Word....

 

Memorial Weekend....

We had so much fun Memorial Day weekend. It all started 6 years ago when we started going to Sallisaw for the weekend with friend from Conway. The past few years, the Qualls and Howells were the only couples left. We always have SO much fun together. We swam at Neannie and Pops in Ozark and went canoeing while Sweetie and Poppy watched Abby Kate. AK had SO much fun with Uncle Trey and Aunt Kiki! We were making dinner Sunday night and looked over to find Trey playing dress up with Abby Kate. She happily went along.  

More Uncle Trey....

 

Hmmmmm......

 

Gansta Abs

 

More solids...

YUM! 

First Foods picture

Here is one of the pictures of her eating solids for the first time! Sorry so late! 

Taking a rest....

 

Crawling!

Well...boot camp begun yesterday at Camp Qualls. The night waking have gotten so bad and the naps, shorter. I finally decided it was time to go back to the basics. Putting her in her crib awake and letting her fall alseep on her own. Needless to say, I was surprised when yesterday morning, she cried for 5 minutes, went right to sleep and slept 1.5 hours and then cried 10 minutes in the afternoon, slept 3 hours!!!! Last night, went to sleep without crying at 7pm and slept until 5am, chatted for a few minutes, put herself back to sleep and slept until 7am! HOLY MOLY! I know she has just been saying, "Mom, quit rocking me...I am a big girl. Gosh." But after her afternoon nap, I heard her chatting but I was on the phone. I went in there a few minutes later and THE CHILD WAS CRAWLING! I started freaking out, and she looked up with me with her smile, SO proud of herself. This was later in the day as she was falling over.  

Cracking up at Daddy

Daddy gets to come home sometimes at lunch. Abby Kate had just finished her cereal and pears and Daddy came home to see us. She thinks he is hilarous. Has to be good for the ego! 

Snuggle Bunny

Her thumb found its home! This is snuggle bunny. Aunt Linda and Uncle Billy gave her snuggle bunny and she loves her! She squeezes Snuggle Bunny and eats her ears.  

The thumb....

We all crack up at this child who is obsessed with her thumb but can't seem to hit her mouth on the first try....ever! She not only does this to her face, but sticks that thumb everwhere...on the bottle when I feed her, on your arm that you are holding her, on her bed...really funny! She is absolutely fascinated by her hands. Mom swears she is either going to be an engineer or a surgeon. 

Happily helping...

Our precious baby turns more into a little girl every day. She was helping me cook the other night and I kept looking over at her with her gummy smile... Gosh is there anything more fun? 

Check these babies out!

Check out the new chunky thighs courtesy of the formula and solids! 

And more...

 

Fascinated

 

Favorite thing

This is Abby Kate's new favorite thing. She used to be a swing junkie but now cries when we put her in it. This exersaucer will entertain her for HOURS (though I don't leave her in there that long don't worry!). Heather and Roy got her this and WE LOVE THEM FOR IT!  

Sitting up!

Well...here is Abby Kate sitting up! She lasts for a few minutes and then falls over. Amazing...Can't type much today because she is sitting her trying to type with me! Love you all! 

5 month update

Sorry I havent posted in a while. We just got in a funk and I was struggling to make it through the day (No sleep!). We finally got everything worked out. Because I am also using this blog as a journal to remind myself of all Abby Kate's milestones, I will tell you all a bit of what has been going on! I posted a while back that we were in a nap dilema which turned into a night waking nightmare. After trying MANY things, I finally realized that my milk supply was rapidly decreasing. I tried everything to increase (pumping, supplements, lots of water, oatmeal, ect) it but nothing worked. Starting last Sunday, I started using half formula half breastmilk in each bottle and it has worked wonderfully! She is eating about 7-8 oz. every time she eats and we are now working on getting to a 4 hour schedule. It really has been SO much better. She is also eating cereal(Oatmeal in the am and rice in the pm) and pears in the morning. SHE LOVES IT! It is so funny to watch her eat. She gets frustrated if I don't get it in fast enough. She surely is her parents child! 

Cool Cat

Neannie sent these sunglasses today. Hollywood here I come... 

Her new best friend

Hi friends and family! I have just been waiting for Abby Kate to discover a soother and this tag blanket is it! She ADORES it. She loves rubbing the tags on her face as she gets sleepy. It keeps her entertained which of course, we love!