Four & More

Maddy is 4 months old!

Its crazy, but true!  Maddy turned four months this past Wednesday, May 25.  We went for her four month check up and the doc said she is progressing right along.  The nurse was very impressed with all of her skills. Here are her 4 month stats:
Height: 24 1/4 inches  52%
Weight: 12lbs. 15oz. 35%
Head: 15.75 24%
After looking at the numbers in really seems like she has a small head, but it really doesn't look that way.  She is average for height and a little small for her weight.  Her hair is still looking red and hasn't all fallen out.  Hopefully she won't go bald. I feel like she is teething, but teeth haven't popped in yet. 

New Tricks

Maddy is able to roll over from her back to her stomach and stomach to back.  She loves to play on the floor on her stomach and sort of scoot.  She sits comfortably in her Bumbo seat.  Last weekend we put her Excer Saucer  together and it is her new favorite thing to do.  There are so many gadgets and things for her to play with.  Another developing skill is her talking.  She is often caught babbling away to her butterfly friend on her car seat or her Wubba Nub giraffe. She carries on full conversations with them. She is officially a belly sleeper.  No more "back to sleep" for Maddy girl.  I was a little nervous at first, but she has really good head control and lifts her neck and head very far off the ground when she is laying on her stomach. Oh... one more thing... she has grabbed her bottle with both hands a few times to hold it.  This skill is still developing.  I know she has many more tricks up her sleeve before she turns 5 months!!!

First Excer Saucer Experience

New Sunglasses in the Bumbo

 
We are so blessed to have such a beautiful baby girl!  Sometimes I have to make sure I'm not dreaming and just take it all in.  
p.s. I want a personalized blog lay out.  I'm really new at this and just don't have time now to figure it out on my own.  I need a designer, so if you know how let me know. 

So Lucky to be a Mommy!

1st Mother's Day
Today I got to celebrate my first Mother's Day!  The whole day I just kept thinking how lucky I am to be a mom and how blessed I am to have such a precious little baby girl.  Of course I couldn't be a  mom without having a mom, which lead me to thinking about how lucky and blessed I am to have my  mom. 
We had a great day.  We went to church this morning at 10:45 like we do most every Sunday.  Except for today we had mass in the Mary Chapel.  (Our church is upgrading and expanding our main Church.)  Another special thing about going to church today was that we were asked to bring up the offertory. Usually for practicing Catholics, not a big deal, but it was Maddy's first time.  All five of us were able to walk up.  
After mass we went to Mia Bella's in Vintage Park.  We decided to do a big Mother's Day lunch with both sides of our family.  So, we had  a big group.  This way we were able to be with both our moms to celebrate all of us.  Lunch was good, but I was a little sad it was buffet style.  Bottomless mimosas made it better! 
We gave Brandon's mom perfume. And we gave my mom Yellow Box flip flops and an owl Pandora charm.  I made home made cards for both of our moms the best part was Maddy signed the cards with her hand print.  
Brandon and Maddy gave me a very sweet card and a pair of diamond earrings.  
We then spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out at home... Maddy and I had a nap together for the recliner.  Oh how I miss those days!!! 

Loli, Mommy, and Maddy

Dancing on the table with Uncle Ryan

Uncle Jamo visited in the evening

Maddy's cute outfit

I am so happy to be a mommy to Madelyn Paige! Happy Mother's Day to all my family and friends!

Three Months of JOY

Maddy's 3rd Month

Wow!  I can't believe it has been three months since my little Madelyn was born.  In a way it seems like just yesterday I was big, pregnant and nesting and on the other hand I feel like she's always been here with us. 
It has been a while since I have blogged, so I feel like there is lots to catch up on.  Hmmm... that sounds a little familiar of all areas in my life right now.  I feel like I'm always catching up on things, which is usually not me and something that really bugs me. We've been so busy experiencing life and making memories with Maddy I hardly have time to document them all.  


March 19
"A New Child of God"  -Madelyn's Baptism

Maddy's baptism is one of my favorite memories with her.  Lots of our family and friends joined us on the day to witness and celebrate her baptism with us.  My family traveled from Louisiana for the weekend to see her baptism.  My best friend from Austin came down, too.  As we were planning for her big day I really didn't think to hard about it.  I invited family and close friends to join us, but it didn't seem like a lot at the time.  I just thought these are the people that I would naturally send a personal invitation to. As you know, the sacrament of baptism and any sacrament is open to the community to join and be a part of.  Maddy is so lucky to have some awesome Godparents.  Her Godmother is my Aunt Mary aka Nanny Mary, who happens to be my Godmother as well.  Her Godfather is my long time very good friend Jeff.  Its exciting for Maddy to have a Godfather who is in the Seminary to be a priest.  When it was our turn for Maddy to have her Holy dunking the Deacon had to pause for a bit.  It took a little while for everyone to walk up to see her.  It looked like a crowd standing across from the fountain.  Everyone was there just to see Maddy be baptized.  I was in awww at the time.  I couldn't believe how much love was standing there to witness her initiation into the Catholic faith.  After the baptism we had a lunch at our house.  It was lots of fun for everyone to hold, feed and play with Maddy.  

