Busy busy girl!

Abigail has had a busy week. We spent most of the week at Gramma's house and mom is lucky enough to usually get a daily photo or video of what Abigail is doing. Then the weekend was filled with errands and Aunt Chelsea's Bridal Shower.

Mom and Abigail started a gymboree class so that will be a fun event for us each week. Abby was the youngest in class but she still had a great time. She was mesmerized by the bubbles and even enjoyed tummy time on the mirror with the brightly colored balls. We also stopped by and visited dad at work. Abby got to meet lots of daddy's coworkers, tho she slept through it all.

We are weighing just about 7.13oz. Soooo close to 8 lbs! I feel pretty confident we will reach 8 lbs before our 2 month check up!

I noticed yesterday that our head control is getting better and better. She is still not a huge fan of tummy time but if you hold her up on your shoulder she will hold her head up and look around quite a bit. Dad has taken a few headbutts to the jaw which hasn't made him too happy.

We went to Hagerstown on Sunday for Aunt Chelsea's shower. Abigail had a great time. I don't think she had a moment to herself! Dad thought he would be watching her most of the time but he really didn't have to do much at all.

The best part of the past week has been our smiles! We are getting more and more smiles and they are by far the cutest thing I have ever seen. Some of the pictures are from our iPhones so they aren't great but you can get a pretty good idea of our cute smile!


Abigail loves taking a snooze in her swing. But I absolutely love the hands behind the head look.


Here is one of the gorgeous smiles!


Abigail taking a snooze before the party started!


This is the closest that Jack has ever been to Abigail. He didn't realize when I pushed him to lay down what was right behind him. Let's just say it didn't take long for him to bolt!


Another one of our early morning smiles where mom only has her phone so it's not a great picture but still sooo cute!


Aunt Chelsea's shower pics...Abigail got to meet lots of family and friends on Sunday. She spent quite a bit of time with Great-grandma Mauriello. Great-grandpa Mauriello was sad he didn't get to come and meet Abigail so we will have to arrange another trip soon.

Happy Easter!

Abigail and mommy had a good week last week together. Mom is still sad to be going back to work but is happy that Abigail will be spending her days with gramma.

We are weighing in around 7 lbs 5 oz. It is nice to see the scale keep going up. Mom still worries that Abby isn't getting enough to eat and everyone keeps telling mom to relax. They are right but it is still hard to do.

Abigail had her first trip to the beach this weekend. She got to spend time with Matt's parents, who I think have decided to wait and see what Abigail calls them. We had a fun time. Grandma Marsha and mommy went to the baby store and bought WAY too many clothes but they were all WAY too cute to pass up. She is going to be one very fashionable little girl. Abby got to spend some time with her great aunt's, Martha, Ellen and Beth and uncle Dave and her cousin Treva. Needless to say Abby had lots of attention.

Yesterday was Abigails first Easter. Her delinquent mother didn't make her an Easter basket but something tells me she won't miss it.

Here are some pictures from the week.

One more week with Mommy

Looks like this will be mommy's last week at home with Abigail. Mom is sad to not be able to stay at home but is looking forward to getting back into a routine.

Abigail has done quite a bit of growing this week. Its hard to say from one dirty diaper to the next exactly what she weighs but I think we are right around 7 lbs! Finally the size we should have been when we came out! I am noticing that she is getting a little "weight" to her which is fantastic! One more pound to go until we can use the sling and mom is super excited about that!

We are excited for better weather so that we can start to get outside more and to try out some of our summer clothes!

Abigail is doing great with her head control and is starting to look around more and do more "talking" instead of crying. Tho there is still plenty of the crying! She is sleeping pretty well at night in her bassinet. We do about 4 hour stretches so it really means only getting up once in the middle of the night if everything times out right.

Gramma is on vacation this week getting nice and relaxed for her babysitting duties. We had a few practice days last week, which was good for mom and gramma since mom forgot the bottles one day and had to run back home and get them! Oops!

Abigail has had a few more visitors and is still sleeping through most everyone's visits. She loves to cuddle and take a nap on anyones shoulder.

Look at those beautiful blue eyes!

4 weeks old

Abigail is doing great. She is becoming much more alert to things going on around her. She is even doing a fantastic job at sleeping in her bassinet. Which is helping mom and dad sleep a little better!

Somewhere along the way Abigail picked up a new gesture. I swear we did not practice this and I did not pose her for this picture. I just was lucky enough to have my iPhone out to take a quick picture and caught this!



Some might say she is taking after her mom already!

We are weighing in this week at about 6 lbs 10 oz. Mom and Dad can't wait for Abigail to reach the 8 lb mark because then we can use the baby bjorn and the sling carrier! She really is growing a lot. I put her in one of her newborn sleepers last night and it barely fit. So I think we are moving in the right direction.

