People keep asking how we are doing with our first winter in Wisconsin. Of course we get asked because I am a native of Arizona. The answer is. . . so far so good. . . it definitely is a lot colder than we are used to. But over all it is tolerable. Most of the time the temperature is in the 2o’s, which is not bad. We did have a couple of cold snaps that saw temperatures below zero. I have found with weather, no matter where you go, that there is something that you can complain about....
Today I went through Abby’s clothes to sort out what she can’t wear anymore. She’s still pretty small for her age so the clothes still fit her except lengthwise. Her pajamas are stretched so that she looks uncomfortable. It was time…past time for me to do this sorting through. It makes me a little bit sad everytime I go through the clothes. I love some of the little outfits. I pray that I will have another little girl someday who can wear these clothes. As most of you moms probably know, the clothes start dwindling. When Abby was...
Abby is 9 months old today. I am sitting here watching her play on the floor where she is rolling over and over until she gets where she wants to get. This is brand new. It’s almost as if her body knew she was hitting the 9 month mark and said “Get mobile now”. I guess that means we have to babyproof the house now. I think she’ll find out soon enough that rolling is not an efficient way to get around and hopefully figure out crawling. Another fun thing Abby is doing is trying to mimic what we...
In an earlier post, I admitted that I wasn’t doing cloth diapers for the double yuck factor. Well, we are now using cloth and it really isn’t that bad. We use prefold diapers with diaper covers and it is actually super easy. One of our most recent additions is a diaper sprayer which is attached to the toilet. You can use this to spray off the poop from the diaper rather than the traditional dunk and swirl. My husband loves using the sprayer so this is a double blessing for me Since we still have lots of disposables,...
Greetings all, sorry it has been so long since my last entry, it has been crazy busy around here. Abby is getting HUGE. It’s amazing how quickly she is growing. She is nearly 4 months old. She has started smiling and laughing, as well as recognizing people. Every stage is really neat! Also, we have had a lot of visitors this summer. Sarah’s mom came out for a month, my parents came out, and some of our friends from Tucson, Jeff, Beth, and Mary also came to visit! This is the last week of class for the semester. We...
It’s amazing how quickly you can fall in love with a child. Abby is just so sweet especially now that she smiles a lot more often. She’s making cooing noises and almost what seems like a laugh. Last night she slept for 6 1/2 hours….it was like heaven especially since the night before she was up at least 4 times. I think she is beginning to recognize Paul and I. I can tell that she knows my voice. She also knows that when I hold her that I am also her milk source We take Abby everywhere...
We arrived back in Colorado last weekend. It was actually snowing with the sun out when we arrived. We have settled back in nicely and Abby is adjusting well. Classes start-up again for me on Monday, and I am pretty excited about that. This should be a good, but challenging semester. As you can see from the photo, Abby is growing up quickly. Soon we will be sending her off to college! We are going this afternoon to Springs (Colorado Springs as the non-locals know it) to pick up Agogo (Abby’s grandmother, Sarah’s Mom) at the airport after her...
I am beginning to learn that sleep is really overrated . . . or at least that’s what my daughter would have us believe. It is amazing the amount of changes our lives have undergone in the past 2 weeks. We went from just the two of us to the three of us and our entire life now seems to revolve around the eating and sleeping schedule of Abigail (last night it seemed like every half hour). This is not news to “seasoned” parent, but this is expected from a brand new infant. Nevertheless, no matter how much I...
Today was Sarah’s first Mother’s Day! She is already an awesome mom. We of course did not expect her to be celebrating (officially) Mother’s Day this year. . . but God’s in grace and provision, we have a healthy, beautiful little girl and Sarah is a brand new mom. Today was a really pleasant day. We had a number of family members over for dinner. Many of them saw Abby for the first time today. She is already living up to her name (brings joy)! As far as Mom’s go, Abby is a very blessed little girl to have...
Well, Abigail has been born for a week and on Monday she will have been home for a week. Below is a video of a bath we gave her. She seems to really enjoy the baths. She particularly enjoys getting her head brushed. Right now life is pretty simple. Sarah and I get up, feed Abby, change her diapers, take a nap when she’s napping (she has us up at all hours of the night and . . . that’s about it. She is such a joy and a blessing to us. We are actually glad that she was...