2-Month Check-Up

On Valentine's Day, we decided a wonderful gift for Abby would be a visit to the Doctor. We learned she weighs 12 lbs 7 oz and is 23 inches tall. She went from tall and skinny at our last check-up to tall and pleasantly plump. Chunking up, Abby Sue!

To reward her efforts in gaining weight, we asked the Doctor for an immunization cocktail. Abby didn't think that was a great idea - and Bob was not very pleased with the experience either. Abby's earth shattering cries landed her in Steph's arms very quickly! Poor Bob is going to be a pushover!


We also learned we need to give her more tummy-time. Oh, how she loves that! While we both believe she is a very advanced baby (e.g. can dance and say, "Grrrrr, umph, wooh!" - babyspeak for "I think we should consider buying a larger house due to the growing amount of stuff I have"), we maybe haven't given her an opportunity to show her push-up prowess.

Abby has also discovered her hand, and apparently it is a tasty treat. Below, Abby ponders the make-up of her snack, "...with just this much milk, this hand would be a taste explosion..."

Video Update Part 2

Last Thursday (2/7/2008), Abigail began sleeping in her crib. While it has been sad that she is no longer in the room with us, she does love her room. This video is in her pre-bath/pre-sleep playtime. She loves her bumblebee mobile!

I think she's got her Dad's dancing abilities...which we all know is how Dad really won Mom over. Abby is so advanced, I wouldn't be surprised if she's doing the Electric Slide at 19 weeks.

You can't feel it.

It's electric.

Boogie woogie woogie...

Video Update Part 1

Several weeks ago, Abigail began talking to us. The only problem is, whenever we turn on the camera she gets shy. We were able to catch some footage, however. I like towards the end as Steph is experiencing camera difficulties - it zooms in on Abby and she gives you a look. Kinda reminds me of "That's all folks!" from Looney Tunes.

6 weeks old

Well, Abby's 6 weeks old - almost 7, and has had an exciting last couple of weeks - she was present at her first party - Auntie Keri's baby shower. She had her first bath in the baby bath tub and actually liked it, for awhile at least. Liking it was over when we let the mesh sling that helped support her body get too cold. I thought the bathtub would be nice to bathe babies, but I soon found out that using the bathtub, I (Steph) got just as wet as Abby did.


Abby even had her first "playdate" with her friends Cayden and Anna. Cayden and Abby laid on the floor looking at each other, drooling and making noises; while Anna ate and slept. Abby's bib is soaked with drool (and some spit up, of course), another new thing she's started.

Abby was lucky to get babysat by both sets of grandparents this week. Abby also played with her Aunt Shelly, Uncle Rob and cousins Jorge and Lucy this week. And the most exciting event of the week - Abby has started sleeping longer stretches at night. She's pretty much been a good night sleeper - sleeping about 4 - 5 hours before she wakes for her first nighttime feeding, but she stepped it up a notch this week - about 7 hours till she wakes for her first feeding! What's weird is that I don't think I'm getting any more sleep because I keep waking up and staying awake at her normal feeding time, just waiting for her to wake up with the desire to eat. Let's hope I stop that soon.

Happy Birthday!

Today is Abigail's 1 month Birthday. She's gaining weight like a champ - 9lbs 6 oz. She likes to be swaddled, held and walked. She also likes to eat and poop. She does not like to take naps, be late to a meal, or listen to Daddy sing "More than Words" by Extreme as evidenced by one of the pictures above (I can't say I blame her - she must take after her mom).

Ready for the National Championship Game

Abby dressed for the ocassion, but too bad the outfit didn't bring the Bucks some good luck! Not to mention that Abby peed and pooped all over the outfit way before the game even started. I guess that was our clue the game wasn't going to turn out in our favor.