Laugh or Cry

7 weeks has been interesting for us thus far. Maizy has officially decided to test her lungs out full force between the hours of 5pm and 11pm straight. It's been frustrating for me, not knowing what can help comfort her. We take all the advice we get and it all works too, for about 5 minutes. Then we go through our list of what's worked to make her stop crying until one of previous cry-stoppers helps. She seems to like to lay on her tummy on our forearm, looking out at the world when she is getting wound up; but that changes 5 minutes later! Her pediatrician (and friends with kids) told us that between 6-8 weeks is the toughest for us parents because she is the most fussiest during that time. Hoping this phase passes quickly. Oy!!

In the day, she's content. So that's when we're able to get our cabin fever knocked out and we go play with friends. Matt took Maizy to her first high school baseball game this week and she hung out with him and the other brown deer coaches at it, enjoying guy time and sports talk i'm sure! I picked several world record sized zucchini and made 19 loaves of chocolate chip zucchini bread the past few days-let me know if you want any!! We went out on thursday to celebrate Maizy's great-grandparents 55th anniversary! How amazing! Of course, the second great-nana judy held Maizy, she fell right asleep! We laugh because everytime Nana holds Maizy, she conks right out. The other night during our wonderful witching hours of cry time, i put nana on speaker phone to chat with her, and as soon as Maizy heard her voice, she was asleep!! Pack up your bags great-nana, you're moving into the guest room!!

Not only were we able to celebrate God's blessing of Maizy's great-grandparents 55th wedding anniversary, but we rejoiced as a family when Maizy was able to meet her cousin Bekah for the first time yesterday. I don't know who was more excited-me or Bekah! Maizy's great-aunt Jane (oh that just sounds way to weird! great aunt! you're too young to be called that auntie!) held her right away and Bekah had ants in her pants to hold Maizy-i would've too Bek! The moment finally arrived and Bekah got to hold her cousin Maizy for the first time and it was heaven. She smiled at Bekah and cooed at her too. I can tell the way that Maizy's been kicking her little legs around that big cousin Bekah's going to have to teach her some of her seriously amazing soccer techniques.

Until next time, blessings for you all and enjoy the quiet in your house for us!

Smile!

We finally were able to catch her smiling on camera! She's begun to smile at our voice, mostly when she wakes up in the morning. That must be a baby thing to be smily when waking up because she sure didn't get that from either of us! She also smiles when she's falling asleep. That's our sign that we can get ready to go back to sleep once Maizy has fed during the middle of the night and starts to conk out and begins smiling. Of course we love seeing her smile, but that's the best cue for us to know we're headed to back to bed soon! This weekend i was honored to stand up in a friend's wedding, Laura. Laura's niece, Lucia, was with us for the weekend-she is 3 1/2 months old. Matt and i were just amazed to take in Lucia's size and capabilities as a baby, and then realized that will be Maizy in a few weeks! In the mean time, enjoy these pix. I love the one of her in the swing-her eyes so bright and big, clenching her little blankie-taking after mom with that blankie!

Blessings!

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Doll or Baby?

How can you not melt looking at her in this little outfit? Again i ask, doll or baby?! So fun to dress her in little outfits. Her expression could not have been funnier-"great. just great" or "come on already. take the picture". then dad got his new hunting blind and i got a shot of the two peas in a pod in his "fort".

Today Maizy had her check-up and she weighed in at 9 pounds, 12 ounces, and measured at 20.5 inches. A tall skinny one! Her pediatrician says we're doing good too, which is very reassuring considering we're both zombies today.

We love our daughter tons! Blessings!

New Friends

We can't believe it, but Maizy is 5 weeks old already! She's proving to us that she is getting bigger when we put on her newborn sized diapers and clothing-diapers are snug, and she fits her newborn clothes finally. It's fun to hear all of the new noises coming out of her tiny frame; Matt jumped the other night at a squeal she let out! I think we have a thumb sucker on our way to. Maizy's found her fist and is trying to suck on it, fingers and i've caught her with the thumb in her mouth (like mother like daughter, it must be genetic). We've also found the not so cute side of evening fussiness, but with a little bouncing and walking, she's over it. She's still feeding about every 2 1/2 hours, so i'm attached to her hip (mouth really) for now.

Matt and i are in a sunday night Bible study with 5 other couples for the past 3 years. In that time, we've gone from newly weds, to new home owners, to new parents. Maizy had her first play date with her Bible study buddies, and here's a picture of them all- Henry, Grace, Maizy, Molly and Audrey.

Blessings to you all!

So Big

Today our little baby is already 1 month! Oh my goodness is she getting big! The other day i put a hat on her to keep that cute melon warm and it fit her; when we tried putting the same hat on her to come home from the hospital one month ago, she swam in it! It's only been a month and i'm already saying the dreaded words "my baby's growing up"! The time has flown by so far. This week Maizy will have her one month check up and we'll get to see how much she's grown. Curiosity was killing this cat when Maizy and i were at great-grama judy's house and i saw a tape measure laying around-she's up to 21 inches! Happy fourth to all, and we'll chat with you soon!

Matt, Leah and Maizy

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Good Visitor

This past sunday Grama Good came to visit and spoiled Maizy with what we like best-shopping! Here are some fun pix from our time with Grama Good.

Edible

I set Maizy up to take her birth announcement pictures, and these are just too fun!! How can you not want to just love her up?! Things are going good here. She's definately going through a growth spurt-chowing down constantly! If you're around stop by to say hi and meet her-Maizy is more awake than asleep, and my zombie-like status is a testament to that. Kisses!