Sloth like baby

As most of you know, Maelin is often called buggy.....however, I'm beginning to think that sloth may be more appropriate.  We are fast approaching the seven month mark and she has rolled over only twice.  Though she is not moving, she does lots of other things very well, such as eating, drooling, sleeping, blabbing, grabbing, throwing, sitting, reaching, laughing and crying.  We have been terrible picture takers lately, so thank goodness daycare documents Maelin's days fairly well.

  6 month Birthday Bash

 A mess after painting....not sure she got any paint on the paper and there is no denying the girl loves to eat

Fire Safety Week 

Last weekend we ditched the baby and headed up to Wisconsin for the Badger/Nebraska game.....lots of fun catching up with old friends and roommates.  We pulled off an awesome win against Nebraska and followed up on Sunday with a Packer win.  

 Old roomies

Old roomies

Packer Sunday

The last few weeks..........

have been a bit hectic, it being the end of summer and all (it went by too fast again).  Maelin also started teething, which proved to be a true test of parenting for us. We have a very sensitive baby on our hands and the weeks leading up to those "teeth cutting" through the gums were hell.  In addition to the non-stop diarrhea, diaper rash, screaming and a few sleepless nights, Maelin was just GRUMPY and nothing made her comfortable. I never put much thought into the teething process but I had assumed it only lasted a few days.......NOPE, try a few weeks!  Anyways, we all somehow made it through and finally we have our normal Maelin back......at least until round 2 of teeth.

This past weekend Maelin turned 6 months.  She is getting so large!!!!  Below is a shot of her at one month and her now at 6 months.  I can't believe how many rolls she acquired within that short of a time period.  She is a healthy one!

 One Month

Six Months

Even though Maelin is only six months old, we have already arranged her marriage to Henry Fuchs.  Henry's mom Kristin, is one of my very good friends so we figured they just HAVE to get married so we can plan their wedding and spend all our holidays together.  We introduced the love birds a few weeks ago..........this picture will be played in the wedding slideshow in about 25-30 years.  NOTE: Kristin has Maelin and I am holding Henry, what a cute baby couple.  

 Arranged Marriage

In addition to reaching the 6 month mark and being put in an arranged marriage, Maelin has also been pretty busy at school.  Last week was spirit week and each day the kids participated in the "theme" for that day.  One of the days was favorite sports team, so we of course decked Maelin out in badger gear.  This outfit lasted only one hour until she had yet another blow out (thanks teeth). 

 Ready for the day

 Brett and I took too long to get ourselves ready and she fell asleep waiting

Aside from the petty chaotic weeks and weekends, there is always down time in our house.  Brett and Maelin were hanging out reading one afternoon before dinner......Brett with the Nordstrom Mens fall fashion catalog and Maelin with her Sophie book.....too cute! 

Sleeping and Puppy Fun

Based on observation of other babies Maelin hangs with, she is lazy in comparison (this has also been confirmed by her daycare).  She would much prefer to view the world sitting up (with assistance) and make baby noises either at another baby or just to herself......opposed to her friends who are rolling over and some are even scooting.  Sometimes I wonder if maybe she is to chunky to roll :)

Sleeping is a different story though, this is when she is on the move.  We have a video monitor downstairs  and every time we turn it on to take a peek, Maelin is in a different sleeping position.  I find this amusing so decided to snap a few pics (no worries, the bright flash did not make this lazy girl wake up or even flinch).  Please note, these pictures were all taken within a 20 minute time period.

Stuck!

Kicking Back.....her leg is crossed over the other and she is just catching ZZZ's

Hoisting her legs up between the bars...this cannot be comfy

On a very unrelated note, last week Maelin and I went out to lunch with some girlfriends.  One of my friends brought her 4 month old little puppy, Buster...it was love at first site.  Buster also came to visit this weekend but this time only cared to play with Begley.  

Loves puppy licks

Cannot get enough of his fluffy fur

The new way to cry

Recently when Maelin gets tired she starts to spit/blow bubbles/vibrate her lips (I'm not exactly sure how to describe it).  We are terrible parents because the other night we sat downstairs laughing at the baby monitor while the poor girl struggled with the decision to cry or do this thing with her mouth......she figured out sleep was better than both. Here is a video of what we see when buggy gets tired.

