Our sweet little baby Jane was born on August 14, 2009 at 7:03 am. She weighed 7 lbs 3 oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long. She was born with dark brown hair, but it has certainly lightened. Labor and Delivery was really fast....just over 3 hours. After the doctor was able to turn her because she was posterior, I only had to push twice and little Jane was finally here.
WE LOVE BABY JANE!!!!
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
It's a GIRL!
Yes, that's right...another girl! Abby is getting a little sister and she is so excited. Abby knew all along the new baby was a girl. Every time we asked her if it was a baby brother or siser, she always responded, "Sister." The baby looks beautiful (from the ultrasound) and all is well. Now we just have to wait for the big day when she finally arrives.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Coast to Coast
Abby and I just returned from visiting my mom in Los Angeles. We had so much fun. My cousin, Michelle, and her 5 month old baby, Luke, came as well. My mom was excited to meet Baby Luke (or as Abby calls him, Loot) for the first time. We went to Hollywood the first day and did some fun shopping. Day 2 was a fun-filled day at Disneyland. All Abby talked about was seeing Goofy....and guess who was sound asleep when we finally met up with him? Abby! She missed out on seeing Goofy because we all know you don't wake a sleeping child. Abby's favorite ride was It's a Small World. (When we went to Disneyland in November the ride was closed, so this was a special treat). She loved the music! After every ride Abby would say, "That was fun!" The highlight for Abby was meeting Tinkerbell. Abby ran right into Tinkerbell's arms for a big hug. It was so sweet and definitely worth the hour wait. We really had a fun day. Day 3 consisted of a lot of sleep...we were all exhausted from Disneyland. Day 4 was our beach day at Santa Monica. Abby loved looking for the birdies. Day 5 and 6 were spent at my mom's just visiting and relaxing. We all had a great time. It is so hard to come home. But this time was a little easier because Corey had spent 2 weeks in New York with work and Abby and I were ready to see Daddy. Corey had a fun time in New York seeing Central Park, Times Square, the Met Museum and he even went to a broadway show. This was the most interesting "family trip" we have taken being 3 time zones away from each other and on two completely different sides of the country, but we all had a really great time where we were. Thank you mom for a really fun trip...we love you so much and miss you already!
Thursday, February 26, 2009
I get the hint!
I know I am the world's worst blogger (and I just joined Facebook, so wish me luck). I always felt like I was playing catch-up and just couldn't seem to get my blog updated. So here is the summary of the last four months. We went to LA to visit my mom and of course went to Disneyland, I fixed Thanksgiving dinner for the fam, Abby had a wonderful Christmas (her new baby doll was a hit), my sweet Grandma passed away, Corey started his last semester of Graduate School, I found out I was pregnant and Abby turned 2 years old. There it is in a nutshell. Whew! Hopefully it won't take me another 4 months before my next blog entry. As soon as the morning (really all day) sickness goes away, I hope to do much better. Toodles!
Friday, December 26, 2008
October 2008, Half Time Report
Abby still loves to get the Tupperware out as well as the buckets out of the lazy susan. Abby plays with the containers all the time. Abby also still likes to play with the waterbottles. I don’t know if I have mentioned this, but Abby loves the basket the silverware is supposed to go into from the dishwasher. Abby thinks it is her basket and carries it around the kitchen.
On Oct. 13th Abby took all the books out of her pink and white checkered basket so that she could climb into the basket to read her books. We have so much fun together everyday. I love being a mom. Abby makes it so easy because she is such a sweet and loving little girl. She also gives me kisses all the time.
I worked Oct. 14th-17th so Abby was watched by my Dad ("Papa"), Aunt Leslie, and Aunt Julie. It was a fun-filled week for Abby. She adjusted well to the new homes okay. When I dropped her off at Grandpa’s on Oct. 14th, she was so happy. When I left, she was playing with Grandpa, showing him her baby. I think he had a really fun day. Aunt Leslie watched Abby on Oct. 15th. Aunt Leslie did Abby's hair into the sweetest pig-tails. I almost started crying when I saw how sweet and beautiful Abby looked. Aunt Julie watched Abby on Oct. 16th. Apparently Abby and cousin Tommy are “kissin’ cousins”. I almost didn’t believe it until I saw it for myself. Abby was sitting on the couch when Tommy sat on her lap and went in for the kiss. Don’t worry…I am sure my first kiss was my cousin (Greg) too.
