Today Greg and myself were rewarded with the most beautiful smile - I touched her top lip and said, 'Who's mommy's girl', and then it just appeared. So, I did it again and there it was, the smile of an Angel. We were so proud, we could see her smiling with her eyes. Our mission now is to capture it on camera. Oh, and last night, Madison had her feed at 7:00pm and went down to sleep at 8:30pm - the next time she woke for a feed was at 4am. Maddy is such a clever girl.
My little girl is now a month old and developing her own little character. She has the cutest annoyed cry and still gets hiccups every feed. There is the faintest hint of a smile every so often and if her wind smile is anything to go by, when she gives me her first full grin, I am going to absolutely melt. I took a photo on Friday morning when she was officially 4 weeks old - I think she is the most beautiful angel to have walk the earth.
I had to visit the doctor on the North Shore today, so we set off - it was great showing her off, as everyone at the Doctor's rooms wanted to have a peek. Again Madison was checking her eyelids for holes.
On the way home we stopped off to visit Daddy at work, there were a few people who anxiously wanted to see her - they couldn't believe how petite she was. At 3pm Maddy needed her afternoon snack and for the first time she feed away from home. It was so easy, no bottle preparation etc. and Maddy was so relaxed about it.
Today Mother and Daughter went for their first really long walk. We set out at about midday, not too sure where we were going, it turned out to be a type of Forest Gump walk. Mommy just kept on going and going - we ended up walking from home to Botany Downs Maternity Unit, this when we recovered for 5 days after Madison was born. All in all the walk was most enjoyable, I enjoyed getting out of the house and yet again Maddy took the days events in her stride ..... zzzzzzzzz.
Well, today Maddy and I ventured out into the big wide world alone. Madison was feed and piled into the car and we were off to visit Daddy at the Auckland show grounds. Daddy was very excited about the visit and loved showing off his daughter. At one stage Madison started grisling and me being a new mom assumed she wanted feeding - after a few attempts at shoving the boob in her mouth - which was met with a most annoyed face - I realised she was just letting us know she was still there. I put her back in her car seat and we said our good-byes to Daddy and were off home.
A spontainious decision was made to stop in at Nanna and Baloo's place for a short visit. Madison slept throughout the entire visit and Baloo took some gorgeous photos - one of which I've posted. This was Maddy's first visit at her Nanna and Baloo's house and she took it in her stride....zzzzzzzzzz.
Madison is doing so well at falling asleep on her own, yes at times she does protest, but she manages to doze off, waking hours later searching for booby - this is her favourite thing at the moment. It is so amazing watching her feed and having her stare up into my eyes, it like she is getting to know her mommy. Soon she will be giving me the biggest grin of recognition.
Well, Madison was actually due today, yet I already have the pleasure of 14 days with my lovely daughter. She is very alert at times and I can see her learning when she takes in her surroundings. I was told by the midwife that at about 5 weeks Maddy will start smiling and 'talking' - this is when Greg and myself will have to start speaking in a crazy new language to our little girl. However, the priceless reward of her adorable grin will be the perfect reward.
I have started teaching her to fall asleep on her own and she is doing so well. At times, like this afternoon, she takes a while to fall asleep after a bit of 'squawking' and making her horsy sounds she eventually falls asleep. This afternoon I went in her room to check on her and she was wide-eyed and looking around, but incredibly calm, yet 5min later she uttered a single yell just to disply her annoyance at me. I put her down at 1pm and by 2:30pm she was sound asleep, even now (6:20pm) she remains asleep - clever girl.
Yesterday Eileen - midwife - weighed her and she now is a lovely 3.31kg, her checks are getting a little chubby and Eileen is very happy with her, still commenting how lovely she is. In the week to come we will be getting our own digital cammera and then I can take photos, which I will post each time I write.
Yesterday her 'Nannie' (Greg's mum) and Grandpa (Bruce) visited and were blowen away by their gorgeous grandaughter. If Nannie could growl she would have... everytime I offered to take Madison off her, she held her the entire durration of the visit. I think Nannie is under Maddy's spell, but aren't we all.
The day Madison Charlott Evans was born was both unexpercted and yet anticipated, as she was due on 12 August 2006. She was born on the 27 July 2006 at 15:07 and her weight was 3.15kg or 6lbs 15oz. Maddy was and is a gorgeous little angel and holding her against my chest was overwhelming - feeding her was the most natural thing and took place almost straight away. The bond between mother and daughter was immediate and very powerful, the love being amazing.