Abigail has made a few trips to mom's office and tomorrow is going to visit dads office for a bit. She seems to enjoy her outings. Yesterday, Abigail spent the morning with Gramma at her house and got to see where she will be spending a lot of her time coming up shortly. All went well.

Mom is sad that she will be going back to work soon but has enjoyed all of her time with Abby. We have spent the last 2 Wednesday mornings at a Mommy & Me class at the hospital. I think we will look to see if we can find some other classes for mom and Abby to join.

Abigail has had a few rough nights as of late. Dad has been doing a fantastic job at helping out. Last night dad and abigail fell asleep on the couch after much fussing until mom woke up at 2:30!

Abigail is working hard on her head control and is doing a fantastic job. She has spent some tummy time on some of her floor play mats and in her boppy too. She is going to be a quick learner for sure.

I have been doing lots of "googling" for any and all of the first time mom questions but something interesting that we learned in class today was something called the Dunstan Baby Language. If you get a chance google it. It really is amazing. I'm hoping we can pick up on some of these things and use them to better understand Abigail's cry's.


Tummy Time...tho it really looks more like face time!


Tummy time on our boppy. She really is doing much better lifting and controlling her head.


Spending time playing with our toys







Abigail recently discovered the mobile above her swing and is quite entertained by it.

Happy Wednesday to everyone!

A week of Firsts!

We are three weeks old today and we are growing by leaps and bounds....or so it seems! We gained our FIRST POUND! We now weigh 6lbs 3 oz. We haven't taken a measurement of length yet but dad just tried to put on one of our premie sleepers and it was very much too small so our legs are growing growing!

We had our FIRST bath...and our Second! I think the second was much more accepted than the first.



We had our FIRST walk outside in our stroller.




We also had our FIRST half day away from mom.

Sadly, we have our first little illness as well. Mom noticed yesterday that our eye was having a little drainage, nothing terrible but by the middle of the night we were nice and goopy! So we got up this morning and headed to the doctor. Mom is a huge fan of our "walk-in" hours at the pediatricians office. As long as we are there by 8:15 the doctor will see her even if we don't have an appointment. I am a big fan!

It was a quiet weekend for the most part. Abigail still loves to sleep but is certainly having many more awake moments! You can tell she is much more alert than just a few days ago.

Nighttime still has its rough moments but we are managing. Feeding is going much better than it was and we are no longer having to supplement with bottled breast milk so that is certainly a step in the right direction.

After our quick appointment mom took her first trip back to work for a half day. Gramma was nice enough to watch Abigail so mom could run in and do payroll. Everything worked out just perfectly.

Today's weather was absolutely beautiful so we couldn't pass up an opportunity to head outside. Dad came home and we went for a nice walk. Jack was pleased he could come along too.

Here are a few pictures from the past week. Abigail is perfecting her smile. Mom enjoys playing with her camera!

A day in the life of Abigail.....

Abigail gets up several times a night. Mainly for eating, changing and the occasional cry. Moms a big sucker for a crying Abigail. Dad has been doing his best to help out and he's done a fantastic job. Abigail has slept in the bed a few times, like I said moms a sucker.

We had been eating every 3 hours during the day but at times Abby was not terribly hungry so on occasion we stretch it to 4 hours.

We had our two week doctors appt and Abigail did a phenomenal job and gained almost half a pound. She now weighs 5 lbs. 7 oz. So all of our hard work at getting this girl to eat has paid off. She still doesn't fit in her newborn clothes and is wearing premie diapers but she is growing!! We don't have to go back for 6 weeks so hopefully we will do lots of growing in that time. The Feldmanns got us a great gift to help us track abigails weight.... A baby scale!!

We have had several visitors come by to see us and while Abigail loves all her visitors she usually sleeps through them! Hopefully she will have more awake time soon. We have noticed that she is more alert in the evenings.

Since Abigail came home we have had several changes around the house. We got new carpet and our furniture came too. So we finally have our family room back and dad has most of his man cave back too! Dad has kept quite busy fixing a few odds and ends around the house and helping with Abigail.

Dad went back to work today so mom is going to have to do this all on her own. We shall see how that goes. Wish us luck! We have the added benefit of granma being up the street so if we need help she can come down. Mom is slightly nervous about going it alone but is hoping we are successful.

Jack continues to be unsure of this whole change in lifestyle. He is not a fan of being the #2. He is showing some signs of being more curious about Abigail. He will come and cuddle up to you while you are holding her, tho I'm not convinced it isn't his way of demanding your attention.

Its hard for me to tell if she is growing or not since we see her all day long. But I am starting to notice that things are not looking as big on her as they did those first few days.

Her favorite spot is still laying on daddy's chest. Seems to be dads favorite too.






Dad Loves his new couch!


I think she was trying to strike a pose!








Still her favorite spot






This is about as close as Jack will get but notice he is not particularly pleased with his new location. He would much rather be where Abigail is.