Week in Review

This has been an extremely "normal" week for us. It's been really nice to simple do our regular stuff and feel like we're in a routine. I forgot to put an update about Abigail's eating and sleeping in my last post, so I wanted to include it here. She nurses 6-7 times a day and has become extremely efficient. She's usually totally done within 20 minutes. Typically less. It's quite a treat for Mommy. :) I was nervous about how fast she was going until I talked to the doctor, who said it is totally normal for her to get faster and to "not worry about about. Look at her, she is developing great!" So, I'm just enjoying it at this point. She is a great sleeper for us at night too. We can usually get her down by 11:00 and she'll sleep until 7:00 a.m. She's even slept until 7:30 a couple times, but then I have gotten her up...nursing Mom's I'm sure you understand. David gives the last feeding of the night while I pump the next night's late feeding. It's a nice break for me and special time for David.

Ok, update over. This week I was home all week during the day and hung out with our girl. David went to work as usual and it really was a nice week of routine stuff. I have been walking indoors on Wednesdays with my friend Katherine and it's such a nice break in the week. This weekend we worked around the house and started thinking about the things we need to get done before putting the house on the market. Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures on our good camera this week or weekend, but I've got a couple iPhone pictures I can post.







In our eggplant hat given to us by Aunt Kara and Uncle Tripp!



Sometimes Sooie likes to "guard" Abigail's door while she's sleeping. Not really much of a guard cat.



Happy girl!



She really is a smiley baby. We adore her more and more every day. Sweet little thing. :)

2 Months!

It's hard to believe our little girl is two months old! Abigail was officially 2 months on Saturday and we were excited to do one of the sticker pictures. I hadn't bought them when she turned 1 month, so we've just started at 2! :)







Unfortunately we're not as happy today as we were in these sweet pictures. We went to the doctor on Monday for her check-up and immunizations and the doctor said it was possible that she might get a fever from getting the shots. I really hoped we could get away without having a fever, but alas, today she has one and feels really yucky. I'm doing what the doctor said and giving her the newborn tylenol and I hope she'll start to feel better really soon.

Other than the fever, the appointment went great and Abigail is doing fantastic! Here are her new 2-month stats:

Head: 15 inches--30%
Height: 22 1/4 inches--25%
Weight: 10 pounds 12 ounces--50%

We may not be looking at a very tall little girl...no surprise since I'm so tall myself. :) She gained 2 pounds this month and I am pumped. I guessed she was close to 11 pounds because of all the new clothes she is able to wear these days. I want to record some other things that have gone on this month so I won't forget.

Abigail is now wearing most of her 3 month clothing and has grown out of almost all of her newborn items. Insert tear here. :) She started smiling this month and will smile at me almost any time I smile and start talking to her. I love hearing her coo and gurgle and she is starting to "talk" a lot. Her knew favorite way to sit is with her back on our chests while we walk around the house. I guess she likes looking around. She hates tummy time, which discourages me from doing it, but I'm trying to do better about it. She can hold her head up fairly well but still kind-of looks like a little bobble head doll sometimes. Her happy place is her changing table and she will talk to me the whole time I change her. There is a mirror above the dresser and I love sitting her up in front of the mirror after I change her and watching her see herself. When Abigail sneezes, she always sneezes like 5 times. Super funny and cute. She tracks objects well and still doesn't really like her swing a ton unfortunately. Size 1 diapers fit her perfectly and she has rolls on her thighs, upper arms, forearms, hands, and feet. I could kiss them all over, and usually do. Bath time is also a happy time now. No more tears and I've even gotten a couple smiles.



She is of course sleeping in her crib and has been since about week 2. We don't swaddle her anymore usually either unless she's being cranky. She sleeps in a layette or foot pajama under her favorite blanket with both arms up in the air. She's a great sleeper and usually goes down by 11:00 and gets up at 6:00. We're going to start trying to bump her bedtime up little by little this month, so we'll see how that goes.

