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!

It's been a while

Sorry for the delay in pix-we just keep taking pictures of her new expressions and are trying to keep up with them, as well as her tight schedule she has us on! Maizy's been a trooper, and i must say, so have we. We're trying to get her down to bed at 9pm, but that can vary up until 11. Usually she gets up about 430 or 5, eats and then crashes again until anywhere from 830 to 10 (which she did today and we loved sleeping in!). In the mean time, we've had so many great friends and family stop by to meet her, say hi, bring dinner for us and hang out. Thank you all-we love it! Enjoy these shots of Maizy over the past few days, including great-grama judy, some from daddy day care, and our favorite facial expressions of hers-particularly her sleeping ones-"leave me alone!" look, her furrowed brow, and her stunned look....

heart,
matt, leah and maizy

Too cute

I had to show you this cute close up of her, and the other one is my favorite so far of her and i together. Enjoy your day!!

Leah, Matt and Maizy

Day 4

Thanks for checking out our maizy! she is kinda cute, or course i'm biased, but i think she looks like matt junior already, so then i dig her even more. she's been an interesting one so far. feeding has been hell, and matt has to see mom and baby crying together. but, my milk came in yesterday and what a huge difference in eating for her. thank god!

She was a stinker last night-up once an hour for a 10 minute feeding from 11pm to 3am. finally she slept until 8 this morning, and i'm about to turn her over to daddy day care so i can go sleep. my girlfriends were right-it used to be "oh, i got a great night sleep of 8 hours+" now it's "oh, i got a great night sleep-it was 5 hours"!

We had to buy little gloves for her to stop scratching her face. They look like she's boxing when she's wearing them-i want to write on one "love" and the other "hate" like the boxing gloves have on them.

Here she is getting her first bath at home, one of her naps, and grama and grama Lechner doting on her....