Daddy Diary Part 2

Today is day 3 without Mama, and Mady and I are just fine (for those who might have been worried).

On Saturday we had another cookout at Oxford. The weather was beautiful and Mady enjoyed hanging out with all the college students. That evening, she surpassed her personal record for longest car ride that she had set during our trip to the airport that morning. We drove out to Grass Lake for our couples Bible study group. It was a 40 minute drive and she was a champ. We got home a little later than I had hoped so I ended up putting her to bed at 10:30 without a bath. She has been going down between 8:30 and 9:00 recently, so that was a little later than usual, but she got some sleep in the car.

She woke for her usual night time feedings at 1:00 and 3:00. Then I had to get up with her at 5:30, which was a little harder than usual because I typically sleep through the night feedings.

Last night she went down and 8:00, and still woke for feedings at 1:00 and 3:00, and got up at 5:30. Very interesting...

On Sunday we went to church, and actually arrived earlier than usual. I always thought it was Madelyn who was slowing us down... turns out it is Carrie! :) Ha!

The rest of Sunday was a haze of baby games, naps and feedings. I can get her to laugh now by laughing like a goofball. My brother Allen used to do that to make Mom laugh, and I've found that it works pretty well on my daughter t0o. I guess she is a sympathetic laugh-er like her Grandma. I tried to get a video of this, which wasn't easy because she is easily distracted by the camera. There is a little giggle at the end...



Mama comes home tonight and we're both looking forward to having her back.