The Joneses

Sunday, July 3, 2011

6 month picture update!

I've probably said this a few times before but I'm finding myself saying it all the time.. so here you go again!

Kids really do grow fast! Before Maddy was born, everyone told us to enjoy the little moments because they grow so fast.. and it's so true. I didn't think that was the case during her first 3 months but now that 6 months has already gone by and on a weekly basis Maddy is picking up something new, discovering that she can do more, talking or babbling all of the time.. I remind myself each day to enjoy the little things because she'll be a year old before we know it.

Maddy is now in 9 month size clothes. Size 3 diapers (day and night). No teeth as of now but we've been telling ourselves that it's going to be any day now since she was about 4 months old. Her hair is starting to get longer or at least she's not totally bald. She's not crawling but rolling over to get to what she wants. She's sitting up on her own, for the most part.. but does fall over after a while. She's started walking around in a walker that we have at our house and put her in it while Nick and I are getting ready for work. She is now going backwards and forwards and has discovered that she can pull everything off of the lower part of the fridge! (Almost time to baby-proof the house). Speaking of baby-proofing.. we now have caged off our living room. There's a cage around the entertainment center and around our coffee table. The first time Maddy made it to the entertainment center her little tiny hands were in the VCR before we knew it!

Nick and I have also decided that we are going to exclusively breastfeed her until 1 year with some vitamin supplements (A,D,E and Iron). We've heard a lot of opinions of others or have seen the looks... "why?!?" but we've been told by our doctor and have read that breastmilk is best and is all she needs until she is 12 months old. It's going really well. So well that I'm able to still store up to an additional 30 oz. a week. We've heard that if we feed her cereal at night that she'll sleep better but.. she's sleeping from 8 pm until 5-7 am and not waking up during the night.

She had her first sleepover at Grandma and Grandpa Joneses house! She went to sleep fine, which is what I was worried about since I've always nursed her to sleep. She woke up at 1:45, 3:45 and finally at 7 am.. she woke up a very happy baby! Next weekend she's going to spend the night with my mom and dad in Kingston. I'm hoping that goes well.

Enjoy the pictures!

Maddy will be 7 months old on July 7th!

We bought this Fisher Price Jumparoo for $35 off of Craig's List! She LOVES it!! Can't you tell?

She LOVED touching the grass. She would pull it but never tried to put it in her mouth which surprised me.. now-a-days EVERYTHING goes into her mouth.

Playtime with Chester.

We're still working on the sharing part of playing...

So she thinks that mom should share her slurpee!

Maddy was very determined to get some of it.

Bath time!

Nick working from home and Maddy finally giving in to a much needed nap.

This is her Tigger.

She loves his whiskers.

Jumparoo = Happy Maddy

Such a big girl now in her really big BOB.

We switched everything over a few weekends ago. She's now in infant car seats which means that when she's asleep in the car and it's time for us to get out.. we've got to take her out of her seat which wakes her up. She really does enjoy the BOB and all of the walks that we take.

I Whaley love you

That's what her jammies say.

Everything goes into her mouth.

On Saturday, July 2nd Mike and Sue came up to LCP and joined us for Maddy's second time in a pool!! (I had taken her to the Mountlake Terrace public pool on my day off last week and she loved every minute of it!).

All lathered up with Water Babies!

Nick, Maddy and Grandma Sue

YAY!!

Our little water-baby!!

Thursday, June 9, 2011

It's that time of year again... LCP, YO!!

It's been a few weeks since I last posted and a lot has happened.

I've been commuting down to Tukwila (45 minutes South when carpooling) for 2 weeks now and have 1 week left! The days have been VERY long and I am really looking forward to being in my NFC (Neighborhood Financial Center) starting June 21st. Everyday I am reminded why it was time for me to move on and accept the job with BECU. I just love what the credit union represents, how business is down and the overall values. People helping people is truly how it is.

Nick is recovering from pneumonia. EEK! It all happened so fast. He started feeling under the weather last Thursday and by Saturday morning was running a fever of 102.5. He slept ALL day Saturday and most of the day on Sunday. His fever never fell below 101 for 4 days and by Tuesday morning he knew something wasn't right and had to see a doctor. Sure enough.. pneumonia. I kept Maddy away from Nick all weekend and his dad ended up watching her on Monday, thank goodness! He's on antibiotics and is doing better now. Still has a pretty bad cough and is out of breath easily. Maddy and I spent the last 2 nights at my in-laws house to keep our distance just in case Nick was still contagious. It's been a rough week and it hasn't been easy but it's getting better!!!

Maddy has found her voice and is trying to talk all of the time. She's now reaching up when she thinks we're going to pick her up and reaching out for anything and everything she can get her little hands on, including cups full of liquids! She's rolling over all of the time, and is now rolling or scooting to get to what she wants.
As far as sleeping, she's sleeping from 8 pm until about 4 am, sometimes she'll sleep until 5:30 but that's about the longest she's slept. It takes about 10 minutes to feed her and then she's back asleep. We've really gone back and forth about letting her "cry it out" and we've decided that it takes less time to feed her than it would for us to listen to her cry. Did I mention that she's just as stubborn as I am? So when she's upset, she'll cry for a good 30-45 minutes.
She's rolling all over in her crib and we find her in crazy positions in the morning. Mostly she sleeps in her side or on her tummy.
Teeth? Not yet! I keep thinking they are going to show up anytime now, but we're still waiting for them to!
Maddy is 6 months old now and is SO much fun! She's really easy going, loves to hang out and lets us know when she's either tired or hungry. Sometimes she'll get fussy when she wants attention or is just bored with what she's been doing.
Her 6 month check-up is on Monday and we'll know how long she is and how much she weighs! We think she's about 19 pounds now.
We're going to switch her out of the infant car seat and into 3 in 1 soon and also let her sit up in the stroller (instead of being in her car seat).

So many changes, so fast!

It really is true.... they grow up so fast!

Enjoy all of the pictures!

We like to keep her bundled up when were up there! She has a blast watching all of the kids run around!

She doesn't sleep that well up there. =( She sleeps in a pack-n-play and when it rains, huge rain drops fall on the skylight above her pack-n-play which sounds like a loud drum. Needless to say, the rain ends up waking her up! But she sure is a HAPPY baby!!