One more Christmas picture!

I was going back through all my photos from Christmas trying to get them organized and I saw this one again. I think it's a really good one of Abby and Matt so I thought I'd post it!

Abby found her mobile!

Abby has been focusing in on her mobiles over the last week or so and has really started to like watching them! It's so neat to see her developing each day. I love how her eyes watch each flower that passes...then she finds the next one and watches it. She is usually smiling at it too! I grabbed my camera today and got a quick video of it. The color is off for some reason - but it's still a cute video. She makes me remember to enjoy the simple things in life.

The Goodwins!

My friend Lindsey, her husband Neils and their handsome little 4.5 month old boy, Calan, came to visit us on Saturday! They live in San Francisco, so it's rare that we get to see them!! This was the first introduction of Abby and Calan - you never know what the future holds for these two. :) Are they not precious together?

I wish we lived closer - it's so nice to have such good friends going through the exact same stages in life. They just "get it".

We will be heading to San Francisco in June for Lindsey's sister's wedding - and I already can't wait!

Story time with Daddy

We've started a new bedtime routine with Abby to hopefully teach her to wind down and go to sleep at a decent hour...some nights it works, others not so much. :) But part of the routine includes story time.

I snapped a picture of Abby and Daddy's first bedtime story together. So sweet.

Merry Christmas!

We had a great 1st Christmas as a new family in our new home. Matt's parents came down to spend the holiday with us and made us some fabulous meals! Abby is at her "6-week peak" cranky/fussy stage...so she was a bit of a challenge most of the time. We were very thankful to have 2 more people on hand to walk around with her (the ONLY thing that seems to soothe her!). But we still love her. :)

Of course we tried to get a few pictures - none of which really came out that great. haha One of us was always doing something goofy. But I thought I'd post a few of the "better" ones.

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

Abby trying to eat her outfit for dinner.

Wardrobe change #2 of 4

(we can't keep anything clean today!)

Should I be worried about the way she is

eyeing the champagne???

Announcement

This is the announcement I sent to all my coworkers, etc. I thought it turned out pretty good. It's a bad scan...I promise it looks better in person!

Spa Day

"I'm all ready to go in my robe -

so how does this spa thing work?"

"Steam room...check. Mani/Pedi...check."

"But I wanted the AROMATHERAPY massage!!"

Such a big girl...

Today was Abby's 1-month Pediatrician visit and she weighed in at a whooping 10lbs, 3ozs! She's in the 75th percentile for her age. So she's a little bit above average.

That's our little overachiever. :)

Baby Pictures...

Here are pictures of both Matt and I as babies. We got them out to do a little comparison with Abby.

What do you think...does she look like Mommy or Daddy?

Shannon:

Matt:

Abby:

VOTE! ------>

Daddy and his little Mini-Me