It's been a while, mostly because not only am I working full time, but I am also in class two days a week and have the homework to prove it. I managed to escape homework this evening, but will return to it shortly, aka tomorrow. This mama is weary. No one told me that there would be days and nights that I would want to just hand my child to someone else, but after last night, I felt that way. Abby Grace woke up at 2AM and after having gone to bed at 11PM, I was not ready to be up. We fought, we screamed, and we slept...a little bit. Until at 5:45AM I called her daddy and asked him to please hurry home from work so that I could have a break. To say my nerves were rattled from listening to her scream is an understatement. You probably could have put them in a jar and and shook them like a polaroid picture and I would have been less frazeled. To say the least work and class were interesting. But, at the end of the day, after she had napped all day, and I had had a short nap myself, I got that one smile that reminded me why I wanted a to have a baby and that I love her. I was also showered with open mouth full face kisses that left me soggy, but so over joyed with her. (That's her newest thing. She places both hands on your face and brings you to her, then she slobbers all over you and giggles. This girl loves her some kisses.)
Getting away from my sobbing...Abby Grace took her first trip to the lake a few weeks ago, and she LOVED it. She really likes to be outside and this was icing on the cake for her. Daddy invited us to cruise around while he and his friend went fishing, so we said, "why not!" and went for a ride. She slept like and an angel all night.
My big girl is really starting to enjoy the world around her, she is lifting her head up and turing cicles on her belly, won't be long and my little miss will be into EVERYTHING! Right now her favorite thing to check out is her daddy's "man-mote" also known as the tv control. She thinks it is amazing. It is also really cool to drag your hand over mommy's smart phone while she is using to impersonate her and call people. If you get a random call from us, it's probably Abby Grace.
Matt is not the best with the camera. Note the finger in the top corner :)
We had our 4 month check up last Friday. Our girl weighs 15.9lbs and is 25.5" long. She is getting so big so fast. At night she eats oatmeal with butternut squash or peaches and is doing so well with keeping everything in her mouth. I have really enjoyed making her baby food and saving the money that not buying the store bought stuff costs. I bought 1 butternut squash and 4 peaches and made 15 ounces of each as baby food. She only eats 1 ounce at a time right now so I spent maybe $5 and made 30 meals. Fabulous!
I had said I would give a helpful hint for those mama's out there are eating dairy and soy free each post and here ya' go for this week....Blue Diamond Dark Chocolate Oven Roasted Almonds. They are the best sweet tooth fix I have EVER found! And they sell them in a 1lb bag at walmart. A serving of these babies and you'll wonder why you ever needed another sweet. They ARE that good. I have lost 10lbs doing this and hope that it continues. PCOS has kept me from losing weight for about 3 years now and it is very discouraging so this weight falling off has been a really encouraging change.
If you have read this far, thank you for listing to my babbling. It is nice to have an outlet sometimes. I am so excited for Labor Day....Low Country Boil! I know that God would never give me anything I can't handle and I try to remember that when this little girl is trying me, slapping me in the face, and screaming. She will out grow it and I will forget all about it. Sorry for the lack of pictures, I took the camera out of the diaper bag and this is what happens. Ya'll have a great long weekend!
~Cassie
