Abigail

Finally Abby's turn for a post! I realized it's ironic that her post is last, because she is often the one left waiting while we take care of the fussy duo. Abby has always been the most laid-back of the 3. Well, except when she's not. She's either very relaxed and happy or very unhappy and inconsolable. She is starting to learn that the squeaky wheel gets the grease around here and has become a bit squeakier lately. She is happiest when being held and is strongly opposed to taking naps in her crib. She doesn't love cuddling with her siblings as much as they do, but she is growing to like it more compared with a couple of months ago.

As the oldest baby, Abby seems to develop new skills first. She was the first to find her thumb, the first to start cooing and babbling, and the first to sleep through the night. She rolled from tummy to back a long time ago and then decided that rolling was overrated, so she hasn't done it much since. She has an adorable smile too.



Everyone says she looks like Jason. Maybe it's the dark hair. Also, her eyes are no longer blue - they are hazel and I hope they will end up being a deep chocolate brown like her dad's.

I love to dress her up as a girly-girl in lots of pink. And then I like to take pictures of her cute self. This is my version of a cute Abby picture:


And this is Jason's version:

(yes, that is a skirt on her head. no, I didn't stop him from making her look ridiculous.)

Abby has always been the most healthy of the three, but she still has her own health concerns. She is prone to diaper rash, especially when I eat acidic foods (no more tomato sauce for me) and was the first to develop thrush. She has also become more gassy and burps like a 300 pound man. By the time she was 2 months old we noticed that she was developing a flat spot on her head - probably because she was our best sleeper. So we've been working on increasing her tummy time (which she hates) and her bumbo time (which she loves). Here's a video of her working on her neck strength in the bumbo. It's boring to watch for everyone except her parents, but it's the most recent video we have of her.







So that's Abby - our happy, laid-back, good sleeper who will always be Baby A and probably won't let her siblings forget that she is the oldest. :)

Oops - couldn't resist this video of Abby and Zoey talking to each other in the bumbo seats.