One Month

Abby turned the big one month this past Thursday.  She is now 10 pounds 7 ounces (79% percentile) and 22.8 inches long (98% percentile).  We are battling some baby acne and cradle cap but are perfectly healthy.  She likes her pacifier and to look out windows.  She is getting better and better at holding her head up.  I start back at school in a week so this will be a big change for the two of us.  Here's hoping we survive.

And a preview of our fancy photo shoot.  We should have the rest of the pictures this week.

Visits with Abby

We have had a busy and tiring three weeks around here.  Grandparents have been feeding us very well but I have a feeling it's just an excuse to see Abby.

She loves to have A. Victoria time.

And stare at fish with Grandma.

Abby meet her first set of great-grandparents last weekend.  She loves Baba's voice!

I came back from my first alone outing and found G and Abby playing NCAA on PS3.  Herman tried to join in too.  And if you're wondering my outing was to Buy Buy Baby... not even a fun place.

We had our two week check up this past week.  The two of us went alone for the first time.  Abby is now up to 8 pounds 6 ounces (65% percentile) and 22 inches (99% percentile).  We were reminded that we had to go back for the second PKU screening so we did that this week as well.  I looked a fool in the heat trying to get the stroller open.  I'm sure I gave someone a good laugh.  

We took professional photos yesterday morning.  They went well.  She was awake during most of them.  We now are looking forward to turning one month old!

Parting shots...

Abigail Victoria

I went to the doctor last Thursday and again there was little to no progress.  We left there with the decision to induce the following Thursday at 41 weeks and 1 day.  We did a lot of mall walking that weekend and tried some other measures like spicy foods and such.  The weather last weekend was not ideal.  Normally I spend most of the weekend in my parents' pool but the rain kept me away.  Sunday we ventured out for dinner and came home and got ready for bed.  I was only asleep for about two hours when a pain woke me up out of my dead sleep.  A few hours later we were headed out to the hospital.  Thank goodness it was very early on a Monday morning with very little traffic because being in the car was horrible. 

We got to the hospital around 4 am and went from there.  I progressed fairly quickly at first but it still took 16 hours before she arrived.  That's a lot of waiting.

Abigail Victoria was born July 15th at 5:42 pm weighing in at 7 pounds 10 ounces and 21.25 inches.  We all (my doctor included) thought she would be so much bigger in weight but her length does not disappoint.  There were babies being born like crazy that day so everything kind of took awhile.  We had to order our dinner as soon as she was born because the dining service was about to close.

We spent all of Tuesday at the hospital and we were released around lunchtime on Wednesday.  We arrived home to a little surprise from big brother.

People constantly asked us how we thought Herman would react.  I wasn't completely sure one way or another but he has been a good big brother.  The first few days he would not leave our side.  If we went to the nursery, he went to the nursery.  He seemed to be more anxious than we were.  He still loves to smell her all the time.

We have had a few rough nights around here but hopefully we are making progress in the right direction.  She had her first "outing" Friday to visit her pediatrician since our doctor did not have privileges at the hospital I delivered at.  Everything checked out perfect and she had even gained back to ounces of weight that she lost.  She was 7.5 when we were discharged and is back up to 7.7.

40 Weeks

Here we are at our due date.  Nothing major happening.  We have a doctor appointment tomorrow to make sure we can wait it out another week. 

I am super tired and look it.  Dang, these pictures are bad.  I'm a little embarrassed to even post one.

G finally finished the shelves about a week or two ago.  I haven't invested much time into decorating them as I don't even know what I want to do with them.  I did use the pots from my baby shower to make some ribbon topiary.  I tried to use a similar color scheme as the letters on the wall.  It's a funky angle as it is hard to get them all in the shot.  I also do not love how the baby monitor has to be attached to the wall to be used properly.  Ugly down side to the video monitor but I'm sure I'll like being able to see and hear her in the night.

