Hooray! I'm 5 Months Old, Today!

Our little Madelyn Mae is growing up so fast! She is officially 5 months old now, and trying out new tricks each and every day. I should start by announcing that she has rolled over from her back to her tummy and her tummy to her back 4 times this week, three of which were yesterday! She works so hard at getting those little legs up in the air, rotating her body with her legs to one side, and then using her upper body to pull herself completely over. Its quite amazing to watch the process, believe it or not! She is such a little acrobat! I don't have a video of this yet..but we will work on it!

As a result of her newly increased "mobility", Maddie is waking herself up more often at night and during naps. She wants to move so badly, that she starts doing so in her sleep. Let me tell you, when you are swaddled up, snug and tight, rolling over doesn't happen very well. She gets quite upset, and I don't blame her. I would hate to wake up in that awkward position and full of frustration! Needless to say, she and I (and even her Daddy), have had many nights of scattered sleep patterns. We're a bit sleepy in the Himes' household today (as the following picture shows), but we're making it!

As you saw in my earlier post, Maddie loves her toes. She can get those little guys all the way into her mouth, and then she proceeds to suck on them pretty hard - its really loud, too! :)

Madelyn is our joy and our delight. There are so many things in our life that cause stress and anxiety to creep in, but they all vanish when we look at our little girl. She is so perfect, and we are so in love. My heart swells and overflows with joy when I watch Brant interact with Maddie. He is so smitten by her and she truly is smitten with him; she definitely has him wrapped around her little finger - twice! Although I would love to be a stay-at-home mom all day long, I am grateful that I have to leave the house and Brant is required to attend to her every need. This has allowed for some precious and priceless bonding time between the two of them. I am a proud Daddy's girl myself, and to see my baby girl loving on her father this young, makes me excited to think about the special relationship they will share for life, as I have with my Dad. Here is a picture of her thinking about how wonderful her Daddy is.


Maddie's hair is really filling in. I love running my hand across her little fuzz-head. I sported the exact same hair style when I was a baby. Aww...like mother, like daughter. :)
The star of our photo shoot was not in the mood for performing for me, so these pictures are the some of the best we got. I took so many pictures that by the end of it, Maddie was giving me a look as if to say, "Geez! C'mon, Mom. More pictures?!"

Happy 5 months, sweet girl!! We love you!