I just had to post this picture because I thought it was too cute and sweet.  After regressing a little on Tues night and waking up crying for about 30min, Madelyn did much better last night.  I heard her around 2:30am but decided to wait a little and she and I both ended up going back to sleep (not sure who was first).  Then she got up a little before 5am (AWESOME) at which time I nursed her.  So I was kinda surprised when she got up at 8am to nurse again, only 3 hours later, and I figured she would have still been too sleepy to get up to eat again.  Well anyway, she didn't go back to sleep after her 2nd breakfast, but was relaxed and somewhat playful for a bit while I got my own breakfast and decided to check email.  Normally we would have gone walking, but the temp was a little too close to 90 and I didn't feel like going to the mall....SO...I'm checking email and I have Madelyn happily laying on a blanket at my feet, she's smiling at me and giving me giggles on occasion, and then it gets quiet.  I look over and see this...

She just got too tuckered out and rolled over to go to sleep!  This is cute because she just fell asleep playing, and also because she is half rolled over (notice her bum and legs).  Welp!  Sounds like she's awake for another round!

Five months old today... Oh how time flies!  From her last Dr. appointment which was about 2 weeks ago she weighed in at 12lbs 9oz (25%), height is 25.5 inches (75%), and head 42.4cm (75%) - half of that is probably her hair...

She has started rice cereal, though she's not crazy about it yet, she can roll over from tummy to back which makes tummy time pretty much impossible, she has been rolling from her back to tummy, but more often she stops at her hip.  She is very curious and aware of her surroundings.  She can giggle and laugh like crazy and talk and sing too!  Just this week she started a noise that sounds like she has a respiratory problem, but I know it's not, it's just one of her softer quieter noises that is funny to hear.  She is getting very good with her hands and can reach for and grab whatever she wants and can turn around her pacifier to get the end she wants.  She has become a thumb sucker which helps at night to get her soothed when the pacifier falls out...And HOORAY!  She slept through the night for the first time on Sunday night!  I never heard her fuss until 3:53am so I went to feed her (I decided that my rule was I wouldn't feed her before 4am if I was able to get her back to sleep within 10 min)  So far so good!  She also has gotten very good with her feet and uses them as her second pair of hands for sucking and grabbing things (see pic below).  We sure do love our little girl and is it crazy that I'm already anxious for Christmas with her!?!?  Yeah, I know, she won't have the same enthusiasm this year, and the gifts she gets will not matter, only the taste of the wrapping paper will, but STILL!

There is no doubt that Madelyn has quite a LOT of hair.  And people telling us literally EVERYWHERE we go, "She has SO much hair!",
"I can't believe all that hair!",
"That's the most hair I've ever seen on a baby!",
"She has more hair than I did when I was 5!",
certainly wouldn't allow you to doubt it.  However, never having a baby before, and not really observing other babies too closely, Dan and I never really thought too much about it.  That's how she came out, we can't imagine her bald, it's just.......Madelyn.  Now don't get me wrong, this isn't a complaint and Madelyn deserves the attention, she is super cute, if I do say so myself, but how do you respond to hearing that over and over again?  "Yep, it's a lot of hair....You're right!....Good observation!...Dan: Even more than me!... Any other clever ideas??

With that said, I give in...I'm joining the masses... Wow!  Look at all that hair!!!

Maddy had her first professional photo session when we went to visit Colorado Springs.  Boy was it HARD work!  The array of noises and goofy things you do over and over again just to crack a smile or maintain eye contact with a baby.  It would have been pretty hilarious to be a spectator I'm sure.  There were a lot of cute ones with Madelyn and Colton, some (not so cute ones) of me and her (well, she's always cute, my hair however, is NOT), and by the time we did her individual ones, she was done being happy for the camera, so none of those really turned out.  Here's a preview, I'll try to post more in our web albums.