Last Tuesday, Roland picked up some extra hours! He has been working pretty close to 40 hours a week, something that is really nice (paycheck wise and helping him learn) but also kind of sucks because sometimes I feel like I never see him! The good thing about Roland is that when he is home, he is ours (Abby's and mine) 100%! He might feel like a zombie, but he does his best to be the best daddy and husband he can be, and I think he is doing a GREAT job! :) I love watching Roland play with Abby before he has to leave for work in the morning, and then when he gets home, he will feed Abby her cereal and get her ready for me to give her a bath. Her face just lights up when she sees him!
On Wednesday, my mom came up to see me! Abby loves spending time with her grandma! We made dishwasher soap from scratch, and so far it is doing a great job at keeping our dishes clean! It was fun just being able to have some grown up time and some girl time!
Thursday I tried to start giving Abby some rice cereal mixed with some formula . . . let me put that feeding this way, it is a really good thing that I was already planning on nursing Abby until she was at least a year old and not giving her any formula, she HATES it! She would get all excited because she would think that it was going to be her yummy rice cereal, and then as soon as she took the bit, she would start to gag it down! I felt so bad for her, but I kept on trying to give it to her because I thought it might be one of those "she just needs to get used to the flavor" kind of times.
Friday I gave her some more of the formula mixed rice cereal and it was the same kind of reaction, if not worse. So I called in my backup . . . the grandparents! I called up both my mom and Roland's to see what they thought I should do to help this feeding process go a little better (like it was doing the week before). Both suggested that I might want to mix it with water or some diluted juice and see if she likes that any better, or even try mixing it with something like bananas. I figured since Roland was going to be home for the weekend, he could see what he thinks we should do to help our Abby!
Saturday was a fun day for our little family! Daddy had the day off, so that meant that we had him ALL DAY LONG!!!! We "slept in" a little bit, and Abby started playing with her Ds! I might be in compatition with Roland to see who gets the first word! So far she has been saying "dada" a lot, but never to Roland, actully usually to her monkey . . . I wonder if that means anything! :) We had a little road trip up to Wausau to get my wedding ring resized . . . one of the downsides of having a baby is that your fingers can swell up and then NEVER GO BACK TO NORMAL!!!! All I can say is that I really hope my figures don't swell up with each kid I have, that could get pretty annoying! :) Roland treated me to an Olive Garden lunch for a late birthday meal. Then we walked over to Barnes and Noble (my absolutly favorite store) just so I could smell the books! We picked up two board books for Abby because she was trying to eat the normal paper ones we have at home. When we got home, Roland tried to feed her some formula flavored rice cereal, and after a few attempted bits, he gave up and mixed up a bowl with some of my breast milk! He said that he wanted her to at least get something in her system!
Sunday is one of my favorite days of the week, I know that I will get out of the house, and I have Roland for the day (or at least used to have him every Sunday, now that he is working in a pharmacy, he will have to work every third Sunday). I have been putting flower head bands on Abby when we go to church lately, and everyone tells me that she looks SO cute in them! Aunt Nicole has a friend that made them so we were able to buy some off of her, the ones that we have for Abby her Aunt Nicole picked out just for her! Lucky girl! We (mostly Roland) decided to start Abby on some bananas! He mashed some up and mixed it with the rice cereal, and I think that she liked it more than she did with the breast milk! I am so glad we have such a willing eater!
Monday was just a normal day for Abby and I. Every week someone comes from a Healthy Beginnings program that Abby is in just to help me come up with fun games for Abby that are just right for what stage of development she is at. This week Joanna brought out a little gumball machine from fisher's price. Every time you push the lever, it will make noise and one of the balls will come out. It didn't take Abby very long to figure out how to make the toy work! She really is such a smart little girl . . . I am going to have my hands full with her! When I showed Roland, his jaw just dropped and smiled! We are so proud of our little girl!
Tuesday was my long day with Abby. We went down to a funeral for someone I had know when I was growing up, he was a very good man and had lived a very long life. I will miss seeing him at church when ever I go down to my parents' church, but he is in a much better place now. It was great being able to spend time with my parents and my sisters and see so many of my friends. Abby is such a social bug and didn't want to stop, even to eat! Silly girl! When we got back home, she played with her Daddy for a little bit and then she was out for the count!
Well, that was our week in a nut shell! I hope you enjoy this "relaxed" look of our very active girl, she was really trying to eat the circle this week BIG TIME, so this is one of the only ones that I have that she isn't playing with it! :)
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