John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt

I really don't have much of an update this week. All in all we had a good one! Madeleine and I got out walking 3 days this week, an hour each time which felt wonderful. We've been on a rainy day schedule lately and have to go to the mall to walk around which I don't enjoy nearly as much.

Nick's mom introduced me to a salad that I just love and can't seem to get enough of it! (Sorry Nick, we've had it with dinner every night this week). It's romaine lettuce, avocados, grapefruit with a balsamic vinegar dressing and it's to die for!

I'm still not eating chocolate and I think that every day that goes by it's getting harder - not easier. Ugh!!

I hope you enjoy the photos from this week!! I sure enjoyed taking them.

Play time with Dad! You can't hear it but Nick is singing the fight song from UW.. "Bow Down to Washington"!! She's going to know it by heart very soon.

Madeleine all dressed up to join Grandma Sue for lunch with her girlfriends.

This is the same dress she wore to go visit Santa Claus. It's amazing to see how much see has grown in the last month. It fits her now!

I'll try just about anything to get things done around the house including using the Snugli. Yes, I've even used it to make some coffee for myself. I enjoyed every sip!

Play time with Chester.
I'm not sure he knows he's not my only baby anymore.





I spy Chester.
He actually took a cat nap under it today. No pun intended. ;-)







First outing with Grandma Sue. She got to show her off to her friends!
Lunch with the ladies.
Madeleine was wonderful for Grandma Sue.






Grammy (my mom) came over last Sunday to babysit for Nick and I!
Okay- I'm a total cheese ball but I really enjoyed holding hands with Nick while we watched The Green Hornet. I haven't been able to watch a movie uninterrupted since Madeleine was born.
I really enjoyed the "date" with Nick. Thanks Mom!!





Her onesie says "Just Add Milk".
Thanks Ashley for sending this to us.
Madeleine is trying to tell me she's hungry in this picture.








Madeleine's happy place seems to be the changing table. Funny, huh?
I caught this smile the other day.










Both Nick and Madeleine are tired in this picture but I'm not sure who is more tired.. can you tell?









The Jones family.
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Get ready to laugh.....
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Camera 2.
This is Maddy's POOPin' face!!

Depending on the level of the push, her face sometimes turns bright red. I still laugh when she does this - which is at least a few times a day.

(Please note: She's wearing a UW onesie).

Until next week...

Baby Bumblebee

Madeleline started to smile back yesterday! It melted my heart.

She seems to really like the changing table and that's where she smiled up at me. I called Nick into her room and he confirmed it was indeed a smile.

She will be 7 weeks old this coming Tuesday and she's growing everyday.

We've had some rough days this last week and we've also had some really good days. Some days she will want to nurse every two hours and some nights she has stretched her sleeping out to as much as 4.5 hours! I do have to say that the sleeping has gotten better during the nights which makes me happy!

I've had to cut out chocolate... I guess that's one major contributor to baby fussiness/gassiness. It's been really difficult considering i've enjoyed having Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches as a treat; the positive aspect of cutting out chocolate is that it will likely help to assist with my ongoing weight loss, which is currently 36 pounds!!! Whoop Whoop!

We had our first bath WITHOUT crying this week!

Chelsea keeping Maddy asleep during our "game night" in Kingston with friends last weekend.


Neli getting some quality time with Madeleine.


Devry and Kelly offering Maddy another drink; the girls were incredibly insightful and recommended that we try Mylicon drops to help with the gas pains that Maddy has been having.

Turns out that after we talked about it, Madeleine wasn't nearly as excited as we were about going to Washington D.C. to visit Aunt Kim and Uncle Mitch... ;-) (just checking to see if they read the blog) :-P

Madeleine sporting dad's vintage 1979 Seattle Supersonics World Champions Tee! (we had to explain to her that the team was stolen and she was a little upset about that conversation)

The onesie says it all... We've only been able to use this onesie sparingly as she's not ALWAYS the best for mom and dad... ;-)

Grandma Veronics visited this weeek; we really enjoyed the quality time with her!

Look how much i've grown! I have an incredibly long torso, and short little legs... just like dad!