Newborn pictures

It has been a nice, but busy week. I decided that Madelyn can start leaving the house a little bit more. I think it is more for my sanity, but we needed to have a change of scenery. Monday she went to the grocery store with me. It was an experience. The car seat that she has doesn’t lock onto the top of the grocery cart like I have seen other car seats do—or maybe I am just not smart enough to figure it out. Either way, I could get the car seat to set on top of the cart two different ways. The first way, she was setting straight up at a 90 degree angle, it looked like she was going to be catapulted out of the seat at any moment. The second way, her legs were above her head and she just looked way too awkward. So I put her seat in the basket part of the cart, the only problem with that was that there was essentially no room left for our groceries. We made it but she had food packed all around her car seat by the time we were ready to go.

Maddie and I went to the Mom’s group again this week. She was able to visit with her new friend Adelyn who is 3 weeks older than Maddie. It is fun to talk to Adelyn’s mom, Stacia, and see what I should expect in the next few weeks. After the Mom’s group we stopped by ENT to visit. It is just so nice to get out of the house.

Thursday Grandma Patty had the day off due to fog!! We decided to take Madelyn on her first shopping trip. She was so good for the entire afternoon! We got to use her stroller for the first time and she loved it. She slept for a little while, and when she woke up she would just look at the lights and check out everything. Again, the only stuff I bought was baby girl stuff!! I think I am going a little overboard, but it is so hard not to get all the cute little girl stuff. Later that night, Grandma and Grandpa Worthington had their first babysitting gig. Josh and I had a meeting we needed to go to and then we went out for dinner. It was so weird being away from Madelyn.

We are so excited we got Madelyn’s newborn pictures back this week. I am going to post the ones we ordered below. I was amazed at how well the pictures turned out. Madelyn was screaming a crying through her entire photo shoot and then she pooped and peed all over me during her naked butt pictures, but not one picture looked like she was crying. The photographer, Jeani Mussleman, did an excellent job. She was so flexible and good with Maddie, I would highly recommend her. http://www.jmusselman.com



Our first family picture!

After screaming and crying for an hour and a half she finally dozed off for the last five minutes of her session. She looks so innocent!

Maddie looking around. I think it looks like she was swallowed up by a cloud.


She just looks way to cute in this picture!!

I think this is right before she pooped all over me. I love this picture though. It was so worth getting pooped on! :)

Baby shower

It is a snowy weekend in Auburn, Indiana! Josh, Madelyn, and I decided to stay at home all day on Saturday and just be lazy!! It was so nice just spending the day together. We all stayed in our pajamas all day and had a PJ party!!

Today Madelyn attended her first baby shower!! She wore her little party dress and looked so cute!! My friend Emily hosted the baby shower--I was so excited we had Cookie Cottage Cookies and cherry coke!!! Mmmm. They are my favorite!! The shower was originally scheduled in January, but needed to be postponed due to snow. It was much fun today with Madelyn there. She met a few of my friends from Purdue. We had a great time visiting with everyone!! Two of my friends—Lauren and Mavis—are both pregnant!! So Madelyn will have some new friends to play with come August! We can’t wait to meet them!


Andrea, Heather, and Madelyn--Andrea and Heather came in second place in the game we played, so Heather got a lollipop and Andrea (a fellow audiologist) ended up with super huge ears!


Madelyn and Emily cuddling



Lauren, Mavis, and Emily on the prego couch! Mavis and Lauren are both due in August!

Madelyn, Lauren, and I

Madelyn snuggling with Andrea

Another week older!

Seeing as how we aren’t taking Madelyn out and about much just yet the last week has been pretty uneventful. Last Friday afternoon, Madelyn and I went over to Great Grandma Morr’s house to visit for a little while. She gave us two beautiful handmade quilts, one was made by Madelyn’s Great Great Aunt Bev and the other was made by one of Grandma Morr’s friends. They are both gorgeous!!

It was so nice Josh and I started having Madelyn take some bottles & a pacifier over the weekend. It was hilarious the first time we put the pacifier in her mouth she just stared at it cross-eyed wondering what to do with it. She still hasn’t quite figured it out yet. I have to physically hold it in her mouth, but it does seem to calm her down (sometimes that is). Other times, it seems to make her scream more—go figure!

Starting bottles last Friday was an interesting experience. I was so exhausted for not having more than 2 hours of sleep at a time for the past 2 weeks, I made a bottle for Josh and instructed him to warm it up in the sink by running hot water over it and then give it to Madelyn whenever she woke up in the middle of the night. She woke up around 2:00 in the morning and was screaming. So I gave Josh a “gentle nudge” to wake him up so he could go feed her. He got Maddie out of bed, took her down stairs and tried to console her while warming the bottle up at the same time. After he thought the bottle was warm enough he tried giving it to her, but nothing would come out. After trying for about 10 minutes he gave up and brought her back upstairs to me, so I could feed her. Come to find out our bottles are a little more complicated than I had anticipated. They have 7 pieces!! It seems like a lot just for a bottle. Evidently you are supposed to remove 1 of the 7 pieces in order to have milk flow through the venting system properly. So I fed Maddie that night and we tried the bottle again on Saturday morning with the “extra” piece removed and she took it like a champ!! She is eating 3 ounces from the bottle now—I think she gets a lot more when I feed her, because she seems to be hungry faster after getting a bottle.

