She Giggles!!!

I called my mom this afternoon because while I was playing with lil M, she kept almost giggling. So I said to my mom, "Maddie is 2 seconds away from giggling." And right when I said that she giggled. It was the cutest giggle in the world!!! I knew she was getting close because sometimes when she's sleeping she'll giggle in her sleep. She will also sometimes cry in her sleep, and frown the biggest frown. I wonder what she's dreaming about? Milk???

Clean House?... Maybe in a few years!

I was talking to my mom on the phone yesterday and telling her how embarrassed I was about the disarray of my house with my father-in-law here for the weekend. Now there's usually some stuff here and there, but when I know company is coming, I always do a quick run thru out the house at least for the "glory clean" as my hubby calls it. (That's when you clean all the stuff that people will see, so they think your house is immaculate, when little do they know if they just opened the closet door next to them they might die!) But this time, I didn't even do that, and let me tell you my house needed WAY more than a glory clean!!!! I told my mom I just didn't care that nothing was getting done... I just love my baby way too much, and when she's awake I want to play with her, and read to her, and just watch her as she discovers new things every day. And when she's asleep I just want to cuddle and rock her and kiss her and watch her to make sure she's not growing too quickly(sadly she is!). So since those are the 2 things she does, well my house has just gone to pot! So my mom told me about a popular poem from back in the day and I think I might have to post it in my house so when we have company they know I know my house is a disaster, but I'm just enjoying every second with my little cutie too much to care!

Here's the poem:
Mother, O Mother, come shake out your cloth,Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,Hang out the washing, make up the bed,Sew on a button and butter the bread.

Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.

Oh, I've grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue,Lullabye, rockabye, lullabye loo. Dishes are waiting and bills are past due. Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo

The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew. And out in the yard there's a hullabaloo. But I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo. Look! Aren't his eyes the most wonderful hue?Lullabye, rockaby lullabye loo.

The cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow. But children grow up as I've learned to my sorrow. So quiet down cobwebs; Dust go to sleep! I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.- Ruth Hulbert Hamilton

New Member?

These pictures were taken on our first Sunday back to church. I guess I'm the typical paranoid first time mommy, cuz she was 6 weeks old before we took her to church. Everyone I know was talking about how they were sick or thought they might be coming down with something and I just didn't want to risk it. It was so much fun to dress her all up. She looked so adorable!!!

I felt like a brand new member of the ward because I had hardly been at church the last couple of months before I had her anyway.

Maddie's Bed!

Madison has been having trouble sleeping well and is always restless and will grunt and fuss frequently through out the night. I knew something was bothering her but couldn't quite figure out what it was. So my good ol' mom-being the internet buff that she is- started googling her symptoms, and we think that she might have acid reflux, poor baby! They talked about how important keeping the baby elevated is, and I have a incline wedge that I've tried keeping her on, but she doesn't seem to like it. So we came up with the ingenious idea to try her car seat... Let me just say what a beautiful night's sleep we all had! Hallelujah! I had to wake her up to feed her, and it's quarter to 10 and she's still sleeping. A true miracle. Thanks Tower, couldn't have done it without you!!!!

All Dressed Up!

Maddie doing yoga!

She fell asleep like this in her boppy the other day. She looked so uncomfortable to me, but was very content there for quite some time.

Everyone keeps getting after me to post some new pics. I never realized how busy a lil baby and a lil hubby who just had surgery could keep me. Madison is now a month old and is smiling and starting to coo at us. She's so adorable- we just love all her sounds and silly faces she makes! This is what happens when her daddy changes her.