14 Weeks Old

Abbi is growing so big. We finally were able to get her laughing on video....enjoy!

She has started to open her mouth all the time and she looks like a little bird. She is very talkative now and she stays awake most of the day; however she is still not sleeping through the night. Texas must have had a good effect on her while we were there, because she started sleeping through the night and as soon as we got back she quit.

I started feeding her rice cereal in hopes that it would help her sleep longer...(no such luck) but the video I got of her eating from a spoon for the first time is great. Needless to say she doesn't really like the spoon yet.

Here are some more pictures...

"Why are you taking my picture while I am trying to eat?"

"Snoozen at the table"
" I really love this horsey from my uncle Levi!"

" I really like to eat its nose"

"My daddy is funny"

In other news Tyler and I are doing great and things are starting to get busy again. Tyler started back to school this last week and is still working 2 jobs. I am still trying to get the house cleaned from before we left. On Wednesdays we are starting something new for the youth. We are splitting into boys and girls and doing individual studies. I am going to be teaching the girls through a book called "Lies Young Women Believe" and i am very excited. This book really deals with many of the lies the girls hear on a day to day basis, either by media, peers, or self. Tyler is going through a book for the guys that teach them how to be Godly young men. Please be praying for us as we try to disciple these youth. Please pray specifically that we will have more of the kids show up on Wednesdays for these studies.

3 months old (or 13 weeks)

Abbi was 3 months old on Sunday the 18th. I can'tbelieve how time has flown. Some days it goes by so quickly and other days it seems like she has been around forever. Anyway here she is at 3 months

she is a little shocked that we would take her picture
She is trying to sit up now on her own

Back Home

We are back home now in Illinois and it is really cold (single digits on some days). Our trip to Texas was great, and exhausting. We really enjoyed getting to see everyone...and to those we didn't get to see, hopefully next time. Thank you to everyone who fed us, housed us, and for all the presents. We almost had to put Riley (dog) on the roof to get everything back. Here are some pictures of our trip....i didn't take weekly pictures while we were gone so I will start with those...

10 weeks old with her great aunt lana

11 weeks old sitting on her new rocking horse

12 weeks old in her crib

When we got home and I put her in her crib I could tell how much she had grown....I think the crib in shrinking =).

Abbi has started this new laugh since we got back and it is so cute...I thought we had it on video but it didn't turn out so we will try it again...when I get it i will post it.

This is her great great aunt and uncle on my side

Finally here is a video for your entertainment....her memaw got her a toy that she loves to kick at and listen to it sing to her.

Well that is all for now. I will update again next week. I know I told several people that I would add them to the permission list on our blog so they could view it, however I don't really remember everyone I told...so if you know of someone who would like to stay in touch with us by reading our blog please let me know. Thanks.