Date Weekend and Newborn Photos

This past weekend we had our first date night with Abigail, our first DOUBLE date night with Abigail, and Abigail's first play date. :) In reality what we did was go out to dinner with Katherine and Jay and Caroline Thorpe!

Friday and Saturday were spent at the house trying to organize our growing amount of "stuff." On Saturday night, which was freezing, we went to Houlihan's with the Thorpe's. We had a fantastic time and even managed to get some awake shots with both girls. Caroline and Abigail are almost exactly one month apart, with Caroline being older. Caroline was born October 21 while Abigail came 4 weeks later on November 19.

We had the best time talking about parenthood, watching football, and marveling at how life has changed.











It was such a fun night and we love having friends to experience this with.

David and I have come up with some pretty creative ways to keep Abigail appeased at night. She is usually a little more cranky in the evening hours, so we'll do anything to make her happy. :) Luckily, one thing she likes is David's office chair!



Abigail will be TWO MONTHS old this week, and I'll hopefully do an update on that later on with all her updated info, but until then, I thought I would share a couple of the newborn photos we had taken when she was 9 days old. She did great and we love the shots...here are just a couple of our favorite ones.





Woo Pig Sooie!

Tripp is married!

Last Wednesday I bravely drove down to Fayetteville without David one day early so that my Granny and Grandad could meet Abigail for the first time. Abigail did great and I only stopped once to feed her. The entire long weekend was so much fun and I just can't believe that my little brother is married. It was a weekend of blessings and lots of fun. Here's all that went on...

Here are some pictures from Wednesday night when I came into town...









Abigail is so blessed to have both my Mom's parents to love on her. She will love being with so much.

On Thursday I helped Mom and Dad set up for the rehearsal dinner during the day and it turned out so pretty. The Frank Pippins came into town on Thursday and we all got to enjoy a family dinner as we waited for David to get to town.







On Friday, the wedding festivities really kicked into high gear. Me, Mom, Abigail and Granny all headed to the bridesmaid luncheon while Dad and Tripp ran errands and David took Grandad and Frank and the triplets to "The Rolling Pin." P.S. If you're ever in Fayetteville, check it out and don't forget to order you some chocolate gravy. Abigail got dressed up for her first bridal luncheon. Kara looked fantastic and it was such a sweet time of celebration. I was also glad to spend some time getting to know the other bridesmaids.











After the bridal luncheon we had a little bit of rest time before the rehearsal. We took Abigail to the rehearsal (which we slept through) and then Mike and Kathy met us at Mermaids and took her back to the hotel so we could do the rehearsal dinner without her. I was so sad not to have her with us, but it was especially nice to leave her with Mike and Kathy and enjoy ourselves. Some pictures from the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner...













The rehearsal dinner was so sweet. The speeches were very special and I cried all the way through mine of course. I just couldn't help it...I'm so happy for Tripp and I just think my new sister-in-law is perfect!

On Saturday morning it was wedding time! The girls all went to Kara's parents house to get ready while the guys went to eat at Rick's Iron Skillet. David had the camera, so all the pictures from that morning are of the guys, but hopefully when we get to see the wedding photos I can put some of them up on on the blog.







Guys getting ready at Tripp's house...







The wedding itself was beautiful and a wonderful witness of both their relationships with Christ. I can't wait to share life with these two. We didn't take our camera to the reception, but Mike snagged a couple pics for us before we left the church. Again, hopefully when the photographer gets us the pictures I can post more. The reception was a PARTY. The band was fantastic and everyone basically stayed on the dance floor the whole time. At one point the lead singer had everyone get around Tripp and Kara and they had 20 seconds of music to show everyone all they had as far as dance moves. They weren't shy at all and did their best. Next, came the parents of the bride and groom. I wish I could have known my parents in the 70s...they have so much rhythm. They stole that part of the show hands down. I wish I had a video of it.





On Sunday we grabbed breakfast with my parents and David's parents and then went to help take gifts to Tripp's house.

Four generations of women!



Today Abigail is 7 weeks old and she's feeling pretty darn good about it!...