Abby!!

Wow...where does time go!! I promised to update it frequently, but I know I am slacker. But As I was reading about Dante Yorek, I started to review the entries from when I was prego!! Wow, it was touching to read how I felt and what I was thinking, so its my task to try to update once a week. Abby is growing so quickly. She is 6 1/2 months but is very alert and active.

Her accomplishments this far are as follows:
April 18, 2010: sleeps thru the night (8 PM - 5 AM = 9 hours of uninterrupted sleep) Im definetly LOVING IT!!
April 23, 2010: 4 month check up... she weighs 18 lbs and is 23 inches long!! She is growing so quickly.
May 14, 2010: Started feeding her cereal. Not a big fan of the gerber cereal but we will keep trying.
June 1, 2010: strictly being bottlefeed
June 5, 2010: first time using a sippy cup. She was a pro at holding the cup and drinking out of it!! I was very surprised!!
June 12: sits by herself or if she is laying down she will pull on whatever she can find to sit up, is not a big fan of lying down anymore
June 26: FINALLY rolls over. I dont like this because she can no longer be left alone except on the floor! Also today we found out why she has been very fusy the past couple of days...her two bottom teeth have started to break thru her gums!! :(
June 28: 6 month check up...she weighs 23 lbs and is 24 inches long!! Yes she is a big heatlhy baby!! Doctor said we should start her own solids. So thats our plan for the week!! Up until now she has only had baby cereal every now and then and just tastes the table food!! Her favorite thus far are beans!!
July 1, 2010: First trip to Chicago to meet tia lupe! She was extremly fussy because her teeth are definetly more visible and now she wants to bite everything she sees!!

She loves to play with mommy and daddy and loves to cuddle!! She is usually a happy baby and loves strangers (I know...not a good thing). She gets SOOOO excited when she sees her dad, she forgets about everything and everyone else, all her attention is on him. And Juan is just as crazy about her!! Its so touching to see the bond they share!! She has come to learn that its nap time/ bedtime after a bath, and will not let you forget! She is so smart and loves to talk. Her favorite thing to say is "Ta ta" or "Da da", they sound so much a like its hard to distinguish. She loves to engage in conversation, and sing. When she hears someone singing she will try to immitate them with long stretches of sounds. As soon as they stop, she stops too. She is a character. She still sucks her thumb, which i am not a fan of but have learned to deal with it, becuase that is her way of soothing herself. As the days go by, I think she looks a lot like me but definetly has her Juan's attitude!! I'm amazed of all of the milestones she has reached to date and look forward to the many more she has yet to reach!!

Abby is here!!

Time just flies by so fast!! Abby is 2 months old now!! She is a big girl! she weighs 13 lbs and 9 ozs. she is growing up so fast. She can hold her head up when lying on her tummy!! She enjoys long conversations with her papi!! Her only way of communicating with others is by cooing!!! These past couple of days have been really busy! I decided to go back to work early. the transition has been tough since I'm not used to running on 3 hours of sleep!! but we are working on it!! she sleeps in 2-3 hour intervals and its so hard to fall back asleep! So we are definetly working on getting her to sleep longer intervals and maybe just maybe thru the night!! Although we don't get much sleep I look forward to the end of the day to see my little munchkin! she has changed our lives completly but I wouldn't change her beautiful smile and warm hugs for the world!!