week!