4 Month Update

Stats:

Weight: 10lbs 2.5oz
Height: 21.5 in
Head Circ: 37 inches   CENTIMETERS (Thanks, Kris...)
Percentile on Growth Chart: 1st

We really liked out new pediatrician but Abby REALLY did not like her shots :(  She starts physical therapy in a few weeks to work on her neck muscles since she's holding her head a little lopsided these days. I had no idea itty-bittys did physical therapy! Matt is off work this whole week so he was able to go to the appointment. Sooo happy to have my family all together this week :)

What a difference 3 months makes!

The day we brought Abigail home from the nicu in September 2009  vs. December 2009

When we brought her home, Abigail weighed 3lbs 12 oz and was 1 month old

Today, Abigail weighs 10lbs 4oz and is 4 months old!

Now we're getting ready for her 4 month appointment tomorrow and hoping she's finally on the charts!!

My Friends

Guest-post by Abigail - aka Gummybear

Hello Friends! I would like to introduce you to my newest favorite companion - we call him "Crinkle Puppy"!

He is my newest friend and the very first one I have been able to really talk to.  We talk about all sorts of things when I sit in my bouncy chair.
This is L.O.V.E, people!

Best Friends:

Silent Monks singing Halleluia

Love it!



Creative high schools students give a great rendition of Halleluia!

Guess that baby!

Sorry for the horrible quality - I have really shakey hands and no scanner.

Can you guess who these babies are? Matt or Jennifer?

Now compare again to Abby's bath pic here:

Freaky, no???

A Night on the Town...and Bathtub fun!

Last night was the annual lighting of the Grantville Christmas tree, so we bundled Abigail up to have her first Christmas holiday experience! After the fiasco at the pizza joint (see vent below), we broke out her jogging stroller and headed downtown to watch the Grantville Elementary kids sing (LOVED IT!! Can't wait to see Abby up there) on the old Train Depot stairs.  Abby decided she didn't want to stay in her stroller, so I held her where she could see all the lights and people - and she had a blast!  She didn't get to meet Santa this year (it was just too cold and crowded to wait around) but she is definitely on the nice list, so she can expect plenty of gifts!

Here are some pics from our night:

Getting all dressed up (she learned this expression from her daddy!)

Bundled up!

Are these not the cutest feet ever!?

Mommy's ready to go!

Daddy just got hime - lets roll!

Matt strolling along

Mommy and Abby in front of the Grantville tree

Look closely! Yup, that's Santa on a four-wheeler. We are nothing in Grantville if we are not klassy!

After the big eventful day, it was time for Abby to have a nice warm bath. She LOVES her baby spa!

Look at that outtie!!!

Let sleeping babies lie!

So we were at a local pizza joint when the owner - lets call her Kelly - comes over to the table to take a look at Abigail. Lucky for us, Abigail was napping, so I had high hopes of being able to eat my ENTIRE meal before her waking up and needing to be fed/changed/comforted. Because Abigail is not just a BABY, you see. She is a premature INFANT and infants need a lot of sleep. Likewise, when you wake a sleeping infant before they are ready to wake up, they are none too happy about it. How do YOU like being rudely woken up when you're in the middle of dreaming about your next meal?? (Note: Cheryl, this is not directed at you. That was a totally different situation on Thanksgiving and you are forgiven :) )

So "Kelly" walks up and starts chirping at Abigail. And this is how it went:

Kelly: Ooooh, such a cute BABY! Wake up, Baby!

Me: She's napping right now. Guess we got lucky. (HINT HINT)

Kelly: Well, wake her up so I can play with her! I wanna play with her!!

Me: No, she's napping right now. This is her nap time. She needs to nap. Hopefully she'll nap all through our dinner.

Kelly: ::insert baby talk:: Aw, I wish she would wake up. Itty Bitty one - wake up!

**Then she starts vigorously rocking the carseat and shaking Abby's mittened hands - all the while looking over at us as if she's not purposefully trying to wake our baby.**

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!! Call me overprotective, call me a first-time mom, call me WHATEVER, but a stranger trying to wake up my baby so that SHE can play with her?? Because obviously her need to "play" with an overtired crankypants outweighs my child's need to sleep and grow.

Woman, unless you spent 3 days in labor to push out this child, pray every night that she stays healthy, and get up every night with her to change her poopy diaper and rock her overtired little self back to sleep, you have NO right to try to "accidentally" wake up my baby.

So how did it end, you ask? Abigail - being the perfect angel that she is - continued to sleep away, much to the annoyance of said devil-woman. And Abigail's mama gave said woman the look of death, which apparently worked, since she went away and did not return.

I'm not here to make friends, people.

End of conversation, discussion, and post-modern diatribe.


Ps. She slept 8 hours last night, plus an extra 4 after fourthmeal :)

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

Abigail's first Christmas Ornament

Mommy's first Christmas ornament

Mommy, Daddy, and Baby's stockings

Sideways stockings for Ginger, Lucy, and Jack-Jack

Stocking for our lost little one

Our tiny Abigail-sized Christmas tree!

Someone got their holidays mixed up!