How much is that baby in the mirror?

This is just a quick update. Maddy has learned how to roll from her back to her tummy. This would be a great thing, but she still hates tummy time, so she rolls from her back to her tummy and then looks around, realizes that she is on her tummy, gets mad, and starts crying till you push her back onto her back because she's too lazy to roll back to where she started. Silly baby. So, since she insists on rolling onto her tummy, we've started to come up with ways to amuse her once she gets there... toys... video games... mirrors...



The novelty of a baby in a mirror wore off quick, but she got a few more minutes of tummy time and a little less wear on the back of her head.

CAUTION: Messy baby ahead. Proceed with napkin

Maddy had her 4 month appointment last week. She now weighs 12 lbs 15 oz!! She's in the 50th percentile for her weight and she's 23 inches tall putting her in the 10th percentile for height. So she's almost average. She's so darn cute though.

Now that she's 4 months old and big, Maddy gets to start eating food. Much to my dad's disappointment though, this still does not include banana pudding. He's got to wait till about 8 months for that. It's probably going to be a while anyways because she still hasn't quite grasped the finer points of eating. Like how to keep the food in her mouth.



She very determined though and really wants to help with this whole eating thing.



Whose mommies little helper?

Maddy's New Toy

While Maddy was in Michigan, she got a great new toy from her great-grandparents.



This toy is perfect for her. It's nice because she can grip it (which is her new favorite activity for anything that goes in her hands. Toys, articles of clothing, hair, etc.) and it's light enough that it won't immediately fall out of her hand when someone bigger lets go of it. So since Maddy is able to manipulate it, you know the first place it goes...



Which makes me laugh because this is what she always reminds me of...



Although a little cuter. :)

As the baby turns

Maddy has had a very eventful past few weeks. So eventful in fact that it will take a while to get everything posted. Until then, here's proof that yes she can roll over, since she refuses to do it when anyone is around.

Eyes Wide Open

Maddy is getting to that stage where she puts everything in her mouth. It's really freaking cute and I had a brilliant idea for a post called "Stuff in maddy's mouth.com." Here's the problem though. Maddy is a huge ham and every time I pull out a camera now, she looks at it, takes whatever it is out of her mouth, and grins. Not good for my blog idea, but fabulous for everyone else because now I have a lot of pictures of Maddy with her eyes open, which mom says there are just not enough of.

So, for Easter, Maddy got a set of Max and Ruby dolls. Maddy doesn't quite have that whole playing with toys thing down, but she can clutch like anything.



As you can see though, the camera is way more interesting.



Here she is did get distracted by Max's ears though, which are oh so tasty.



And finally we have just Maddy, enthralled by a camera...



... with her eyes wide open. This is for you mom.