Maddy hanging out after her baptism

At Home with Maddy
Before going back to work I tried to soak up all of my time with my baby girl.  I absolutely loved staying home with her.  We did lots of things together while I was staying home.  We kept very busy.  We watched tv, went shopping and ran errands and went to lunch. Our last day together we went to lunch with Bevy. 

Running errands with Mommy

Mommy Went Back to Work 
I was so anxious and dreading going back to work.  When the actual day came it really wasn't that bad. I missed my baby girl so much and would think about her cute little faces and her new smile all day at work.  Even though I was sad not to be with her all day, I knew she would be in great hands.  We have the best most wonderful babysitter ever.  We are so lucky and blessed to have Reasa watching Maddy.  My first day back I felt comfortable and I was so calm because I knew Maddy was being taken care of just like I would or maybe even better.  Its great because Maddy is around another baby her same age, Rilyn, Reasa's baby girl.  She also has a toddler friend, too.  As you can see from the pictures Maddy is having lots of fun at Reasa's!

Pajama Party

Maddy loves diaper changes

These girls love to watch TV

Smiles and Bows 
I'm sure there is lots more to reflect on and I would love to tell you about Maddy's first Easter, but I have lots of other things to catch up on too.  Here are some of my favorite pictures from this past month with Maddy!

I love my daddy!

I like to sleep on the couch!

Passion Sunday

My eyes are glued to the TV

This is my new favorite dress!

Easter Sunday

Rockin the Purple!

  I have some "Sylvia Pix" coming soon, so I will do another post shortly!
Until next time, Sarah

Blogging to say I need to Blog

I am trying to hold off blogging about Maddy's baptism until I get pictures from my mom's camera and Aunt Sylvita's camera.  Here is one good picture...

Stay tuned...

Scentsy!

Scentsy Consultant 

I am now officially a Scentsy Consultant!!! I know, I know, its not like I don't have enough to do with a new baby.  I thought I might as well get started while I am home for just a few more weeks.  I'm very excited about my new lil Scentsy business.  I love my Scentsys and want to share it with everyone else.  I also love to host parties!  This way other people can hosts the parties at their house and I can just come and tell people all about Scentsy!

To learn more about Scentsy visit my website at: https://sarahhaywood.scentsy.us/Home

If you have any questions about Scentsy you can call or email me: sarhaywood@yahoo.com


I will be having an Open House to launch my new Scentsy business on Saturday, March 26 from 10 to noon.  If you know me I don't usually have a party without a lil cocktail. I will be sending out an evite, but if you know you want to come email me and let me know.

One of my own Scentsy Warmers!

New update on my baby girl coming soon!

One Month with Maddy

Madelyn is a month old today!  It is hard to believe that she has been here for an entire month now.  We sure have come a long way since that first night we brought her home.  She has grown up a lot herself.  I still think of her as a newborn baby, but she has definitely grown.  She has experienced a lot in just one month. I wish I would have caught a few more pictures then I did.  Here is Maddy's first month in pictures...

2nd day of life with my bow glued in my hair

I met my Pops!

I met my Bevy and my Uncle Jeffy... Godfather!

I had my first car ride home!

I met my Godmother... aka Aunt Mary (we won't call her Great Aunt Mary.)

I love hanging out with my Loli!

Denise loved holding me even with my bilirubin blanket on.

My tanning bed!

My Nana loves to hold me!

My first day to go to Church!

My first play date with Leighlynn!

I love to hang out and listen to my mom's iPod!

My first trip to a restaurant with my mom and Loli...

I'm gonna love sushi!

I'm a month old TODAY!

Maddy has come such a long way since she arrived on January 25th!  She "half-way" sleeps through the night.  I can usually get a good 4 to 5 hours out of her.  (knock on wood!!!!)  She drinks 2 1/2 oz. of milk. She still only feels necessary to poop about once a week.  She looks at her mommy, daddy, and other people she loves.  She lifts her head up and sometimes turns it... I know its a little early for that.  She isn't sleeping in her bed yet, but maybe we'll try that soon.  Maddy loves vibration, so I don't know how the crib is going to go.  She likes to hang out in there sometimes, but not sure about sleeping in there without movements. Her favorite place to sleep is in her swing or on her mommy or daddy.  Maddy has had a lot of firsts this month and I'm sure there are many more to come!  Stay tuned for more pictures from her photo shoot. 
Love, 
Sarah 
(I'm trying to do better at this blogging thing.)

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