Kiddos

Late, Late Thursday evening (really early Friday morning), Austin and Riley made their debut in College Station for the summer. Yesterday, Riley got to meet Abby for the first time and they seemed to hit it off. Riley showed Abby all the things big sisters are supposed to do....how to play peekaboo, how to tilt her head to the side, how to eat mac & cheese :).

Yesterday was a get settled in day. I met the kids and Tracy for lunch at Casa Ole and then the rest of the afternoon was devoted to shopping. Tracy and I hadn't been to the grocery store in weeks and we desperately needed food ! After eating, the kids went to our neighborhood pool and seemed to have a blast.

Today we are going to the 3rd annual Texas Reds & Steak festival in downtown Bryan. They have Texas wineries to offer tastings, wonderful steaks, tons of music and vendors as well as tons of stuff for the kids to do. They block off a whole section of downtown. This will be Abby's first, but it may be cut short because of the heat. Yesterday the temp guage in our car said 101 degrees...sheesh it is going to be a long hot summer!

Max Allen Foster

Yesterday our good friends Chris and Sarah Foster welcomed their little bundle of joy to the world. His name is Max Allen Foster and was 21.25 inches long and 8 lbs 7 oz. Tracy has decided he will be calling him Maximus, so...Happy Birthday Maximus! Abby went to visit her new friend yesterday and thought he was really cool and looks forward to giving him a hard time and beating him up later :).

9 month checkup

My baby had her 9 month checkup today. There were no shots needed, but instead we got to hear what we thought....Dr. Neal told us she is still fat :). She weight 21.5 lbs and was 27 inches long. She is in the 95th percentile still for weight and in the 69th percentile for height. He said that she is meeting all her milestones and thinking she will be teething soon and walking before a year. The top picture is what Abby looked like within the first 24 hours she was born. The bottom picture is what she looks like now....a blur. My Abbykins will not stay still now to save our lives. She is always on the move and climbing on everything. Her bestest non human friend Rascal loves her and goes where she goes.

Today I went to Target and in the dollar section they had Abby stuff! I love it when I can find Abby Cadabby stuff!

9 months old!!

Abby is 9 months old as of yesterday. This is a picture Jamie took of her while they were at the park. I can't believe she is that old. She is turning into an animated little girl. She is constantly on the move and does NOT like to sit still. Right now she is staring at her reflection in the audio cabinet trying to speak to the little girl in the reflection. We have learned that she is not fond of anything green to eat :) (unless mixed with something sweet). This past week we have tried noodles and blackeyed peas and rice and real peaches.

I love you Abby bug! Happy 9 month birthday.

Teething...we think

So our little baby has been a monster lately. Her daddy even said he might consider giving her back if she continues like this! ...he was just kidding, but she has definitely had some issues. On Sunday night she woke up for 1-2 hours just screaming and would not calm down. I brought her to our bed and she still squirmed and fussed. Tracy finally went and fixed her a bottle and she gulped down 7 ounces without blinking. We have not had to feed this girl during the night since she was about 2 months old. Jamie said all day on Monday she hardly ate anything. Well on Monday night Miss Alex decided she wanted to wake up in the middle of the night and keep Josh & Jamie up for a couple of hours. We were hoping that this would be the end for these two.....

Well on Tuesday night Abby woke up around 1 and would not go back to sleep until a little after 3. She screamed unless you were holding her. She did NOT want to eat or sleep or play. We put her in bed with us and she finally went to sleep. She is just like Austin and Riley though...she will seek you out in her sleep and squish right up next to you and squirm all night. Needless to say I was a zombie yesterday. Everyone says that their kids started doing this right before teething so that is what we are hoping it is. Last night Alex woke up for a little while again. I don't know if those girls are chatting and thinking this is funny, but I have news for you little angels........IT IS NOT!!!! Abby on the other hand last night slept like a champ.

Today Jamie said she had 24 ounces over there which is a big deal considering all this week she has had about 11 over there each day. Tonight while changing Abby I looked in her mouth and you can see the teeth starting to come, so it won't be long. Luckily she went down kind of easy tonight (knock on wood) and hopefully will sleep all night...if not...it is daddy's turn :)!

Tomorrow......she is 9 months old!

Busy Sunday

On Sunday, my loving husband let me sleep in while he got up with Abby.....and then when I got up, she was down for a nap and my husband was in cleaning/babyproofing mode. He went and put outlet covers in all the outlets since Abby thinks they are cool now. He also put the locks on some of the cabinets that we don't want her to get in and then he super vacuumed the entire common area (living, dining, kitchen). He even cleaned all the blinds....and then he finished up the yard.

After his hard work was done, we took Abby to the pool for the first time. We decided to join our neighborhood pool for the summer. We got her a little floating ring and were a little worried about how she might like the water. Even as of last summer, Riley did not like being in the pool without someone holding her....however Abby, totally different! She absolutely LOVED the pool and her floating ring. She kicked around and splashed and at some points she just chilled and looked like all she was missing was a bottle. Abby also discovered that chlorine water doesn't taste too bad :).

Abby getting in for the first time...do I like this or not?

By the time we got her out of the pool and drove the 1/2 mile home, she was out like a little light. The pool tuckered her out. So once my baby was asleep I jetted and went to get a pedicure with Sarah and Laura and then got Miss Abby a new stacker toy with my coupon to Toys R Us.