We spent a week in AR a couple of weeks ago and got to do some visiting with family. We spent the night at Grandmommy and Granddaddy's house. We had Grandmommy's famous spaghetti! YUMMY! Then, on our way home we stopped to visit with our cousins Jill and Travis. Both of the babies have gotten so big! They weren't really sure what to do, but I think they had fun together. We've played together before, and I can assure you that they will play together again too!!! Enjoy!
She finally rolled over....granted, its been a few weeks now, but we are still excited. She goes from her tummy to her back whenever we put her down, and occasionally now, she will roll from her back to her tummy, but only when she is really really throwing a fit. Anyways, the proud mommy and daddy wanted to share this video!
It won't let me post pictures, but it will let me post videos?!?!! What's up with that? Oh, well. This is a video of when Abi first started "talking". She was talking away until I tried to get her to do it for the camera, then she wasn't interested at all!! Sorry so dark, we were watching the Razorbacks game...which is probably why she was talking, she was CHEERING!! Enjoy the video, and now that I know they are so easy to post, I will try to put them up more often!!
Okay, just so everyone knows I am not holding out...Something is wrong with our internet. Everytime I try to post pics, it crashes. This site isn't letting me upload even one picture at a time! It's driving me crazy, cause I have been trying for days! Anyways, hopefully I'll get it figured out soon, but in the meantime here is a little teaser....
Abi finally rolled over yesterday! She rolled from her tummy to her back, so no more tummy time for Abi! Also, on Wednesday, we started giving her cereal. She isn't quite sure what to make of it, but she kinda likes it, especially the spoon -- I think chewing on it is her favorite part! I have some great pics of all this to share if I can just figure out how....Hopefully I'll be a ble to show off my little cutie soon!!!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US!!!!!!!!! It's hard to believe that it has already been 1 year since we found out we were expecting. I took the pg test at work and was so excited, I told my mom 1st instead of Nic (who wasn't answering his phone because he was getting a deal). When I finally got a hold of him, he was so excited!! Here are some pics from that special time in our lives...
Abi's first Razorback game and my first preggo picture! Too bad Asa didn't win!! --
A look at what our family used to look like --
It's so funny to remember this time. Larry and Betsy didn't even know yet. We were planning on telling them and everyone else at this game, but they didn't end up coming. So here we are hanging out with Jeff and Lauren, and Ryan and Renae, and even some of Betsy's really good friends, and we can't say anything!!!! We wanted to tell them in person, but we couldn't wait anymore, so we called them on the way home from the game, then called everyone we had just seen and told them too. I swear the whole ride from Fayetteville to Branson was spent on the phone! I called Windy and Megan that afternoon and made up a big story about how Nic and I were fighting and I needed girl night to vent about it. When we all got there, I told them that we weren't really fighting and that I just wasn't sure they would show up to hang out if I told them I just wanted to hang out. I then told them that I felt bad for doubting them, so I got them a little gift. In the bag was a pregnancy test I had taken earlier that day! (ps -- When Windy got pregnant later, she told us the same way!) Anyways, it was fun remembering what life was like a year ago, but Abi is playing and happy and I want to play too! We are taking Abi to her first game on Saturday, so there will be pics of that coming soon!!!
Sorry it has been so long since I updated! I uploaded some pics to Nic's computer and every time I tried to upload to the internet, it would crash. Since I download the pics from the internet onto my computer to post, it took me awhile to highjack Nic's computer to write this blog. Well, it's official - Abi is 3 months old (ha ha, by now she is almost 4 months, but oh well that just means a quick update again!). She finally got her 2 month shots on her 3 month b-day and did really well, except for some lingering fussiness for about a week. She was 9 lb, 15 oz which is in the 30 percent for weight. She was 24 or 26 inches long, which was in the 100% for height (I know that is shocking with Nic and I as mommy and daddy!) and her head was right at 50%. So slowly but surely she is gaining weight. She is still on the skinny side, but it is the long and skinny side (see mom and dad above). She is doing so much now! She smiles all the time and is really working on her laugh, even though it still sounds like a hiccup. She is tracking objects, especially her favorite object: MOMMY! I swear she knows where I am at all times, whether it is across the room or across the house. She's finally started "talking" and from the way she is playing with her lips, spitting is just around the corner. Those teeth I was talking about still haven't popped thru, but they are definately on the way. She puts everything into her mouth, including her toes, which started yesterday, and I will have pics of her doing that as soon as I can get them uploaded! I got a bunch of Baby Einstein videos from Ebay, and she loves them! She will actually sit and watch the whole thing (see pic below!). Anyways, I plan to post more pics tomorrow, but this is the important info, and a few pics to help tide you over!
