Sitting on the couch with Daddy
Sitting on her potty
Sitting on the floor ALL BY HERSELFSaturday, March 28, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Family Fun
The Kolberg family had a very fun weekend this weekend. On Saturday the SDHGPA (San Diego Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association) had a fly-in at a local mountain flying site that we frequent called Blossom. Erik and Madeline and I joined the 20 or so other pilots for a great day of flying and socializing. Mom and Dad both had great flights, taking turns of course, and I think Madeline won the hearts of a few pilots. Everyone kept asking when she get to fly. Don't worry, we have no intention of taking her flying anytime soon.
Hanging out with Dad on launch. Don't you love the sunglasses!
Our friend Josh testing the air at Blossom.
On Sunday, the three of us attended a baby shower for our friends Patrick and Kirsten who are expecting their own little girl in about a month. They have chosen to name her Kylie. How sweet is that! We are so happy for them and excited that Madeline is going to have a playmate very soon!!
All dressed up for the party.
Patrick and Kirsten
Hanging out with Dad on launch. Don't you love the sunglasses!
Our friend Josh testing the air at Blossom.
All dressed up for the party.
Patrick and KirstenMonday, March 16, 2009
Hanging out at South Coast
On Saturday, Madeline and I met Cori and Brady at South Coast Mall. I am pretty lucky that one of my best friends ended up living only 2 hours away from me. So we try to get together as often as Cori's schedule allows. Brady is almost 3 months now and getting so big! He's such a cutie!! It was so much fun seeing them and getting the babies together :)
Brady, Cori and Madeline
Brady and Cori
Brady, Cori and Madeline
Brady and CoriFriday, March 6, 2009
5 Months Old
I am utterly amazed by my little Madeline every day. I feel so lucky that I get to be her mom. As a SAHM I am Madeline's whole world and she is mine. I get to see her first thing in the morning when she is happy and cooing. I get to nurse her and provide her comfort and nourishment. I get to teach her and encourage her every accomplishment from rolling over to sitting up to standing and walking and everything else that will come in the future. And I get to put her to bed every night. What an important job it is to be a mom.
Our little Madsie Mads is now 5 months old. I know I say it every month but she is growing and changing so much! Our little chunky monkey is now 17 lbs and wearing 9-12 month sized clothing. She is developing a very sweet personality; she loves to smile and laugh at her silly Mommy and Daddy. Madeline can roll from her back to her tummy and she's getting really good at pushing up on her hands. She seems to be trying to move around, her arms and legs waving about, but she hasn't quite figured it out yet. Pretty soon though I know she'll be scooting around and we'll have to get to baby proofing. Yikes!
I've also been working on getting her to use the potty. What's that you say? The potty? Yep, the potty. I noticed over the last month that every time I went to change her diaper, she would pee the second I took it off. I had heard of elimination communication (a technique of learning your baby's elimination cues and even going diaper free) but I never thought that it was something I would want to try. Well I decided to try it. I'm not going to do it full time or even stress about it but I'll use it along with our cloth diapers to hopefully help her be aware of her eliminations and potty train earlier. We've been doing it for 4 days now and Mads has peed on the potty multiple times every day. Go Mads!
We've been really busy the last couple of months. January just flew by and then in February Erik went to Norway for his biannual work trip and I went back to Dallas for a couple of weeks. Madeline and I stayed with my dad at his new house in Kessler Park and we had a wonderful couple of weeks spending time with my family and friends. One of the hardest things about living out here in California is being away from my family. When I was growing up, I was so close with my grandma and my uncles and aunts and cousins. They were part of my every day life. I worry that being so far away, Madeline won't have that connection with my family and so it was really important for me to have her spend time with our family. Hopefully we will continue to go back to Dallas every 6 months when Erik takes his Norway trip and Madeline will have a chance to get to know her Mama, her Opa, her Gram, her aunts and uncles and her cousins (present and future). It'll get easier as she gets older and she can remember and look forward to seeing her Texas and her Arkansas family.
Madeline in my ring sling taking her very first pacifer :)
Playing with her feet
Having lunch with Melody and Jonah
Just grinning
Getting ready to go out on the town
Having fun in the exersaucer
Madeline and I having lunch at Neimans. Her first Neimans experience!
Hanging out with Gram
Hmmm...
"What do I do now, Mom"?
Our little Madsie Mads is now 5 months old. I know I say it every month but she is growing and changing so much! Our little chunky monkey is now 17 lbs and wearing 9-12 month sized clothing. She is developing a very sweet personality; she loves to smile and laugh at her silly Mommy and Daddy. Madeline can roll from her back to her tummy and she's getting really good at pushing up on her hands. She seems to be trying to move around, her arms and legs waving about, but she hasn't quite figured it out yet. Pretty soon though I know she'll be scooting around and we'll have to get to baby proofing. Yikes!
I've also been working on getting her to use the potty. What's that you say? The potty? Yep, the potty. I noticed over the last month that every time I went to change her diaper, she would pee the second I took it off. I had heard of elimination communication (a technique of learning your baby's elimination cues and even going diaper free) but I never thought that it was something I would want to try. Well I decided to try it. I'm not going to do it full time or even stress about it but I'll use it along with our cloth diapers to hopefully help her be aware of her eliminations and potty train earlier. We've been doing it for 4 days now and Mads has peed on the potty multiple times every day. Go Mads!
We've been really busy the last couple of months. January just flew by and then in February Erik went to Norway for his biannual work trip and I went back to Dallas for a couple of weeks. Madeline and I stayed with my dad at his new house in Kessler Park and we had a wonderful couple of weeks spending time with my family and friends. One of the hardest things about living out here in California is being away from my family. When I was growing up, I was so close with my grandma and my uncles and aunts and cousins. They were part of my every day life. I worry that being so far away, Madeline won't have that connection with my family and so it was really important for me to have her spend time with our family. Hopefully we will continue to go back to Dallas every 6 months when Erik takes his Norway trip and Madeline will have a chance to get to know her Mama, her Opa, her Gram, her aunts and uncles and her cousins (present and future). It'll get easier as she gets older and she can remember and look forward to seeing her Texas and her Arkansas family.
Madeline in my ring sling taking her very first pacifer :)
Playing with her feet
Having lunch with Melody and Jonah
Just grinning
Getting ready to go out on the town
Having fun in the exersaucer
Madeline and I having lunch at Neimans. Her first Neimans experience!
Hanging out with Gram
Hmmm...
"What do I do now, Mom"?The apple doesn't fall far from the tree
This is me at around 6 months
And here's Madeline at almost 5 monthsCan you see the family resemblance?
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