Abby is three months old today, and she is as precious as ever! We don’t have a doctor visit this month, but she weighs a little more than 13 pounds, and she is quickly outgrowing three- to six-month clothes!
This little girl loves to smile! I will post a few wonderful examples when I get on the laptop. Jan took some amazing photos of sweet Abby, so I will post those along with a few family photos too!
She is really good at sleeping, usually… She can go up to seven hours, though during growth spurts, she sleeps only two or three. She is very strong, and likes to sit with help or stand holding on to us. Her favorite places to nap are either in my arms or in her Ergo carrier that her great grandparents got her. She doesn’t really have a feeding schedule…just whenever she is hungry. I love that I am home and can feed her without having to worry about bottles and schedules! She really is getting into a bit of a schedule, though, and she naps around the same times every day. That makes it nice for me to plan when I can get things done! Right now, she is taking a cat nap next to me on the couch in the same position as I took this photo.
Abby loves soft things, and rubs them against her cheek or touches them over and over with her hands.
Abby and Benjamin have been getting along so well recently. Benjamin likes to hold Abby, and he is getting good at putting her pacifier in her mouth for her.
I try to do special things with just Benjamin, so he doesn’t feel left out of the action. The other day, we made homemade pretzels. He LOVES to help me cook. I caught him “reading” a piece of scrap paper. “It says, don’t add the eggs yet,” he said. Benjamin talks quite a bit now, and we have funny conversations. I will post a blog about some of them in the near future.
Here he is painting the egg onto our pretzels.
B LOVES corn on the cob. He ate three ears of it outside on the deck, and when I glanced out the window, I saw a very elaborate experiment going on, where he would drop the ears together and then one at a time. He did it over and over again. Then, he lined them up and started bringing over sticks and acorns. I came outside and he said, “Look Mommy! Railroad tracks!.” To say that boy is obsessed with trains is an understatement!
We decided to go on a treasure hunt, and I said, “Quick! What should a pirate wear?” I put some shorts on B’s head. “Silly Mommy! Those are shorts,” he told me. Then, I said, “Well, how do we become pirates?
He replied, “Pirates go aaaarrrr! Ahoy mate!”
He has been doing so well playing outside by himself. I send him out there with popsicles and ice cream. He loves getting all dirty in the sand box, chasing balls, or just relaxing.
Aren’t they darling!? I am having so much fun with them! We have really adjusted well to our new routine.
I seem to always been dumping photos into this blog, trying to catch up on several weeks. So, here we go again…
Life has been crazy as usual, but we are having a great time with the kids. Abby is starting to sleep through the night more regularly, and Benjamin has seemingly past his peak time of terrible twos.
As I am writing this, Abby is on the floor attempting to roll over to reach her pacifier and Benjamin is in his crib trying to fall asleep with the promise of ice cream when he wakes up. Yes, we bribe around here…shamelessly!
We have been up north a lot lately, so here are a few photos from our trips.
This one is from a visit with my best friend Amber and her daughter Mia.
Snuggles with Nana…
My favorite 2-month photo…
Snuggles with Grandma Jan.
And daady
And Grandpa Hilty…
Jeremy’s grandpa died last week, so we spent a few days with family. Here is Abby with her cousin Will after the funeral. Both slept through the entire ceremony.
Abby cheered us all up with her smiles,
Grandma Hilty is proud of all her great grandchildren,
We had a nice relaxing weekend at home this week after Jeremy returned from a conference in Columbus.
Here is Abby demonstrating her roll over strategy.
Benjamin pooped once on the potty…but hasn’t attempted it since receiving his reward…a Diesel train from Thomas.
Abby has been such a happy girl. She tilted her head back and laughed at Jeremy.
We love hanging out together!
It is crazy how time flies. I still have photos on my camera from July 4!
Here are a few.
My friend Tammy and her family came to visit. Leila and Abby are just a few days apart in age. So, we hope they will be good friends!
Also attending our July 4 picnic were our friends, the Duh family. Katie’s son Tyler is absolutely precious, and a great friend to Benjamin.
Benjamin has taken to running around half naked. I am not sure if it is the summer weather, or if it is because we are sort of potty training. But, he is happiest lately in a diaper. Potty training isn’t going great…but he does pee on the potty for a jelly bean. I bought Diesel, a Thomas the Tank Engine train at his request. All he has to do is poop on the potty to get it. While he asks for Diesel daily, he refuses to poop on the toilet. Oh well. It is a process.
We cleaned the couches and carpets a few weekends ago when we shipped Benjamin off to my parents’ house. It was a wonderful break for us all, and we got so much done!
We thought this picture of Abby was hilarious. She was burping on my shoulder, and will probably disown us for posting this look on her face.
Benjamin’s grandparents came to visit for a few hours before a Red’s game. Grandma Jan was so happy to hold Abby and play with Benjamin.
Look who is getting to be such a big girl! Abby weighed in at almost 12 pounds at her two-month visit. She is just over 23 inches long, placing her in the 75th percentile for height and weight.
Only problem with placing Abby on the floor is that Benjamin can literally push her around.
We are adjusting well to Jeremy’s new shift. Often, I let Benjamin run around the back yard in the evenings. It helps wear him out.
Benjamin wanted to dress up like a super hero…like Super Why.
Abby thinks Benjamin is funny!
