Maddie Claire

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Week Twenty-Seven

Went on her first trip to the zoo! The central Florida zoo is located just up the road in Sanford and neither of us had been. We all loaded up and headed out for a few hours to check out all of the animals. Maddie stayed awake the entire time looking at the animals! It was nice and shady, but still super HOT!
Stayed up past her bedtime on Saturday night because mom got a crazy idea to rent a movie, make margaritas, and have take-out Chinese food (all after bedtime of course). The three of us headed out about 6:30pm to get our stuff and still managed to have Maddie in bed before 8pm. After she went to bed we enjoyed a nice date night! :)
Had a super blowout explosion in Publix!! Since it was family fun weekend, daddy got this crazy idea to go to the grocery store as a family. We loaded up with the cart and stroller and headed through the aisles with our list and coupons. Halfway through our trip I noticed Maddie needed changing, so I went to the restroom to change her and found our disaster. We managed to get a new diaper and new clothes on before the associate waiting outside to clean the restroom got too worried (he kept asking if I was okay since Maddie was talking away and sounded like she was screaming). I thought everything was fine and met Shawn back in the store to finish shopping (note: he was in the same aisle as when I left him...reason #5683 why I grocery shop). After a few minutes, I looked down at Maddie and realized that her previous disaster was all over her new outfit and her stroller, so I threw the list and coupons to Shawn and told him to finish shopping and I'd be in the car. I got the car to clean up and realized that the disaster started in the car seat and to top it off Maddie was now starving and letting the whole parking lot know! I cleaned her up a little and sat in the car to fed her while Shawn finished. Shawn came to car got in and told me he was never doing that again! He had to do 5 transactions to get all the coupons and became 'that person' at the checkout (a few people moved to another lane)! We managed to get home, clean everything, get Maddie fed and off to bed on time (of course we ate at 9pm)!
Ate avocados and apples this week. She was very unsure of my pureed avocado, so I started to just mash it with a fork and she thought it was great! She is still messy, but loves mealtime!
LOVES her fingers...those things are always in her mouth!
Stopped in at daycare to drop off some papers. We stayed for a bit and played in her classroom with the other babies. Ms. J was so happy to see her and was so excited about all the new things she's doing.
Went to story time at the library with Jacob and Mrs. Catherine. She was much more interested and seemed to enjoy more than when we went back in March.
Enjoyed some nice long morning walks with the other neighborhood babies and mommies!
Continues to enjoy her 12 hours of uninterrupted sleep! We are on 4 weeks straight of 7pm-7am sleeping....Shawn and I are enjoying sleeping for 8-9 hours per night as well. How did I ever survive on such little sleep??!!!??
Is super determined to move...she is trying so hard to scoot around and pull herself forward. She can move a little, but it's very tiring to pull that little body around!
LOVES her giggle doll. Oh my gosh...she has the biggest smile when she sees it!
LOVES, LOVES, LOVES her daddy! She gives him the biggest smiles and laughs when she sees him and oh my he eats it up! There is no doubt that he is already wrapped around that girl's finger!! :)
Is working on her sounds. I say, 'da da' and Maddie repeats, 'blah blah'. So far, 'blah blah' is her favorite phrase. I haven't decided if she is still learning or if she has already found the attitude of a pre-teen!!
Is really trying to sit up. I practice with her everyday, but she would much rather be on her tummy. She loves to reach for everything, so when she sits up she starts to reach for her toys and falls over!

6 month stats... compared to... 4 month stats:

Length- 26.5" (75%) Length- 25.75" (95%)

Weight- 14lbs 12oz (25%) Weight- 12lbs 11.5oz (25%)

Head- 16.5" (50%) Head- 16" (50%)

Trying avocados for the first time....pureed = no good

It's off to the zoo we go!

Shawn: "Maddie, look at the alligator" Maddie: "I don't care about the stinkin' alligator...look at those other people!"

Maddie: "Okay..now I'll look, daddy"

She just loves her piano!

My little musician! (yes, I already taught her 'Hot Cross Buns')

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Week Twenty-Six

Laughs!! She has always been a very happy baby, but she just smiled...never laughed. Often times she just looks around taking in the world with her serious face (I call it her daddy face). No she has started to really laugh at certain things. She loves when you take the nose sucker (that's my technical term) and blow air in her face, shake the burp cloth in her face, or tickle her neck! Her little laugh is just so cute!
Can't get enough of her feet! Those things are always in her mouth.
Loves Noah! They have become best friends... Noah likes to come and lay next to her on the floor, so we encourage Maddie to pet him and talk to her about what a good doggie he is. Noah loves the attention, but also still thinks it's fun to lick the top of her head....silly dog!
Started eating green peas and bananas this week. So far she loves both of them. (the first day of bananas she was a bit unsure, but the second day they were yummy) Her meals now look like this:

Breakfast: oatmeal and bananas
Lunch: brown rice cereal, sweet potato, green peas
Dinner: brown rice cereal, sweet potato, green peas