On Oct. 13th Abby took all the books out of her pink and white checkered basket so that she could climb into the basket to read her books. We have so much fun together everyday. I love being a mom. Abby makes it so easy because she is such a sweet and loving little girl. She also gives me kisses all the time.
I worked Oct. 14th-17th so Abby was watched by my Dad ("Papa"), Aunt Leslie, and Aunt Julie. It was a fun-filled week for Abby. She adjusted well to the new homes okay. When I dropped her off at Grandpa’s on Oct. 14th, she was so happy. When I left, she was playing with Grandpa, showing him her baby. I think he had a really fun day. Aunt Leslie watched Abby on Oct. 15th. Aunt Leslie did Abby's hair into the sweetest pig-tails. I almost started crying when I saw how sweet and beautiful Abby looked. Aunt Julie watched Abby on Oct. 16th. Apparently Abby and cousin Tommy are “kissin’ cousins”. I almost didn’t believe it until I saw it for myself. Abby was sitting on the couch when Tommy sat on her lap and went in for the kiss. Don’t worry…I am sure my first kiss was my cousin (Greg) too.
October 2008, First-Half
Abby looks out the window and sees the neighbors swing and says, “Wee.” One day in October, I took Abby outside to play in the Thatcher’s backyard on the swing, slide and in the castle. Abby asks to go outside all the time by saying “wee” and signing swing or slide. Anyway, we had been outside playing for awhile, so it was time to come inside. As I was carrying Abby back home, she said, “Bye, bye wee”. I almost lost it because it was so sweet and adorable. Abby LOVES to play outside. Last weekend (Oct. 11th and 12th) it snowed for the first time this fall…3 inches. It didn’t matter…..Abby still wanted to go outside and play on the “wee.” I can already tell it is going to be a long winter.
Last week Abby also took peanut butter to the couch. I had given her peanut butter on a spoon. Well, instead of eating it, she spread the peanut butter all over the couch slipcover. Thank goodness I can wash it. She is a busy little rascal.
Last week Abby also took peanut butter to the couch. I had given her peanut butter on a spoon. Well, instead of eating it, she spread the peanut butter all over the couch slipcover. Thank goodness I can wash it. She is a busy little rascal.
September 2008, Part 2
Abby had her first “kiss” in nursery this month. Abby and Nicholas (our neighbor) both puckered up and gave each other a kiss. Could this be the beginning of something?!? Abby knows how to sign grandpa and firefighter. It is really sweet. Both grandpas just love it when she signs grandpa for them and says, “Papa.”
Mid-September, Abby started saying her name, which is “Babby.” It is absolutely adorable. At first she tried to mix Baby and Abby and then came up with “Babby.” We love it! Abby also knows how to say “Jesus” and knows who Jesus is in pictures and in her storybooks. It is precious. At church, she points to Jesus in the pictures all the time.
Abby loves to change her baby’s diaper. She unsnaps the baby’s clothes and gets a real diaper and sometimes even the Desitin. There are random diapers all over the house and sometimes I don’t find out until we are not at home that Abby has emptied the diaper bag of all the diapers. That is always a treat!
September 21st in Nursery, Abby attempted to eat the play-doh. Luckily, Abby's Nursery Leader was watching and had her spit it out. Aunt Leslie watched Abby on Sept. 22nd and 23rd while I had to work. Abby kept calling her, “Nenny”. We won’t tell Aunt Jenny because we don’t want her feelings hurt. We are working on saying Leslie, but it still comes out “Nenny”. When we ask what a cow says, Abby says, “Boo.” So now she is going to be a cow for Halloween. I think it is very appropriate!
Mid-September, Abby started saying her name, which is “Babby.” It is absolutely adorable. At first she tried to mix Baby and Abby and then came up with “Babby.” We love it! Abby also knows how to say “Jesus” and knows who Jesus is in pictures and in her storybooks. It is precious. At church, she points to Jesus in the pictures all the time.
