Monday, January 30, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Baby Love
The past four months have flown by! Abby brings so much joy to our family and I am so thankful to be her mommy. I had to return to work last week and miss spending everyday with her, but I'm thankful for the long maternity leave I had. I was able to return working 4 days a week instead of 5, so I look forward to our one extra day together every week.
She had her 4-month doctor visit on Tuesday and she is a healthy girl! She weighs a whopping 16 1/2 pounds and has grown 6 inches since birth. Abby is a very sweet baby who gives smiles easily and loves to cuddle. She is also sleeping 8-10 hours at night!! Her big sisters love her so much and are great helpers. They love to make her laugh and try their best to entertain her when she gets fussy. Our next milestone will be trying rice cereal and baby food!
Just a few days old...catching a little nap at home!
Two weeks old
Four months oldSaturday, December 17, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Halloween Rewind
The girls had a great Halloween and it keeps getting easier every year for trick-or-treating. No more whining that they are tired of walking and this year they weren't even afraid to go to the "scary" houses! It's all about the candy baby!!
Sooooo we are past the point of mommy being able to choose their costumes for them (as evidenced by Riley and Makena's choices this year). I still try to steer their decisions but darnit, they have minds of their own!
Steve made several trips to the Halloween store with them this year as they tried to make their final decisions as to what they wanted for costumes. We did try to convince them to wear their costumes from last year since they still fit, but that was a no go! When Riley came home expressing her desire to be a jailbird (because it reminds her of a zebra!) I had to laugh. No pretty princess or fairy costume for my girl. Makena quickly followed suit in her choice to dress the same as Riley (as usually happens with those two) and next thing I knew I had two jailbirds on my hands. Alyssa (my girlie-girl) DID want to dress like a princess, but I thought we just HAD to round out the theme and we convinced her to go as a police woman! It totally fits her rule-following personality too!
Sooooo we are past the point of mommy being able to choose their costumes for them (as evidenced by Riley and Makena's choices this year). I still try to steer their decisions but darnit, they have minds of their own!
Steve made several trips to the Halloween store with them this year as they tried to make their final decisions as to what they wanted for costumes. We did try to convince them to wear their costumes from last year since they still fit, but that was a no go! When Riley came home expressing her desire to be a jailbird (because it reminds her of a zebra!) I had to laugh. No pretty princess or fairy costume for my girl. Makena quickly followed suit in her choice to dress the same as Riley (as usually happens with those two) and next thing I knew I had two jailbirds on my hands. Alyssa (my girlie-girl) DID want to dress like a princess, but I thought we just HAD to round out the theme and we convinced her to go as a police woman! It totally fits her rule-following personality too!
Two jailbirds and the Po-Po
Makena
Riley-making her mean face with a smile
Alyssa the Policewoman, complete with her pink badge!
Next year we will have a 4th girl to dress up! Can't wait!!
Sunday, November 20, 2011
My Little Turkey
(Can you believe those cheeks? I can't get enough of them!)
We survived Abby's 2 month dr. appointment...shots and all! She is a whopping 12 pounds already which is somewhere in the 80th percentile range for weight. Big difference from the triplets who have always been below the 10th percentile (and still are). I looked back in their baby books and they didn't weigh 12 pounds until they were 7 months old. It is amazing to experience what a full-term baby is like! We are all doing great.
Hoping to update again this week with some Halloween pics (better late than never).
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