Well Maddy is changing everyday. She is now able to twist and turn her body so much that she can rotate on the ground a full 360 degrees. She's still working on the rolling over part but just today she got soooo close on a back to tummy attempt. If her darn shoulder wasn't in the way it would have been successful!
This picture is how I found her the other morning. Proof that she doesn't stay put. Usually her head is at the end of the crib where the monitor is, but she wriggled out of her sleep positioner (I still use that at night cuz her pacifier stays put better when she's on her side), kicked her blanket to one end, and is playing with the rolled up quilt while simultaneously using her feet to turn on and off her crib aquarium. She's so funny!
I love these mornings when she wakes up, not fussing because she's hungry, and is just playing and talking to herself in her crib. I come walking in and she gives the biggest brightest smiles with her whole face, it's the best way to start the day....for the second time anyway....
Yesterday I had several errands to run, one of which was near Target so I decided to indulge (who can pass up Target??). After stocking up on some things in the dollar section I began looking through the clothing section. Now for some history to set up the disaster, Madelyn has had some constipation issues, or at least, she stopped pooping everyday. Since she already had a messy diaper that morning, I didn't really plan for what was about to happen.
She was sitting happily in her car seat on the cart when I heard her "mess her pants" and I quickly checked her legs to make sure it was contained (we've had disasters in the bouncy seat). Phew! It was! So I made a plan to head into the dressing room with a couple shirts and change her in there. Before I knew it, she was going again, only this time I heard it and a second later I see it oozing out her left leg. Anyone who has experience with baby poop knows, this alone is a disaster. That stuff stains instantly. To my credit I did have the diaper bag with me (usually I just make sure there's a burp cloth and pacifier tucked in her car seat with her). So I started digging around for the wipes. Well I had to switch diaper bags after this weekend and apparently I FORGOT THE WIPES. uuuuugggghhhh! So I use the burp cloth to try to contain the oozing mess. Just when I think I kind of have a handle on things, SHE GOES AGAIN! Now it starts POURING out her right leg! Not oozing...POURING! I look around to see if there is a kind soul with kids that may have wipes I can use, of course there is no one. Which was probably a good thing not to have spectators. In the mean time I take one of the two extra diapers I had and tuck it under her legs in an attempt to save the car seat from further stainage.
Oh, did I mention, I also didn't have any back up clothes for her either? Yep... other diaper bag. I start to look through the clearance baby clothes for something cheap for her to wear, but decided it wasn't worth it and I ended up getting some wipes and paying for them later.
As I head back to the dressing room to clean up this disaster, there were about 5 Target employees hanging around and wanting to see Madelyn and discuss how cute she was in purple and all that. Normally I wouldn't mind that at all, because let's face it, she is adorable...but I'm thinking, don't they notice the diaper sticking out under her legs or see the lime green ooze? So I spent who knows how long cleaning her up. Luckily I did have one of those travel things with a roll of plastic bags for all the nastiness. And I just let her sit naked (and diapered) in the car seat for the ride home. I imagine everyone in the checkout line was thinking "trailer trash" or that I was a child abuser not clothing my baby. Oh well... I'm sure this is a classic first time mom mishap, right?? And lesson learned, I sure won't be making this mistake twice!
I don't have much to blog about, but my sister has been nagging me, in her oh so subtle way, to post something... This weekend we are planning on some good times. Friday night we're going to BBQ with some friends and then go see some fireworks. (yep, we'll be roasting in the "AZ oven" since it's still at least 90 degrees even at 9:00pm, but it's the 4th and fireworks are tradition) Grandma Rogers made Madelyn a special red outfit for the occasion. She still needs to grow some more to fit into it better, but it's one of the only festive outfits she has, and it's still cute so it will work.
See! Still cute! Then after the festivities we'll drive to Scottsdale to stay with my parentals until Sunday. We want to take Maddy swimming again, perhaps have a date night, my parents want to show off their granddaughter at church, and then the rest of the fam will come up for dinner! Much fun should be had by all! So I'll post photos about that later! For now, here are some recent photos Dan took while messing with our new camera. Please excuse his hairy legs.
