Well, we’ve survived the first three months of Madelyn. I’ve heard this is the hardest time but then again, I’ve heard every age has it’s challenges. For now, I’m going to believe some of the really hard stuff is over.

We’ve had lots of milestones recently; Madelyn’s first smiles and giggles, her first car trips up north, her first weddings, her first day at “school” (daycare), mom’s first day back at work. Madelyn has been really flexible through all of it. She still sleeps through the night, though she did wake up a little again when we started daycare. One of our favorite things is when she “counts” the dots on the bumpers in her crib.

I am officially a working mom, as of two weeks ago. The first few days were harder on me then Madelyn I think. She still doesn’t drink from a bottle, though we’ve been trying for a month. It’s pretty frustrating for many reasons; I feel a little anchored to her, Boone feels a little left out, she doesn’t eat much of anything during the day, and it really stresses me out. But lots of people tell me babies do this and not to worry. She’s got a little chub to live off of until she decides to eat from the bottle. Until then, we keep trying and I keep pumping. I hope she takes to it soon because we are going to run out of freezer space very soon.

For those of who reading this on our blog, I’ve got a few more pictures to post. (For those of you reading this on Facebook, you’ve probably seen them all.) Everyone tells me months 3 and 4 are pretty fun so I’m sure we’ll have even more pics.