Abigail by the Month! (10)

Abigail turned 10 months old on March 1, 2013!

Abigail, this is what you are currently doing:

• You are still in 9 month clothes and can wear some 12 month pants!
• You are still in size 3 diapers!
• I'm guessing that you weigh around 23 lbs! You are getting heavy!
• This month we gave you Mum Mum snacks and you love them. However, you've choked twice on them so Mommy isn't a very big fan anymore. I have to watch you like a hawk when you eat them. I think that very last bite gets stuck on the roof of your mouth or something.
• You still love your baby food and snacks! You ate some pieces of tomato when we ate dinner at Saltgrass one night, but it was a one time thing. The other times we've tried to give it to you, you just squish it up! 
• You are eating 6-7 oz of formula every 3-3.5 hrs. 
• You're still sleeping great from 7:30 to 6-7 a.m.
• We had your baby dedication on Feb 3rd! Sadly you had a cold, but you were a really good sport and happy most of the time! All the grandparents, your Aunt Chalen, and Morgan and Chris came to celebrate with us! We ate lunch at Johnny Carino's after church and then spent time with Morgan and Chris. It was a great day! 
• You began trying to pull up on Feb 7th on your new piano toy Mommy got you!
• You got your first tooth on Feb 8th! It's your middle bottom tooth.
• You got your second tooth on Feb 15th! It's on the bottom right beside your other one! You were such a good baby and we couldn't really even tell you were teething. You really didn't cry much at all!
• You celebrated your first Valentine's Day and got lots of goodies from your grandparents! do such a great job of playing independently and play with your toys all the time!
• Mommy and Daddy went out on their first date night where they had to get a babysitter (other than family). Thankfully you loved Miss Danielle and had a great night! 
• You are now throwing fits and have received a swat on your leg. It doesn't really hurt you, but sure does hurt your feelings! You're hearing much more "no ma'am" this month! Uh oh!
• You still love Mommy's hair as your "lovey" when you go to sleep!
• You got a new big girl car seat this month! You now sit facing forward and you love it.
• You started shaking your head "no" on Feb 25th. 
• You started officially crawling on Feb 26th! We were so excited! You are getting so fast.
• You clapped your hands for the first time on Feb 27th and it's so cute! You do it all the time now.
• You pulled up and stood up for the first time on Feb 28th!
• We had to lower your bed to the next lowest setting because you started to stand up in bed.
• When I put you to sleep at night, I don't really rock you anymore. I do for about a second, then I pray over you, kiss you goodnight, and then put you in your bed. Most nights you cry anywhere from 1-15 minutes, but the time is getting shorter and shorter each night. For that I am very thankful!
• You still love, love, love bouncing away in your bouncer. Some days you bounce so high and hard I think you're going to fly out of that thing!
• You are surprisingly afraid of the vacuum cleaner (which never bothered you as a little baby), tape measurers (when you pull them out fast and they make a clicking noise) and plastic sacks (like when you put a new one in the trash can). You freak out when you see/hear those noises! You are also afraid of random men..not all men, but just some. I don't get that one.
• Sadly, Mommy can't really keep bows in your hair anymore. You love pulling them out! :) Your hair is getting longer and harder to tame, but not really long enough where I can put a clip in. In the second picture above, this was right after Mommy told you not to touch your bow and then you grabbed it, threw it away and grinned. Little stinker!
• Your favorite thing to play with is the door stops in our house.
• Your favorite activity, much to Mommy's dismay is to pick every tiny item off the floor and put it into your mouth now. Yuck!

Abigail, this was a big month for you! I can't believe we're in the double digit months already. You are looking more like a little girl and not so much a baby anymore! :( Mommy needs you to slow down a bit ok? Thanks! :) I love you princess!

Abigail by the Month! (9)

Abigail turned 9 months old on February 1, 2013!

