NO SCHOOL!!!!

No more school! No more school! It's summer vaccation! Yay! Last Tuesday, Roland has his last day of school and finals! Now Abby and I get him "full time" for the summer! Hurray! Abby and I are already enjoying more daddy/husband time! We have gone on long walks together as a family this week, something I am trying to do every evening. Most evenings, now that the weather is nicer, I try to take Abby for a walk (at least around the block) to help calm Abby down (or ware her out) before bedtime. So far, it is working! :)

Another fun thing that Roland and I were able to do this week was to go on a date! I love going on dates with my husband! My parents came up on Saturaday and watched Abby while Roland and I went out to see a play called the Arcadia. It was actally pretty good! I called my mom at the intermission to see how things were doing, and my baby girl was fast asleep! Go Grandma!

Okay, so here is the fun facts about Miss Abby this week! On Friday (May 18th) Abby giggled for the first time! Roland and I pretty much were over the moon! I was making some pancakes for breakfast, and while I was waitng for them to brown up, I went over to play a little with Abby! I was playing with her and her favorite stuffed cat (from Uncle Sam) . . .  and it happenned . . . a little giggle erupted from her lips! I looked up at Roland, who was working out on our WiiFit, and asked him if he just heard her giggle . . . and he said yes! It is so much fun when she meets a milestone! We are so proud of our little girl! Another fun thing that Abby has discovered this week is her feet . . . she loves to lay on her back and just grab at her toes and smile away! She is pretty proud of herself for figuring out how to hold onto her toes!

On a side note, I think that Abby sometimes doesn't like what I put on her so she has a huge blow out! Today, I put an outfit on Abby and a couple hours later we ended up putting her into a second outfit (a bath was put off until tonight!). The really funny thing is that this was only the second time she had wore the outfit, and the second time she had a major blow out in it! Crazy! I still think the outfit is super cute on her, so I will risk it again . . . maybe next week! :)

Talkin' About My Girl!

Wow! Sorry, I haven't been good at putting this up again! My bad! :) Can you believe it? Our little girl is already 15 weeks old! I love the Johnson and Johnson commercial, the one that says that having a baby changes everything. I agree with it, having a baby has changed everything, but in a very good way! After Roland and I had been married for about 3-4 months, we found ourselves finding it hard to remember what it was like before we were married because we felt like we had been together forever (positive tone)! I think that being a parent is kind of like that, I remember not having Abby in our lives, but she has become such a big part of our lives that everything before seems to pail a little in comparison! :)

Let's see, what has been new with Miss Abby this week? Well, she has started to bring her hands together in front of her chest while on her back! This week she has started to lay on her side . . . yeah, on her side. She will roll over onto her side and just lay there! Silly girl, huh?!

Today (meaning the Tuesday that I was suppose to put this up!) my cousin Rachel and her little boy came to visit me! Her little boy was born only a couple days before Roland and I were married! It is amazing how big he is getting! I remember the first time that I met him, it was at our wedding reception . . . when he was only a couple weeks old! Now I have a baby of my own! Life is good! I love our ever growing family, there is always a little more love to go around!

Our little girl loves to suck on her fingers! She has been trying to fit her fist into her mouth! I think it is just super cute! :)

As your body grows bigger . . .

Abby is beginning to play with her toys! It is so fun discovering the world through her eyes! We have some squishy blocks that she just loves to play with! She is starting to realize that she can make noise when she squeezes them between her hands! One of her favorite places to play with the blocks is in her car seat, because she is leaning a little further back so she can use her feet to make sure the block doesn't fall out! :) She also has been reaching out a little, especially for ribbons!

Today (as in Tuesday) Abby and I went to an appointment to find out how much she has grown this month! She is officially 11 pounds 6 ounces (with her diaper) and 24 inches long! I can't believe how big she is getting, these 3 and 1/2 months have gone so fast! As you can see from the picture, she has started to play with the fabric! I can't tell you how many times I had to straighten out the fabric because she had pulled on it one way or the other!

Three Months Old!

