Like Mother, Like Daughter

Today my mom was telling me just how much Madilyn looks like I did as a baby. In the last week or so, everybody has been telling me how "she looks just like you!". I had my mom send me a few pictures of me as a baby to compare with Madilyn. What do you think?

Madilyn at 4 months

Mommy at 4 months

Today I am thankful....

...that we do not own this house. I noticed a small leak coming from the light fixture in our hall bathroom and called our housing office to come take a look. Well, it's not just a small leak in the light/fan, it's all over the attic. It's making bubbles in the ceiling, and all the way down the wall. They counter top is swollen too. When the gentleman arrived to take a look, he said there was a pipe in the attic that had sprung a small leak. Well, a small leak would take a long time to produce as much damage as I see in the bathroom. A leak, in the nice hot attic sounds like the perfect place for a mold infestation if you ask me....

They cut a 2x2 hole in the ceiling of the bathroom to fix the leak, then screwed some wood up there and said they'd call to schedule a time to come look at the damage. According to maintenance, the wood needs 3-4 days to dry.

All I know is as soon as that hole was opened up, I felt awful. My head was pounding, my nose and eyes were running, and I've been congested since. Matt, Madilyn and I have all been congested a bit lately. I really wonder if the two aren't connected.

I'll be having them check for mold when they come back, and I'm thinking about a second opinion from someone else too. I don't want to be stuck in a moldy house, and I'll admit I'm a little afraid the housing office may not tell the truth.

These pictures really don't do justice to how awful it looks (and smells!).

She's getting teeth!

Well, my barely five month old bundle of love now has two teeth! The second one just finished cutting through. This poor baby has been SO miserable. Thank goodness for Tylenol.

I know they can cut through anytime from 4 months up, but this is much earlier than I anticipated! I think I must have been kidding myself thinking I had a while before I needed to worry about getting bitten when she's nursing.

Here's a photo from the other day. Only one of her teeth had come through at this point.

We're headed to Dallas...

....for a little weekend getaway. It's Oktoberfest in Dallas this weekend and I'm dying to get into the city (a REAL city!). We'll be leaving tomorrow morning and coming back on Sunday in time for Matt's dove hunt.

In other random news, Madi's highchair finally arrived and I think she likes it. What do you think?

A video

Playing With Big Brother

What else can I chew on?

Everything seems to be headed straight for Madilyn's mouth these days. Tonight I snapped some funny pictures of her trying to eat one of her toys. Hope you find them as amusing as we did!

Trying some cereal!

There's certainly plenty of hype about when the "right: time to start solids is. I thought I wanted to wait until 6 months, but more and more she's been showing an interest in eating. So, I opened a box of rice cereal the other night and let her have a taste. She wasn't too sure what to do with it, but I think she did pretty good for her first time. She ate MAYBE half teaspoon. We'll try again later. But of course, we took pictures of her first cereal experience! :)

She's going to be a reader!

Madilyn is more interested in her surroundings by the day. Today I caught some pictures as she was "reading" and exploring one of her favorite books!

Just Pictures

Madi's new bumbo. She was really tired here, but
Mommy wanted a picture anyway!

My little thumb sucker :)

Madilyn was in a good mood after her morning nap, so I snapped a few more pictures!

No Fair

Well, I guess the fair will have to wait. Matt injured his back (we don't know how) and wasn't able to get relief from tylenol, motrin, or the heating pack. So, off to the ER we went. It was a relatively quick visit (less than 2 hours). They gave him some stronger pain killers and a muscle relaxer, which should have him wiped out here shortly. Luckily, they don't think it's anything serious, just some strained muscles.

I Survived Another Surgery

Well, this past Wednesday I had to have a cyst removed from my left wrist as well as shaving down some of the bone. I was scheduled to go in at 2pm, but it was nearly 7pm before I got to the OR. I don't remember much right after surgery, but the nurses told me I was thrashing around quite a bit. I figure it must have been from the pain. When I finally came to (or the first I remember anyway) they were wheeling me from the post-op room into a room on the med-surg floor at the hospital here. I was crying and shaking from the pain and I could barely talk. Add that to the intense nausea and well, I earned myself an overnight stay. Luckily, we planned ahead and Matt had already taken leave Wed-Fri to help out with Madilyn.

I had my post-op doctor appointment today and they took off the huge, bulky dressing. I got to see the incision and stitches. It was bigger than I thought and my hand is still pretty swollen. A picture of my stitches is below for those of you who like that kind of thing. Then they re-wrapped it up, and I'm in a splint for the next 3 weeks. It's pretty painful, but hopefully it will be better in the long run.

Madilyn also had her 4 month vaccines today. I know I should have done them when we had her doctor visit nearly two weeks ago, but she was a real crank that day. I figured we didn't need to add shots to that mix. I gave her some Tylenol about 30 min before going in today and she did great. Matt held her and she barely even cried. I hope she does as well tomorrow as she's been doing all day!

Madi's new bumbo seat came in the mail yesterday. I need to get some new pictures of her in it and get them up soon.

The Jackson County Fair is going on through tomorrow, and I think we're going to check it out tomorrow. Should be lots of fun and hopefully pictures to follow.

Thats all for now. Whew!