* At Abby’s six-month check up she was 15 pounds 3 ounces
and 26 inches long. (She has grown 8 pounds 1 ounces and
6 inches since birth,
inch per month!)
* Abby was consistently sleeping through the night until the
doctor gave her the six-month shots …. Now we have to work towards that again.
The doctor has suggested putting a blanket with her in the crib. The blanket
that Mommy and Daddy have chosen is the same type of material as her Mommy
liked as a baby (the same texture as long johns). I am thinking about making my
old beloved blankets square again and putting on a silky binding on it again so
it can be used again.
* If you place Abby in a sitting position she will remain in
a sitting position.
* She is working really hard at figuring out how to crawl.
She can get on her hands and knees and even has figured out that the knees have
to move forward, but the hands remain stationery, and if she moves them she
belly flops! To get to her knees she’ll push up on her toes and do a little
jump to her knees. Sometimes she also likes to raise her bottom up so that only
her feet and hands are touching the ground then puts her head down so that she
can see her feet. Her Daddy thinks that she is trying to figure out how to
walk!
* She can roll and scoot to get where she wants to go. Her
scoot/creep is kind of funny; she uses her right hand to pull herself forward
while her left elbow is used to give leverage then she kind of lunges forward.
(Usually this is done with her left hand in her mouth!)
* Abby is trying to add a little variety to her life and has
been introduced to bananas, peas, apples, pears, squash, peaches, carrots and
prunes as well as the rice cereal. She loves all of them, but, hates, not
dislikes, but hates formula! She also enjoys little sips of water. She doesn’t
like water from a bottle or a spill proof cup, is okay with it from a sippy
cup, but enjoys it best from a big persons glass!
* Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Her visits have included
visiting her friend Bryson (14 months old) in Minneapolis area so that Mommy
and Daddy could go to the temple. Bryson tried to teach Abby how to crawl. He
would get on his hands and knees by her, look at her, crawl a little, look back
at her and seem to give the reassurance of, “Come on Abby, you can do it!” Abby
would get on her hands and knees and do a wiggle but just hasn’t figured out
how to get the hands to move without falling down!
* She has also had a Skype Talk time with Aunt Nicole and
Uncle Joseph (they live in Rexburg, Idaho.)
* She had her six-month pictures and they are SUPER cute, we
are going to have a really hard time determining what ones we want.
* Abby had a day that Claire, Daryn and Elise Thiel came to
play, then three days that Elise came and played. She loved playing with Elise!
Grandpa Jefferson was pretty jealous that his two girls were together and he
was almost an hour away! Both Elise and Abby rank pretty high on the list of
ones he loves to hold!
* Since Abby had so much exposure to children a little older
than herself she has decided to be far more vocal! She is jabbering so much
that Great Grandpa Bonney has started calling her Gabby Abby!
* Grandma Jefferson came to visit and watch Abby so that
Mommy and Daddy could go out and celebrate their second anniversary! They
thought the movie and meal were pretty awesome along with some one on one time
together. Abby thought that the 1½ hour walk that Grandma and Abby took was
pretty awesome!
* On Saturday, August
11th Aunt Katie came up to Stevens Point to “kidnap” Christi &
Abby. Abby was scared by that “big, active dog”who was just trying to give Abby
kisses! Helios was okay when he was outside chasing a ball, but that was as
close as Abby was comfortable with. After Grandma Jefferson was finished with
seminary in-service she stopped in Coloma, had lunch with Katie & Christi then
Christi & Abby traveled to Grandpa & Grandma’s home with Grandma. Abby
was able to meet her look alike Grandpa Jefferson who goes by the name of Great
Uncle Scott! (Having two Grandpa’s kind was confusing at first! She looked like
she was trying to sort out if she was seeing double!) Abby was able meet
Christi’s cousin, Josh Jefferson and his finacee Mary! I approve of his choice!
He finally gave his approval of Roland (before Josh left on his mission he said
that I couldn’t marry anyone without his approval! So, it is nice that two
years and one child later that I have his approval!)
* Abby LOVES being outside! She enjoyed being on Grandpa’s
lap driving on the golf cart! Yep, Grandpa is teaching her how to drive
already!
* This month Abby’s visits have also included going to
Grandma & Grandpa Jefferson’s home for several days, Great Grandma &
Grandpa Bonney’s home, Great Grandma Jefferson, Great Aunt Toni & Great
Uncle Rich’s home, * On her 28 weeks birthday, Abby celebrated by having a boat
ride on Grandpa Jefferson’s boat! She LOVES it!
Check out my baby blue eyes! This was the only way that I could get her not to be holding onto the circle! :) |
Can you believe it? I am six months old today! :) |
27 weeks . . . how fast she is growing up! |
28 weeks old and super excited about taking the picture because she can hold the circle again! :) |
Abby is getting so big! She's growing up so fast!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the updates! And the pictures are so cute! (Plus all these posts/notes will be awesome when you look back because your little girl is grownup!)
Don't feel bad about not updating...I haven't written on my blog in over two months! Hah...and just when people were starting to read more. Oh well I don't write it so much for them as for me :) I'm going to start writing more now that I have a new calling (nursery leader! fun!) and want to share all those ideas now.
I've been reading about child development and I've found a baby doesn't have to use a spill proof glass/sippy if she doesn't like it...maybe pick up a couple shot glasses from Goodwill for Abby to drink out of? They're heavier (less likely to break if dropped) and small enough she can hold them (and barely any spills). I have a bunch of free ones from work I use for flower buds or paint water :)
MISS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!