Josh also had his first solo parenting experience on Saturday. I was going stir crazy at home and thought that since Maddie was taking bottles so well, I would leave for a few hours. I ended up going shopping with Grandma Patty for the first time since finding out that Maddie was a little girl!! Let me tell you it is so much more fun to buy clothes when you know the gender!! We both bought so much girly stuff and loved every minute of it!! I can’t wait to start dressing her up in all of her fun new outfits! Josh did fine staying at home with Madelyn. His parents were able to come up and visit with him and Maddie for a few hours, so I think that made him feel much better about the situation.

Wednesday this week, Maddie and I went to a Mom’s group at Dupont hospital. It was so much fun. She was a little fussy, but we learned how to do infant massages!! After we started doing the massage, Maddie relaxed and was wonderful for the rest of the time. I am so glad to have another “anti-fussy tool” in my arsenal!!

Maddie and I are going to a baby shower with some college friends this Sunday and are very excited about that!! I can’t wait for her to meet Mommy’s friends!!



Maddie swinging in her little lady bug outfit!!

Maddie loves it when Daddy comes home for lunch! She can't take her eyes off of him!

Madelyn on the beautiful quilt Great Great Aunt Bev made for her. I don't know what her face is all about, but I love it! :)

Mommy's two favorite people smiling away!

One of the ladies from our church made this awesome cake for Madelyn. Josh and I loved eating every bite of it!

2 Weeks OLD!!

We have had a pretty exciting week at the Beck household. Last Thursday Grandma Jane came up to spend a few days with us. It was so nice for mommy to be able to take a nap and not worry about Madelyn. Grandma Jane was so terrific; she made a yummy dinner for us every night!! We really appreciated all of her help!! Grandpa Randy, Auntie Abby, and Uncle Blake all came up to visit with Madelyn on Saturday.

Madelyn had her first “real” bath on Sunday. She didn’t seem to mind the water. She actually fussed more when we took her out of the tub. I guess I don’t like getting out of a warm bath either though.

Josh’s ear had been bothering him, so I made an appointment for him at ENT on Tuesday. Josh took Madelyn and I with him, so she got to meet the whole office. Everyone “oohed and aaahed” over her! Josh ended up having a new tube put in his right ear by Dr. Disher. Dr. Disher thought Madelyn would be running around by the next time Josh needs a new tube! It is so hard to imagine her running around, but I am sure it will be here sooner than I think! Later that night, I decided that I was pretty tired and laid down to take a nap around 8:00. Daddy was going to spend some quality time with Madelyn as she was fed, burped, changed, and almost asleep. At 10:00 Josh came up and handed a screaming Madelyn to me. He told me that she was hungry. He then proceeded to tell me that she had been screaming her head off ever since I went to bed. He was trying to change her diaper while she was screaming and got poopie on his hand. Before he knew what was going on, he ran his hand through his hair and ended up with poopie all through his hair!! Needless to say, he was very frustrated.

Yesterday Madelyn had her 2 week check-up with Dr. Fuchs (her pediatrician). Usually it is their goal for the baby to be back up to their birth weight by the 2 week appointment. Madelyn weighed 8 lbs 10 oz!! A full pound more than her birth weight!! Dr. Fuchs was very happy about that!! Dr. Fuchs said that everything else looked just great and that we don’t have to go back to the office until her 2 month check!!

Josh and I are looking forward to a quiet Valentine’s Weekend. No plans and that is how we like it these days!

I love Madelyn's faces during her first bath!! I don't think she knew what to think about it!! She looks terrified in the one picture!!

Madelyn in her cute Lady Bug outfit Uncle Josh got her!! Look at the feet!! I love it!

Auntie Abby and Maddie thinking hard about something!

Coming HOME!!!

Madelyn and Mommy were dismissed from the hospital Saturday, January 31st around 12:00 p.m. She was bundled up in her little teddy bear outfit and looked so cute even though it was way too big (it is newborn size). She slept through the whole car ride home. Later that night she met her cousin Brayden AKA Tank. He is almost 3 months old and weighs 14 lbs, so he made Madelyn look really small. She also met Aunt Jessica and Uncle Jonathan for the first time.


Maddie went to the pediatrician for the first time on Monday. She has regained her birth weight already and the pediatrician said that she looked great. On Tuesday, she went to go have her newborn pictures taken--wow was that an experience!! She was asleep when we got there and pretty much woke up the second we took her out of her seat and cried the rest of the time. We wanted some naked pictures so the photographer had us strip her down and Madelyn decided to pee and poop all over Mommy. So it was pretty much a disaster.


Her first 2 nights at home went very smoothly, she would sleep, feed, get changed and go back to sleep. She must have known that Daddy was going back to work this morning because she decided to fuss and be up all night last night.

Aunt Jessica and Maddie

Uncle Josh with Brayden and Uncle Jonathan with Maddie

Great Grandma Morr and Madelyn

Madelyn Beck & Brayden (TANK) Worthington

Madelyn just before she left the hospital!!