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! 

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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! 

DRAMA!

Okay, starting 2 weeks ago today, Abby Kate began waking from her naps after 45 minutes, on the dot...after much researching, this seems to be a common phenomenon that many parents battle with. It became MISERABLE. I treated it as a sleep problem for a week and then started treating it as a growth spurt and my milk has finally caught back up. We are now on a new schedule, where she wakes up at around 5:30-6 am to eat, goes back to sleep after an hour and sleep until about 10am! REAL NICE! Nightime sleep is still a bit interrupted which is hard when we were sleeping through the night for so long. We started her on cereal last Sunday for the calories and she LOVES it! I will post pictures of her first time eating as soon as I get them! This pic is what I saw at the end of each 45 min nap. A still sleepy baby! Who is now starting to try to crawl by the way! 

Bath Time!

Here is our water baby taking a bath with Daddy! She LOVES it! If you look closely, you will see spit up floatinig around in that water! GROSS!  

Resurrection Sunday

Our first family pic not taken by our own outstretched arm! Had a WONDERFUL Easter. I am bummed we did not get a good pic of Abby Kate in her Easter dress. She was a bit fussy due to us interrupting her schedule to take her to church. I will try to dress her back up this week and take a few! Love you all.... 

Our little Sunshine

Only the day after getting 4 nasty shots and waking up with a fever, Abby Kate bundled up happily to go with Mommy, Daddy, Sweetie, Poppy and Hunk(Uncle Hal) to Southlake Greenhouse to pick out pretty flowers and trees for the flower beds. We had to dress warm for the crazy Oklahoma weather. She fell asleep 10 minutes into the adventure. 

More Sunshine!

 

Abby Kate and Isabella

Abby Kate and her friend Isabella Bartley got to play this past week. They had SO much fun. Isabella played tea party with her, helped soothe her after her 4 month shots, and held her hand as she was so sleepy! I know Isabella will teach her so much about how truly fun it is to be a girl! 

More of Abby Kate and Bella

 

Abby Kate and Max

Here is Abby Kate and her sweet friend Max Grunewald. He comes to play and help swing Abby Kate. His Mommy and Daddy are great friends. Abby Kate is fascinated by other children. We are going through a stranger anxiety phase but she loves her little friends! 

More tummy time!

 

Tummy Time!

The more time Abby Kate spends on her tummy, the more I am convinced she will be crawling in no time! 

Chillin'

Abby Kate has started this thing where when she is sitting or laying down she puts her arm behind her head. She is really a laid back kid. When she wakes up from naps, she will stay in her crib and talk until I come get her. 

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Whose Child do you think this is? I just cracked up looking at all these pictures of her chatting. It is hard to catch her when shes not talking!  

 

Our talker

 

Her precious hands....