Madelyn is 6 months old, where does time go?

It's so hard to believe that my baby, my last baby, is already 6 months old!

It seems just like yesterday that I was having preterm contractions and making trips to the hospital sometimes twice a week. This went on for nearly 4 months. It also seems like yesterday that I held Madelyn in my arms, so relieved after my "all natural" experience, yet so amazed at this new baby girl. Her skin was dark, her hair even darker. She would sleep all the time and Mason would always ask me to wake her up. I would tell him you can't just wake up a baby! Mallory and Mason adore their baby sister. From the moment they wake up in the morning they go to her and they kiss her goodnight every night. It has become second nature to them. Even though it all seems like yesterday, Jason and I can barely remember life without her. It seems as though she has always been here with us. She has gone from her dark skin and hair and sleeping all the time to a much lighter complexion and lighter hair, to staying awake much of the day. She is very active, grabbing at things in front of her, chewing on everything as she tries to cut her first tooth, laying on her back and grabbing her feet. Just yesterday she figured out that those can go in her mouth too! She smiles all the time! She can wake up and be fussing in her bed and the minute she sees you it all stops and she smiles and cackles!

All 3 of our children are the light of our world! It's amazing all the blessings we have and that we are blessed enough to know that we have been blessed!