Our little joy

Abigail at two months old is still proving to be a little joy!  Thank you, Lord!

Much like David, she is most definitely a morning person!  She awakes to play between 6-7 every morning whether it is chow time or not.  She is loads of smiles first thing in the morning.  (and often throughout the day)  And come 7 pm, she consistently gets a bit fussy until you put her to bed.  Yes, she is sleeping quite well for a two month old.  Always between 7 or 8 pm and 2-3 am (occasionally 4 am).  If only we could move the hours a bit later, but waking her to feed her at 10 pm does no good.  She still awakes at 2 or 3.  What a treat to know that she will go back to sleep after a quick feeding at 2 or 3 though.  No midnight crying for this little one! :)

Midway through this month, we took off the bassinet and moved her to just the pack and play.  She had outgrown the bassinet part. 

What a strong little girl!  She can hold her head up quite well and regularly holds both head and legs up (as if she is exercising) while on her tummy in her crib.  She has flipped herself over several times from tummy to back. 

 

She has definitely put on some weight--although we will not see how much officially until next week when she goes to the dr. again.  Her 3 month clothing all fits quite well now and she has a few dimples in her legs now.  Still wearing size 1 diapers.

Abigail likes her pacifier but since she is far more content than my other two babies, she is perfectly happy without it most of the time too...I have noticed that she has begun trying to soothe herself when her paci falls out by sucking her hand.  Will we have another thumb sucker eventually?

She is still eating every 3 hours during the day unless she is especially tired and then she might even nap 4-5 hours.  She has drunk out of a bottle a couple of times this month but recently when tried "topping off" with it, she has been decidedly against it.  A lesson she will have to learn...

Elizabeth and David adore Abigail.  They fight over who gets to hold her (often resulting in a bit of an unhappy baby).  However, they are also quite sweet to her too.  David tells me he will "keep and eye on" her and Elizabeth is always trying to kiss her.  Elizabeth also tries to force the pacifier back in her mouth whenever it has fallen out (wanted or not).  I have also seen her take out the paci of a happy baby, only so she can put it back in again. 

 

Abigail is textbook with regard to car rides.  She does not like being buckled into her carseat much, but once she is in the car and it is moving, she tends to calm down.  If there is any fussing to be done, it is always occurs when the car has stopped moving. 

Gdaddy came to visit this month and he got to meet to his youngest granddaughter, Abigail. 

 

We love you, Abigail Katherine!  What a joy you are!  Can't wait to see what the upcoming months hold.