4 Month Check - Up

Abby had her 4 month check-up today with the doctor. She is growing and changing all the time ... it just goes too fast! She enjoyed smiling and cooing and laughing at all the nurses and the doctor, well that is until she got 4 shots. So sad, but at least she forgot about it pretty quickly. Everything was great, we are going to start rice cereal in the next week or so, so I am sure there will be some kodak moments from that. Here stats were ...

Weight: 13 lbs 4 oz (25-50%)

Height: 25 inches (75%)

Head: 40 1/2 (25-50%)

Sadly Abby has inherited all the allergies and nasties that I have always had. Poor Girl!!! She has had eczema since about week 1 and we are still fighting it along with another weird rash. So the doctor has now referred us to a pediatric dermatologist. Guess we will see what comes of that. We are also going to try Soy formula and see if that helps.

On another note, I have to tell you about an embarrasing moment yesterday. Abby, Molly and I went for a morning walk - it has been beautiful weather here lately. Anyway, we are just around the corner from our house walking along ... and I see an older man out in his yard. I say hello as we pass by, he responds, and we exchange a few words about how nice the weather is ... just as we are leaving his yard Molly decides it is time to leave a little present for him. Ugh I was so embarrased!!! I said, Oh no Molly, ummmm uhhhhh ... then I pretended to be talking to Abby. I decided to not make eye contact or look back, but just keep on walking like it never happened. Oh I couldn't believe it ... why Molly, why? I am sorry but I am not one of those poop scooping dog walkers, so I had nothing with me to even pretend that I was. It was awful ... I seriusly hope I never see that man again...because I can only imagine what he would refer to me as. The poop lady or something worse!

Here are a few pictures of Abby from last weekend when we were at my parent's house ...

A Scary Night…

So I have to tell you about our exciting night last night…

First a little background info – since Abby was born we have used a white noise CD (vacuum cleaner cd as we call it) to help her sleep at night. We put it on repeat and it plays all night. It has been a great tool and worked wonderfully! I would highly recommend it to others, especially if you are dealing with colic. Anyway …
Last night Nathan decided that it was time to start weaning Abby off the CD. So the plan was to play it only once and not put it on repeat. I told him that I preferred to try this plan out on a night where I didn’t have to go to work the next morning, but he said tonight’s the night and he would be the one to get up with her if she did in fact wake up. So we went ahead with the plan. Abby went to sleep around 9:30 and the CD turned off around 10:30. We went to bed about 11 pm. Well to my disappointment I realized that I had become dependent on the white noise CD. I could NOT fall asleep! The house was just too quiet … I was hearing the dogs moving around, Abby moves a lot in her sleep and makes noises and I heard everything through the monitor in our room. It was driving me crazy! Around midnight I was still awake and frustrated, so I decided to go check on her because I kept hearing noises coming from her room. And then I came back and turned the monitor off in our room – she is just too noisy of a sleeper! Well then I had to pee, so I go to the bathroom – all the while Nathan is still asleep in bed. Sidebar: I didn’t put my glasses on when I got up, so I can’t see as well and it was pitch dark in our house.
While in the bathroom I hear a noise again from her room. So I finish up and head back into her room. Well just as I make my way into her room a MAN is coming out of her room!!! (It was Nathan) I screamed, gasped and my stomach fell, I started backing up down the hallway with my hand over my mouth in shock! I realize at this point that this “MAN” is wearing familiar boxers and saying to me “Lindsey, Lindsey it’s me!” UHHHH – he scared me to death! He grabbed me and I started punching him in the arm saying “what are you doing up, you scared me to death” My heart was pounding in my chest, I almost started crying … it was just a total shock because I thought he was still in bed! It is a wonder we didn’t wake up Abby. Anyway, we have been laughing about it today – how Nathan tried to kill me in the night, but oh my goodness he scared me bad. It took us both forever to go back to sleep because our adrenaline was racing, so we ended up turning the vacuum CD back on!
Basically, the moral of the story is Abby doesn’t need the CD, but we do!

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Abby: 4 Months Old!

Well I am a little behind in getting this posted, but Abby turned 4 months old last Thursday. She is really starting to get her own little personality ... which includes squealing/screaming at us when we aren't doing things they way she likes it! She is a piece of work! I tell Nathan all the time we are in trouble. We take her back to the doctor next Friday for her 4 month visit. I am curious to see how much she weighs and all of that. Plus she will start cereal after that visit, and I am not sure but I think we even start veggies and fruits not long after as well. I am sure some fun pictures will come of that!

Last weekend we celebrated my 30th birthday while we were at Nathan's family reunion. We had a nice long weekend at the lake. Turning 30 wasn't so bad after all!

Here are a few pictures ...