Sleep Like a Baby???!!!

Ha! Since I have had Abbie this phrase has cracked me up. Every time someone says it, I say DON’T say that! It’s ridiculous! Babies don’t sleep - or at least, not that good like the saying implies! I have to face the fact, I have not been given a baby that sleeps really good. Sure, she’s gone through some phases where she has, but they haven’t lasted long and I am just learning to accept that! It’s really ok – I mean, I have a beautiful, healthy child and she makes life worth living. And I have gotten used to about 6 hours of sleep a night, much to my surprise. Now all of a sudden though she is not taking naps! I truly hope for her sake that this is a short-lived stage, as most things seem to be. And honestly, even if she sleeps one hour at a time, it’s better than nothing. She will sleep in the car – like for a couple hours. AND she will sleep in the bed with me if I lay down with her during the day. But obviously neither one of these situations can happen all the time, and so she sometimes she just doesn’t sleep. My grandmother keeps telling me she doesn't want to miss anything. So today as I wrote this, I found some pictures of this little girl when she did sleep – everywhere, anywhere, on her own, for at least an hour at a time. Of course she was so little and everything was different then. It so crazy to see these pictures, really. I just can’t believe she was ever this tiny!!



In other Abbie news, her 9-month check up was last week. She weighed in at 16 lbs, 14.5 oz and was 27” long. Her hemoglobin (iron) was 12, which Dr. Morgan was so happy with! She is also, just in the last week, blowing kisses, imitating us when we blow kisses by saying “mmm-wah” like you would when you blow a kiss, eating cereal bars and some other "adult" foods, drinking from a sippy cup, and SO much more!

Check out this video of her – it’s SO cute!! I have no idea where she gets these moves from – must be her Daddy!! ( :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADVleamcPWc

Growing so fast!!

Here I am again - another month has passed, and I am still not believing our little girl is growing up so fast before our eyes. Abbie is 9 months old today, and she is a true joy to us. Wes said it best tonight - each day she is doing something different, and her personality is developing more and more! We just love her. Even through the teething...she now has her two bottom teeth!...and the coughing, sniffling, etc, that has come with winter, we have endured and just had a great time watching her grow and change with each day. She is definitely a social butterfly. She will stare someone down, strangers usually, until they acknowledge her. Today at Ruby Tuesday's she was waving to everyone, whether they were looking at her or not. And she would just wave and stare until they did! She makes her presence known. Everyone that knows her loves her, I mean really, how could you not, but people fall in love with her quickly. She has become a hit in the church nursery, and she loves it. And at her sitters, Pam's, she is a favorite among all the other kids and their parents! Although she is very social, she is usually very good at self entertaining for a little while too. She loves to play in her room with her toys, in the bathtub, in her pack n play, and in the exersaucer. She has stolen our hearts, and we never could have imagined the joy this child could bring us!

"Dada Mama"

Yep, she’s saying it. And meaning it too, I think.

Last week, I was in her room with her and Wes walked in. She immediately started saying “Dada, Dada!” It was so sweet!

Then yesterday morning Wes had her in bed with him and I was in the bathroom getting ready, with the door shut. I could hear her out there, saying “Mama, Mama!” over and over and when I came out she was looking towards the bathroom door.

Sweet little girl. It melts my heart to hear those words.
I feel like I’ve been slacking on pictures and posts lately, but a facebook (or, as my grandmother calls it “Spacebook”) addiction seems to be taking up too much of my attention in the evenings…