For real. I'm never going to promise ever again that I'll post something within a certain amount of time. I swear. I had envisioned timely updates that were lively and witty. But a certain infant and her 3 year old brother had other plans. Mainly driving me up the wall and depriving me of sleep. Just kidding. Kind of.
So here we are, Abigail is 8 weeks today! Time really does fly by. Instead of going back and trying to catch up on posts, I'm just going to post a bunch of pictures and some commentary. One of these days, I'll go back and add them just b/c I do want to keep a record, but I'm doing good just doing this post. I'll try to keep the picture and thoughts in chronological order, but you'll forgive me if they're not won't you?
**ABBY **
So here we are, Abigail is 8 weeks today! Time really does fly by. Instead of going back and trying to catch up on posts, I'm just going to post a bunch of pictures and some commentary. One of these days, I'll go back and add them just b/c I do want to keep a record, but I'm doing good just doing this post. I'll try to keep the picture and thoughts in chronological order, but you'll forgive me if they're not won't you?
**ABBY **
Here is a picture from my baby shower. I am determined to do a separate post just on the amazing stuff my friends made for Abby. I've got some talented friends!
Me waiting for my c-section. My doctor said it was a good thing we scheduled when we did, as she was probably coming that day after looking at my contractions. I didn't notice a difference. Felt like I'd been having contractions for 2 straight months.
Proud Daddy. He wasn't as nervous this time around as he was w/ Nicholas.
Getting ready to go home from the hospital. Seriously, I don't think Nick will take a normal picture. Ever.
She's less than a week old here.
Me waiting for my c-section. My doctor said it was a good thing we scheduled when we did, as she was probably coming that day after looking at my contractions. I didn't notice a difference. Felt like I'd been having contractions for 2 straight months.
Proud Daddy. He wasn't as nervous this time around as he was w/ Nicholas.
Getting ready to go home from the hospital. Seriously, I don't think Nick will take a normal picture. Ever.
She's less than a week old here.Going back and looking at old pictures, I'm amazed at how much they look alike at this age. Just in case you couldn't tell, Abby is the 1st and 3rd.
Here are the most recent pictures of my little princess. My friend, Heidi, got her this cute outfit. Isn't she so sweet looking in it?
Overall, Abby's doing well. She's a good little baby, just so sweet. She's pretty much on a regular schedule now and sleeps a good 7-8 hrs at night before wanting to eat again (I hope I haven't jinxed that.) We love her so much and are truly blessed.
**NICK**
The novelty of having a baby sister wore off fairly quickly for him. After giving her a few cursory pats and kisses, he has avoided her like the plague, unless of course he's getting some attention for doing it. After the 1st week, he suggested we take her back to the hospital. I think he kind of threw it out there just to see if it would fly. He dropped the subject after I nixed the idea. Here are a few things he's had to say about his baby sister.
"She sounds like a dog" referring to the little whimpers all sweet babies make.
"Biscuit is stinky" referring to her fragrance of formula/sour milk.
"Biscuit doesn't love me" during times I tell him to keep it down so she can nap.
Nick has adjusted for the most part to his baby sister, which essentially means he ignores her most of the time. It was kinda rough there for a few weeks, esp. after the lightning strike, but he is resilient. And he only complains about school on school days. In an effort to distract him from school itself, I taught him the months and days of the year and how to read a calendar. He will look on a calendar now and count down the days till school is out and Christmas arrives.
Here are the most recent pictures of my little princess. My friend, Heidi, got her this cute outfit. Isn't she so sweet looking in it?
Overall, Abby's doing well. She's a good little baby, just so sweet. She's pretty much on a regular schedule now and sleeps a good 7-8 hrs at night before wanting to eat again (I hope I haven't jinxed that.) We love her so much and are truly blessed.**NICK**
The novelty of having a baby sister wore off fairly quickly for him. After giving her a few cursory pats and kisses, he has avoided her like the plague, unless of course he's getting some attention for doing it. After the 1st week, he suggested we take her back to the hospital. I think he kind of threw it out there just to see if it would fly. He dropped the subject after I nixed the idea. Here are a few things he's had to say about his baby sister.
"She sounds like a dog" referring to the little whimpers all sweet babies make.
"Biscuit is stinky" referring to her fragrance of formula/sour milk.
"Biscuit doesn't love me" during times I tell him to keep it down so she can nap.
Nick has adjusted for the most part to his baby sister, which essentially means he ignores her most of the time. It was kinda rough there for a few weeks, esp. after the lightning strike, but he is resilient. And he only complains about school on school days. In an effort to distract him from school itself, I taught him the months and days of the year and how to read a calendar. He will look on a calendar now and count down the days till school is out and Christmas arrives.
He brought this home from school the day after our little lesson. He attempted to spell out October and February 8th, his birthday.
If you know Nick, you know he loves to read and write. Lately, he's been making up "stories" and typing them out on the computer. I'm a bit biased, but I find it simply amazing that he attempts to spell out words he has never seen before. We think he's a smart little cookie. I took a few pictures of his work in case they got deleted, which of course they did. Don't you love how he spelled Santa Claus?
I thought I'd also capture some of the things he's said lately...
"jacket lantern" - jack o lantern
"The lightning boomed our house" referring to the lightning strike.
"I'm gonna count to 100 and then it's going to be Christmas, okay?" after Scott had gotten him all jazzed about Christmas.
Nick: "Mommy, will you tell me about Christmas."
Me: "Well, Christmas is baby Jesus' birthday."
Nick: "No, tell me about the other Christmas. The one where Santa brings you toys."
I thought I'd also capture some of the things he's said lately...
"jacket lantern" - jack o lantern
"The lightning boomed our house" referring to the lightning strike.
"I'm gonna count to 100 and then it's going to be Christmas, okay?" after Scott had gotten him all jazzed about Christmas.
Nick: "Mommy, will you tell me about Christmas."
Me: "Well, Christmas is baby Jesus' birthday."
Nick: "No, tell me about the other Christmas. The one where Santa brings you toys."
3 comments:
Love all the pics and the update! Never know what's going on over there. ;-)
Nick's story about "sinttoclos" is just hilarious. I'm so glad you shared that!
I just love reading your stories! They just make me laugh. :) The pics of Abby and Nick do look very similar!! I can't wait to see them both again. Hopefully this time the little princess will be awake!
Love the update. The blog background love it. Abby is so sweet. I want to come and see her. It's hard with two kids. I love the stuff that nick is doing. He is really so smart. Glad you all are settling in.
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