Passy Device

Warning!! Some of you may think this is mean or stupid; that just means you probably do not have children that you put to bed at night. Jason and I have to get up several times while putting Maddison to bed to put her passy back in her mouth. So the other night Jason comes in the room (office/nursery) with this little device. I know this looks scary but don't worry I do not leave the room with it in her mouth like that. As you can see this is nothing but a head band with hair ties attached on each side to give you the length (yes, it's adjustable) Bobby pins threaded through the passy and then turned sideways to keep things intact. Believe it or not IT WORKED. With it being stretchy, she is able to push it out with her mouth, without waking herself up. I was leary of using it but with a few trial runs during the day, I gave in. When she finally falls to sleep, all we have to do is slip a bobby pin out and remove the entire device from the bed. Again this is not FDA aproved and you are at your own risk when trying this, but I know night time is a lot less stressful.
Just catchig as many smiles as p0ssible!!!

2 Month Appointment

Our trip to the doctor was not as bad as I thought it was going to be, but it was not fun whatsoever. Maddison now weighs 11.11 and is 25 inches long. We are still trying to figure out where she gets her length from. When it came time for the shots, I left the room. Great advice for any new mom. Take your husband with you and make him stay in the room. I walked down the hall and around the corner and could still hear her screaming. Yes, she got very upset but was asleep in my arms as we walked out of the office. I am so thankful that Jason is willing and stronger than I am when it comes to all that stuff. As you can see from the pictures Maddi has found her hands and would rather have them than her passy. At first she was just sucking on her lower palm and now she really likes her thumb. At this point anything will do as long as I don't have to keep putting that silly passy in a million times at night. O well, what else do I have to do besides take care of this little angel?

Maddi has grown so much that we had to take her carseat to the next level by adding the lower buckle.
All happy and ready to go to the doctor.
Ouch!!!

2 Months,11 Pounds, 7 Hours

Well, Maddison is now two months old. She is growing so fast. She is also 11 pounds and we will find out officially on Friday when we go to the doctor for all those nasty shots. I am not looking forward to that at all. I am such a chicken, I think I am going to let Jason be the one in the room with her. Three nights this last week she slept for 7 hours each night. I was really suprised when I woke up and saw the time on the clock. Here is a little flash back. The first three pictures are recent. The last one is a picture of her very first bath. She is getting bigger by the minute. Thanks Granny Ga and T-Paw for the fun swing!
Relaxing bath time!
Her very first bath.

Bed Time

Well I put Maddison down in hopes that I might get to watch the football games or read a little. I shoud have know my plans were going to be delayed by having to put in the passy fifty million times (so it seemed). As I type this I am still having to get up every few minutes. We are trying our hardest to get to where we can just put her in her bed in the evenings. We have a while to go. Oh well, we are learning as we go. Today was a great day at the Gipson house because we got a new stove several days ago and the plummer came today and installed it. Now I can cook (haha). Here are some pictures I took today. I thought these overalls were so cute. Boy does she look like her daddy in these photos or what??? She is finally asleep.

GO TECH GO!!!

As you all know my cousin is the backup QB at Texas Tech. We are all so proud of Taylor, especially Maddison (who has not even met the kid yet) Yes Maddison was forced to sit in front of the tv last night, with he red and black head gear, to see if 'T' might get to play. She even made this sign for him. BECAUSE Maddi made this sign at the beginning of the game and held it up the entire game, Coach Leach gave her a break with ten minutes t0 go in the game. YES!!! 'T' got to make his first official aperiance as a red raider.

("now I know what you look like and will not be afraid of your size when we meet")

GREAT JOB TAYLOR!!! WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!

(look, Maddi is even happy for you)

Fun Pictures

My brother Nate is so good with Maddi. I know it

is because he has two of his own. But I am not sure he knows

that the passifier is suposed to go in the child's mouth. Thank

goodness he has it turned the opposite way.Maddi loves to sit in her bouncey chair and watch

whatever is on the TV. T-Paw turned her perfectly so they

could both enjoy the western

One Month!! And lots of precious smiles. As you can see from some of the pictures we have two dogs (doc and buz). Since Maddison's arival they have been very good. They are very curious but are very good not to lick. As we were driving home from Abilene on Sunday we got to Canyon and see that buz has found a spot in the backseat on top of Maddison's legs. Thank goodness he does not weigh very much. We thought it was funny and no we did not let him stay there. I guess he is just making sure she is ok.

Baby Doll

These next pictures have a funny story that go with them. When I was growing up I had a life size baby doll named Molly. She had lots of clothes, highchair, and a stroller. Well since the girls (Delaney and Britlyn) go to Granny Ga's house quite often, they love to play with Molly and all her accesories. My mom got the bright idea that Maddison is just about the size of Molly and her stroller would be quite fun for Maddi. So here are some cute pictures of Maddison in Molly's stroller. She really enjoyed the ride around the living room and as you can see this could be used in the future to get her to sleep. (haha) The only thing is that this activity is a real back breaker for the pusher.

Granny Ga

No, Granny Ga was not the only one to hold Maddi. She shared (a little). Granny Ga enjoyed Maddison very much. She loved to read to her, push her around the house in the baby doll stroller, give her baths in the evenings, put her to sleep at night, and most importantly get lots of smiles out of Maddison. Thanks Granny Ga for all the special memories. We are ready for you to be here the end of this month!!

Abilene Memories

Our time in Abilene went by way too fast. We are so glad that we got to spend so much time with family. Maddison and I got to spend the mornings together while everyone else went to work. Dad was usually home by 2, and some days Maddison and I were still in our pj's. We all enjoyed time to rest, relax, and enjoy the wonderful company. I am sure the sweet people at my mom's new job are gald that we are gone, because we seemed to make that the meeting place when the time came. Thanks you ladies, and Dave for allowing us to spend as much time as we could as a family while we were in town.

Maddison got to meet her sweet cousins, Delandy and Britlyn

These girls are getting so big, Delaney started kindergarden and Britlyn loves to go to MOPS.

Too Long!!

I know, I know, I know, it has been a really long time since my last post. We are still in Abilene and will be home on Sunday. I have not taken the time to post because we have been so busy with family and friends. I have lots of pictures to share and will very soon. I am trying to take in all the family time we can because it will be a while until we see them again. Lots of photos to come.