This is Abi in the same outfit she came home from the hospital in. If there aren't pics below, I will post some later....Sorry the lighting was so bad. We were staying in a condo at Fairfield.
Here is Abi watching her very first Baby Einstein video...and chewing on her hands, as usual! --
On Friday, Abi and I got to go spend the afternoon with Cousin Travis and my cousin Jill. We had a great time letting the babies play together and comparing notes and accomplishments. Travis is rolling over now and can spit like a champ (those silly boys!). While Abi is starting to get a few teeth!! (Early I know, but mom says I got my first two teeth at 3 1/2 months). They both have about the same amount of hair -- NONE!! Although what they do have is red, or reddish, on both heads. Jill's friend Crystal came over with her son Brayson, who was due on Abi's birthday, but was born 2 months early and is thriving! He got fussy and had to leave before the photo shoot (which was too bad cause his mom is a professional photographer!), but we all had a lot of fun. My quiet Abi wasn't too sure what to make of those noisy boys, but we had a great time and can't wait to do it again. I wish they lived closer!!!!
Here is Abi playing in her bumbo. She has definately found her hands, but she hasn't quite figured out how to suck on her thumb. She has gotten close a few times, but so far, no go, thank goodness! --
Here is Cousin Travis chilling in his bumbo --
Here is Abi having a blast in her boppy as usual. She is such a happy baby! --
Here is the comparison shot of the two of them in their bumbos. They are about the same length, but Abi is as skinny as Nic was at this age. One of these days I'll have to post some comparison shots of Nic and I as babies next to Abi.
Here is a picture of them the first time they met when Abi was 4 days old. They have grown SO MUCH in just 3 short months!!
I can't wait to watch the two of them grow up together. Jill and Kaci and I had so much fun at Grandmommy's every summer when we were kids. Even though Travis is a boy and Abi is a girl, I hope they know each other as well as we did. (And for those of you who read Jill's blog also, sorry for the double pics. I, of course, forgot my camera -- as usual! BAD MOMMY!!)
FINALLY!! I was saving some pictures to my mom and dad's computer when I came across these pictures of Abi's nursery. I was planning on doing a photo shoot for some pics when I finally get back to Branson, but now I guess I don't have to! My cousin Robyn painted the mural of the frogs and animals on the wall, didn't she do a great job? (For those who are interested, I'm sure she would give you a quote to have her paint your walls for you!) My mom painted the walls, helped Nic put up the chair rail, and she and I put together the furniture. Abi still doesn't hang out in there very much, but someday she is really going to enjoy all the hard work that went in to this room!!
This is the chair she got from her great-Mimi. It matches perfectly!
Here she is hanging out on the bedding her Nana bought for her in the crib from her Bebe.
This is the bookcase/dresser/changing table with all of her books. The stuffed frog on the lowest shelf is the very first gift that Nic and I bought for the baby.
Painting the ceiling was mom's idea. So was turning the light fixture into a sun. It turned out so cute that when Nic offered to buy a ceiling fan (the room is so HOT!) I said no, because I liked the sun too much!
And here is an idea of how old these pictures are: These were taken the day that my mom headed back to AR after Abi was born. She was 4 days old.
We had a great time in St. Louis when Nic had to go up for a party weekend. Wyndham put us up at the $300/night Ritz Carlton, gave us $80 tickets to watch the Cardinal's lose, and we got to eat at my favorite restaurant The Cheesecake Factory twice (bad for my diet, but oh so yummy!).