How far along: 40 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 30-ish; quit going to the gym this week :(
Maternity clothes: Yes
Stretch marks: Still none
Sleep: Super tired and lazy
Best moment last week: Nothing stands out
Movement: Tons
Food cravings: Fruit, ice cream (been on a Braum's kick lately), Coke Slurpees
Gender: Girl
Labor signs: Braxton- Hicks; still nothing major
Belly button - in or out? Holding on strong and staying in.
What I miss: Working out at hip hop hustle
What I am looking forward to: Getting her out
Milestones: Seeing my due date breeze by

And this is a horrible video as someone actually used their phone to obtain it but it is so real in my life currently.  "The ship's too big and the bottle's too small!"

37 Weeks

We have made it "full term."  We are just hanging out waiting and waiting.  I have been at the pool a lot lately and I didn't put sun block on my face today.  Not a good move.  Like normal we have been photo bombed by the dog.

Nothing big is happening.  No big signs of labor.  Just lots and lots of waiting.

How far along: 37 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: More than I'd like to have gained but not too bad.
Maternity clothes: Yes
Stretch marks: Still none
Sleep: Comes and goes but I am very tired
Best moment last week: Uh, nothing really stands out
Movement: Of course
Food cravings: Fruit, ice cream (Baskin and Robbins Peanut Butter Chocolate), Coke Slurpees
Gender: Girl
Labor signs: Just some Braxton- Hicks
Belly button - in or out? Holding on strong and staying in.
What I miss: Shaving my legs with out it being an ordeal
What I am looking forward to: Being done with this huge belly and sleeping on my stomach again
Milestones: Hitting 37 weeks

Baby Shower

We had two baby showers last week.  The first was at school and just very small and low key at a pub so others could indulge.  If I can't no reason everyone else can't.  I don't have any pictures from this because science teachers generally aren't overly cute cutesy and into these things.  I got a lot of awesome stuff off of our registry though.

The second (and final, thank goodness) shower was last Saturday.  It was very nice at a tea room with lots of people and gifts.  Anna and Emily did a fantastic job.  There aren't many pictures of the event.

Food and goodie bags.  My awesome sister made the cookies to match the bedding.

Super cheesy smile of mine.

School is finally out for summer.  It doesn't really seem quite real and over yet because I did have to go to work this morning.  I am very happy to not have to be in my hot classroom anymore.  With all of the construction going on it has been a cold winter in my room and a hot spring.  My kids were great this year.  Several of them got the baby little gifts or just food for me.  I will really miss some of them.

32 Weeks

We finally got our furniture about two weeks ago.  I was starting to get a bit worried.  It is much larger than we remembered but it still all fits just fine.

Note: we are not done decorating.  The sleep sheep was only placed up high so that Hman will not steal it.  He wants to cuddle with it so badly.

The letters came from Etsy and I painted them myself.  They weren't too horrible to hang up as we used a nail gun.  G needs to finish and hang the shelves above the crib and then I just need to organize and get stuff where I want it.

As always the dog had to get in the way of the picture taking process.  32 weeks in, only 8 more to go.  I am getting very tired of school and I am ready for the summer.  I probably would be tired of school regardless.  :)  I have two 4 day weeks and a full week of school left.  I also have two showers in the same week.  It will be a packed last three weeks of school.

How far along: 32 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained a lot this past visit while I haven't gained anything the past two.  I think I'm around 20 pounds now.  I didn't go to the gym one entire week.
Maternity clothes: Yes
Stretch marks: Still none
Sleep: Slept nearly 11 hours last night.
Best moment last week: It was two weeks ago but the furniture being delivered.
Movement: Yes and legs sticking out of my abdomen
Food cravings: Fruit, ice cream (Baskin and Robbins Peanut Butter Chocolate, the girl there knows G now), Coke Slurpees
Gender: Girl
Labor signs: Just some Braxton- Hicks
Belly button - in or out? Holding on strong and staying in.
What I miss: Patios... Being able to bend down with ease
What I am looking forward to: School ending, getting my slurpee nearly every day and getting the room put together
Milestones: If I can make it to Thursday without snapping at a kid (I have Friday off)