All ready to go play for Baby E's birthday party!

 

Learning to "High Five!" - Daddy definately taught her this one.

 

There it is! See piece of cake :-)

 

Here's the shrieking

 

Open, Close, Open, Close, repeat...over and over and over...

 

Hang on to the couch! Mommy's not ready for you to take steps yet...

Is it bad that I can't wait for October to be over? We have just been go-go-go-go... for way too long now! Geeesh, I'd like to just say that Madelyn now has 2 - YES TWO - teeth on the bottom and since I have been horrible at keeping up with the blog in the last month, I may or may not have already mentioned that. And this entire next paragraph may be a repeat but here goes...

On Oct 2 (My Dad's birthday) we were at my parents home for a family birthday dinner and my Mom felt into Madelyn's mouth and proclaimed that a tooth was coming... yeah right. I don't feel anything, I don't have a clue what I am feelign for. Yeah I feel a little bump but whatever, we haven't had the sleepless nights, the crying bouts, you know, the typical teething stuff. (honest: the thing was that the week prior she was hard to put down to bed, she would fight like she's never fought before and she may or may not have woken up a couple of times at night but just letting out a little cry, nothing to go running to her or even console her over) Sure enough, I woke up on Oct 3 and bam... sharp, sharp, sharp! It was there. The bottom left toofie was poking through. I am forever a skeptic. I know I have mentioned her amber teething necklace before but Nick and I refuse to take it off and tempt fate. If its working awesome, if she's just a baby that it wouldn't bother too much - we've got one tough cookie on our hands. And that would make Daddy super proud! But seriously, I get it all the time with the amber necklace. Most people think its just jewelery that I've put on her. And time and time again, I am saying actually its a teething necklace and go into my speal... Most times, especially if I don't really know the person commenting I just nod. Yup, it is nice jewelery.

I know I have been promising pictures. I am going to go get my memory card as soon as I am done typing this and upload some new shots of her. She is just changing so much everyday. Nick and I will look back at pictures and really say "Do you believe its the same baby?" She's such a little person now. I think the cruising around and crawling has really made me see that. Plus, the 3 solid meals a day and the "talking" (I use talking loosely as it really sounds like shrieking). She is truely become her own person. I cannot wait to see what she turns into.

Okay... I am going to go get that memory card right now...after I finish my 1/2 coffee 1/2 hot chocolate... promise this time! I swear...

Here I am! I haven't gone far. Just been super busy and avoiding my laptop.

Madelyn now has two teeth poking thru. She is just doing awesome thru it all too. You wouldn't even know she was teething. I honestly think the teething necklace must work http://canadianamber.ca/caramel-circle-inches-p-66.html?osCsid=9afcf062e10c8379714c77946b0ecf1f I am forever a skeptic and I won't say it works 100%, because really what does? But this seems to be working and we don't dare tempt fate and take it off.

She starting to cruise around now... S-C-A-R-Y! Seriously, kiddo your only 8 months old. (insert a LOL with a grimace face) Madelyn loves the activity toy her Gramps gave her http://www.toysrus.ca/product/largerImage.jsp?productId=4193376&largeImageURL=http%3a%2f%2fTRUSCA.imageg.net%2fgraphics%2fproduct_images%2fpTRUCA1-7830265dt.jpg&imageIndex=0 We just have to sit her with while she uses it so she doesn't smack her face. Its not very stable on the hardwood floors. Once I get my pictures uploaded I will post few.. as you can see I am bit behind lately. I think its the whole moving and trying to organized and when its time to relax the computer isn't where I head first. Probably because there's no t.v. in that room and our PVR is on overload. Be back soon! I PROMISE

I know I have been neglecting my blog. Its not entirely my fault. Okay, maybe it but I can blame it on the internet. The wireless internet does not work very well so its a pain to go plug in to the main source and take an hour out of the day to type it out. BUT here I am - plugged back in.

We have been so busy with the move. Trying to get organized with a crawling Pooper is IN-SANE! I should say insanity! And once she goes for a nap the last thing I want to go is unpack a box. My kitchen is set up, her bedroom and the family room. Those are the only rooms you need right? Who cares the the office is stacked with boxes -- do we really need the stuff in them? I know, I need to get to them, I really don't want my house to look like a Hoarders home. That would be sick and gross.

On to what really makes me smile. Madelyn is a crawling machine and is now starting to straighten her back when you try to sit her down or put her in the jumper/excersaucer. She just wants to be on the move or in our arms climbing us. Its way too cute but honestly, Mommy needs sometime to sweep the floor (and drink a mocha in the morning). Life is just getting better and better with her. She is too cute for words and that smile she gives you when you drag her away on the hardwood floors on her belly pulling her away from the entertainment unit is so adorable. It becomes a fun little game for both of us.

With a heavy heart, I type this blog. Baby D passed on Monday. I cannot imagine the pain in those of the lives he touched. Even though he was only a week old he will forever have an impact in those lives. For his precious Mother that carried him for 9 months she will be forever changed. Every expecting parents that go into the hospital on delivery day deserve to go home with baby after. I can't stop thinking about them. I am responding to Madelyn so much faster after hearing the news yesterday, we both are. Maybe its because I am a Mom now and I am holding a precious life in my hands and I wonder "How did I get so lucky?" I know you can't go through life thinking that and you have to live each day to its full potential and breath in and out. There is a bigger picture than just today, its trying to see it thats hard sometimes. Did I just contradict myself? You have to live each day but there's a bigger picture? Life, it takes us on some unexpected roads.

I'm hugging my healthy baby a little tighter today. Last night Nick and I were reminded of how lucky we are to have had a healthy baby. Sure, my labour was a little rough near the end and we were in a "HAVE TO GET HER OUT" state and the vacuum was used... but once that baby was out and healthy all that seemed forgotten, to me anyways. Nick reminded me of how scared he was when they told us her heart rate was dropping and it was very clear that he hasn't forgotten. I look back at my labour through a blurry, blissful vision. Completely disregarding how important and scary her heart rate dropping actually was. Its crazy how your memories can become a little distorted from reality. To make it better than it really was. However, my labour was nothing like a good friends of ours their sister just went through. Her little baby is in the NICU and we are not sure what's going to happen. Babies are little miracles and its amazing what they are capable of pulling through. I will be praying her little baby makes a full recovery.

 

Updated Family Photo... more to come!