Our Santa pictures arrived today! I suppose that only Madelyn knows what she asked for, maybe she'll tell us someday. We consider ourselves lucky in that we made it to see Santa without and major wardrobe, parent or child breakdowns.
New tricks of the week continue to be more laughter, mainly at Symon our cat and occasionally she'll laugh at one of us if we act funny. She surprised Mom today and rolled over onto her tummy for the first time while she was reaching for a toy, it's amazing how fast kids grow at this stage and the daily surprises that you get to see. We must have hit another growth spurt because her feedings have stepped up a notch, a few nights this week it was almost like having a newborn again.
It was bound to happen, all those razzberries that we have blown on Madelyn to make her try to giggle have come back to bite us. Laying down on the changing table the other morning she starting making her usual noises. It started with something that sounded like "AAAABuUghhhh" and then moved to the full on "PHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT." I was honestly startled for a moment and thought where on earth did my child pick that noise up from? She then blew another razzzberry and that jarred my sleep deprived mind out of its fog...me.
The tongue has now emerged from her mouth, she'll mimic what you do at times to get a reaction from you. Stick out your tongue and make a silly sound and she'll try to do the same. I'll try to get a picture of this as it's quite cute. Giggles and laughter are still hard to come by. I coaxed several laughs out of her this morning when our cat pounced on a paper bag to get his feather stick, apparently she likes being startled.
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Madelyn turned 4 months this week, it's hard for us to believe that she sleeping in her own room now. We are still surprised day by day with her new behaviors that come and go. This week she decided that lip smacking was a good thing and for two days it seemed like that's all she wanted to do, "SMACK, SMACK, SMACK." Maybe she liked the sound her lips made or the way it felt? Then as soon as the lip smacking started she stopped.
She is becoming more aware of her environment day by day as well. When we walk into our pantry and see the same old boxes of food on the shelves we tend to think in terms of, "whats for dinner?" She on the other hand will be endless fascinated by all the shapes and colors that she can now see. Our friends the Fishers came over for dinner last night, their 2 month old daughter Kaitlyn and Madelyn babbled back and forth to each other a few times, it was as if they were saying, "That's a cute outfit you have on, where did you get it?", or "Are you as tired of drinking milk as I am?"
The Jumper-Roo continues to be a huge hit. It's nice that she can bounce around to her hearts content. She gives it such a run for its money that I sometimes wonder if she will pop out of it someday. Its very entertaining to watch.
We had our follow-up appointment at Children's Hospital this afternoon and Madelyn's X-ray came out just fine! The brace will have to be worn at night for the next 6 weeks, but she'll be out of it during the day. It's nice to be able to hug our daughter again without Velcro chaffing our arms.
Costume picture from Halloween that did not get put-up earlier, I guess this is what the Jolly-Green Giant's child would have looked like if he had fathered one :)
Our Santa pictures arrived today! I suppose that only Madelyn knows what she asked for, maybe she'll tell us someday. We consider ourselves lucky in that we made it to see Santa without and major wardrobe, parent or child breakdowns.
