Baby Laughs

Biggest news this week...Madison has officially started laughing! It is the cutest thing that I have ever seen or heard!!! She started laughing a few weeks ago when we would talk to her. Well, it was more like a squeal...but it came with a smile so we chose to believe that it was a "laugh". Today she started laughing because I was tickling her. I mean really laughing...it was so cute! I will try and get it on video to share with everyone.

Last Saturday, I went and did a little shopping (at Wal-mart) so Josh and Madison spent a little daddy/daughter time together. Josh took her to the hunting and fishing store...go figure! :) On Sunday we went to get our Halloween pumpkins. We let Madison pick her own pumpkin and she loved it! :) On Monday, Madison and I took a trip with Ursula to Wal-mart and to get some lunch at Ruby Tuesdays. She did really well, seeing as how we were gone for most of the day. She is such a good baby!

Josh's birthday is next weekend and his parents will be here to celebrate with us. We are looking forward to their visit!

Big Girl Bed!!

Guess who is in her big girl bed now!!! So I finally broke down last Friday and decided to put Madison in her crib from now on. I said that I was going to do this when she turned 2 months old but as you can see, it took me a little bit longer! She did GREAT! I was so worried that she would cry all night but she didn't! She didn't sleep quite as well as usual for the first few nights but she never cried once! I think it was harder on me the first night than it was on her. I stayed up most of the night listening to the baby monitor. I probably got about 3 hours of sleep. So it has been a week and she is still doing very well. She sleeps until about 5 am now and then goes back to sleep until about 8 am. She is such a good little sleeper! I think we will keep her! :)

Madison in her crib

Supporting our Tigers, even though they lost!

A little play time with mommy!

Ready to eat!

Trying to sit up...

So Big!

This past weekend Aunt Jenny and Smyrl came to visit us and to see Madison for the first time. We had a great time with them! We went to a new restaurant here in Painter (that was actually good) and on Saturday we went to the Cape Charles Tomato Festival. Funny thing about the tomato festival...there were NO tomatoes at this so called festival...seriously...not one tomato! Anyway, we had a good time while they were here and hope they come back soon! Josh's parents are probably coming up for Josh's birthday and then my Nanna and Poppop are coming the weekend of Halloween...so we will have lots of visitors this month! We are looking forward to seeing everyone.

Madison is now a little over 10 weeks old and is growing like a weed! She is just absolutely perfect in every way possible. We love her so much!! She is sleeping until about 4 or 5 am now. The next step is to put her in her crib. I just haven't been able to do it yet...but I'm planning on giving it a shot this weekend. I'll let you know how it goes! :)

Here are a few pics from the past week.

Madison is 2 Months Old

It's hard to believe that Madison is now 2 months old! In a way it seems like I just had her and other times I feel like she has been here forever. She is getting so big and getting quite a personality! Her neck is getting a lot stronger and she tries all the time to hold it up. She likes to sit up instead of laying down now. Little miss independent likes to do things on her own! :) Madison has the sweetest smile! She smiles when we talk to her and has even started laughing a little (it's more like a high pitched squeal but you know what I mean)!

Madison survived her first set of shots yesterday. She had to have 3 shots so Josh and I both went, for moral support for each other! :) She cried for about a minute when the nurse stuck her and my heart just broke! I had tears in my eyes but I was trying to be strong for her. When it was over I picked her up and loved on her and that was that...no more crying! All in all, she was so good! We were so proud!

Our little munchkin now weighs 12 lbs 9 oz and is 23 inches long. The doctor says that she looks great and is so proud of me that I am still breastfeeding. Apparently only about 7% of mothers on the Eastern Shore breastfeed! She has started drooling a lot and he thinks that she could be getting some teeth soon. Lord, I hope not...I was hoping to have a little bit before we entered the world of teething! But we will see!

Tiger from birth

Last night was Madison's first Clemson game! Even though we lost the game, she stayed up most of the night proudly showing her support. :)

As for the game...
I believe that we played a good second half. The first half was just down right embarrassing! It was a disappointing loss after coming back with 27 unanswered points. The quarterback looked pretty good...atleast he can throw the ball! The kicker made a 53 yarder...WOW!!

Uncle Nate and Aunt Brittainy

This weekend Nate and Brittainy came to visit us. We were so excited since this was the first time we had seen Brittainy since Christmas! This was also the first time they saw Madison. I got out of the house for a little bit on Saturday without Madison...which was weird...but needed (at least that is what I tell myself)! Brittainy and I went shopping for a few hours and of course came home with nothing except clothes for Madison! :)

We watched college football all day on Saturday. We didn't get the Clemson game here in VA so it was upsetting that we didn't get to watch the first game of the season. On Sunday we rode around a little bit and then went out to dinner. Madison was so good! She is always good! We are so lucky! :)

Nate and Brittainy...come back soon! We miss you! :)

Here are a few pics from the weekend.

Are you ready for some football?!?!

College football season has arrived! I am so excited!!! Only a few more days until my Tigers take the field. What could be better than that! :)

It has been several years since Josh and I were able to go to a game. We are hoping to make it down this year...Madison has too many cute Clemson outfits that must be seen in public. It's just not the same to have her wear them around the house! :)

Oh and one last thing....Go Wolfpack! Beat those Cocks!!!