Rolling....

Madelyn has figured out how to roll over more than once when she wants to go somewhere this week. It's funny to watch her. First she hikes her feet up in the air, wiggles them around and arches her back, then she smiles, flops over on to her back and does it again. We have found her in the crib some mornings turned 90 degrees and wedged sideways so she must be doing this at night also.

Her increased mobility has alarmed Wyatt who stays well past the 1 foot "no-touch" zone. Symon on the other hand will toss himself down next to her and tolerate having his fur pulled out, maybe because he's so attention starved. She got a set of Alphabet blocks from Uncle Andy and has decided that she likes them, if we give her two blocks, she'll rake them towards her, if we then show her 1 or 2 more, she'll want those as well. Take one or two away and she'll drag them back.

Christmas Time

Kids must be born with the present gene. Every time Madelyn got close to a present she wanted to rip it open and see what was inside, I guess I can't blame her. Our first Christmas as a family together will be a day to remember (It even snowed here in Seattle!) but it seemed to go by much to fast and was over in a blink of an eye. Madelyn is well stocked up on toys for the next year thanks to her friends and family.


This was a present for me but she enjoyed helping to open it up anyway.


Sitting on the Dining room table and acting cute again :)


Joy, an electronic toy drum - Thanks D&R :)



Our niece, Angelica, is in town this week as well.

Hips check out ok

We had another trip to Children's Hospital this week and Madelyn's hips were given an ok. The highlight of the trip was actually watching Madelyn tear up the white paper that they put out on the exam table. She loves that she can shake something and make such a huge racket, we must have gone though 10 feet of the stuff while we waited.

Thankfully this week she has learned how to roll on to her back from her belly, so now when she's tired of holding her head up she just flops over rather than getting annoyed. She also rolls around at night in her crib and prefers to sleep face down, occasionally she'll get stuck against the side of the crib but for the most part she's sleeping great. After taking a week off from want rice cereal she's showing some renewed interest. As with anything new, it will take some time for her to get the hang of it.

We have caught Madelyn and Symon playing together at times. He has far more patience than Wyatt for her jerky and less than gentle movements.

High Chair

It's been fun to watch Madelyn improve her roll-over technique this week. Two weeks ago it seemed to take lots of concentration and effort for her to hoist her legs up and then decide to roll them to the left or the right and then finally twist the rest of her body, sometimes getting stuck along the way. Now she has it down pat and seems to roll over whenever she wants. In the blink of an eye she tosses her legs up and poof she's on her belly. She's also learned this week that she can make a funny sound by trying to jam her entire fist into her mouth and sucking on it. One or two fingers won't do, it has to be the whole fist.

A few toys have become her favorite recently, one of them looks like a cross between a stuffed giraffe and a small yellow blanket has been nicknamed her "Fussy". Madelyn absolutely loves to rub it all over her head and shake it all about. An X-mas present from the Grandparents in the form of a High Chair has shown up this week and she's definitely ready to eat. She gets a small serving of rice cereal or perhaps sweet potatoes once a day.

Yippie I'm 5 Months old now

We've had a good week. Mom was able to sneak into Babies R Us for another holiday picture opportunity. We are continuing to feed her rice cereal each evening and she loves the change in food so far. I'm thrilled because I finally get to feed my daughter and have something to do around mealtime beside coaxing burps out and cleaning up spit-up. She still loves to watch the cats, but they are wise to her and give her a wide berth when they walk on by.

First Food

We decided to start rice cereal yesterday. Madelyn is continually reaching for our food when she sits on our laps while we eat. She's just getting the hang of it but seems to like the taste of something new. The spoon routine is going to take a little practice and getting used to.

Rolling over is her other skill of the week, she just loves to pick her legs up and flop on over to her belly, it's great fun to watch. She's still working on how to roll back, maybe next week.


Our holiday photo shoot at home last night did not seem to go as planned, but she seemed to have fun despite two parents who desperately wanted some more cute pictures of her in her holiday outfits.

Another Santa picture at Memere's church last weekend.