Sorry its been so long since I've written. Michael's mom (Vivian) came into town last week and this week has been busy...with what I don't know...but I don't feel like I've had any time. Here's what's been going on:
Vivian flew into town last Sunday night. When she pulled up at the house I had Madalyn ready to hand off. She loves her Granny Vivian. (BTW, Michael thinks Vivian is too young to be a 'Granny', she's under 50!) On Tuesday, we drove to Red Oak to visit the Garner family. We stayed with Ma and Pa (Michael's grandparents). There are two things you need to know about Ma and Pa...Madalyn LOVES Ma's kitchen. It has a lot of lights and she likes to look up at them...for hours. AND, Madalyn LOVES to 'Go down to the valley'. Here's the story: Pa has forever put kids to sleep by rocking them and singing an old song, "Down in the Valley". He's like the Baby Whisperer, I swear. You put a crying kid in his arms and they are out like a light in 10 minutes flat...Pa always says, "They want to go down to the valley". Mady took many trips "down to the valley" last week.
When we got back home on Wednesday, I put Mady on her play mat. Its this really cute material cut in the shape of a flower. It has two arches that go above the flower that you can hang toys on. I've put Mady on it before but she would always just look at the toys. This time, she reached right up and hit a toy! MY DAUGHTER KNOWS HOW TO USE HER HANDS!!! It was amazing! Now, every time I lay her down she kicks and punches at the toys, most of which respond with a chime of some sort. I tell her she's abusing her friends.
As if that wasn't enough to excite me...we rolled her onto stomach. When I took her to the doctor for her 2 month check up, the doctor told me to give Mady more 'Tummy-Time'. This is supposed to help her build the muscles in her neck and keep her head from getting flat. Madalyn HATES tummy-time. As a result she has the makings of a flat spot and, something that mortifies me, a bald spot. It wouldn't be so bad, but her hair is so long that a bald spot really sticks out. The poor girl looks like an old man with a flat head from the back. Its horrible.
So, we're trying tummy-time and Mady ALMOST rolls over! That's right! My kid is super-smart and so strong that at 2 months she's almost rolling over! I don't really know if this is actually a great accomplishment at her age but we thought it was the most amazing thing we'd ever seen. Mady is laying on her mat in the middle of the living room grunting and drooling trying to get onto her back and she's surrounded by Vivian, Michael and me...all yelling, "Come on Mady!" "You can do it!" "You're almost there!" You'd think we had a horse race in the living room instead of a small child grunting. She didn't roll over that day, but she will soon!
One more cool thing happened. On Tuesday I was talking to Michael on the phone and I put the phone up to Mady's ear. She immediately smiled and began to talk back to her daddy. It was great. I think it made Michael's day too.
That's it for major developments but I would like to take a moment to vent. Today I went to Hibdon Tires because the breaks that they just put on were squeeking. The first hour that we were there was alright. Madalyn slept some and then smiled at me and the lady sitting next to me. I knew that she would be getting hungry soon so I warmed up some milk for her (I wasn't about to whip out my breast in the middle of Hibdon!). When I went to take her out to feed her I realized that she had pooped all over herself (She only poops on the clothes that I really like by the way). I pack up and go looking for the restroom... No one wants to see what I was about to reveal. Guess what? They don't have a changing table in the bathroom! So the only place to change my little girl was out in the middle of everyone. (In retrospect, I guess the bathroom floor was an option but eww!) I went back to my seat and appologized to the college girl that was sitting near me. I said, "You don't have kids yet so I'm sorry to break you in like this...it's not going to be pretty". I warned her and half way through the change she got up and walked away...it was pretty bad. The worst part was that my precious little girl was exposted to a room full of people...and men. I had to strip her down because poop was everywhere. So, there she was, totally naked infront of everyone with poop up to her belly button. Not only that but it takes a while to clean up that much poo so I know she had to be getting cold. It was sad, and it made me very angry. To top it all off, they just had to add oil or something to my breaks...that took them an hour and a half?
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