Is tomorrow really Monday?

So, it was a pretty fun weekend for us. Friday we watched our first movie in a LONG time after Madelyn went to bed. She's started wanting to go to bed earlier, which gives us more time to ourselves and that's also usually when we tidy up around the house. She worked on some "tummy time" that night with Jonathan while I cooked. We're pretty sure it was the longest she had ever played on the floor. It was a good night!

Saturday we got up and went to Fort Worth to go to the mall to work on Christmas shopping, Target for groceries and such, and Lowes for yard stuff. Madelyn did great and only got a little fussy if we were stagnant for too long. Of course we made it back home to watch the Sooners win, the 'Cats lose, and the LSU tigers give up a really close game!

Yeah, in this house, we like our football.

All she's missing in this picture is a bag of potato chips. Look at that "milk-belly!"

My two roommates. How did I get so lucky?!

Home Alone

So Jonathan left for an engineering conference (aka dork convention) on Monday after work. Which means Madelyn and I have been on our own since then. I guess I was more worried about taking care of the 500 things in the morning that make things so hectic at times. Boy was I wrong. Mornings - not so bad. Evenings, especially Tuesday, were a bear! Monday night I thought to myself, "ok, I can do this! She's being great." Well, Tuesday she made me eat my words. For one reason or another she would not stop being fussy or crying. She didn't nap very much at daycare that day. So that was problem #1. Problem #2 was that she got hungry approximately 1.25 hours before she normally does. I was not prepared and figured it had to be anything but that. She wailed. I finally gave in and fed her at 7:15. She took her bath pretty well and fussed a little while I was rocking her. Needless to say, she wore herself out. I didn't hear her stir until 4am. It's definitely been a lesson learned in how important it is to have a teammate in this game called parenting!

We had our usual Wednesday night pizza (no yoga though.) I took these of her trying to sit in her Bébé Pod. I love the fact that she sits to one side and that Gracie thought we were there to rub her tummy.

Trying to smile while focusing on sitting!

Halloween and such

So, it's been a long while since I've posted anything. I've mostly been trying to get this whole blogging thing figured out and try and find time (!) to post and update. My goal is to try and post at least a few times a week to let you know what's going on with us and to add some pics of little Mady.

So, Madelyn was a black cat for halloween. You can't really get the full effect of her costume in this photo, so I might take a post-halloween posed shot where you can see her in all her feline glory - tail and all! She didn't mind the costume too much. It's velvet, so more than anything it made her hot! She didn't go out trick-or-treating this year. We're gonna save that for next year when she's a bit more mobile!

This little outfit (shirt and socks) was given to us by some of my coworkers. I've tried several times to get her picture in it, but somehow she always manages to end up not wearing it when I go to pick her up from daycare (i.e. blowout!) My favorite thing about this outfit is how her belly has a tendency to peek out. I think she was sucking it in for this shot! :)

Tuesday Madelyn's great-grandparents from West Virginia came to visit. She was pretty tired and a little cranky, but did manage to crack a few smiles and sit on the table while we ate our gourmet meal of pizza and cheese bread. Somehow I managed to only get pictures of her with one set of great-grandparents. I'm sure I'll be getting some from someone of the others. It was very neat and special that she got to see them. We're very lucky to have so many people that love and care about us and our new little one!

Time flies

Wow! Has it really been three weeks already?! She's growing like a weed - or a whale. At her two week check-up last week she weighed in at 9 lbs. 1 0z! I think she's going to take after me - I looked like I had rubber bands strapped around all of my arms and legs when I was little. So, she's eating well and certainly not starving. I definitely need to start taking more pictures before she gets to be too big, too quickly! I've already noticed her hands and fingers are getting bigger and longer respectively.

She had her first photoshoot today with one of our friends from church, Nicole. It was an experience! For a rather calm and tranquil baby, I figured she would be very relaxed. Nope! She was mad and very uncooperative. Thankfully Nicole was very patient. As was I. I got peed, pooped, and puked on. As I'm writing this, I'm on shirt and pants #3! "Ahh, the joys of motherhood," Jonathan always reminds me... We should be able to view the pictures in a week or two after Nicole and her hubby get settled in their new town. We're going to miss them!

Nana and Grandad Queen will be visiting Madelyn this weekend. No real exciting plans because it's supposed to rain most of the weekend and Madelyn's pretty much entertaining all by herself.