Week 35:
Abby started taking an interest in her books and now her
books are one of her favorite toys to play with, along with her dolly and her
shoes . . . oh and any form of technology!
Abby got her very first scrap! She was helping me with the
laundry (interestingly enough she was only pulling out her clothes and leaving
mine and Roland’s in the basket) and she scraped her nose on the edge of the
basket! She cried a little bit but Roland stopped the little bit of bleeding
which made everything all better! Daddy is our hero!
Abby’s beautiful cousin, Emily, lived one beautiful week
before completing her journey in this world and returned to our Heavenly Father
and will wait in His arms with her big brother, Ethan, until Nicole and Joseph
can join them. I know that we will have the opportunity to see these little
ones grow up and Nicole will have her babies again in her arms! What comfort
and joy does God’s plan bring to us when we have faith in Him! This is a quote
that brought me great comfort during this time: "Despite the changes which
come into our lives and with gratitude in our hearts, may we fill our days—as
much as we can—with those things which matter most. May we cherish those we
hold dear and express our love to them in word and in deed." ~PRESIDENT
THOMAS S. MONSON. I look forward to the great day that we will all be together
again and there will be no more tears of sorrow, only tears of joy and
everlasting peace!
Abby and I spent the week down visiting with my Grandma
Jefferson while my aunt and uncle were out of town. We went to visit my other
set of grandparents and to a doctor’s appointment in Marshfield with my
grandma! We had a blast! Abby at 8 months was 28.5 inches long and weighs 16 lbs.
12 oz.! Her heart sounded great so there is no need for any follow up ...ever!
Boy was Roland and I relieved that her heart murmur really was nothing to worry
about, just her heart beating to a little bit of a different beat! J Before going up to the
doctor’s appointment, Abby and I had to stop by our apartment and get the keys
out of the car because Roland had locked his set in the car! Silly daddy!
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| Abby and I are having fun with Grandma Great this week! Their is LOTS of crunchy leaves down here! |
One of the coolest things in the world happened while
visiting with my grandma; we were able to watch general conference! There were
a couple pretty AWESOME announcements made this conference! The first one was
about a couple new temples being built and one is going to be in Arequipa,
Peru! That is where Roland served his mission! He was ecstatic! The other big announcement
was that the mission age has been lowered! Now boys can go at age 18 (as long
as they have graduated from high school) and girls can go at age 19! What a big
and exciting change! J
Abby finally found a good reason to have pacifiers . . .
they make excellent teethers! Yep! That is right, Abby is getting teeth! She is
of the opinion that you either do things big or not at all . . . she has spent
the past month teething one tooth a week! I loved her toothless smile, but her
toothy little grin is so adorable!
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| With such a cheerful smile on her face, you would have never know that she was feeling quite crummy earlier this morning! I guess she finally realized that she was home with daddy again! |
Abby started meats . . . and loves them (obviously she doesn’t think they smell disgusting like Roland and I do!) We again are thanking our lucky stars for not having a picky eater! She started with chicken, then turkey, and beef! She can’t get enough of them! I mix in some sort of veggie with them so it doesn’t smell so bad to me!
We bought Abby a high chair and now meal times go so much
more smoothly! She absolutely loves her high chair and now whenever she is
hungry she just goes over to the chair that it is connected to and pulls herself
up to let us know that it is time to eat! What a smart little girl!
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| Abby is super happy now that her first tooth has finished cutting through, she just can't sit still! :) |
Week 38:
Abby gave me quite the scare! Two days after her first tooth
finished cutting through, she slipped in the bathtub and hit her mouth on the
tub. She started bleeding and I couldn’t see her tooth anymore! I called my
father-in-law up in panic and he assured me that everything would be okay. The
tooth is still there and within the week everything will be back to normal. I
am so glad that I have a dentist that I can call up at any time of the day! The
next morning, just like my father-in-law said, everything was back to normal!
Her gums had just swelled up a little and that is why I couldn’t see her tooth!
I am so glad that everything turned out okay! J
It really was the week of getting into trouble for Abby! She
got into the one cupboard that I hadn’t baby proofed and ended up getting into
some dishwasher cleaner . . . so we ended up calling poison control before
7:30 in the morning! Lucky for us, she was fine and nothing bad happened!
Needless to say, I finished baby proofing that cupboard before 7:30 also!
To top everything off . . . Abby ended up being the first
person to give me a bloody nose! She wanted to wake me up and decided that the
best way would be to wake me up would be to stick her figure all the way up my
nose! It worked . . . I woke up! Good thing she is super cute!
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| If you look close, you can see the new additions to my pretty smile . . . TEETH! Daddy had to stop calling me toothless now! :) |
Roland and I must be doing something right: whenever Abby
hears one of us say, "I love you!" as we are getting off the phone,
she will look up at us and say, "Mama?" (if it is Roland on the
phone) or "Dada?" (if it is myself)! She is so cute!
Abby and I went down to visit my parents to help celebrate my
dad’s sixtieth birthday! We surprise Dad by coming! He had just thought that
Katie was going to be there, but Vicki and I (and Abby) surprised him by
joining the party! Abby went on her very first hayride in her brand new pink
winter coat with matching boots! She was so cute, as always! The only thing
better than having my dad as a dad is my daughter having him as a grandpa!
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| Check out this NINE-MONTH-OLD who is super excited to wish you a very Happy Holloween! :) |
Abby learned how to crawl up the stairs that are out in the
hallway in our apartment building. I had been putting her down and letting her
try climbing up the stairs every time that I did laundry for about a month . .
. and one day, she did it! We are so proud of her!
Abby also had her very first bubble bath . . . and now she
doesn’t think there is a better way to have a bath than with a bunch of
bubbles! BUBBLE TROUBLE!
My parents took Abby and I on a little road trip up to the
temple! It had been such a long time since I ad went, and it was just what I
needed! My mom watched Abby while I was in the temple! I am so grateful that we
live close enough to go to the temple, and that my family is willing to help
with Abby so I can attend! What could be better than that?
Abby had her nine month old check-up and she is now 18
pounds 8 ounces and is 28.5 inches long! She is growing up so fast! I am still
having a hard time believing that she is nine months old already! She has officially
been alive outside of the womb longer than she was in it! Time sure has flown
by!
Well, that is what has been happening in our lives for the
past six weeks . . . Roland is still working hard at school and at work! We are
so proud of him and grateful for all he is willing to do for us! He really is
our superman, my hero!
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| We went for a little green since it snowed! :) |
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