Fifth Week - Thanksgiving at the Cabin!

Maddox is now 5 weeks old. Crazy how the time flies by. Maddox is smiling more and more and having longer alert periods. He's getting more interested in his little gym and bouncy chair. He still sleeps a lot of course, but that's fine. He sleeps 3-4 hour stretches at night which is a blessing since I've definitely needed the rest. We had a nice week with the family. Last Wednesday night we left Maddox with my parents for an hour and a half and went out to have a drink with friends. It was so wierd to be away from him for the first time, but he was in good hands. We got home two minutes after he woke up and wanted to eat. It went perfect.
Thanksgiving was fun. We went to my Auntie Tam Tam's house for lunch and then headed to Corey's Aunt Pat's house for dinner. We had to stop on the way to feed Maddox. When he's hungry he lets you know.
Corey's cousin Teddy just had a baby too, so we had to get side-by-side shots of the dads. Maddox out-weighs his little cousin by quite a bit.


Here's a typical scene of how Maddox likes to fall asleep. As most of you know, that's how I was as a baby for the first six months. Like mother, like son.

Snuggle Time!

We went to the Nisswa City of Lights Festival where we shopped, drank cider and hot cocoa, and watched the fireworks. Maddox came with too - he's in my mom's coat. We put him there after I had to feed him in a dressing room. It was quite the ordeal. Maddox woke up while we were shopping and screamed at the top of his lungs until I fed him. Quite embarrassing.


Auntie Val just couldn't resist, so she licked her hands and spiked Maddox's hair - oh so cute!



Rowan is warming up to his cousin more and more. After I changed Maddox's diaper, Rowan couldn't help but squeeze his chubby thighs and giggle afterward. It was so cute.

We also laid them down side-by-side and Rowan began to talk to him in baby talk. I'm pretty sure they had a very meaningful conversation.
Another week down and we're still surviving. I'm feeling better and Maddox is definitely thriving. I love being a mom!

Week Four - Mastitis!

Well, I'm pretty sure I've gotten most of the potential postpartum complications by now. After the infection & Thrush, I now have Mastitis. It's been a pretty good week otherwise. Maddox has been great minus two days where he decided not to sleep more than 30 minutes straight and only cry while awake. He's definitely growing and thriving.

Here's Maddox and I after the first day of Mastitis. Let's just say it was a long day and we were both in need of a long bath.

I'm not really sure what this face is, but I'm pretty sure he was filling his pants.
We went to Dinner and Dining by Candlelight on Grand in St. Paul with Kyle, Angie, and Rowan. Rowan has to show himself through the glass in this picture. Cute, eh.

Molly and Cooper are feeling a little neglected. I think they're looking out the window shopping for a new family.

After the weekend (aka two days of chaos), Maddox was back to his old self. He's smiling more now and starting to talk to us. He had quite a long conversation with Grandpa on Monday filled with tons of smiles (thanks Dad for letting me take a shower while you chatted with the little mister).

On Sunday, I had the Smith Shower at Auntie Kris' house thrown by Auntie Tam Tam, Auntie Kris, and Auntie Barb. Maddox has lots of great new clothes, toys, picture albums, fishing gear, and much more. THANK YOU ALL! Maddox was a little crabby that day too with all the commotion, but Grandma and Auntie Kris were able to calm him down for a much needed nap.

Third Week With Maddox!

Well, the third week with Maddox has been an exhausting time, but a blast. He's just adorable still, but at times can be quite fussy, especially in the evenings.

Maddox usually has his "Fussy Time" in the early evening and into the night. We have been trying all the different tips and tricks to calm him down, but only last night did we put him in his car seat and swung it back and forth did we really get somewhere. It took him about five minutes to fall asleep, and he was out for about three hours. Needless to say it was a nice break especially for Heidi to take a little nap before the events of the night to take over.

Don't get me wrong, he does have his nice alert times and his sweet nap times where he seems to enjoy sleeping next to either mommy or daddy.

Heidi's nursing pals stopped by on Saturday to hang out and talk baby talk. They also gathered around the t.v. to watch the birth video (again) I really really enjoyed the birth the first time, but I, like I'm sure many others, don't find that sort of thing afternoon entertainment. Must be a nursing thing. Anyway, they had a good time and Amy let Heidi and I take a much needed afternoon nap while she held down the fort for a few hours.

Three weeks down and everything is still going really well. Like all parents go through, there are definitely times of frustration, but all the other times easily outweigh all of that. Like when he slips in a little smile, or the way he looks when he is sleeping, or my favorite is his naturally spikey hair. Maddox has been a great edtion to our family and every day brings more and more changes.