Abigail, this is what you are currently doing:

• You are now in 9 month clothes! This is the first time that your age actually matches your clothing size! :)
• You have now moved up to size 3 diapers!
• You weigh 20 lbs!
• This month you finally began eating baby food and snacks. Mommy was planning on making all of your food, but when we calculated the price of what we spent each month, plus the time I'd spend making it, we actually found out we wouldn't be saving a ton of money. Therefore, we just buy your food! :)
• Your very first food you ate was banana puff snacks and banana baby food on Jan. 9th. You were so funny when we fed you apples though. It was like you were sucking on a lemon! You didn't like them much in the beginning, but you grew to love it. There's nothing that you won't eat. You've had pears, banana, apples, green beans, peas, carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, mixed vegetables, peaches, and mixed berries. We also tried giving you some real people food but you wouldn't pick any of it up and attempt to eat it. 
• You began to "growl" at us. It's so cute!
• You had your very first snow on Jan. 15th. There wasn't a lot of it left by the time we got home from school, but Mommy got a few pictures!
• We moved your bedtime up to 7:30 and you still sleep all though the night until normally 6-7 a.m.
• You had your first trip to the library with Mommy on Jan 22. You loved it!
• You do such a great job of playing independently and play with your toys all the time!
• You are still screeching and talking all the time now! Your new word has been "Nay Nay".
• Your Aunt Charity moved in with us this month and stayed about a week. Then she moved back out! :)
• You still love to pull hair, but you especially love Mommy's hair. I finally realized that every night when I put you to sleep, you grab a big handful of my hair, wrap it around your hand, and rub it all over your face. You smell it and snuggle with it. I thought it was so funny, but I realized that it's your version of snuggling with a blanket or stuffed animal..except it was Mommy's hair! You throw a fit if I don't let you play with my hair. Silly girl!
• You still love to make Indian sounds with your mouth and now make this clicking sound.
• Still no teeth yet!
• You still love your bath time! You love to splash and get water all over the floor!
• You still love riding in the car seat!

Abigail, you are growing and changing so much! I am so proud of you and blessed to be your Mommy!

Abigail by the Month! (8)

Abigail turned 8 months old on January 1, 2013!

Abigail, this is what you are currently doing:

• You are now officially in 6 month clothes!
• You're still in size 2 diapers!
• We think you probably weigh around 15 or 16 lbs.
• You're still doing great with your rice cereal!
• Mommy had to stop nursing you this month! :( She was really sad, but you just wouldn't nurse very much because you were too distracted and since you weren't eating as much, Mommy couldn't produce enough to keep up with you. I still remember the week that I wasn't able to pump enough for you to eat a bottle a day at the babysitters. I cried and cried, but knew that I had tried my best and was thankful that I was able to nurse you for 8 months! Christmas Day was the last time you nursed. I considered it one of your Christmas presents to me! :)
• We found out this month that your old babysitter Tiffany wasn't going to be able to keep you any more, so we had to search for a new babysitter. Mommy and Daddy had to do a lot of hard praying but we found another great babysitter that you love! The best thing is that you're right across the school from Mommy, so she can go see you whenever she wants!
• Sadly, because you started going to your new babysitter Tracy's house, we took you out of the Lakeshore MDO. We were sad to leave John Thomas and your teachers, but knew it was for the best!
• A new great blessing now that you are at Tracy's house is that you are consistently taking a 2-3 hour nap during the day! We are so excited. Mommy and Daddy can't get you to sleep that much at home though. Mrs. Tracy must have the magic touch!
• You still sleep all though the night from 8:00 p.m until normally 6-7 a.m.
• You still love to play with your toys and are doing a great job of sitting up on your own without a lot of help from Mommy and Daddy.
• You still like to sit in your bouncer and feed yourself a bottle.
• You are still screeching and talking all the time now!
• You move and groove all the time. I think you got your Mommy's awesome dance moves! ;)
• You LOVE to pull hair. If you see it and can get close to it, watch out because it's fair game!
• You love to do what I call "love pats" when you're going to sleep. You have to be touching someone's face and you pat them all over their face. It's so funny!
• You love to make Indian sounds with your mouth.
• You've been a little bit fussy this month. I think you're teething, but no teeth yet!
• You still love your bath time! You love to splash and get water all over the floor!
• You still love riding in the car seat!
• Your hands are still in your mouth ALL the time! You like to chew on everything now.
• Your favorite things to play with are empty plastic water bottles, empty chip sacks, and plastic baggies!
• You do not like to be laid down and left alone to play. You prefer to sit up with your toys.
• You are still rolling from front to back all the time.
• You're still doing a great job sleeping in your crib at night! 
• This month you celebrated your 1st Christmas! We celebrated at home with Nana, Papa and Charity a few days before Christmas, and then spent a week in Shreveport for Christmas.
• You got to meet your cousins Everett and John Parker and your Aunt Whitney and Uncle Jason for the first time!
• You also have a new aunt on the way! Your Uncle Colby proposed to Hillary on December 30th!
• You said your second word this month right before Christmas and it was "ma ma"! I was so excited and it was my favorite Christmas gift! I felt so special and it melts my heart every time you say it.