This week Abby learned three new things! On Wednesday Abby learned that she can splash Mommy when getting a bath! It was so much fun seeing her surprise when the water moved! Needless to say, I got just as wet as Abby did! Abby has also figured out how to scoot her bottom around in a 360 degree circle while on her back! She is trying so hard to figure out to roll over by swinging her legs over to one side, but she hasn't figured out that she needs to bring the rest of her body with them! :) The other thing she has learned this week is that it is fun to suck on her fingers! I think that she might become a thumb sucker . . . for better or worse! I can't believe that on Monday was her three month old birthday! She is growing up so fast, and we are enjoying every moment of it! :)

 

Visiting Friends and Family

Twelve weeks already?!? Where in the world is the time going? Abby is growing up so fast!

On Thursday my dad came up and kidnapped Abby and I for the day! We went down to visit with my Grandma Jefferson who came back last week from Florida. I wasn't able to get any pictures of her with Grandma because Abby was quite crabby and in need of a nap! I am sure that this summer we will be able to get a picture of Abby with her Grandma Great! :) Just around the time that school got out, my dad took us into the high school so I could show of my baby to some of my high school teachers. It was fun to see them again!

Abby (almost 3 months old) and Bryson (about 11 months old)

This weekend Abby made a new friend! Roland and I took Abby up to visit with one of my roommates from college and her family! Jessica and Quinten have a little boy who is almost one year old! He is such a little stud muffin! Jessica's parents and her sisters watched Abby and Bryson while the four of us went to the temple to do some sealings! It was so wonderful to be able to go to the temple and to have a double date! While we were out, Jessica's parents sent us a picture of Abby and Bryson eating from their bottles right next to each other! It is amazing the size difference between the two of them!

For some reason when I upload the picture it wont let me rotate it!

Happy Little Ducky

Check out Abby in her Bumbo!

Wow! I this week I am really late . . . but it isn't Tuesday yet, so I am still good! This week (meaning week 11) Abby had to say good bye to Aunt Nicole and Uncle Joseph. Tuesday night they came down to have dinner with us, then on Thursday Abby and I went up to visit with Aunt Nicole one last time . . . and Friday morning they left for Rexburg! It was kind of hard to believe that this day really was going to come! We are going to miss them a lot, and Abby is going to be HUGE when we see them again at Christmas!  On Saturday, Aunt Katie came to visit Abby and I while Roland was at work. It was fun just us girls! Abby has become her daddy's little drool monster! We thought that she might be cutting a tooth already, because she was so cranky but no teeth yet! I don't mind it if she is super old when she does get her first tooth, because once you start getting teeth, you have to start brushing them . . . especially when your grandpa is a dentist! :) On Sunday we attended the ground breaking for the extention of our church building! We are super excited about the building getting bigger. Mother's Day will be our last Sunday in our church building, then we will be attending church at the Jensen Community Center in Amherst.  Abby has started to bring her hands together like in the picture above in her Bumbo. I love seeing Abby reach each new milestone, but at the same time I sometimes feel like time is flying by too fast! I hope I don't miss anything!

Happy as can be to be 11 weeks old!

Momma's Little Talker

Abby is getting so big and starting to talk so much, she talked through this weeks photo shoot! :) This week Roland's mom came for a visit to meet Miss Abby! We had so much fun together! I enjoyed having Roland's mom here this week, because Abby recieved her two month old shots on Monday and his mom has gone through giving shots with five kids, so she has lots of practice with soothing babies! :)

On Wednesday Aunt Nicole came down to visit with us as Roland was at school and work!  Then on Thursday we had another girls day and went to Gresham to visit some of Grandma Fuller's friends. I loved having two days with just us girls! We had kept Abby out all day, so when we got home she went straight to sleep . . . and slept for 12 hours straight! 7:30pm-7:30am! I am so proud of my little sleeper! Roland and his mom whent on a Mother/Son date Friday night, he had so much fun with his momma! Abby loved having all the attention and love from her grandma visiting!

Easter was on Sunday so Roland and I went down to my parents' house. We had Easter dinner at my Aunt Beth's house and Abby got to meet lots of new family members! We died eggs, but by that time, Abby was a little tired so she didn't enjoy it very much. I am sure next year she will enjoy it a lot more, plus she will be able to dye her eggs be herself! How fun will that be!

I can't believe how much Abby is growing! This week after giving Abby her bath, I tried putting her in the sleeper that she came home from the hospital in, and it is offical . . . Abby has out grown her newborn clothes! My little peanut is growing up so fast! I am so grateful that I am doing this weekly update! I know that this first year is going to go so fast and I love that I can at least look at the pictures to see her grow up before my eyes! :)

Ten weeks old and talking nonstop! :)