Karin's Pictures

We found a few pictures from Karin's album. Helen (Karin's mom) kept notes on the back of the pictures so we can compare Madelyn and Karin's pictures. The picture above is Karin and her Dad, Ken at one month.





Madelyn at 6 weeks above and Karin at one month below. Where the chubby cheeks came from we don't know :)





Karin at 9 months in the tub, this was too cute to pass up.

DVD anybody & Old Baby Pictures

If anybody wants a DVD of the first month drop us a email.

Thank goodness parents seem to save most everything baby related. A trip to my parents house (Mike) yielded a treasure trove of baby pictures. I've posted a few this week. We'll crack Karin's childhood trunk sometime this week and include some of her early childhood pictures on the next post.

Week 6

Life with a 6 week old is always full of surprises. A few nights ago Madelyn discovered her tongue at 3:00am. Why 3:00am was the magic hour we don't know but she started smacking and sucking on her tongue so loud it woke both of us up. Nighttimes are always fun, It will be a few more weeks before she can sleep though the night but for now she wakes up to feed twice. As long as we avoid looking her in the eyes and even talking to her she usually justs eats and thankfully goes back to bed. From the sounds of her screams the car seat is really just a torture device, she can make it down the street as far as the horseshoe saloon before she figures out she really does not want to be in it. Normally that's where I would like to pull over and have a beer to cope with the screams but I'm actually getting used to them (Or I'm loosing some of my hearing). She showed good progess at her doctor's appointment the other day. Did you know that babies are born without kneecaps, isn't that crazy?!

Another YouTube clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i9_-bArwAw

5 weeks old and still kickin

Madelyn seemed to not like her swing so we tried a glider this week with big success given her smile in this picture. She loves her time in the baby slings and I have taken her on several hour long walks while Mom naps. She smiles more now, to the delight of everybody around her.

4 Weeks

It's hard to imagine that 4 weeks have gone by. 4 weeks of wonderful surprises and a few train wrecks tossed in for fun. We helped to put on a baby shower for a friend yesterday at our house. Who would of ever thought that it would have taken 48 hours to prepare for it :)

More Newborn Pictures

We received the remainder of our newborn pictures yesterday, here are a few more. Madelyn is starting to follow objects, we catch her head turning from side to side as she stares at her mobile. Light and dark objects also seem to draw her attention, like a shade that is 1/2 way drawn across a window. She likes her baths as long as she's part way covered up with a washcloth so as not to get cold.