Smarty Pants, Five, Awesome Parking Skills

Zach got his grade back for project 4...he got 12.94 out of 13! It was the highest grade out of all of the students, and there are about 350 students in his class! So that makes at least 2 out of 6 projects that he got the highest grade in the class! I'm so proud of him!!! On Monday he should find out his grade on project 5 and he turns in project 6 (his last one, HOORAY!). So in just a few days I will get my hubby back, for a couple of weeks at least.

Madie has a new trick. She likes to give high five! It is more like a low five, but close enough. It is super cute to see her learning new things. She also got a sippie cup today. I figured since she won't take a bottle I might as well try giving her a sippie cup. She does pretty well with it. I handed it to her and she immediately put it in her mouth and started chewing on it. After a few minutes I could hear that she was sucking on it, so I put some water in and it she drank some of it! Hopefully, this will mean that I can start leaving her with other people and not have to worry so much about getting back in time to feed her. :)

So I took Madie to a drs appt yesterday up in Phoenix and when I got there, there wasn't really anywhere to park that I thought I could fit my mom's Trailblazer into. But I wasn't going to park on the street, since I didn't have any coins to pay for it. So I figured all I could do was try to park in one of the three spots that had cars parked on or over the line. I settled on one and somehow managed to get the car in without hitting or scratching any of the cars. I was quite impressed with myself, so I took a picture of each side so you can see how close the other cars really were. 

There was probably between 12 and 18 inches on this side 

(good thing I was planning on leaving the carseat in the car)

I had just enough room to get out on this side, so maybe 6 inches!

Those of you who drive bigger cars are probably laughing that I am proud of myself for this parking job, but keep in mind I usually drive a neon. 

And because I can't post without a picture of miss Madie... here she is enjoying her squash :)

Dangers of Nyquil, Birthday and 6 months!

Saturday night at 3:00 Zach got up to blow his nose. Well it woke Madie up (she had been sleeping in the swing in our bedroom because she had a stuffy nose) and she wouldn't go back to sleep. So I got up with her and when I got back in bed Zach was hoging all of the pillows, which is not his usual behavior. I was quite annoyed with Zach, because he knows better than to just blow his nose with Madie right there (this was not the first time he has awakened her with such noises, but usually we are both still awake when this has happened). I come to find out in the morning that he has no recollection of this what so ever! How could he not hear our screaming child, you ask? He took some Nyquil before going to bed to help with his cold. I told him that he is not allowed to take such drugs before bed since it makes him, as he put it, sleep walk. (Call it what you want, he's not the one that had to get up with Madie)

Thanks to all my familiy for the wonderful birthday gifts and wishes. It is always nice to know people are thinking of you on your birthday (for those who don't know my birthday was on Monday).

And speaking of Monday, Madison had her 6 month check up. She turned 6 months last Saturday. She is 15.5 pounds and 26.5 inches long. This puts her just average for her weight and in the 75th percentile for her height. She is doing really well with eating "solid" foods. So far she has only had squash and carrots. She really liked the squash and she liked the carrots at first but the last two times I tried giving them to her she didn't really want them (not sure if it is because of the taste or because she just got shots and so she isn't her normal self quite yet). In another couple of weeks we are going to try giving her real solid foods, starting with puffs. We'll see how that goes! Here is a look back at our sweet baby girl's 6 months of life. (I will try to not put pictures that I have already posted, but I make no promises)

I have been all cheeks since birth!

1 month - A rare moment on my tummy

2 months - I can hold my head up now

3 months - I got blessed by my awesome daddy

4 months - right before first attempt at rice cereal

5 months - I love to give kisses!

6 months - My arms are getting so much better...I like to chew on my thumb...

and get into everything. I especially love to empty the diaper bin!

Anything I can see I need! Don't I look so great in mommy's sunglasses!?!

Happy Halloween

Madie was a ballerina for her 1st Halloween. I made her tutu and it turned out soooo cute and pink and fluffy! She didn't really seem too impressed by trick-or-treating, but I wasn't really expecting much. Two of Zach's sisters and one of his brothers stopped by for pictures with Madie (I will have to post these pics later since I left my camera at my sister's house) and his parents sent her a 1st Halloween card in the mail, I thought that was so sweet. 

Madie's arms are starting to make some improvements. Her elbows still don't bend all of the way but she can now get her pacie in her mouth on her own! Hooray! Just in time for us to start limiting pacie use to the crib and carseat, go figure! She is getting to be quite the little smartie. She knows to bring her hands together when I start to sing "If you're happy and you know it" to her. She can't clap them on her own yet...but it is still super cute. 

Zach hasn't received his official grade for his last project yet, but when the professor walked by last week to look at his model he made the comment that it looked like a 5 out of 5, perfect, just what they were looking for. He was so excited about that that he called me as soon as his class got out. It was cute. He only has 2 more projects for the semester for his uber time consuming class! YAY! If he continues to get super good grades like he has then he will be finished with that class before Thanksgiving!

And for your viewing pleasure...

Ballerina Madie

She is so proud of herself when she picks something up off the floor while sitting up!

She also likes to drink out of my cup...she always thinks she needs it when I go to take a drink.