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Yesterday I tried to get a picture of Melie smiling, I ended up with alot of funny faces but not quite a smile. This was the closest.

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Here is my massive baby that is over the 97th percentile for weight. What alittle pork chop.  

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Melie staring out the window. 

SLEEP!!!!

I had the best night sleep last night!!!! 8hrs all during normal sleeping time with no interruptions!!!! ahhhh I don’t think I have slept that well since before Christmas. We did pre-pay for that good night sleep with a rather fussy evening where she didn’t want to sleep and some pretty full on screaming pre-bed but she managed to sleep from 10:30 to 7:30 this morning then had her bottle and is now back to sleep again.

Well my weekend with Melie went pretty well. Jeff was away from Sat morning till Sunday afternoon at our friend Adam’s wedding in Sault St. Marie so Melie and I were on our own for a night. Sat morning Rich, Melie and I went shopping at Old Navy, I was desperate for some new clothes that aren’t maternity!!! Then in the afternoon we went down to the distillery jazz fest. Unfortunately just after we got there the wind picked up and it started raining so we didn’t last very long. It was still nice to walk around and hear some of the music. Sat night I made a cake for Sunday dinner while Melie napped. We also watched almost all of Season 6 of Sex and the City, hope melie wasn’t really taking that in, eep.

Sunday Jeff got home and we did chores then went over to John and Denise’s for our traditional Sunday dinner with Daryl and Rich. Melie was enjoying the party so fought hard to stay awake almost the whole time we were there, she was quite agreeable and did decided to dose off for about a half hour while we were eating.

SLEEP!!!!

I had the best night sleep last night!!!! 8hrs all during normal sleeping time with no interruptions!!!! ahhhh I don’t think I have slept that well since before Christmas. We did pre-pay for that good night sleep with a rather fussy evening where she didn’t want to sleep and some pretty full on screaming pre-bed but she managed to sleep from 10:30 to 7:30 this morning then had her bottle and is now back to sleep again.

Well my weekend with Melie went pretty well. Jeff was away from Sat morning till Sunday afternoon at our friend Adam’s wedding in Sault St. Marie so Melie and I were on our own for a night. Sat morning Rich, Melie and I went shopping at Old Navy, I was desperate for some new clothes that aren’t maternity!!! Then in the afternoon we went down to the distillery jazz fest. Unfortunately just after we got there the wind picked up and it started raining so we didn’t last very long. It was still nice to walk around and hear some of the music. Sat night I made a cake for Sunday dinner while Melie napped. We also watched almost all of Season 6 of Sex and the City, hope melie wasn’t really taking that in, eep.

Sunday Jeff got home and we did chores then went over to John and Denise’s for our traditional Sunday dinner with Daryl and Rich. Melie was enjoying the party so fought hard to stay awake almost the whole time we were there, she was quite agreeable and did decided to dose off for about a half hour while we were eating.

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Melie in her Aussie Imported PA PJ’s from Auntie Julie. Their still abit big but she is getting maximum where out of them. 

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Tummy Time. Melie isn’t a huge fan and usually is in tears after about 5mins of frustrated headbobbing. Check out that view of the cheeks and the arm rolls!!!

1 month, 5 Weeks and a Long Weekend

I have been bad about writing lately I have missed a bunch of mini-birthdays, Melie hit 1 month on Friday and then got to 5 weeks yesterday. She had her 1 month check up on wed and everything is good, happy and healthy. She is now 11lbs 4oz, she has grown 2cm in length and 3cm in head circumference (eep is that a bad sign that her head is growing fast than the rest of her, we might have to start calling her HEEED).

Since Melie has been home from the hospital we had a couple rough nights with not too much sleep when we first arrived home but since the end of her first week she has been getting up only once a night for a feed then back to bed and recently she has been sleeping through the night more and more frequently, last night 9hrs, yipeee. Shortly after we got home from the hospital we also switched from breastfeeding to pumping and bottle feeding breast milk, it seems to be working much better for the both of us. I really like knowing how much she is actually getting and she doesn’t fall asleep every 5min while drinking. In the last few weeks she has also become alot more alert when she is wake, she loves looking at things and she bobs her head from side to side taking the whole room in. She is loving her mobile and crib toys these days and can actually hang out in her crib and just talk to her self or her “friends” for more than an hour which is nice for me to get things done around the house. Melie has also started smiling more and more, she smiles the most when she has woken up from her nap and she is getting changed, she seems to love her changing table. She will also show off her dimples for us if we tickle her under her chin or her cheeks.

Things have been going quite well with our cats and melie, at first the cats weren’t very interested in her but her stuff on the other hand required some quality sniffing time. Dexter is now becoming more interested in Melie, her feet get little sniffs and nibbles (if I am not watching) and well Dexter still does love her blanket and likes to drive me nuts by jumping in her crib whenever I am changing her and her wants attention, VERY FRUSTERATING!!!! I have never known a cats that can push my buttons so well.

On the down side Melie’s new alert thing has lead to her becoming very overtired at times because she doesn’t want to go to sleep she just wants to stare. This usually happens before bedtime and poor Jeff (who is on bedtime duty) has had some hair pulling nights. When Melie is overtired even if she is starving it takes a lot to convince her that she wants to eat and not cry. It is hard to listen to that heartbreaking cry. Melie has also perfected the cat nap in the mornings, she takes the edge off with a 15min nap then is up and ready to play again.

Oh we have also become very adept with booger extractor, Melie has had some very impressive boogers lately (some so large I don’t know how they fit in her tiny little nose). Last week we woke up to her screeching (not usual, rather scary) turned out that her nose was plugged and it resulted in a melt down. Thank goodness Jeff was able to remove the offending booger within 5mins and which point Melie fell right back to sleep, kinda funny.

We also just had May 24 long weekend here. Jeff, Melie and I had a very nice time. Jeff and John finished off our storage room in the basement and I must stay it is looking mighty fine. Friday night we all went over to Andy and Kierstan’s for one of the best indian meals I have ever had, AMAZING butter chicken. Sat night Jeff and I went out for out first dinner alone. John and Denise babysat and we went for sushi and then for ice cream, we had a very nice date and Melie was very well behaved for grandmamma.

I have been enjoying this fabulous summer weather here by getting out for walks to Bloor West and up the river, I LOVE SUMMER!!!! This weekend Jeff is off to a wedding up north and I am on my own for a night with Melie, wish me luck.

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This is Melie’s new favorite thing, staring at her mobile and dragonfly. I really don’t know how much she sleeps anymore cause I look in on her and she will be wide awake staring when I think she has been alseep all that time. Ah well.  

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Melie’s bad hair day, poor little Elvis. She is obviously not too happy about it.