Here's Abi on the way up there. So happy to get a carseat break! --
Traveling is hard work, right daddy? --
Hiding in the shade with Auntie Windy (6 months preggo with baby Titan) til the sun went down. When it finally did, the temp in the stadium dropped 25 degrees! It didn't bother Abi, though, she slept through most of the game, and ate thru the rest. --
She woke up long enough to cheer with Daddy, but it didn't help. --
Mommy, Daddy, and Abi at Abi's (and mommy's) first Cardinal's game! --
We had a great time and this is only the first of many vacations we can't wait to take with Abi!
Well, it has been an action packed 11 weeks. Having a new baby around is a LOT of work, but a TON of fun, too. It's so awesome to be here to watch all of her firsts. We are so blessed that we can afford for me to be a SAHM. I don't want to miss a thing!!! Here are a few pics from the last few weeks:
Abi's 2 month b-day --
Passed out at Nana's house --
Sleeping with her Nana (Can you tell I like sleeping baby pics?) --
We had to get a floatie like Travis's, cause Abi was way too small for her other one. Floating around the lake all day is hard work!! --
Her first tme in her Bumbo. She didn't know what to think about it at first, but she kinda liked it before we had to take her out cause she was getting droopy! --
I have more to post soon of our "vacation" ( Nic had to work in St. Louis and we tagged along and took Abi to her first Cardinals game!). We had a lot of fun and I think Abi did too!
Abi's first Fourth of July! It was great to get to go down to Grandmommy's house for the first time to get to see the whole family. My grandmommy had all of her kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids there all at one time. We had a GREAT time!!
This is Abi's 4th of July outfit--
Abi and her Nana --
Abi is very interested in her great-grandmommy --
Our 5 generation picture-- Abi, me, Dad, Granddaddy, and Abi's Great-Great-Grandmother --
These are out of order which bugs me, but oh well.
Abi at one month old:
Abi's 1st church service on June 3,2007. She was 6 days old. Everyone thought Dad was going to preach while he was holding her!!
Abi's 1st time swimming in the lake. She didn't like it at first,but she got used to it.
Sleeping with daddy....they do thaat alot!!!
Abi's 1st trip to the park. She's about 2 weeks old:
Here are some odds and ends pics to get us current:
Abi's going home outfit. She is 2 days old in this pic:
Abi at about 1 week (We've got to fix our camera so it puts the date on!):
She is about 1 day old here. The hospital took this pic:
She looks like she's posing doesn't she?
Almost a smile!!
First timers:
Nana's first time holding Abi:
Papi's first tme holding Abi:
Bebe's 1st time:
Papa's 1st time:
WHAT IS A GRANDPARENT?
(taken from papers written by a class of 8-year-olds)
Grandparents are a lady and a man who have no little children of her own. They like other people's.
A grandfather is a man & a grandmother is a lady!
Grandparents don't have to do anything except be there when we come to see them. They are so old they shouldn't play hard or run. It is good if they drive us to the shops and give us money.
When they take us for walks, they slow down past things like pretty leaves and caterpillars.
They show us and talk to us about the color of the flowers and also why we shouldn't step on "cracks."
They don't say, "Hurry up."
Usually grandmothers are fat but not too fat to tie your shoes.
They wear glasses and funny underwear.
They can take their teeth and gums out.
Grandparents don't have to be smart.
They have to answer questions like "why isn't God married?" and "How come dogs chase cats?".
When they read to us, they don't skip. They don't mind if we ask for the same story over again.
Everybody should try to have a grandmother, especially if you don't have television because they are the only grown ups who like to spend time with us.
They know we should have snack-time before bedtime and they say prayers with us every time and kiss us even when we've acted bad.
A 6 YEAR OLD WAS ASKED WHERE HIS GRANDMA LIVED. ''OH,'' HE SAID, ''SHE LIVES AT THE AIRPORT AND WHEN WE WANT HER WE JUST GO GET HER. THEN WHEN WE'RE DONE HAVING HER VISIT, WE TAKE HER BACK TO THE AIRPORT.''
GRANDPA IS THE SMARTEST MAN ON EARTH! HE TEACHES ME GOOD THINGS BUT I DON'T GET TO SEE HIM ENOUGH TO GET AS SMART AS HIM!
It's funny when they bend over, you hear gas leaks and they blame their dog."
