Oh boy, the pain that one little tooth has caused us is unbelievable. Last week Madi's tooth popped through and you would think we had a different baby living in this house. The next day, she was taking naps again, sleeping all night, going down without a fuss, AMAZING!!! We also started a bedtime routine and it works!! She is asleep within 15 minutes now and I have at least 2 hours every night to sit and do nothing before I have to go to bed. I tell you what, we have to remember these things and hopefully number 2 will be much easier.
Madi is also a crawling fool now!! She gets where she wants to go, usually into things she isn't supposed to be into, mainly the DVD player and movies under the tv (time to move those). Now she just needs to learn to get herself into a sitting position on her own and we will be set. She is so close but just won't slide her hand to push herself up yet. We practice. It will probably be like crawling, it will just happen on its own one day.
Today is Madi's 8 month birthday. It has gone so fast!! Today is also my mom and dad's 27th Anniversary, Happy Anniversary!!!
Stay warm and have a great weekend!!
Love, Amy
Thursday, January 25, 2007
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Monday, January 15, 2007
Brrrrrrrrrr!! It is cold!! It has been in the single digits to low 20s and it is down right cold. Even in the house. I know it is cold outside when it is cold in the house...since we haven't left the house since Thursday. Such bums we are!!!
Still having some trouble with Madi sleeping. We are trying something new, which is to let her cry when she wakes up in the middle of the night. She has been doing better and crying herself to sleep after about 10 minutes. But this is soooo hard. We can't figure out what is waking her up. She wakes up and cries out at least 6 times a night. We also have changed her bedtime routine and it has worked so nicely the last two nights. That is until Oliver (our dog) went in last night to "check" on her which swung her door open all the way. She woke up and could see the lights on in the livingroom and could hear the tv and then there was no falling back to sleep. Oh well, I keep telling myself this won't last forever...but it sure is draining. (Andrea, I am so jealous after reading your wonderful bedtime story...this will get better before she is 2 right? Ella needs to come teach Madi her tricks!)
Our new excitement around here is that Madi is starting to crawl!!! I don't know if I should be happy our sad, she is growing up so quickly. She is still learning and will only take about 2 little crawls before her butt gets swaying so fast that she falls over. But she gets back up on her hands and knees and tries again. Between the little crawls, rolling and lunging, she gets around the livingroom pretty well. Time to baby proof!!!
Take care!!
Love, Amy
Still having some trouble with Madi sleeping. We are trying something new, which is to let her cry when she wakes up in the middle of the night. She has been doing better and crying herself to sleep after about 10 minutes. But this is soooo hard. We can't figure out what is waking her up. She wakes up and cries out at least 6 times a night. We also have changed her bedtime routine and it has worked so nicely the last two nights. That is until Oliver (our dog) went in last night to "check" on her which swung her door open all the way. She woke up and could see the lights on in the livingroom and could hear the tv and then there was no falling back to sleep. Oh well, I keep telling myself this won't last forever...but it sure is draining. (Andrea, I am so jealous after reading your wonderful bedtime story...this will get better before she is 2 right? Ella needs to come teach Madi her tricks!)
Our new excitement around here is that Madi is starting to crawl!!! I don't know if I should be happy our sad, she is growing up so quickly. She is still learning and will only take about 2 little crawls before her butt gets swaying so fast that she falls over. But she gets back up on her hands and knees and tries again. Between the little crawls, rolling and lunging, she gets around the livingroom pretty well. Time to baby proof!!!
Take care!!
Love, Amy
Monday, January 8, 2007
Not much going on here. I have been trying to get Madi back on her schedule since Christmas. But she is having a terrible time sleeping at night. I don't know what is going on. Some nights she sleeps all night and others she is up half the night. We have been shut ins for two weeks now. Which isn't all bad.
Chris has been busy. He was in Concordia last week for three days and not getting home until 9:00 at night. He has two extra guys helping him out for awhile. He was down at the shop all day Saturday getting his office organized and getting paper work rounded up for the end of the year.
I am starting to work on sewing again. I have several blankets I want to make and especially one for Madi...which I still haven't done yet.
Take care and have a good week.
Love, Amy
Chris has been busy. He was in Concordia last week for three days and not getting home until 9:00 at night. He has two extra guys helping him out for awhile. He was down at the shop all day Saturday getting his office organized and getting paper work rounded up for the end of the year.
I am starting to work on sewing again. I have several blankets I want to make and especially one for Madi...which I still haven't done yet.
Take care and have a good week.
Love, Amy
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
We woke up New Year's Eve Day to about 2 inches of snow on the ground. It continued to snow until early afternoon. We ended up getting 4-6 inches. So, we have another first in Madi's 7 months...First snow. I took her out today on the back porch and let her sit in it. She is so cute in her bunny snow suit!!!
We have had a week filled with new things Madi is starting to do. The day after Christmas she started saying Mama (how exciting!!). She had her first fruit on Friday and we are now eating 3 meals a day. Saturday, while spending the day at my mom and dad's with Jason and Tabatha, Madi started playing Peek-a-Boo with PaPa (grandpa). I was holding her and dad was behind me and he would peek over my shoulders and Madi would sway back and forth looking for him. She had so much fun and she was all smiles whenever she saw papa. And Sunday she saw her first snow and partied till midnight for New Years!!! What a wonderful and blessed year we have had!!! And we are looking forward to a whole bunch more.
Happy New Year!!!!
Love, Amy
We have had a week filled with new things Madi is starting to do. The day after Christmas she started saying Mama (how exciting!!). She had her first fruit on Friday and we are now eating 3 meals a day. Saturday, while spending the day at my mom and dad's with Jason and Tabatha, Madi started playing Peek-a-Boo with PaPa (grandpa). I was holding her and dad was behind me and he would peek over my shoulders and Madi would sway back and forth looking for him. She had so much fun and she was all smiles whenever she saw papa. And Sunday she saw her first snow and partied till midnight for New Years!!! What a wonderful and blessed year we have had!!! And we are looking forward to a whole bunch more.
Happy New Year!!!!
Love, Amy
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