Mommy and Maddie

We sure have fun together and we love the Bumbo :)

Time Flies....

So I can't believe that my baby is already 4 months old, time really does fly. She is such a happy baby and unless you are her uncle Brad she will go to everyone. (For some reason every time Brad holds her she screams like an evil clown is going to get her, lol). It has been quite funny to see them interact. Even when she is sleeping if Brad is around she will start screaming. Her sleeping has not gotten any better, in fact it has almost gotten worse. She has learned how to roll over and everytime she does it wakes her up. I am lucky if she sleeps for 4 hours in a row anymore, what happened to my baby who use to sleep 8 hours????? We purchased a Bumbo and it is the greatest invention ever, Maddie just loves it. She is also putting everything she can grab in her mouth, which has resulted in us being alot more careful in what we put in front of her. I am still working the football games but I sure miss my baby everytime I have to go. Brandon has progressed and she now has clothes on when I get home from work, now we just have to work on the matching clothes issue. Brandon dressed her this morning and I almost wanted to put a sign around her kneck that says "My Daddy dressed me today" so that everyone could understand the choice of clothes, lol. I can't complain at least she was wearing clothes this time :) Life is still good at the Hendrickson's. Enjoy the pictures our precious HAPPY baby.

Mommy Daddy Kiss

This has become my new favorite picture for a lot of reasons. First it shows my happy baby, and who could ask for more than that? She is really happy and spends the majority of her day just smiling and now laughing. Except when you put her in her carseat but that is a whole different story. Second, it shows her chubby cheeks. She is definitely a well fed baby and I just love her little baby rolls. Third, it shows how much her mom and dad love her. Raising a child is best when it is done by a man and a woman and this picture shows me how idylic that scenario really is. So enjoy my new favorite picture!

Future in the FBI?????

So I have decided that I have a future in the FBI. Let me explain. On Monday I went grocery shopping with Maddie. I carried a load of groceries and Maddie up to the apartment, put away the groceries and got Maddie out of her car seat and put her on the couch. because I knew I would only be gone for less than a minute. I then went down to get the last load of groceries from the car. Since I was leaving just to be extra safe I locked the door behind me. So I ran down to the car and grabbed the groceries and came back up the apartment. When I put the key in the door (We have an electronic key that has a chip in it, you put in the chip key in the slot and it causes the dead bolt to move to open, but a little background info). Well I put the key in and the door does not open. This has happened a few times before but I have always been able to get in within 2-3 minutes top. I spent almost 15 minutes trying to get in, I was frantic. At this point I can hear Maddie crying on the couch and I just could not get in! So I run to the clubhouse and I am ticked off at this point (understatement) and there is a huge line of people at the clubhouse because alot of students are moving in. I walk up the front of the line, interrupt the worker and say " I have an emergency, I have been trying to get into my apartment for almost 20 minutes and my 9 week old baby is inside, you need to fix it now. Let's just say he jumped up grabbed my key and pretty much ran to get me another one, He could see the look of death on my face. So he got me a new key and told me to let him know if it did not work. I was thinking to myself, oh trust me you will be hearing about it. So I run back to apartment and try the new key and it still does not work! At this point I can hear Maddie screaming through the door. I then proceed to break the door down. Yes, I literally broke the door in. Hence the reason I think I could now work for the FBI. Let's just say the damage was pretty bad. They had to pretty much replace the entire door. It turns out the battery of the deadbolt was broken. I was pretty proud of myself that I was able to break down the door, but with adrenaline and my screaming baby on the other end, the door did not stand a chance. It was a choice reunion when I got in. I did make Brandon call and tell out apartment complex what happened and to let them know they would be paying for the damages. Which they did. They sent someone over to fix it and we had a note saying it was worth then the thought and they would be replacing everything in the morning. It took the guy over 4 hours to fix everything. I was not kidding when I said I broke the door down.

Now some pictures of the adorable reason why the door was broken down in the first place.Maddie sleeping on Brandon while he studies, I just thought this was so cute so I had to take a picture.

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Our last month

We have had a great last month, but it has been busy.Madelyn was blessed on July 4th and we were so blessed to have all of Brandon's family and my parents and Rachel share in that special day with us. Madelyn is now seven weeks old day! Where did the time go! She just grew out of her newborn clothes and is in 0-3 months and moved up a diaper size to size 1. Madelyn and I just got back from visiting my family in Fargo for two weeks and we loved being with her cousins Landon and Baby Logan who is only seven weeks older than her. Brandon also flew out to be with us for a few days and  Brandon being like he is managed to get us $1200 in free tickets by getting bumped. I am actually pretty excited because we have some plane tickets to buy in the upcoming months and who does not like free tickets? Madelyn is growing and growing and eating and eating. She still does not like to be put down at all and likes to be held 24/7 but it seems like it is getting better. She went in her swing for 20 minutes this morning which is huge! When I was out in Fargo I bought a sling so that I can "hold" her and still have my hands free. It has been working pretty good so far.  We just got Maddie's new born pictures back and I will share them now along with some other pictures from the last month.

Brandon and Madelyn after her blessing

What we love about Madelyn

Our little baby girl is only 10 days old, but there are still alot of things we have learned about her:

• She hates to sleep on her back. We have to put her on her boppy in the bassinet otherwise she would never go to bed.
• She loves taking naps with daddy, I swear that is the most content I see her when she is sleeping.
• Mommy calls her little love and daddy calls her princess.
• She stretches alot just like her daddy, it is so cute to watch her move her little body like that.
• She hates having her diaper changed, you would think you were torturing her the way she screams. However, mommy likes changing her diaper because then she can comfort her afterwards.
• She does not like to be put down at all for any reason, even to sleep. There have been a few nights I have ended up on the couch just holding her so that she could sleep.
• She is definitely a Hendrickson baby and looks like her daddy. Go figure.
• She is such a good eater, she could eat and eat and eat. We are happy she eats so well and that she continues to get bigger.
• She has a thing about peeing on daddy about everytime when he changes her, I can't help but laugh. It has only happened to me once, but we have stopped counting with how many times it has happened to Brandon.
• She has very feminine features, we just think she is adorable.
• She is a very loved baby.