3 Months Old

Three months old!

Wow - you are a growing girl.

At Three Months you are...

• Rolling like a pro from your belly to your back and TRYING so hard to go from your back to your belly, you are almost there!
• All smiles
• You know you can "cry" and we will appear at your crib or at your side and then you give us this big grin, you little stinker.
• You took your first trip! You and mommy drove to Ohio to meet Katie and Scott and attend Baby Paige's baby shower.
  
• On Monday you will be going to the sitter now that Winter Break is over.
  
• You are probably between 13 - 14 pounds (no doctor visit this month).
  
• You love to kick and play on your play mat.
  
• You are doing sit-ups with our help in our laps.
  
• You can sit in your Bumbo chair.
  
• You celebrated your first Christmas (Santa was VERY good to you).
  
• You are still the highlight of our days.
  

Pajama Party

On Monday we headed over to Brady and Cooper's (The Day's) for the first official day of Winter Break pajama party. It was fun to get the Parkwood babies together and just hang out in our jammies all morning, make crafts, and enjoy great food!

Madeline crashed after breakfast.

All of the other kids played.

Kaidyn liked the train table.

Ellie watched some cartoons.

Sabrina held a baby (her favorite thing to do).

I grabbed this picture of Jill because she always takes so many pictures I wanted a picture of her! (And look, a camera in her hands, haha)

Ellie holding Camryn, Ashtyn holding Madeline, and Brady holding Cooper.

Babies! (And a few moms)

The Three Amigos

Happy baby!

Best buds!

Making Cookies

On Sunday Daddy went to the Colts game in Indy so Mommy and Maddie hung out with Grandma and Grandpa all day. We watched the Colts game, the Hoosiers game, made cookies (White Family Tradition) and ate dinner. It was a very relaxing day. Turner was very excited about this day because he got to go in the car and hang out with grandma and grandpa too. He was enjoying all of the extra head and belly rubs from the grandparents (you'd think we had abandoned him or something)

Grandma Janice prepping the dough.

Madeline helping Mommy make a wreath cookie (my favorite cookie cutter, because it always leaves an extra bit in the middle that I sneak and eat).

The girls!

Baked and ready to be iced.

Finished!

Better shot of the stockings, I iced these specially!

Cousins!

Today was another Snow Day for me so I got to enjoy the day with Miss Madeline, however I know I will be upset when these come back to haunt us in June (side note - already have one called for tomorrow so it's an early start to Christmas break for the GCCS kids).

We watched Maddie's cousin Emma for a few hours and Maddie just loved to watch Emma move all over. Emma loves talking to Madeline and can't wait for her to be big enough to play with her.

They love each other already!

Bumbo

Someone tried out her Bumbo seat for the first time this weekend. Daddy tried her in it on Thursday and it didn't go so well, but after that she started trying to pull herself up with our hands and do sit-ups on our laps. So we tried the Bumbo seat again on Sunday and she enjoyed it much more this time around.

Pancakes with Santa

This past Saturday we took Madeline to Pancakes with Santa at the assisted living facility we just moved my grandpa into. There were a lot of families there and I think it made Great-Grandpa Charlie's day to show off his baby. This was Maddie's first time getting to meet one of Santa's helpers, and she did a really good job, no fussing at all (I realize this will not be so true in the future)! I hope to get her to meet another of his helper's soon.

Relaxing at breakfast.

Smile Grandpa!

Ready to meet Santa!

Tell him what you want for Christmas.

Family shot.

The "Turner & Madeline" relationship

Turner has a "love-hate" relationship with Maddie. He loves to know what she's doing and wants to be involved but he hates that he is not our #1 anymore. If we are playing with her on the floor he has to be RIGHT there.


Anything that is hers, he has to figure out a way to use also.

He also GREATLY enjoys pacifiers, the little thief! He has eaten 3. He also enjoys burp cloths, he has destroyed one, and slightly mangled another.

2 Months Old

Miss Maddie you are two months old! WOW! How does time fly so quickly?

• You weigh 12.2 pounds.
• You are still about 22 1/2 inches long.
• You are still (thankfully) sleeping through the night (Side note - you are now being transitioned into your crib).
• You are becoming much more playful, we get these fabulous smiles out of you which makes us smile, and then you smile even more.
• You are eating 6ozs of formula (when you get a bottle), and you eat between 5 and 6 times a day.
• You still love to get a bath.
• You love when mommy sings to you and plays with your legs.
• You try to talk back to us, you say "Guh" a lot, and we say it back to you.
  
• You received 2 shots at the doctor's office this month. You did NOT like this.
  
• You spent the last week with Grandpa Jeff because Mommy went back to work, next week you will be spending your days with Daddy, and the week after that Grandma Janice gets to enjoy you. Mommy misses you all day, but knows you are being very well taken care of :-).