8 Months! Already!

My baby is 8 months today. I can't believe she's been here for the exact length of time that I knew I was pregnant! The pregnancy went fast, but NOTHING compared to how fast these last 8 months have gone! It is so amazing how much a child changes in that first year. The growth is amazing and sad all at once. I told Tony last night after I went in to check on her one last time before bed, "She looks more like a little girl and less like a baby everyday." Its amazing how that realization can make me want to cry remembering how tiny she was, but also make me so excited for the little girl she is becoming.

She has a personality like nothing else. She is such a happy little girl! She makes some of the funniest faces, and loves to talk. She's also recently started "singing" to herself in the car...its so adorable. She gives kisses now, too. Wet, slobbery kisses, but the best kisses I've ever received! She will also kiss her animals in the bathtub now.

On Wednesday, June 3, my baby crawled. The look of accomplishment on her face was priceless! She was SO proud of herself. Yesterday morning, Tony said she crawled over the couch where she proceeded to try and pull herself up. I know that once she gets strong enough to get herself all the way up, she's going to crawl to a place she can pull herself up and start cruising. The girl loves to stand! If you hold her hands for her, she will walk. She can feel free to wait a couple months before walking on her own, though...Mommy really won't mind!

I will try and upload some pictures when I get home!! Happy Eight Months, Madison! Mommy and Daddy love you SO MUCH!!

I'm WAY behind...

So much has happened, I've been too busy/tired to post about it all! Madison is now seven (7??!!) months and we just got back from a wonderful vacation...Grandma is keeping little miss this weekend so hopefully I'll have some time to post updates and new pictures!!

New post in the works...

I am currently working on Madison's 3 month post, and her first Christmas post. I hope to have them up by the weekend!

Date Night!

Last Thursday, Tony and I went on our first date since Madison was born. She got to stay the night with Nanny (Tony's mom), while Mommy and Daddy went to eat at Bravo. It was wonderful to enjoy a nice meal, good wine, and wonderful conversation without worrying if she was going to make it through the meal without crying. But I stilled missed her more than anything, and wished she would have been with us!! I know it's good for us to do things just the two of us, but I miss her so much the entire time! She did wonderfully at Nanny's and I'm sure she never realized we weren't there! Everyone was telling me how great I would sleep that first night without her, but oh how opposite it was!! She's been sleeping through the night since she was about 5 1/2 weeks old, so I've been getting good sleep for a while, but Thursday night, I did not sleep well. I wasn't really worried about her, I knew she was in good hands, but just knowing she wasn't in her crib made me sad! (yes she's in her own room, in her crib already...don't get me started on how happy and sad that makes me at the same time!)

We've started putting Madison to bed at around 9/9:30 every night, and she's consistently sleeping until about 8 or even later some mornings. Some mornings we have to go in and give her her pacifier at around 5 or 6, but some mornings she doesn't make a sound until 8. We are so lucky to have such a good sleeper!! The only thing: she has to be swaddled. If I try to put her to bed without swaddling her, she flails her arms up, wakes herself up, and then just stares and plays with her hands! I'm fine with swaddling her now, I just don't want to be swaddling a 1 year old!! Hopefully we'll be able to wean her off of it easily.

Madison had her 2 month check-up on Saturday, and she's doing well! She weighs 10 lbs 0.5 oz (25th percentile), is 22 1/2 inches long (50th percentile), and her head measured 15 1/2 inches (50th percentile). I had already gotten her shots at the Health Department, so we had a happy appointment with no tears!

Guess who's back...but not so better than ever

I got a nice surprise when Tony called me Monday afternoon to tell me he was on his way to Best Buy to pick up our computer!! I only had to go 2 days basically...and surprisingly, I survived! :-)

Monday began my maternity leave, and I got a lot accomplished! I had to go to Target to return something, and exchange a couple other things. Then I headed over to Kohl's to see if I could find some pants for my daughter. Do you know how hard it is to find pants smaller than 6 months?! There are some for 3-6 months, but almost nothing for 0-3 months. You can find packages and racks full of onesies, but some pants to go with them? Nah, just let your child hang out in a onesie. Which I'm fine with (I guess) at home, but I don't want to be stuck at home all the time because I have no pants for my child! If any of you already mommies out there have any suggestions on where to find 0-3 month pants...PLEASE SHARE!!

Tony called me while I was at Kohl's to see if I wanted to meet him for lunch, so I headed over to the mall after I was finished there, and had lunch at TGIFridays with him. (We only had to spend $2! Yea for gift cards!) I then had to return something at Children's Place, and picked up a cardigan and some corduroy pants (0-3 months...can you believe it! but it was the only style I could find in 0-3) for the girl who needs more clothes like she needs a sixth toe! Then headed to Babies R Us to find a picture for her room : I headed home then for some much needed rest, and just chilled out the rest of the evening until the Monday Night Football game (which was great!).

Yesterday, I ordered all of my belly pics to put in "The Belly Book" and some for her scrapbooks and baby book. (which I'm doing today), then to the bank, and then to Wal-Mart. I ended up spending way more than I intended to at Wal-Mart, but once I got there I realized that I needed food for lunches...and Tony's off starting tomorrow until next Thursday, so we definitely needed more food than we usually have! I don't think I've ever seen our fridge, freezer, pantry, and cabinet look so full (and they still really aren't that full...) I guess it's something I will have to get used to!

Ok, I know the title of this post is "...but not so better..." and all I've talked about has been fairly good stuff. Well last night was not so great. I turned off my bedside lamp at about 11pm, and woke up at midnight with some mild cramping and having to pee...so I went pee, and went to lay back down. I woke up at 1am, 2am, 3am, and so on until I finally got out of bed at 8. I never really had any regular contractions during that time, but still felt crampy when I got out of bed. i had wanted to organize Madison's closet today, but I decided maybe I should just take it easy today. So I had some breakfast, drank some water, and just laid back down on the couch. I started to feel a little better, so I took a shower, and am drinking as much water as I can. I feel better now. I was so sure I would make it to the induction, and I realize its still a good possibility I will, but I'm not quite as confident as I was! I don't go to the doctor until tomorrow at 2, so I'm hoping everything stays under control until then. If I didn't start feeling better today, I was going to call. I didn't really want to because I figured they'd just send me back to Labor and Delivery, and I really didn't want to have to go back there again unless they were going to let me have this baby! :-) I think I was just dehydrated. Its really hard for me to remember to drink water while I'm at home. When I'm at work, my water bottle is never empty, but for some reason, it's not as easy when I'm at home. I was trying to think back to how much I had drank yesterday...and I don't think it was more than 3 glasses! At work, I had 3 bottles of water by 10 most days! So just trying to keep myself more hydrated today. I will leave you with the 40 week belly pic...which could possibly be the last one!

Updates finally

I've added three updates finally! One for my baby shower, one for Labor Day, and one for my eventful Friday!

Someday I'll catch up...

I have multiple things to post...just no time. I have to write about my baby shower this weekend (absolutely amazing!), Putt-Putt on Labor Day, 36 Week pic, and our 3 year anniversary (which is today!!) So for now, I'll just leave you with a wonderful picture of us on our wedding day:
I promise posts are coming soon...there's just a lot to do right now. Hopefully I'll have pictures of Maddie's room soon, too!