Spring Break

We added some new pictures to the February Album. Follow the link on the sidebar to see them!

Madelyn is now seven weeks old. She is starting to get a little more talkative. She mostly just coos and gurgles, but we're both pretty sure we've heard her say "I Love You" (Ah Laa La). We have her sleeping in her bassinet again instead of her swing. Occasionally she will go on a hunger strike and cry and scream when we try to feed her. Our strategy is to trick her into eating by feeding her when she just wakes up from a nap and is still too groggy to figure out what is going on. Evenings are still her fussy time of the day. The sound of the hair dryer continues to be our best way of calming her. Of course, that sound can be a little irritating as well...

Carrie started back to work this week. It was a nice week for her to ease back in because it is Spring Break week at Michigan, so my work schedule was very flexible since there aren't any students around. Her plan is to work in my office in the evenings on her publications, conference presentations, and dissertation. Thus Daddy gets to hang out with Mady alone in the evenings when she is cranky. :)

On a completely unrelated note, we picked up a new couch this week because our local La-Z-Boy is closing and they were offering great discounts. We don't really have a lot of space for it in our little apartment, but we moved some things around to make it work. It was hard to pass up such a great deal on something that we will hopefully have for a very long time.