Is drinking a tiny bit of water from her sippy cup. She has figured out how to suck from it, but she doesn't ever drink much. She loves to hold it at dinner time and chew on it, though. Every few bites of food she holds out her arms out and reaches for it.
I'm pretty sure she has started her 6 month growth spurt. She has been taking super long morning naps the last few days. Usually she only naps for 1.5 hours, but she took a 2.5 hour morning nap on Monday and Tuesday. I'm pretty sure she is eating more too... she still only nurses 5 times a day and then she eats solids 3 times a day, but I've been eating us out of house and home. I eat 2 breakfasts, one lunch, an afternoon snack, dinner, dessert, and sometime a second dinner or late night snack. Maddie must be packing in the food when it is time to eat because I've been STARVING lately! It's hard to stay on a grocery budget when you are constantly hungry!
Gets a bath every night! We use to do bath time every other day, but now with our new eating schedule there is always stray oatmeal or green peas that need to be washed off!
Really wants to move....she is getting super strong and determined to crawl. We have been putting her in our front living room that has carpet, so she can try to get a hold of something and push herself. She is doing so well!
Got her 6 month professional photos done on Saturday. She isn't really 6 months until this Wednesday, but my coupon expires, so we did them a few days early. Maddie wasn't sure what to think of the camera man, so no smiles this time....she reserves those for people she knows!
Has started playing with some new/old toys. I expanded her play area for the summer since we are home all day and I set out all of her toys. She has started playing with some of the things she has had, but was never really interested before. She loves her giggle doll from Granny and her animal cube from cousins Jennifer and Brett. She also has brought back her piano from Grandma and Grandpa Hart...it's suppose to be a kick and play piano, but Maddie likes to lay on it now. It's fun to watch her play with all these toys in a different way. She is much more aware of what's going on and what they do.
Attempted a play date at the park with Jacob, but as soon as we got on the swings it started to rain. We decided to walk the mall instead...Maddie enjoyed her little trip with Jacob and enjoyed playing with the puppets in the bookstore. Jacob's mommy, Miss Catherine is so funny!
Has spent much of her time this week inside hiding from all the rain and storms we've had from TS Debby. We are ready for the weather to get better, so we can play outside again!

Maddie will all of her toys!

"Yay, it's my best bud, Noah"

"Come here, Noah...I want to pull your ear!"

Best Friends :)

Sippy Cup!

Smile time with mommy!

Just a typical trip to the store

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Week Twenty-Five

Happy Father's Day, Daddy!

Started eating oatmeal and brown rice cereal 3 times a day. We eat breakfast at about 7am, lunch at 11am, and dinner at 5pm.
Went with mommy and daddy to the store and bought our Vitamix blender, so we can make her food! It is such a wonderful kitchen appliance and so far all the food has been so easy to make...and cheap! One sweet potato (probably about $.75) made enough food for a whole week!
Added in vegetables during lunchtime. Our first vegetable was sweet potatoes and she loved them!
Is really getting the hang of eating. She is still messy, still sticks her fingers in her mouth, but she loves to eat!
Bangs on the highchair tray when she sits down for mealtime. As soon as she gets in the highchair she knows what's coming and gets super excited!
LOVES her daddy! Now that I'm home with her all day, I'm much less exciting, so when daddy gets home it's super fun time with lots of smiles!
Took daddy to dinner for his first father's day. We went to Bahama Breeze and she did very well. She is still a little too small for the highchairs there since there is a small back, so we held her in our laps. She ate her cereal there and luckily didn't make too much of a mess.
Maddie made her daddy a nice card for father's day. She did her own artwork and managed to get very little red paint on the ground!
Went for a fun day of shopping with Courtney on Father's Day while daddy went golfing with his friends! We didn't get much, but we had fun strolling around!
Got a new toy...my pal Violet. I saw this at cousin Kalia's house and decided that my little girl had to have this! You can program it from the computer and personalize it. Violet knows Maddie name and all her favorite things. She loves playing with her pal, Violet.
Had a playdate with Candance, Kelly, Brayden, Catherine and Jacob. Our friend Candance from FSU is a military wife and is back home for the summer before she moves to NY with her hubby. We haven't seen her in almost 2 years, so we all had a big lunch party with the kiddos! This was her first time meeting Maddie or Brayden...oh how things have changed since college!
Went to lunch with mommy and her friends, Lindsay and Chris. She gave Chris a wonderful greeting by spitting up milk all over his shirt, but he was a great sport about it! After lunch, I attempted to make a trip to Hobby Lobby for some house decorations, but Maddie let me know what she thought about shopping (after missing her afternoon nap). I carried her while pushing the stroller with the other hand, bought my one item I already had in the cart, and promptly headed home. She immediately fell asleep in the car for our ride home. I had messed up both naps that day and Maddie let me know by screaming for about 15 minutes before bedtime!!
Started walking with some of the neighbors. Our neighborhood is like pleasantville...you can find families walking with their kids and dogs anytime of day and everyone waves when you drive by. We also have TONS of kids all the same age. Depending on everyone's schedules, we sometimes do our morning walks with one of our neighbors, Kristen and her 3.5 month old daughter, Addison. It's nice to have some adult time during the day when your entire day revolves around an infant!
LOVES the jumperoo! She jumps non stop in that thing!
Found both of her feet and enjoys putting them in her mouth whenever she gets the chance. It actually comes in handy on the changing table! :)
I have officially become a SAHM (well for 9 weeks)...I have only used the blow dryer on my hair once in 3 weeks, I only wear shorts, tank tops, and flip flops, I live with smell of milk on me, and I do at least one load of laundry a day! I have SO much respect for anyone who does this job 365 days a year. It is truly not a 9-5 job, but it's a great one!