For Magdalyn

I haven't posted about our little Magdalyn in quite awhile so I thought I would do a special post for her.  She is growing so fast that I am constantly afraid that I am not documenting enough about her. 

 

First off, she is like the cutest thing ever.  She has such a sweet disposition (most the time).  For a long while we have been trying to break her from needing to be held all of the time.  She is doing pretty well, but definitely likes her snuggles in the evenings.

  

She still sleeps great at night.  In fact, most nights she doesn't wake up at all!!  She is AMAZING.  I deserve it.  Ellie still wakes up 3 times a night and Owen wakes up at least once, so my sleeping hasn't improved... but that is another topic and something we are working hard on.  Maggie loves to have someone sit down and just talk to her.  She coos like crazy and is always willing to flash you a cute little smile (sans camera... she doesn't perform very often for the camera).

  

Maggie is starting to spend more time in her exersaucer.  I think she was a little intimidated by it at first, but she is now spending up to 10-15 minutes in it at a time.  It is starting to work out well for when we eat dinner.  She's too little to play with the toys or coordinated enough to do it, but she doesn't mind sitting in there and looking around.

 

Here are her cute little toes!  Maggie is becoming much more active.  I've known from the time she was in my tummy that she was an active girl and I think she will live up to that.  She is constantly flailing around, kicking her legs and thrashing her arms around.  We now have to be really careful about propping her upright because she pulls herself forward and can roll off whatever she is on that way.

  

Maggie does have many moments when she is crying but 99% of the time, if you just pick her up, she is as happy as can be.  She still eats quite a bit but has really started clustering her feedings. She hardly ever eats in the middle of the night or late in the evening.  She eats quite a bit in the mornings and then picks up feedings in the late afternoon early evening.  Maggie has started to prefer mom feeding her much more than formula so I have tried giving her an extra bottle of that each day (she was only drinking 1 bottle and sometimes none at all).  I really like having a little bit of independence from my kids once in awhile since I am pretty busy with 3 now.

 

 Here is Mags smiling.  It makes me laugh because she doesn't quite have control of her facial movements and that smile is often pretty wild and uncontrolled.  She looks pretty goofy, but awfully cute!  Magdalyn is a wonderful baby sister... I say that because she puts up with LOTS of loves from her brother and sister-- it's funny how she knows they're coming because she has started flinching!  Smart girl.

We are so in love with our newest child and are so glad she is in our family.  She fits perfectly and has made an easy transition for us.