All in a matter of seconds

I was working on my thank you cards this afternoon and had Abby propped up in the boppy on the couch with me. She was enjoying herself until I broke out the camera. I think I have found a new way to put her to sleep!

"Why are you taking my picture?"

"That flash is too bright."

"Stop it Momma!"

"Maybe I'll just go to sleep."

"Yep, I'm out!"

Melissa meets Abby

After Jessica's shower on Saturday, Melissa came by to meet little Abby. She lives in Kansas City now, so it was a real treat to get to see her. I miss her so much. Melissa and I could have sat there and talked for hours upon hours.

MELISSA!!!! Thank you so much for coming to see Abby and me. You look amazing as always! I can't wait as Abby gets older to start telling her all of our running stories. She may have to call you one day. She'll probably NEVER believe that I have ran in 3 marathons and actually finished 2 of them. You'll have to confirm it for her. Heck, these days, I don't even believe it! I'm glad you were there for it all. Those were such good times. love ya girl!!! Miss you!

"My" Jessica's Baby Shower!!!

Saturday was "My" Jessica's Baby Shower for Baby Christopher. I say "my" Jessica because Niki and I both have best friends that are named Jessica and we always refer to "my" and "your" Jessica when we address them to each other. So, this is in case Niki doesn't know who's baby shower I was at on Saturday! ;)

It was such a great day. Brittney decorated her house perfectly for the shower. She used some of her dad's old toys that he used to play with when he was little.

Jessica got so many presents! It was so fun to watch her open them all. I shouldn't have given Jess such a hard time at my shower for not paying attention to all the gifts that I was receiving as she was writing them down for me. It's a lot harder than I thought! Sorry Jess.

Seriously? My face. Seriously.

Here's Jess with two of her sisters, Jaelan and Jordan, and her mom, aka Rita. We missed you Jasmine!!

Here we are! It's been so fun going through all this baby stuff with each other. I'm glad God worked it out that way.

This is Kelley, aka mother of the Triplets that I've been talking about in my blog. It was so good to see her there!

Jess!!! You looked GREAT at your shower! I had a blast helping with the hosting of it. We can't wait to meet little Christopher!

Quality time with Daddy

I'm sure Abby's one-on-one time with Daddy will change as the years go on. But here are a few pictures of what it has grown to over the past 2 1/2 weeks. Abby LOVES to be held as she sleeps. And trust me, she knows the very second you place her down in her cradle and she will quickly remind you to hold her again!

What a day!!

Today was a big day for us. We took Abby in for her 2 week dr visit. I was really looking forward to this visit as I had 2 pages of questions for her dr. Plus, Abby has had a touch of colic over the past few days, and I was anxious to see what the dr had to say. When Abby cries, I cry. So we really needed some answers.

First of all, Abby is doing GREAT! She is still really small, but growing perfectly. She has gained 11 ounces and now weighs 5 lbs and 10 oz. This puts her in the 3rd percentile for weight, which means that 3% of girls at 2 weeks of age weigh the same or less and 97% of girls at her age weigh more. Therefore, we have some catching up to do. She grew 1/2 inch in length and now is 19 1/2 inches long, which is in the 10-25th percentile. And her head measured at 12.8, which is the same as her weight and is in the 3rd percentile. Overall, our "little" girl is doing great and got an A+ on her report card!!

Here are a few pictures I took of her at the dr's office. She wore the cutest little preemie outfit that Tracy McShan gave her when she was born. It's a little big on her, but she loves it. She loves it so much that every time I put it on her, she poops. I'm serious!! Every time! The fabric must really relax her and cause her to let loose. We had at least 3 diapers changes during our dr visit.

We learned today that we can start giving Abby a full bath. So tonight was her first real bath. I think I kinda jumped the gun, she is still so small that I almost lost her a few times in the mesh bath carrier. Not to mention how slippery she was! :) It also didn't help that she SLEPT the whole time. She was as limp as could be. She was asleep when we started and didn't wake up until I started to put lotion on her afterwards. I love these pictures that Stan took of her. You can really see how small she is compared to my hands.

Still asleep... Can you see the swirl on the top of her head?? :)

We get to start letting Abby sleep as long as she wants to throughout the night! Hopefully we'll all be a bit more happier these days. Abby does have colic and we just need to do whatever we can to make her comfortable when it comes on. The good thing is that it will eventually go away.

I think that is it for now. It was nice to hear from a dr that our sweet girl is doing great!!

Dear Abby....

You're laying in my lap sleeping in the most peaceful way. It's a sight that would bring tears to any Momma. Definitely brings tears to me. It's been two weeks and two days and I just smile when I think we get to keep you forever. You are such a joy to us. I hope that you will someday know how much you are loved. But more importantly how much God loves you. God's love has been revealed to me in a whole new way since you've arrived. My heart pours with love over you and to think that God loves you and me more than that is pretty amazing.

I left you in good hands for the first time this weekend. I went Trick-or-Treating with Drew and Caden. It was only for about 45 minutes and I left you with your Daddy, Nana and Pops, but I still just wanted to hurry home and see for myself that you were just fine. You slept the whole time and never knew I disappeared. I know as time goes on, leaving you will get easier, but my prayers for you while I'm away will never stop.

We go to the dr tomorrow for your 2 week appointment. I have a list that is 2 pages long of questions. I hope that it is a great appointment with our questions being answered and us learning more about your little self.

Your Daddy is asleep now, as are you, so I better try to lay you down in your cradle. But know that I'm in my favorite place in the whole world. I've got your Daddy laying next to me on my right and you are laying on my chest. Both sleeping so sound and so peaceful. Love you like crazy - Your Momma

Grandparents are in Town!!

Saturday my Granny Dougherty came over to meet Abby in person. My parents and Granny stayed with Abby while Stan and I went to Tres and Stacey's wedding. I forgot to take pictures at the wedding. It was my first time to be away from Abby for longer than 45 minutes. So I was a little out of sorts on this day, but we all made it. Abby did great for her Nana, Pops and Great-Granny Dougherty.



Then on Sunday Abby's Granny and PawPaw (Stan's parents) came down to see her. They spent the day just holding little Abby while Stan and I went to run some errands. It was so good to see them again!

Thanks for coming to see us!!! We love you all!