Abigail, you are my most precious gift that God has given me and I am so blessed that you are mine!

Valentine's Day 2013!

For Valentine's Day this year Bryan and I decided to keep it low key on the actual day and celebrate that weekend. We don't normally do big gifts but Bryan always gets me flowers! :) I surprised Bryan and got a babysitter for Saturday night so we could have a date night! This was a big deal because it would be the first time that we would leave Abigail with someone other than family! We were both nervous but our babysitter was highly recommended and Abigail loved her! Bryan and I decided to do dinner and a movie at the Harbor. We had dinner at Ruby Tuesday's and we went and saw "Safe Haven". It was so good and we had so much fun! We missed Abigail but were so excited to have our date night and spend quality time with each other. It was a wonderful day!

Picture Post!

Abigail by the Month! (7)

Abigail turned 7 months old on December 1, 2012!

Abigail, this is what you are currently doing:

• You are still in some 3 month clothes but we're having to move you into some 6 month because you're getting so long!
• You're still in size 2 diapers!
• We're too you to the Dr for your 6 month visit and you weighed 14.5 lbs! My little chunky monkey! You finally were not underweight and Mommy was so happy! You were in the 25% for weight! You also got your next set of shots, along with the first part of your flu shot and did really great. You only cried for a little while! Mommy and Daddy were so proud of you!
• You're eating 6-8 oz every 3 hrs!
• After your dr's appointment we talked to the dr. and decided to start giving you some rice cereal! You did so great with it and love it a lot!
• Mommy still nurses you in the morning when you wake up and before you go to bed, but it's getting harder. You play too much and won't pay attention and eat. You're always looking somewhere else and it's always more interesting than eating! 
• Your naps are still not very consistent. You sleep anywhere from 30 min-2 hrs a day. I'm not too concerned though because of how great you're sleeping at night!
• You still sleep all though the night! Sleeps from 8:30-9 p.m until normally 6-7 a.m.
• You love to play now with toys and are working on sitting up on your own with help from Mommy and Daddy.
• You sit in your bouncer and feed yourself a bottle now.
• You don't really sit in the bumbo anymore because you move around so much and throw yourself back a lot that Mommy doesn't think it's safe for you.
• You still love your bath time! We have now moved you to the sitting position in your tub and you love your new found freedom!
• You still love riding in the car seat!
• Your hands are currently in your mouth ALL the time! You normally suck on your index fingers the most, but still no teeth.
• You continue to do well at MDO.
• You jabber away now and have perfected a squeal that is adorable!
• You are now rolling from front to back all the time!
• You're still doing a great job sleeping in your crib at night! Mommy started putting you to sleep in your sleep sack because you can now roll over. It took a night or two for you to get adjusted, but you've done great.
• Mommy and Daddy also finally started to sleep train you. It was hard in the beginning, but we finally got our routine down. Mommy definitely did not like hearing you cry it out! Now when you go to bed at night, Mommy puts you in your sleep sack, turns on your mobile with the nightlight and music, rocks you for a few minutes, and then puts you in bed. The first couple of nights you cried, but now you just roll over and go to sleep!
• This month you went to your second wedding! We drove down to Horseshoe Bay and went to Mommy's cousin Kayla's wedding. We were late of course and that made Daddy mad, but he got over it soon and we had a great time. You got to meet your second cousins and lots of Mommy's aunts and uncles that had never seen you before!
• You also went to Lorena/Brady for your 1st Thanksgiving! You got to meet your great grandparents on the Snodgrass side and they loved you! You were the star of the show and Mommy loved taking you on a trip around the dairy where she grew up as a little girl! It was a lot of driving, but you did great!
• You said your first word this month and it was "da da"! You say it over and over like it's your favorite thing!

Abigail, I am so blessed to be your Mommy and wouldn't change anything!

