5 Weeks Old

Cowgirl Madison: Now she's a true Texan, thanks to Aunt Sarah who bought Madison her very own cowgirl boots.
Also, Madison continues to make great improvements in her weight gain. At our Pediatrician appointment on Monday, we learned that she weighs 8 lbs! She now registers on the charts! We are SO happy that we moved to the bottle...and although I'm still exhausted, I am finally getting a little bit more sleep, thank the Lord... My mom is in town again, so she is really helping out a lot.

One of our very closest friends from Atlanta, Tara Eagle, visited us on Monday evening and it was so wonderful to see her again!! She gave Madison the cutest baby Diesel top and Guess jeans...love them! We've received such cute gifts from everyone and we are so thankful!Our neighbors, Clareanne and Raymond, who are Madison's "proxy Grandparents", came to visit on Sunday. They just love Madison and can't wait to babysit.

Tyson likes to hide in all sorts of places...

One Month Old!

Madison turned one month old! It's hard to believe she's already one month...and her original due date is yet to come. Madison has been growing steadily and is now over seven pounds! And, she still likes to party at nights...we have to work on that. I have been a little sick this week, so Elaine has taken care of Madison in the mornings so I can sleep, which has been so nice. Madison's feeding schedule has been quite intense in order to ensure weight gain - requiring nursing first, then topping her off with a bottle, then me pumping more milk for her. This left me about 45 minutes of sleep in between intervals of feeding her. Needless to say, I was exhausted and worse for the wear. So, after much thought and consideration, we have decided to bottle feed her with formula full time. It was a hard decision, but this has made everyone lots happier!

Daddy, Madison and Grandma Chipley

Daddy reads to Madison often

update

We took Madison to the Pediatrician on Friday and we're so happy that she has gained almost one pound in a week!! She now weighs 6 lbs 13 oz. Madison hardly slept on Friday night and kept Mom and Dad awake...we thought we were going to die. Thankfully, she had a much better night last night! Looks like the swing and keeping the light on helped. Plus, those Mylecon drops for gas are fantastic!

I'm in process of adding photos to our Chipley photo site on Shutterfly, so you can check those out soon. Click on link in right side tool bar.


On Friday evening, our friends Katie and Dan came over and brought a fabulous Mexican fajita meal - our favorite! Madison enjoyed being held by Mr. Dan.

3 Weeks Old

Madison turns 3 weeks old

Mark's Mom and Dad came to visit us!

Madison loves her Grandpa Chipley

Eskimo kisses

Studying her Grandpa

Mark's parents flew in this week to meet Madison, their first grandchild! We had a great week together. Mark's dad helped us out with several home improvement projects and Mark's mom has helped out a lot with the baby and around the house. Madison is doing great, but she's developed some colic, unfortunately, and has kept Mommy up every night until about 6 am. We really hope this doesn't last very long... But we'll focus on the positives - Madison is eating more and gaining weight which is great...and Mommy has only 6 lbs left to lose to be back to her pre-pregnancy weight! Other new news...we got a new car yesterday...unfortunately, our other SUV needed too much work done on it, so we decided to get a new car and go the practical route with a sedan. Buying a new car at the same time as having a new baby was not ideal, but hey, that's life!

2 Weeks Old

Grammy visited for two weeks and we really appreciate all of her help! We can't wait until the next time she can come and visit!!

Sleeping with Daddy...Madison's favorite activity.

This used to be Daddy's blanket as a baby.

Beautiful cradle made by Madison's Great Grandfather. And, beautiful quilt sewn by Great Aunt Becky, especially for Madison.

Happy 4th of July!

My first visitors - Christy, Nicole, Danae + Madison, Anissa

My first bath at home.

Asleep with Daddy, again.

My special outfit and blanket from Miss Shawn and Miss Anna.

We are so happy to be home! We are all adjusting to being at home now and so glad we don't have to make any more trips back and forth from the hospital. Madison is doing really well. She is eating really well and sleeping lots. She already rolls onto her side, both left and right. She loves to spend time with Daddy. She went to the doctor on Thursday and she now weighs about 6 lbs! We're so glad she's gaining weight. She really enjoyed time spent with Grammy the last two weeks. We look forward to her next visit!

Welcome Home Madison!

Madison came home from the NICU today!! We are so happy to finally have her home!!!