Sit up and spit up

Well, today Maddie reached an important milestone. She was able to sit up without support for the first time. It is amazing how she can just wake up one day and be able to do something new, like she just learned it over night. It's like she finally realized she has the back strength to hold herself up without resting on her arms.

On another note, her spit up is driving me CRAZY. I have done everything the doctor told me to do. I have changed her formula 3 times and switched to the Dr. Browns bottles. It is not getting any better at all. I am going to have to ask the Dr. to put her on meds or something, I can't deal with this anymore!

Movie Day

I took Maddie to see her first movie today. We met up with the girls from our playgroup at the "Cry Baby Matinee" It was the one where moms can bring their babies. We saw "The Nanny Diaries". I had read the book several years ago and have been wanting to see the movie. I was a little nervous about how she would do. I thought she would either be fussy or fall asleep since it was during her usual nap time. I was so surprised that she was so good through the whole movie. She didn't sleep, she just sat there and watched it. She really enjoyed it. It was a lot of fun. So after we got home mom and dad came over to see her and she was not in a very good mood b/c she was so tierd. She just kept fighting sleep even though she needed a nap so bad. So, now it is 8:30 and I FINALLY got her to go to sleep and everyone else left to go to the mall and I am all by myself and have peace and quiet and I LOVE IT. It is so good to be alone in the quiet sometimes. I am drinking a glass of wine listening to relaxing music and am about to take a long, hot bubble bath! Something I rarely get to do anymore.

My 1st Bento

So I finally made my first bento lunch for Rob! I am so proud of myself!!

First taste of food

Maddie got her first vegetables today. I started her with sweet potatoes. She loved it, she kept grabbing the spoon from me and trying to shove it in her mouth. She couldn't get it in fast enough.

Maddie's first Longhorn game

So Maddie got to watch her first UT game tonight. She was all ready for it and dressed up in her burnt orange cheerleading outfit. She loves watching football with her daddy.

My husband's so great

So I was like a zombie yesterday after going pretty much all week with no sleep. When Rob came home from work he told me I looked like I'd been ran over by a train (I felt like it). So he told me to relax and he cleaned the kitchen, gave the dog a bath, cleaned the living room, and folded laundry. Then when we went to bed he told me to sleep and he got up with Maddie all night when she woke up. Then when she woke up this morning, he took her and changed her diaper and fed her while I slept in........so sweet! I don't know what I'd do without him!

She reached for the dog

Today was the first day that Maddie has reached out for, let alone noticed, Cowboy. I think this is a big milestone. She was sitting in her bumbo chair and he was sitting directly in front of her. She was reaching out her hand as far as she could trying so hard to touch him, but she couldn't reach. I grabbed my camera wanting to capture this important moment, but of course, the batteries were ran down and I couldn't take a pic. So, I am posting a pic of her sitting in her bumbo chair last week and you can just use your immagination that she was reaching for the dog.

I wish I had talent

I mean real talent. Yes, I'm a dancer, but I'm a very mediocre dancer. I have been working so hard in jazz and ballet class. I am busting my ass....literally. I'm risking injury every night because I am pushing my 32 year old body so hard. But I just hate the fact that I can't seem to get past just being an "ok dancer". I want to be good.....really good. A new girl joined our class this week and she an AMAZING dancer. I know I shouldn't compare myself to other people and I should measure my improvements from myself, but I am so jealous. I want to be that good. My turns are coming along, but I have trouble spotting. I honestly believe that if you do not learn how to spot when you are a young child (which of course I didn't) that it is practically impossible to learn it as an adult. I guess I should be happy with my skill level given that I didn't have any formal dance training until I was 23, but I just hate the fact that I could be so good if I had started as a kid. I am so getting Maddie into ballet as soon as she is 2 years old.

Oh how I need sleep

Maddie has not been sleeping well the past few days. I don't know if it is b/c she is sick or teething or what. I am so tierd, I don't know if I'm coming or going. Work is crazy busy and I am struggling to keep up the housework and workout and dance class, etc. Last night she went right to sleep, but she woke up at 3am, and kept waking up like every 30 min after that. I would give her the paci and she would go back to sleep for a little while, then wake up screaming again as soon as I was dozing back off. I am really worried that she is becoming too dependent on the paci. I want her to learn to fall asleep and stay asleep on her own. I don't know what to do. She has always been a great sleeper up until now. I really hope this is just a phase and it will pass. I am too stressed and tierd and I just wish I could feel refreshed and have energy again.