First Day at Church

Yesterday was Abbey's first time at church. She was such a good girl, sleeping the whole time. The little old ladies were ohhing and ahhing over her and her cousin, Courtney, would hardly let her go the whole service. Next week we are going to go to church with Clark's parents since they want to show off the new granddaughter and they are having a fellowship meal after the morning service. We have a lot of friends at their church and it will be a great time. Here are some pictures from her first day of church.

Happy Valentine's Day...

...from Abbey!

Mini Me...

This is Clark's nickname for Abbey and I have to admit, she is the spitting image of her daddy. Don't you think?

Stressed out

Well, we have made it through a couple of weeks now and we are starting to get into a better routine. The first week was awful for me. I'm not used to getting so little sleep and the "baby blues" are hard to deal with, but luckily they only lasted that one week. Now I still get less sleep but have learned the best way to deal with it and Abbey is doing much better about sleeping for longer periods of time. These pictures were taken the first couple of weeks and I think she was as stressed out as I was.

Abbey has arrived!

Well, I know I'm very late in getting this on the blog, but here is a picture of Abbey with her Mimi. She decided to come three weeks early on January 7 at 3:12 pm. She weighted 6 lbs. and 3 oz. and was 18 inches. It has been a very busy week and we have had a lot of adjustments to make. The day after Abbey was born, Clark began having chronic nose bleeds and is still having problems with it after two trips to the doctor. He is now being referred to a specialist. It is really frustrating for him since it limits his ability to help with the baby. We also had to go back into the hospital the day after we were released because Abbey had jaundice. We were only in two days and it cleared up fine. The doctor was happy and told us to go home and "enjoy your baby". This is easier said than done when she wants to be feed every 2 hours. I have to take naps twice a day, normally while her Mimi babysits. Clark and I actually made it to WalMart Tuesday night to pick up a few things while Mimi and Papa babysat. It was strange for us but was nice to have a couple of minutes for ourselves. Anyway, this is the only picture I have downloaded yet, but I'll get more up as soon as I can.

Well I'm done

My doctor has put me on bedrest for the rest of my pregnancy. I have somehow lost amniotic fluid and he is concerned with how low the amount is. My number went from 13 to 6.5 in two weeks and 5 is concidered dangerous. So I have to lay in bed or on the couch and drink lots of water. Of course I have gotten out for Christmas, probably more than I should have, but when I get where I'm going I find a good spot to sit and stay there for the rest of the time. I have to go back to the doctor for a check up on Thursday to see if my fluid levels are better. Clark and I have decided that it is close enough to time now to go ahead and pack our bags and put them and the baby seat in the car. You never know if the doctor might keep us and Abbey comes a little earlier than we thought. I'll let you know how every thing turns out. We are also getting our call list together for those that we are suppose to call when I go into labor. If you want us to dial you up, please either leave a message here or drop me an email. I can still use my Sewanee email and plan to check in often. Let me know if you want to be called, Day or Night, The Day of, After she gets here, or any other option. I'll post more soon. Have a wonderful Christmas holiday!!!!!!!

The latest pictures of Abbey

Here are the 24th and 26th week pictures of Abbey Claire. The tech was nice enough to outline the 24th week picture when I told her that the people were having a hard time picking her out. Then this past Friday, the 26th week, she focused on her face trying to get some of her features. Abbey yawned and stuck her tongue out, but we missed getting those in pictures. Maybe next time. Enjoy!