5 Months....??

How in the world did my little girl get to be 5 months as of today? Time sure blows by so fast.

Mady is so full of life, she always wants to play. Ray and I can only wish we could keep up with her. A few things that has happened since last month:

Mady spent a whole week at my parent's house while me and Ray went to Lake Powell with his family. It was so hard. I balled every night. I'm so glad that there were some spots that I was able to get service to talk to my mom and Mady. Mady didn't lack for attention at all with all my siblings around. My family wasn't too happy when we came back and took her home. Mady wasn't too happy either with the lack of attention me and Ray gave her. But so is life.

Mady likes her swings now! Thanks goodness. It has been such a help to me, as I'm sure it was with my Mom when she had her, being able to do things while she plays
or sleeps One of my favorite pictures we have of her in the swing is this one I was cleaning up the kitchen and put her in the swing because I knew she was really tired. Mady really likes when her blanket it up against her face, but her blanket had fallen a little bit forward to where she would have to sit up. So when I turned around from doing the dishes, this is how she was. Haha classic. Definietly going on her wedding video.

Mady absolutly loves loves her baths. she could play all day long in her tub if I let her. When she's really orney, I just stick her in the tub with her toys and let her play while I have my lab top on the toilet seat and me sitting on the floor doing homework. It works like a charm. These are my two favorite pictures. Mady won't lay down in the tub longer than 30 seconds. Or well anywhere for that matter. She will now only sit in the tub. She has figured out how to lick the water without face planting. Gross, but its building her immune system right? Haha. She also loves to scoot her self down the tub. Its quite amazing if you watch her. Such a strong girl, I love it!

I think the best part of my day is when its her nap time. Not because I finally get time for myself, but I love the way Mady loves to snuggle with me. Sometimes I fall asleep with her. Thanks to my husband for catching this picture. Mady does really good with her naps. She takes about two naps a day. One in the morning and one in the afternoon. She then will go to bed at 8:00 - 9:00 and sleep until 6:00 or 7:00 in the morning (amazing I know). She will usually go down with her bottle, she will sometimes put her self to sleep haha I love when she looks up at me while feeding. Her eyes are so beautiful, so heavenly and full of light. You know they came from God just by looking in your child's eyes. When she doesn't go down with her bottle, her binky will usually do the trick, as long as I cuddle her while she's asleep. She will only take her binky when she is tired or asleep. Silly girl, hopefully that will change when she gets a little bit older. Now that Mady has mastered her sitting by her self back when she was four months, our next trip is rolling. This has been quite difficult due to the fact she hates her stomach. I hate doing tummy time and seeing her scream. We try to make it fun by playing with her and laying down with her. But so far we haven't had any luck. Any ideas? It'd be much appreciated.

Mady has such a personality, I love it. She is such a smiley little girl. We are so blessed to have her in our lives. She can always brighten up our day with her smiles. We are learning so much from her. She makes us want to better ourselves and center our lives around the gospel and Christ more each day by finding new ways to give service to each other and others. My only hope is to be able to raise her strong in the gospel do fend on her own when the time comes. We love her so very much and are glad to be the parents of such a wonderful little girl.