The Daycare Blowout

Last week I had dressed Maelin in a cute little yellow romper for daycare. When we went to pick her up that night, I had noticed while walking in that she had a white onsie on in place of the romper.  This has happend quite a few times before and typically has meant that she just spit up or peed herself.  We soon learned that neither was the case and she had a major blowout during story time on the carpet.  Apparently it was so nasty and bad that the girl needed a bath and the carpet a good scrubbing.

Enjoying a good clean after a nasty mess.....she doesn't seem too embarrassed about what she did 

Pooping all over the classroom that day wasn't good enough for Maelin, to top it off, she also peed all over her teacher......only at 5 months can you have no remorse or embarrassment for pooping all over story time and spraying your teacher with pee!

Some other fun pictures from the past couple weeks

Hanging with Dad

Her new favorite obsession....Begley

Lots and lots of tummy time.....

It's My Party and I'll Cry if I Want To...........

We were very much looking forward to this weekend,  Maelin was getting baptized and we had lots of family coming into town for the weekend.  However, things can't just be smooth and easy for us, there  always has to be a hurdle........

Friday night Chicago got hit with some of the worst rain in the history of the city, which led to our discovery on Saturday morning that our entire basement flooded.  This was terrible, aside from the fact that we just redid the basement from the fire (3 months ago), we were entertaining about 30 people on Sunday for the baptism and had planned to use this space.  We spent most of the day moving furniture and bailing/pumping out water.  In the meantime our air conditioner decided to fail, which is awesome when it is in 95 degrees outside......we headed to the Home Depot and purchased some window AC units....problem temporarily solved and our guests were able to get some sleep.

Then came Sunday, the house was still a disaster but not much else we could do. We got Maelin ready and off to church we went.

The Shoes, every girl needs a pop of color

Buggy in her dress

Being curious

Posing for the camera

Ms. Maelin was in a pretty good mood when we got to church, just finished a 2 hour nap and a bottle.  The girl has impeccable timing though and the moment the ceremony started, all hell broke loose..........she SCREAMED so loud and so much during the ceremony, it was unbelievable, I'm not sure I've ever heard such terrible cries. She must have stunned all the other babies because no one else made a peep throughout the ceremony.  I'm sure every parent looked at us and thought "thank god that is not our kid."  Brett finally calmed her down and she was able to get through the "dunk" without crying, which surprised us all.

Her Godparents, Ryan and Meggie

 (they hung in there through the screams, Ryan actually thought it was hilarious)

Not a single tear was shed the rest of the day UNTIL....Uncle Steve dropped baby Charlie and Maelin's cake.....Opppss (made for a good photo opp though)

It's my party and I'll cry if I want to......

Gadgets and toys......

Maelin has now reached four months and is starting to develop a little personality.  She is "kind of" a happy baby, still though pretty fussy and rude at times. Thankfully, she has remained easy going, allowing us to enjoy numerous dinners out with friends and pool days.

I try my hardest to not spoil Maelin, but I seriously cannot help it.  I have a wonderful skill of convincing myself that Maelin "NEEDS" it.......even though she has no clue anything in this world exists until I introduce her to it.  I tell myself that I will curb this habit when she starts to understand more of how the world works, let's hope that actually happens.

Some of our recent purchases have included a highchair and some bouncy seat thing, both which are essential.  Then there are the fun toys, cute clothes and adorable shoes.  Brett obviously loves the clothes part of it, but thinks the shoes are a waste of money. I agree 100% but my goodness they are cute and she just has to have some.  She'll be sporting her avacado green peep toes at her baptism....to of course add a pop of color to her white dress.

Pool Day 

Testing her new highchair  

Playing in this ugly bouncy seat, that I swear I would never have in my house, however, this allows me to get ready for work in the AM.  

Since Maelin had been getting lots of fun things, we thought it was only right that we buy something new for ourselves, so we purchased a Flip camcorder.  I am pretty excited about this as it is user friendly and little, both of which are top priority.  So now the blog with include some videos.  Here is one of Maelin's first attempt at eating solids (aka rice cereal).  She pretty much hated it so maybe we'll hold off for a few weeks before trying again.