6 Month Check-up Update

I wanted to do a quick add-on to Abigail's 6 month post since we have now gone to the doctor. The doctor said everything looked fantastic and she was growing wonderfully. Abigail showed some personality while we were there as well by grabbing the doctor's stethoscope and hanging onto it for dear life. Her new stats:

Weight: 15 pounds 9 ounces--45%
Height: 26 inches--50%--in 2 months she went from the 15% to the 50%! So proud.
Head: 16 1/2 inches--50%

Growing girl!

Memorial Day

We had a great long Memorial Day weekend this year. We drove to Fayetteville on Thursday and spent the night with Tripp and Kara, before heading to Little Rock on Friday morning. We spent Friday night and part of Saturday in Little Rock with Mike and Kathy before heading to the lake so that David could do some interviewing for a dental assistant. On Friday night everyone came over and we ate outside and had a great time hanging out together. When John and Sarah and Shepherd came over we couldn't believe it, but Shepherd and Abigail were both in green seersucker! It was the perfect photo opportunity.



You may notice that someone has gotten very good at sitting up! Proud Momma.

We got a couple other good shots too.



On Saturday David had another interview to conduct and we ate lunch at the club with everyone after he was done. I sat by the pool while Abigail slept and David and his brothers played 9 holes. Afterward we headed to the lake!

The lake was pretty special this year. Abigail is the fourth generation in our family to spend time at Mountain Harbor. I loved having her there. We had decided that the Pack n' Play would be in a super large closet connected to our bedroom, and when we got there Mom had turned it into a little miniature nursery! She had a rug, two pictures on the wall, and a table with a lamp on it. She had turned a closet into an adorable baby room. Love her.

We spent Saturday night sitting on the porch playing games and talking after Abigail went to sleep. Sweet girl slept perfectly all weekend. On Sunday we went out on the water for a little bit and had a great time. Doing the lake with a baby is definitely different than anything I've ever experienced, but I think we're going to adjust pretty quick to our new normal. I was obsessed with Abigail's swimsuit and hat...she was a little doll baby and didn't mind running around on the lake at all! The party barge was ideal. Here are some pictures of the lake part of the weekend.



On Monday we drove back to KC and were able to be back in time to unpack and get ourselves together for the week etc. This Sunday is our second to last Sunday at LBC. :( Although we're not moving until June 29, with all of our travel in between then and now we have this Sunday left and one more. We really can't believe it.

Abigail has her sixth month appointment today, although she's about 6 1/2 months now and David is hard at work trying to wrap up his cases before the residency ends. We've packed a lot of things up in the basement and will take them to LR next weekend when we close on our house. I look forward to blogging about our new home after that.

We have had lots of nibbles and tons of showings on our house now, but it's still on the market!

6 Months!

How can my baby be six months old? Everyone told me that once you have a baby time just speeds by, and it's so true! Abigail is such a ham and has oodles and oodles of personality. She had a blast during our six month "photo shoot."



This month...

1. We've tried lots of food! So far she likes peas, green beans, carrots, squash, and sweet potatoes. We just recently tried bananas and pears and of course they were a hit.

2. Sitting-she wants so badly to sit up all the time, and to her credit she's gotten really good at it, but she's still inconsistent and will fall if she drifts too far to one side or to the back.

3. Schedule: She nurses 5 times a day--morning, mid-morning, early afternoon, late afternoon, bedtime. She takes a couple ounces of solid food in the day...once around 11:30 and again around 5:30.

4. Napping: she still takes a nice long morning and afternoon nap, about 45-hour catnap over lunch, and SOMETIMES a catnap from about 5:30-6:00.

5. Sleeping: she sleeps from around 7:30-8:00 p.m. all the way to 6:30-7:00 a.m.

6. Right now she's obsessed with blowing bubbles with her tongue and lips. It's adorable, and quite messy. :)

7. Clothing: she is wearing essentially all 6 month, 6-9 month, and even some plain 9 month clothes. It really just depends on the brand.

8. I don't know her weight and height, but we go to the doctor next Tuesday. She weighed 13 lb 8 oz at 4 months, so I'm guessing she'll weigh somewhere close to 16 lb. It seems like she's gained a lot of weight over the last two months, but we'll see! I love kissing all over her chubby arms and legs though.

9. Her favorite toys are Sophie, this stuffed cat that we have, her own feet, and Sooie.

10. We've been dragging her back and forth from KC to LR a lot and she really is such an easy going baby. Not to mention we literally have 1-2 showings a day for our house that I've got to get her and I out for.

11. We officially ride in the grocery store in the cart and sit in high chairs at restaurants! I love it and she has a blast.

