Curiosity Killed the Cat...

Abby Grace is really starting to realize that her world is big and full of things, like boxes of Kleenex that are fun to play with. This morning I set her on the counter in her bumbo and the next thing I know she is throwing tissues and playing with my deodorant.  This is all new for me.  I am used to putting her somewhere and not really worrying about her getting into anything around her...so much for that!  I knew it was coming to an end last Saturday when I turned around and she had picked up the Prevacid syringe I left lying in front of her on the exersaucer and proceeded to give it a good gnawing. 
I can't believe how fast she is learning about everything around her!

We had our first trip to the ER this past week.  Last Thursday AG started having a lot of congestion and woke up at 2AM unable to catch her breath and having some stomach problems...we had a lot of these this week...as evidenced by the picture above...at one point I didn't even realize it had happened thanks to my own congestion.  I took her in and of course by the time we got there she was full of smiles and had the hiccups to share with the staff.  The doctor told me what I already knew...she was congested.  Really?  We came home and went to see our friendly doctor on Friday.  The doctor said that we probably had a virus that is going around right now and to just load her up with fluids.  Well, whatever virus it is must be fast moving.  By Saturday me, my mom, both sisters, my dad, and Matt all had it.  We are doing much better now, just a little stuffy still.

See that can of nuts in this one?  Abby Grace has spent a good bit of time conversing with it this week.  I am not sure what it is about it, but every time I put her down in her highchair to wash dishes or cook dinner she automatically looks to the side and starts babbling.  I'm kind of scared to put the thing away for fear she will fuss when I sit her down.

Family...look for photo's in the mail this coming week!

3 Months Old...

Well, my little sweetie turned three months old yesterday.  She is growing so fast, nearly 25" long now!  We had her 3 month pictures made on Sunday and they are so sweet.  Brooke Gragg at Artistic Images takes all of the professional photos you will see on my blog, inlcuding the header.  Speaking of headers how do you get them to be little and cute like I see on other people's blogs?  Back to Abby Grace...she is trying so hard to sit up by herself.  You can hardly lay her down for a second before she is straining to sit up again. 

She is a laughing machine and talks through most conversations.  If you have talked to me on the phone recently then you have probably witnessed this yourself.  She loves other kids and gets to play with cousin Layla a couple of days a week.  I think that there is more playing on Layla's part, but Abby Grace loves to watch her roam around collecting toys and then shoving them in her face.  I know that always keeps me entertained. 

Abby Grace LOVES her daddy.  He stays up at night with her and gets to enjoy the 4AM play sessions on nights he isn't working.  Matt thinks it is hilarious to teach her things like dinasaur calling.  What is a dinasaur call you ask?  Well a good example of what I hear around my house is this...7AM sitting at the kitchen table with the baby in the high chair.  I send Matt upstairs to get her outfit off the changing table for me.  Over the baby monitor you hear the loudest burp you have heard in a while, and then, "hear dinasaur, dinasaur, dinasaur".  Abby Grace thinks it is hilarious.   Abby Grace also LOVES her rattle.  She has learned to hold it and is bound and determined to get it in her mouth, but if you see us in town and she has a bruise on her face, don't think badly of me, she can't help but hit herself in the face with the thing when she is playing.  I am just waiting for the black eye.

We have big plans this weekend.  We are going to a wedding shower and a first birthday.  Ya'll enjoy!  Hopefully I will be back a little sooner next time, school is out for summer break! 

In the Beginning...

Hi! I am Cassie and this blog is here for my daughter Abby Grace.  I want her to be able to look back at the day to day activities of her infancy and childhood and remember how much fun we had amid the struggles.  Abby Grace is a great baby, happy, fun to play with, and has slept through the night since she was six weeks old!  We do struggle with severe reflux on a daily basis and work very hard to keep our feedings down most days.  I hope that if you have found us you can enjoy seeing Abby Grace as she grows and changes over the years.  She is 12 weeks old today and growing like a weed.  I hope to post her birth story soon.
Cassie