Abby loves to change her baby’s diaper. She unsnaps the baby’s clothes and gets a real diaper and sometimes even the Desitin. There are random diapers all over the house and sometimes I don’t find out until we are not at home that Abby has emptied the diaper bag of all the diapers. That is always a treat!
September 21st in Nursery, Abby attempted to eat the play-doh. Luckily, Abby's Nursery Leader was watching and had her spit it out. Aunt Leslie watched Abby on Sept. 22nd and 23rd while I had to work. Abby kept calling her, “Nenny”. We won’t tell Aunt Jenny because we don’t want her feelings hurt. We are working on saying Leslie, but it still comes out “Nenny”. When we ask what a cow says, Abby says, “Boo.” So now she is going to be a cow for Halloween. I think it is very appropriate!
September 2008, Part 1
We got to spend the entire day together on Sept. 1st while Corey was dove hunting. Abby learned how to say ‘house’. She says it so sweetly. When I give Abby her ‘ba-ba’ (bottle) in the morning, she always pats the couch for me to sit down and hold her. I really cherish these moments. Over Labor Day weekend, Abby walked up to Corey with a ball telling daddy she wanted to play. He got done on the ground with Abby and then she looked at me and patted the ground, which is her sign that she wants you to sit. I sat down and we started passing the ball. Abby then stopped and pushed her little walk ‘n ride Winnie the pooh toy to have it start playing music. Abby LOVES music and wants to sing and dance. Abby is really growing up and changing. I put ‘pretties’ (ponies) in her hair and she looks so grown-up. I love being Abby's mommy.
Abby really is a sweet and easy-going child. She enjoys people so much and wants to be social and play all the time. We go outside and I push her on the swingset. Abby rests her head back and just enjoys the wind on her face. She can hear a dog or an airplane from miles away. Abby does the signs for both when she hears a dog or an airplane. Her signing is really incredible. Abby can say: Go, Stop, Bath, Bear, Thank You, Please, Share, Your Turn, My Turn, Dirty, Clean, Eat, Milk, Grandma, Grandpa, Car and Book.
Abby loves the songs from Signing Time. One of her favorite songs is "look at my hands."
Oh, whoa, look at my hands, look at my hands, they’re dirty.
Oh, whoa, look at my hands, look at my hands, they’re dirty.
A little soap and water. A little soap and water.
Oh, whoa, look at my hands, look at my hands, they’re clean.
Abby says, ‘hi’ and ‘bye’ so sweetly. I am going to miss her baby voice. Daddy likes for Abby to say grandma, which is ‘mama’, grandpa, which is ‘papa’, daddy and mommy. He asks Abby to say them in that order because when she says ‘mommy’ it is an octave higher and is so cute.
Abby's favorite games are to play with the ball and hide-and-seek. But Abby loves to sign ‘go’ and then I chase her around the house. Abby could play this game all day I swear. Abby wears me out. Abby likes to climb up on the kitchen table. She got a hold of my sharpie pen last week and colored the couch slipcover red. It didn’t wash out, but that’s okay. It will always remind me of Abby.
When Abby is hungry she taps her table chair for me to put her in it. She won’t drink milk out of anything but a bottle. Water and juice are okay in a sippy, but not milk. She pulls out all of the waterbottles from the cupboard almost every day. The other day she put her shoes inside some Tupperware which was round. She was trying to put a square lid on top, which was frustrating her because it would’t fit. It wasn’t until I put a round lid on top to seal her shoes inside that she was finally happy.
Abby really is a sweet and easy-going child. She enjoys people so much and wants to be social and play all the time. We go outside and I push her on the swingset. Abby rests her head back and just enjoys the wind on her face. She can hear a dog or an airplane from miles away. Abby does the signs for both when she hears a dog or an airplane. Her signing is really incredible. Abby can say: Go, Stop, Bath, Bear, Thank You, Please, Share, Your Turn, My Turn, Dirty, Clean, Eat, Milk, Grandma, Grandpa, Car and Book.
Abby loves the songs from Signing Time. One of her favorite songs is "look at my hands."
Oh, whoa, look at my hands, look at my hands, they’re dirty.
Oh, whoa, look at my hands, look at my hands, they’re dirty.
A little soap and water. A little soap and water.
Oh, whoa, look at my hands, look at my hands, they’re clean.
