My Tub of Chub

Can you believe my little girl, who isn't so little anymore, is 4 months!? As of yesterday that is. It baffles my mind how fast she is growing. Just the other day our neighbors, the Kirks, brought their week old boy over. I couldn't believe that Mady was just as small once upon a time. It sure has flown by so fast.

Mady has been such a joy in our lives. I couldn't imagine not having her around. She does pretty good sleeping at nights. We put her to bed around 10 and she usually wakes up around 6 or 7. Even though she's still so tired, she always wants to play. After an hour or two of playing, though, she'll go back to sleep for another 2 or so hours.

She is so full of life! She will fight sleep forever just to stay up to see what Mommy and Daddy are doing. She can play hours on end, but unfortunately we can't. I have found that she loves listening to me reading my accounting books out loud to her. Either she is really interested in my boring classes I'm taking or she just thinks I'm talking to her. My favorite part about reading to her is when I look at her, she immediately smiles. Sometimes she'll talk back, probably saying something like "Mom this stuff is really easy to understand, don't get frustrated. This is what is means...." Too bad I can't understand her haha.

Mady loves playing with her toys. She gets easily frustrated though when her hands won't work the way she wants them too. Anything she can get her hands on goes immediately to her mouth. She is a very happy girl, smiling all the time. That is, unless she is hungry or not being paid attention too.

Mady hates being on her stomach. She'll be happy for about 50 seconds if her toys are in front of her, but then she gets bored and starts screaming. She hasn't figured out the rolling over part. She is, however, getting the sitting up part. She still falls over quite a bit, but she's able to stay up for a couple of minutes at a time. My little girl is getting so big! Mady also has a deep fascination for grass. She doesn't like to lay in it, but she can sit in it all day long.
Mady now can hold her own bottle. This has been a great help to me. I am able to get so much more done. She will usually fall asleep too when she's done. So now she will take more naps than she did when she was a newborn. I am now able to cook, clean, and do homework will two hands.
Isn't this picture so cute? She loves her bottle. Not to mention how chubby she's getting. Aww I love it!
Mady loves watching her daddy while he bounces her in her chair. She will just stare at him while he plays his video games. She loves playing with his leg hairs too. I'm guessing its how the hair feels to her.
I think the best part about having a girl, is the cute outfits and the bows! I love dressing Mady up in the cute outfits I find. Not to mention the bows. Man I could spend tons of money on all the bows I find. Good thing I have a husband who moderates how much I spend on Mady. In this picture she was sporting the school girl outfit.
The other day Mady laughed for the first time. It was the most beautiful thing I've ever heard! Unfortunately, Ray was at work. So now Ray and I try to make her laugh all day, but of course, she hasn't. We'll have to come up with more creative ways to try and get her to laugh.

So you know how things blow up when you go through altitude changes - lotion, shampoo, soda? Yes, well I found out that formula containers will do that too.



We are so blessed to be parents and to have such a sweet girl to call our own. She is teaching us so much and bringing us closer together. The love we all share is continuing to grow each day as we find new ways to show it. Children really are the greatest gift God could give.