12. She loves to grab our faces and basically get us soaking wet "kissing" us. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

13. She seems to recognize her name and turns to look at us when we say it.

14. Diapers: size 2 fits perfectly

15. She's still sleeping on her back and hasn't rolled from back to tummy to my knowledge, but she does sleep with both arms up still and has been known to turn 180 degrees in her crib by morning. :)

We adore her more and more each day. She is so fun right now and we love seeing her personality emerge. She is beginning to show her desires, likes and dislikes, which is fun as well. I'm so thankful for 6 wonderful months with this precious girl. Here are some other pictures from her 6 month...



Memorial day is bringing another trip to Little Rock as well as Abigail's first trip to the lake!

The Thorpes go to Little Rock

Our great friends the Thorpes are about to make their official move to Little Rock this weekend. Jay and Katherine have been long time friends of David and I, and I actually graduated high school with Jay. Katherine was my sorority sister at Arkansas. They were the only people that we knew when we moved to Kansas City and we've LOVED having them here with us. We didn't know if we would continue to be able to enjoy living in the same city because Jay had been waiting to hear where his radiology residency would be. But it turns out he was placed in Little Rock! We were thrilled for the Thorpes and for ourselves. Jay's residency starts in June, so they are moving about a month before us and on Tuesday night we went out for one last dinner together.



We love y'all and look forward to many more memories in Little Rock together!

Centre @10 Dental Group

I have a big announcement that we can finally make on the blog today. David's job in Little Rock is secured and he will be joining the Centre @10 Dental Group on July 15, 2013. There are currently two dentists in the practice, Dr. Drake Hawkins and Dr. Gary Weisbly and David will enter into the practice as the third dentist, until gradually assuming Dr. Weisbly's patients. We have known that this is where David was going to be for some time now, but this weekend we were in Little Rock and everyone signed the final contract. Dr. Hawkins, who we met through great family friends the Vaughan's, invited David to play in the Country Club of Little Rock four-ball tournament this weekend as way of making his first official announcement that he was returning to Little Rock. We are so excited, love the Hawkins and the Weisbly's and look forward to many years of partnership.

This announcement is bitter sweet as we prepare to leave Kansas City. It makes it much more real, but we are truly excited about this next stage.

That being said...if you're in Little Rock and would like a nice, friendly, excellent dentist, go ahead and call and make an appointment with Dr. David Rainwater at The Centre @10 Dental Group! :)

That's what you call a shameless plug for my husband.

http://www.c10dental.com/

Life via my iPhone

Life is insanely busy right now. We have been tying up loose ends with David's new job (update and official announcement to come VERY soon on the blog), looking for a home in Little Rock (update to come soon-ish), and trying to live spotlessly in our house for all the showings. We have been pleased with the amount of traffic we have gotten. We have just been on the market 2 weeks now and have had 10 showings with great feedback and some double visits. No offer yet though. While I'm talking about our house, if you know anybody who needs "a charming ranch in the heart of Fairway," send them our way. :)

We feel like we go to bed late, get up early and at times there's still not enough time in the day. But that's the stage of life we're in right now and we are thankful for it. Lot's of change is coming, so we're soaking up the "sameness" that we have in Kansas City for just a little while longer. Amid all the business and travel, we've been having a great time with Abigail and have definitely found our rhythm. She just couldn't be a sweeter baby with a better disposition. We've drug her back and forth from KC to LR a lot recently and she just goes with the flow. It's hard to believe she'll be 6 months old this upcoming Sunday. I'm wishing time would slow down just a smidge.

I haven't had a ton of time to take pictures, but I can give you a short run down on our life right now via my iPhone.

Abigail has been working on learning to sit and she really has almost got it down. It's like she woke up one morning and it started to click.



Sooie is a very patient kitty these days. Abigail is insanely curious about her and Sooie is nice enough to basically let Abigail grab her and rip out handfuls of fur. Delightful.



We've sampled more food since green beans and it's going really well. I've also tried my hand at making some food. More updates on that to come in Abigail's 6 month post.



Yes, that's a Santa bib. Sometimes laundry takes a backseat to other things these days.

These are older pictures, but I wanted to share these because Abigail is wearing a shirt that I used to wear as a baby. She's so cool, already wearing vintage. :)



The many faces of our girl!



Bath time is still very fun. Look at all those yummy rolls!



This Sunday was my first Mother's Day and David made sure that it was very special. "Abigail" got me a nice gift including a canvas of one of her newborn photos. I loved being at church and being wished, "Happy Mother's Day!" It really is neat to have a special day. David also made us lunch reservations for a relaxing lunch.