Happy 6 month Birthday Madeline!!

Today Madeline turns 6 months old. Sigh. Where has the time gone!?
I thought in honour of this big day I would highlight some of her accomplishments to date:

• Learning to roll from her back to her tummy
• I've seen her roll from her tummy to her back once....I'm not sure if she did it on purpose, cause she hasn't done it again!
• Pushing up onto her hands....and also pulling her knees under her bum...but not at the same time
• Picking up objects and putting them in her mouth
• She has 2 teeth
• Sitting up and playing with toys in front of her
• I think she knows her name when I call her
• Eating solid foods....she's tried all sorts of fruits, veggies and grains. Anything sweet seems to still be her favourite
• Swimming :)
• Figuring out how to turn around in the exersaucer to find all the different toys

So those are just a few of the things she's been working on for the past couple months. I'm pretty excited to see what's next. We go to the dr's this week so we'll see how much she's grown since the last check up.

Swimming

Saturday was the day! I've kinda been counting down the days for her 6 month birthday because I wanted to take Mad swimming. I personally hate swimming (not so much the swimming part....but I hate getting wet and I hate being cold even more than I hate getting wet) but Michael loves to swim and I knew that swimming would be something he would really like to do with her.
So we decided Saturday we would take her (a few days before her 6 month bday....but they didn't ask for ID). We bought swim diapers and put them on her before we left the house. I didn't know that swim diapers don't actually hold pee pee (goes right through them). Good to know for the future....apparently she peed her diaper in the men's change room and it got on the floor.
Anyhoo. Once changed into our suits we skipped mandatory pre-shower and headed straight to the pool. Luckily our local pool has parent and tot swim so there were only 2 other families there. We both hopped in the water with her. I was quite proud of myself for getting right in. I was also proud of the fact that I was in a bikini mid-winter. We took turns touring her around the pool and letting her splash. She held her hands in tight fists close to her body (which she often does when she's unsure). But she didn't cry. She didn't really laugh or smile either, but I think she enjoyed it. 20 minutes later we were out of the pool. It's all about baby steps - we don't want to over stay our welcome. But overall it was a fun family time. I think we'll do it again soon. No pics to share - they don't let you take pics at the public pools anymore.

I do it myself

Madeline now likes to feed herself. See examples below. She then helps clean up by chewing on her face cloth.

Early Pics

Thought it might be fun to post some early pics of Mad - for those of you who haven't seen them. For those of you who have, you can see how big she's getting.
Here she is in her fav chair...she still uses this, although usually just when I shower and need somewhere to put her in the bathroom. Here she is with her Dad - about 6 weeks old

Here she is, about 9-10 weeks old

3 weeks old

Few minutes old

In other news, today we went to Costco with Nana. I now have enough toilet paper and paper towels to last me through the summer. Madeline enjoyed going for a ride in the shopping cart. We have a cart cover which comes in very handy now that she's putting everything in her mouth. I would otherwise be freakin out at her touching the dirty cart.....I'm sure this is something I will get over as she gets older.