Abigail by the Month! (6)

Abigail turned 6 months old on November 1, 2012!

Abigail, this is what you are currently doing:

• You are still in 3 month clothes!
• You're now in size 2 diapers!
• We're guessing you weigh around 13 lbs!
• You're eating 6 oz every 2-2.5 hrs!
• Mommy still nurses you in the morning when you wake up, when she gets home from school and then before bed. You have bottles of breastmilk when you're at the babysitters and we've also started adding a bottle of formula.
• Your naps are still not very consistent. You sleep anywhere from 30 min-2 hrs a day. I'm not too concerned though because of how great you're sleeping at night!
• You still sleep all though the night! Sleeps from 8:30-9 p.m until normally 6-7 a.m.
• You play more during the day and are really starting to focus more on everything around you!
• You still love to sit in your bumbo and bouncer.
• You still love playing on your play mat but when you're done you want to be picked up now!
• You still love to talk and make all sorts of noises!
• You still love your bath time!
• You still love riding in the car seat!
• Your hands are currently in your mouth ALL the time! You normally suck on your index fingers the most, but still no teeth.
• You are still drooling A LOT!
• You continue to do well at MDO.
• You are still rolling around a lot and have been sitting up better, but still not on your own.
• You're still doing a great job sleeping in your crib at night!
• You still sleep in your swaddle and Mommy rocks you to sleep at night.

We love how happy you are and love to watch you do new things every month! :)

I joined the club :(

December 2, 2012

Today I joined a club that everyone told me I would join one day. They said it happens to us all, but I didn't believe them. I thought if I tried really hard, I could avoid it. I was wrong.

Today I joined the "I let my baby roll of the bed" club. :( *hangs her head in shame

I had just picked up Abigail from the babysitters and she was sleepy so we went and laid down in my bed to take a nap. I was on the phone with my mom and Abigail was laying right beside me, in the middle of the bed. She was rolling around, talking to me like normal. I saw that she was rolling around, changing postitions, but I was still watching her. I got off the phone with my mom and placed my phone down, then looked to my right to see Abigail's booty in the air, kicking her feet, falling head first to the ground. I can remember everything happening in such slow motion. When I saw her, I knew she was going to fall off the bed. I knew that there was no way I could get up off the bed and run around to the other side, or even leap over to the side of the bed and grab her feet. She fell so fast. I can just remember thinking "Oh my God, she just fell off the bed!"

I raced to the other side where she was just laying on her back, looking up at me. As soon as she saw me she started crying. I grabbed her and just began apologizing over and over again, asking her if she was ok. I checked her over and she saw that she was fine. She didn't even really cry that hard or very long. That's when I lost it. I was the one bawling and cried more than she did! Bryan was still at work and I called him and blubbered out that Abigail had rolled off the bed. After he found out she was ok, he told me that everything was ok, and it wasn't a big deal. That still didn't make me feel any better though. I kept checking her for signs of a concussion, but she didn't have any. She didn't even have a bump or bruise or anything. I still was scared to put her back on our bed, or her changing table, etc. I just sat on the floor with her for a while because that's the only place I felt really safe with her!

She was her normal self again after that, but I felt bad the whole rest of the night! :( When we went to bed I was still crying. I told Bryan that I could still see her falling in my mind. We just praised God that He protected her and she was fine. Let me tell you, I don't wish that on any parent! It was such a horrible feeling, knowing you had hurt your child, when you love them so much! I'm better now, but believe me when I say that day was tramatizing for Mommy! So that's my story of how I joined the club.

Abigail's 1st Halloween!

For Abigail's first Halloween, she dressed up as a ladybug/princess! When I began to search for costumes, I had a hard time finding anything that would fit her. I was surprised at how little there was for her size! Thank goodness I found this awesome shop on Etsy that sold wings, a tutu, and a bow for an amazing price! I was sold and couldn't wait to dress her up!

On Halloween night, we went with some friends to one of the neighborhoods in Rockwall and went trick-or-treating with them. We had so much fun showing off Abigail and everyone loved how cute she was! She of course put on a great big show for everyone! We had a great time and got some super cute pictures that night. Enjoy!

Pumpkin Patch!

