Chloe and Charlie

Last weekend we spent the night with Jason's family. We had a great time hanging out with the whole family (Mel, Randy, Megan, Chase, Debbie, David, Becky, and Aubrey).





On Sunday, we went to church with Abby for the first time. She got hungry during worship, so I fed her in the common room and then Alemla offered to watch her in the nusery. Abby had a great time!!

After church, we went to Kate and Rex's new house to meet Chloe, see Charlie since he has gotten so big, check out the new house, and visit. It was so good to catch up with Kate again and her children are just beautiful!! We also loved the house! Here is a pic of Chloe and one of Kate with Charlie:

Doctor's Visit - Two Months

Abby is two months old now. We went to the doctor on Friday and my little angel had to get 5 shots in her legs. It was so sad... it was the first time I had really seen her in pain.

After talking to the doctor, we determined that Abby has a little reflux and so he said we should slightly elevate the mattress in her crib so that she doesn't have any problems at night. To do that I ordered a special wedge for the crib... hopefully it will help. Abby even showed us her reflux at the appointment. The doctor had put her on her tummy to see her neck progress. What he didn't know was that she had just eaten. So, as soon as he left the room, Abby projectile vomited all over her momma. Luckily, Kristin had come with us so that she could watch Abby while I cleaned up. Yuck!!

Abby's two month stats are below:

Height: 23 1/4 inches (75 percentile)
Weight: 10 pounds and 2 ounces (50 percentile)
Head Circumference: 15 inches (50 percentile)

Bumbo

Abby is now sitting up in her Bumbo chair. She isn't strong enough to sit for long periods of time yet, but we will continue to practice on it.



Here is a video of her in her chair. Sorry for the poor lighting... it was dusk at the time it was taken. Click Here to see the video

Olympic Opening Weekend

The Chinese opening ceremony was awesome!!!!

Another great thing: Abby is smiling!! She isn't smiling all of the time yet, so I haven't captured a cute smily picture yet... but there are these sweet moments when she looks up at you and gives you a huge smile! I'm loving it!

Here is a cute picture of Jason and Abby:


Abby had her first sleep over at Nonna and Poppa's house on Saturday night so that Kim and Jason could first host Kristin's Shower and then go to Rochelle's birthday party. She had a lot of fun while she was there and was very good for her grandparents.

Nonna and Poppa with Abby:


We had a girls shower for Kristin and Edwin at our house on Saturday and we had a ton of fun playing games, eating, and opening gifts. Here are a few pictures and a video of the event (there are more in a new album on my Shutterfly page):



One of the games at Kristin's shower was for her to taste different types of baby food and let us know what it is. Here is a video of some of the game:

For Rochelle's birthday, a few friends went to Rochelle and Jimmy's house and partied all night (sleep over for us that night also). We had so much fun and felt a lot younger than we have since Abby was born. Although we also missed Abby at the same time. Pictures of the night:

Six Weeks

Abby turned 6 weeks old on Tuesday. It is hard for me to believe that some mothers have to go back to work after only 6 weeks of maternity leave. I'm very thankful that I have another 6 weeks with Abby before I go back to work.

Abby is currently in a large growth spurt. She eats all of the time and doesn't sleep for more than an hour span at a time (even at night). I've read that this lasts a few days, so I'll just hang in there until we can start sleeping for 3-4 hours at a time again at night.

We've posted a new album on our Shutterfly account that has a bunch of cute close ups of Abby. To see our Shutterfly pictures, just click on the link to the right. Here are a few of my favorites:




A quick update on Gigi: she has moved into a rehab center and she has been making a lot of progress. She can say some basic sentences and she can feed herself. She still has a long way to go but we are hopeful that she will be able to communicate with us again. Thank you so much for your well wishes and prayers!!

Abby Plays with Toys

The past few days, Abby has been playing with her first toys. Below are some pictures and some videos:





- Abby playing with her first toy: Click Here to see the video

- Abby in her play center for the first time (she loved to hit that one toy): Click Here to see the video

Sad News

Yesterday, Gigi (Kim's Grandma) had a stroke. We went to visit her today and the good news is that she is very alert and seemed to understand us very well. She currently has no control over the right side of her body and cannot speak. Please keep her in your prayers.

This is a picture of Gigi with Nonna and Abby last Monday, July 14, 2008.