Abby says, ‘hi’ and ‘bye’ so sweetly. I am going to miss her baby voice. Daddy likes for Abby to say grandma, which is ‘mama’, grandpa, which is ‘papa’, daddy and mommy. He asks Abby to say them in that order because when she says ‘mommy’ it is an octave higher and is so cute.
Abby's favorite games are to play with the ball and hide-and-seek. But Abby loves to sign ‘go’ and then I chase her around the house. Abby could play this game all day I swear. Abby wears me out. Abby likes to climb up on the kitchen table. She got a hold of my sharpie pen last week and colored the couch slipcover red. It didn’t wash out, but that’s okay. It will always remind me of Abby.
When Abby is hungry she taps her table chair for me to put her in it. She won’t drink milk out of anything but a bottle. Water and juice are okay in a sippy, but not milk. She pulls out all of the waterbottles from the cupboard almost every day. The other day she put her shoes inside some Tupperware which was round. She was trying to put a square lid on top, which was frustrating her because it would’t fit. It wasn’t until I put a round lid on top to seal her shoes inside that she was finally happy.
August 23-31st, 2008
Maybe I am just a bad mother, but Abby had spaghetti for the first time on August 23rd at the Catenzaros. She is 18 months old!!! She was quite a mess. I just took her shirt off and let her go to town. She really enjoyed it.
Abby started going full-time to nursery on Sunday, August 24th. I took you into her class (with her baby doll) and did a mad dash out the door. She was sad for a little while, but then did just fine.
Abby had a doctor’s appointment on August 26th, which always means shots.
On Sunday, August 31st Abby got into the biggest yogurt mess to date. I turned for just 1 minute and when I turned back to spoon was gone and Abby was dipping into her yogurt with her entire hand. It was all in her hair, on her arms, legs and face. It looked like war paint. Abby had her second bath of the day and it was barely 10 am. This is also the day Abby spotted daddy passing the sacrament. First Abby said, ‘daddy’. Then she waved and said ‘hi’ to daddy all the way across the chapel. Daddy couldn’t help but smile, but didn’t dare wave back. It was really sweet. We went to Grandma and Grandpa Ormes for FHE. It was a complete downpour for most of the evening. When it stopped raining, Abby went outside and played with Aunt Leslie in the puddles. Leslie would point to them and then Abby would go walk into them. Abby is so cute.
Abby started going full-time to nursery on Sunday, August 24th. I took you into her class (with her baby doll) and did a mad dash out the door. She was sad for a little while, but then did just fine.
Abby had a doctor’s appointment on August 26th, which always means shots.
On Sunday, August 31st Abby got into the biggest yogurt mess to date. I turned for just 1 minute and when I turned back to spoon was gone and Abby was dipping into her yogurt with her entire hand. It was all in her hair, on her arms, legs and face. It looked like war paint. Abby had her second bath of the day and it was barely 10 am. This is also the day Abby spotted daddy passing the sacrament. First Abby said, ‘daddy’. Then she waved and said ‘hi’ to daddy all the way across the chapel. Daddy couldn’t help but smile, but didn’t dare wave back. It was really sweet. We went to Grandma and Grandpa Ormes for FHE. It was a complete downpour for most of the evening. When it stopped raining, Abby went outside and played with Aunt Leslie in the puddles. Leslie would point to them and then Abby would go walk into them. Abby is so cute.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Deep in the heart of Texas! (Dallas - August 14-22, 2008)
Corey left for Dallas, Texas for work on Monday, August 11th and Abby was the first to notice. Abby would stand at the top of the stairs and point at the front door saying, “Daddy” in a very sad voice. For two nights, she woke up in the night crying wanting Daddy. When she couldn’t find him she wouldn’t calm down. For an hour every night she cried and cried for Daddy. I even had to turn on the light to show her that Daddy wasn’t there. By Wednesday, Abby missed her Daddy so much (and Mommy missed sleep), Corey called and got us a ticket to go visit him. We finally got to Dallas on Thursday, August 14th and all was well. We went to the JFK Museum, a Texas Rangers baseball game and I got to go to the temple while Abby hung out with Daddy at the mall. We also went swimming and for walks. All the cooks and maids just adored Abby.
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