We took Abigail to the pumpkin patch here in Rockwall and had a great time! We visited the Blasé Family Farm and had a great experience! We invited Wes, Amanda, Audrey and Garrett to come along and had a fun day! Amanda was so nice to take some pictures of us after our camera stopped working. Thankfully they turned out great!

We woke up that morning and arrived at the farm. We had to make a slight detour when someone decided to have a giant dirty diaper right before we were about to go in! Mommy was so glad that it didn't get on your cute outfit that Gram bought you! We changed our diaper and were on our way!

We took some pictures by the pumpkins and then received feed for the animals and headed over to say hello!

 I think Abigail's face here is PRICELESS! Hahahahaha....

We had such a great time and can't wait to go back next year!

Abigail by the Month! (5)

Abigail turned 5 months old on October 1, 2012!

Abigail, this is what you are currently doing:

• You are now in 3 month clothes! Mommy had to clean out your closet and put away all your newborn/0-3 month clothes. It made her sad! :(
• You're still in size 1 diapers, but we're getting close to moving up to size 2!
• We're guessing you weigh around 11/11.5 lbs! You definitely have put on some weight this month and we're so glad. We can tell you're getting heavier!
• You're eating 6 oz now every 2-2.5 hrs!
• Mommy still nurses you in the morning when you wake up, when she gets home from school and then before bed. You have bottles of breastmilk when you're at the babysitters and we've also started adding a bottle of formula.
• Your naps are still not very consistent. You sleep anywhere from 30 min-2 hrs a day. I'm not too concerned though because of how great you're sleeping at night!
• You still sleep all though the night! Sleeps from 8:30-9 p.m until normally 6-7 a.m. This month you had several mornings when you woke up at 5/5:30 in the morning because you were hungry. I think it was your growth spurt though.
• You play more during the day and are really starting to focus more on everything around you!
• You still love to sit in your bumbo and bouncer.
• You still love playing on your play mat but when you're done you want to be picked up now!
• You still love to talk and make all sorts of noises!
• You still love your bath time!
• You still love riding in the car seat!
• Your hands are currently in your mouth ALL the time! You normally suck on your index fingers the most, but still no teeth.
• You are still drooling A LOT!
• You continue to do well at MDO. 
• You are still rolling around a lot and have been sitting up better, but still not on your own.
• You slept in your room in your bassinet for the first time on September 30th! Mommy was glued to the monitor but you did so great! We transitioned you to your crib the next week and you did great with that too!
• You still sleep in your swaddle and Mommy rocks you to sleep at night. I love our night time snuggles!
• You had your first trip to the pumpkin patch and took some amazing pictures! Our princess knows how to smile for the camera!
• You celebrated your first Halloween and dressed up as a ladybug princess. You stole the show and looked beautiful!
• You went to Nana & Papa's this month while Mommy celebrated her 10 year high school reunion. Everyone loved you!                                                                                  

You are growing way too fast baby girl! Slow down time! :)

Abigail by the Month! (4)

Abigail turned 4 months old on September 1, 2012!

Abigail, this is what you are currently doing:

• You still wearing a few 0-3 things, but are now wearing mostly 3 month clothes! Mommy has to really look to find things that are long enough for you and not too short in the waist!
• You're still in size 1 diapers
• Weigh 10.5 lbs!
• You're eating 4 oz every 2-2.5 hrs
• Mommy nurses you in the morning when you wake up, when she gets home from school and then before bed. You have bottles of breastmilk when you're at the babysitters.
• You're taking about a 30 min- 1 hr nap twice a day.
• You still sleep all though the night! Sleeps from 8:30-9 p.m until normally 6-7 a.m
• You play more during the day.
• You still love to sit in your bumbo, but not for a long time. 
• You still love playing on your play mat
• You talk all the time and have begun to have new squeals!
• You still love your bath time!
• You still love riding in the car seat!
• Your hands are currently in your mouth ALL the time! You normally suck on your index fingers the most, but still no teeth.
• You are still drooling A LOT!
• You continue to do well at MDO. 
• You have started to really roll over and scoot around on your mat!
• You got your first cold and had your first sick trip to the Dr.'s office! :( Mommy was so sad! We got you an antibiotic and that cleared it right up! You didn't seem too fazed by it though so we were glad!
• You are still so happy 99% of the time!                                                                                   

Mommy & Daddy are so blessed to be your parents and we love you so much princess!