2 months

Jeremy was out of town for about 5 weeks this month for work. He never travels with work but he became a new agent and had to do A TON of training. It was super hard having he away especially with a new baby. I also hated sleeping by myself but somehow we survived. This is when I finally figured Madie out and things started to click.

-       She went from being super fussy to super happy!

-       She loves bath time! She tries to lick the air and she started to suck on her tongue.

-       She holds her own hands and stares at them cross-eyed.

-       She loves tummy time and started to roll from her tummy to her back.

-       She weighed 9 lbs 4 oz (13%) and was 22.75 inches (66%) long at her appointment.

-       She was so tough during her shots and I literally bawled.

-       She graduated from preemie diapers to newborn. And newborn clothes are too big on her.

-       She has bad reflux and spits up all the time. We always have to have a bib on her.

-       Went to St. George for the 1^st time.

-       Got to meet Mike and Jen for the 1^st time.

-       I don’t think that I could love her more and then somehow I do.

1 month

Coming home from the hospital and walking into our home with Madie I knew things would never be the same. She has brought such a sweet spirit into our home. The first few weeks of Madie’s life was challenging and exhausting. There are a lot of things I don’t remember and the best way I can describe it was feeling like a zombie. My sweet mom would come over every morning to help me figure out how to be a mom and relieve me so I could sleep and recover from my C-section. But the thing that I do remember most is how special and simple our days were! I loved just being with Jer and Madie! Together we were learning about each other and scrambling to figure out how to be parents. It was a very spiritual experience and I had such an overwhelming feeling of gratitude and love from my Heavenly Father.

A few things about Madie during her first month:

-       She was a fussy baby. People would ask me why and honestly I had no idea. I think she was a little colicky but at that time I was just trying to keep us all alive so I couldn’t quite figure it out.

-       She is SUPER social. Madie never cuddles because she is too busy looking around. She could hold her head up from day one so she was busy learning and taking everything in.

-      She was not a good sleeper. Part of that was because she was so social and didn’t want to miss out of anything that was going on (just like her dad). I eventually figured out I have to cover her eyes with a blanket while rocking her to sleep so she would feel like nothing was happening around her.

-      She was a champ eater. She never had a difficult time figuring out how to eat (just like her mom).

-      She had hairy ears and shoulders.

-      She has big hands and feet.

-      She started sleeping in her crib around 2 weeks old.

-      She loved any kind of motion.