Happy Mother's Day Mommy & Happy Birthday Daddy

Sunday May 10th was Mother's Day of course and Monday May 11th was Jarrett's 25th birthday. We exchanged presents for both on Sunday morning. It was so exciting to have my first mother's day :)

2 month shots

We went for Abigail's 2 month shots on April 29th. She was 13lbs 1oz, 23 1/2 inches long and in th 95th percentile. The Dr. said everything looked perfect! She did have an ear infection in the right ear. We had no idea! She had not been fussy or anything to let us know anything was wrong. He said it wasn't bad so I guess that's why she hadn't let us know yet. Thanks goodness we went to the dr. when we did. She had been showing signs of allergies...just like Jarrett and I but he said not to worry about that, they will work themselves out. He was right, so far they have.
I know I've been lacking on the pictures for everyone...I need to do better...sorry :(

7 wks

Abigail is 7 wks old now and growing like a weed. She has changed so much. She's getting in a routine and on a good schedule now. She sleeps 5-6hrs during the night, only getting up once...which is good for us :) She notices our voices of course and recognizes us from different people when she sees us. When she is sleepy, she has started rubbing her eyes with her little hands, which is so precious! She holds her head up but she has done that since the first day in the hospital...she has only gotten stronger with it. She started smiling at about 5 1/2 weeks. Its so fun to watch her. She enjoys tummy time...being on her tummy makes her really happy. I won't let her sleep like that unless its during nap time and she is right beside me. I just don't trust it. I am waiting until she can roll over, which is what the dr advises. Some ppl go ahead with tummy sleeping this early, but I just can't bring myself to do it in her crib during the night. Jarrett is doing well with night shift. It took him a while to be able to wake up without me yelling in his ear or pushing him, ha. I can laugh now that we are past it. In all honestly it drove me crazy for a while. He has been able to bond with her more that we got her tummy troubles fixed and with her smiling and recognizing us. He can enjoy her more. There for a while I think he thought a baby was supposed to just cry and all the time and never sleep, ha. (of course when they don't feel good:)) Me...I'm dreading going back to work and not spending as much time with her everyday. I suppose all new mothers go through this. Just by the time I think I'm getting the hang of things...I have to leave her for work. yuck! Life...what ya gonna do!?! I think thats about it on the updates...in general anyway. Enjoy the pic of Abigail and her aunt Shawna...this was 6.5 wks.

Lunch and playdate

We had our first lunch date with Amanda and Claire when Abigail was 1 month and 2 days old. We went to Cracker Barrell (yum!) and then went back to the house to hang out. I call it a playdate, even though Claire did all of the playing...Abigail just ate and hung out with Aunt Amanda :) It was still fun and there will be many more to come!

Big 1 (month) pics

5 weeks

So Abigail turned 5 weeks yesterday and in some ways it feels like it has flown by and others it feels like it has been creeping by. Many ups and downs but overall very good :) I do have pictures to post but I am being lazy right now. I will be posting them soon, I hope. Last week Abigail and I ventured out on our own to a lunch date. I was very pround of myself :) This week we've had another lunch date, visited my family in perryville and ran errands (even wally world.) I'm feeling very confident in traveling and going out on my own. My major obstacle was carrying the car seat without it hurting my back. I've had constant pain in my back from the spinal. Some days are good, some are bad. Certain things trigger it such as bending over to pick something up or carrying her carseat. Overall I am taking it easy...I just hate worrying about if something is going to cause me pain. Anyway, small steps. I am happy to say that Abigail's Nana (Jarrett's mom) will be keeping her when I go back to work. She will keep her 3-4 days a week and the other day(s) she will go to the daycare 5 minutes from our house.

These pics are 6 (bottom)and 9 days old (top). When we went for the 2 week check up she was 9lbs 3oz and 20 3/4 inches long. We went back the next week for another weight check and she was 9lbs 11oz. She goes April 29th for her 2 month shots :(