Father's Day Weekend

We had a very nice quiet weekend. We saw Grandma, Grandpa, Joel, Jean, Jake, and Jaya.Maddie sat on her elephant for the first time.We went to Illinois State Beach - perfect weather, but the water was too cold to get in.


This picture is from today - Maddie in her new dress
Happy Anniversary Mommy & Daddy (Sunday)!

Summer is Coming (7.5 months old)

Since our last post we have done many things and Maddie has learned a few new things.
She can now sit up by herself, for the most part.She is getting better with using both hands and can pass things between them. Here she is reading her favorite book Barnyard Dance.And playing with the camera strapAnd she can hold a bottle a little better
She is also learning how to be more cute.
Hand in the sun
She loves her jungle!
We went to a BBQ at the Silverman's and Maddie did not want to take a nap. So we went outside and Cheyenne said hi.
Maddie, Caleb, Dee, and Cara - Are the kids holding hands?
We went to Rob's family's place in Indiana for a weekend and got some pool time in!
We also went for a quick boat ride.

BOING!

Maddie thinks Daddy's cellphone is pretty funny!

Maddie says - The Blackhawks need to win tonight!

A Few Firsts

We've been bad about blogging, but that's because we've had a lot of first moments with little Maddie!

• First road trip to Indianapolis for a half marathon (Daddy could not run in it, but we cheered on the rest of the crew at the finish line...okay, it was actually the beer tent). Maddie was GREAT!
  
• First taste of solid food - homemade pea puree. She'll try organic pear puree tomorrow!
  
• 6 month checkup - Maddie is now 13 pounds, 6.5 ounces and 25 and a quarter inches long
• First sitting up by herself
• She's now taking two bottles of formula with 2 - 3 feedings of breast milk each day
• We had one night where Maddie yelled for a half hour. We gave her some gripe water and she finally calmed down and went back to sleep. We think her tummy was gassy as we are moving her to formula and "food." One other night she woke in the middle of the night and was really hungry, but went right to bed after getting fed. Every day is a new one!

And the video portion of our program...

Peas please!


Lickin' her chops after the peas...


Swimming with Daddy


I can sit by myself...sort of...

Six Months Old!

Hi! I'm Maddie and I'm six months old today!



For Maddie's six month birthday, Mommy and Daddy introduced her to a new food - Brown Rice Cereal. We don't think she liked the flavor too much, but seemed to enjoy the experience!

Formula Woes

Last weekend, Mommy was alone with Maddie on Saturday while Daddy went to a Cubs game. Because we have decided to move Maddie to formula for her daytime feedings, nursing in the morning and evening, Mommy thought it would be a good idea to test drive a bottle of formula. Mommy did a lot of research on which formula to use, and Maddie drank it all up...then threw it all back up! It was so scary that Mommy had a neighbor come over to comfort her (thank you Lisa!). After discussions with Dr. Davis, Maddie has been SLOWLY taking in formula each day and now drinks a full bottle. We had to switch to Similac since the doctor was more familiar with it, but as long as it's okay for Maddie, it's okay for Mommy and Daddy.

Here, Daddy feeds his little princess a bottle of formula while using the new burp cloth and bib that Mommy made with her new sewing machine.