Eight Weeks

My goodness how time flys! I just want my little girl to stay little forever. Madisen you are getting so big so quick. I cannot believe that you have been in our hands for nearly 2 whole months. Eight weeks ago I knew instantly that I loved you with a kind of love that can only be understood when the moment presents itself. In an instant I fell in love with you. I mean when I saw your precious heartbeat for the first time, a single tear rolled down my cheek and I was in love but the moment you were born and I heard your first cry...my whole life changed. I used to want to be this big corporate guru and rise all the way to the top and the only way that I can explain now how I feel is to tell you that from the moment you were born I have made it. I have climbed the ladder as high as I will ever want to climb. You have made me whole. I longed for you and spent many nights wondering if God would ever make me a mother and here I look back on eight weeks and I am simply amazed that God thought enough of me to be called your Mommy.

This week you have been doing so many neat things. Every day you are learning so much. Daddy still swears that you are going to be a genius. I agree of course and do my best to make sure that happens. You love your changing pad and smile the moment I place you on it. I love to read to you while you lay there and stare up at me. You have the biggest smile and you giggle while I read. I hope that you continue to love to read. Your Momma is a bookworm and I hope that some day you will be too. There is very few things like a good book and it is such a good way to wind down.

You found your hands this week and I must say it is quite adorable. You lay down and put your arms up and move your hands in front of your face. You hold your little hands like you are a conductor of a symphony and move them back and forth. I get a kick out of watching you and how into your hands you have gotten. It keeps you entertained for a while until you figure out you haven't heard Mommy or Daddy's voice because we have been too busy being entertained by watching you.




The muscles on your neck are getting so strong. When we lay you on your tummy you are lifting your head for longer periods of time. Also, when Mommy or Daddy hold you, you hold your head up and try to take in all the sights around you. It is in a word...hilarious. You move your head from side to side but you have a little bounce still and you will throw your heard down when you have had enough as if to say...I am so tired!




You have taken a big interest in laying on your back. For whatever reason it makes you so happy. So Mommy has taken your comforter out into the living room and puts your boppy noggin nest under your head...(we have to protect you from the flat head) and I sit and play with you for up to an hour until you get tired and need a nap. We do chest presses, chest flys, leg lifts...you love to hear me count to 8 and you giggle when we start back up again at one. I love to hang out with you on the floor because you smile so big and your smile is like winning an Oscar for Best Mommy. I cannot tell you how happy it makes me to see you happy and smiling. I was terrified of having a baby who was not happy or constantly crying.



8 week stats :)

-You wake at 7AM to eat and you fall back to sleep until 9:30 or 10AM. This week you have been going back down to sleep on Mommy after you eat at 7 which has been a dream because you sleep so well for an extra couple of hours and Mommy gets more sleep which is heavenly.

-Still doing well on your schedule and thank goodness for that. Your naps are averaging about 40 minutes to one hour. In the evening your naps are longer. You are generally pooped out by 7pm.

-You are still doing really well on eating. I think you might be going through a growth spurt because several times I have had to give you more to drink after a period of fussiness which calms you right down. Keep growing strong and healthy baby.
-You still like your activity mat and love being on your tummy.

-You have been making giggling noises this week when you get really excited and it is like music to my ears. Mommy loves to hear a happy baby and Daddy gets a kick out of it too.

-We started our walks again and you love to get outdoors. You hate when I close your umbrellas to protect you from the sun. You love to stare out and you seem to be really happy on walks as long as you can see me.

-This week you starting taking you other 50 pacifiers we bought you. Alleluia, those other ones are expensive but have been well worth it. But the worst part about them is that we have to drive to Fresno to pick them up which I would do forever if it made you happy but this week you just seem to be satisfied with sucking any pacifier I give you. Dad and I are pretty tickled that all that money on the other paci's didn't just fly out the window.

We moved you to size 2 diapers and we are trying Huggies this week. We are for sure never buying those again. We have had too many leaks and thinking we are going to move on to Pampers and see how those work. You haven't seem to notice a difference in our testing different diapers. You are such a champ.

-I haven't weighed you this week but we go to the Dr. next week and we will get all of your official stats. Only thing I am sure of is you are definitely still growing.

-You still LOVE to be swaddled. This week we have moved on from the SwaddleMe's and now we are using the Miracle Blankets that Auntie Cassie bought you. They are working out great and they seem to be the right size and breathable. The other fabric was a little thick and this one seems to be thinner which has been much better for this horrible heat.

Your Daddy and I keep asking each other how we got so lucky. You really are a dream and such a good baby. Your smile can make my day and your father is absolutely in love with you. I love to hear him talk baby talk with you because your Daddy is a pretty tough guy but you are making him into a little softie. God really blessed us when he gave you to us and we would walk through hell to protect you and keep you safe. Our love for you grows each week and just when you think we can't love you any more you smile at us again and our hearts just swell. You have changed our world so much in 8 weeks, there have been challenging moments and all the other moments seem to completely erase the difficult times. Who knew being a parent could change your wants and desires so quickly, the only thing that really matters to us now is you Maddie and our family and every thing else is secondary.