Maddie's First Year in Photos

Friday, November 8, 2019

November 2nd, 2019 - Day 61

First real family outing, Cox Farms Fall Festival!

It was amazing to me that they had a nursing area, Maddie and Mommy
were very grateful.

November 1st, 2019 - Day 60

Such a happy baby in the morning.

Another beautiful (cool) evening for a family walk.

Thursday, November 7, 2019

October 30th, 2019 - Day 58

The only goal was to get her to nap today, no matter where it was...whew.

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

October 29th, 2019 - Day 57

We all went to Caitlin's school to attend the book fair!

This was the first time Maddie had been to her school.

Such a fun little outing on a weeknight!

Maddie had her 2 month well visit today. She checked out very healthy and just like her big sister is measuring at least in the 90th percentile for everything. We did find out today that she has 2 vascular hemangiomas. One on her face and one on her bottom. We didn't even realize this was something to be aware of, we just thought they were random broken blood vessels. But these will continue to grow over the next few months and be much bigger red patches. I'm sad that Maddie has to deal with the one on her face and I pray that it doesn't last for too many years. So we shall see what happens in time. We have an appointment with a specialist in a few weeks to see what our options are.

Our chunky monkey. 24 inches (98th percentile), weight 13.8lbs (94th percentile)

Caitlin was such a good big sister, making sure Maddie was ok.

She was so concerned for Maddie who was getting her first set of shots. She hated seeing
Maddie cry :(

October 27th, 2019 - Day 55

Such a productive day today! Maddie had a great night's sleep, she got a bath, Caitlin and

Mommy made cookies together and did our hair and nails, and we ended the day with a great family walk.

She may not be napping well but she is doing so well overnight and
sometimes sleeping 8-9 hours straight!

Caitlin introduced Maddie to her new bouncer. Daddy tried to help her to which she replied,
"Daddy, I got this".

Love these two!

Big sister helping out during bathtime :)

Beautiful night for a walk!

October 26th, 2019 - Day 54

Repeat these two photos dozens of times and that's how our days have been going.

Finally got a nap out of her in the Boba Wrap.

Caitlin loves to help entertain Maddie with her favorite toy.

Lots of kisses for Maddie.

October 25th, 2019 - Day 53

She's such a happy baby in the mornings.

But we are starting to forget how to nap.

Trying everything to get some small cat naps in. Days right now are spent feeding her,
changing her and trying to get her to sleep and that's it. Sigh.

Monday, October 28, 2019

October 24th, 2019 - Day 52

Today was an improvement from yesterday. Figured out that she may

be eating too much, so I adjusted her schedule and she seemed a bit happier today.

Friday, October 25, 2019

October 23rd, 2019 - Day 51

Today was a VERY rough day. Maddie wouldn't nap for more than 5 minutes no matter

where I put her and she would vomit a lot after feedings. It was a long day, that's for sure!

Let's try napping in the swing, covered in blankets and arms swaddled down.
Even propped the pacifier in her mouth using a burp cloth. It only worked for minutes
at a time. Sigh.

Let's try this swaddle and try napping in your crib....nope, didn't work.

After a day of constantly trying to get her to sleep or feed properly I took us outside
for some much needed fresh air. Too much crying (by both of us) and screaming for one day.

Not a bad view to try and re-center yourself. Tomorrow will be better.

October 22nd, 2019 - Day 50

It took about an hour to get her to take a nap in her crib today. After she was asleep for 30 minutes the lawn guys showed up and woke her up. Mommy wanted to cry. Then Maddie decided to fight naps for the rest of the day then take 2 hours of trying to fall asleep at night. Weeeeeee!