Today we went over to my sister-in-law's house to frost Halloween sugar cookies. Boy does Char make make good sugar cookies! (Sugar cookies aren't my favorite--they have to be darn good for me to eat them!) Kason is very excited for Halloween. He's been wearing his costume for 3 days (Spiderman). Tomorrow he gets to wear it to preschool for a party. Last night we went to see Odyssey Dance Company's "Thriller" at the Tuacahn (which was awesome), and Kason wore his costume to that too.

I cracked up at the cookies Kason decorated.

Could there be any more candy on them?

And yes, he ate all 3 cookies within the hour.

My little angels (or devils depending on the day). Aren't they cute? Abby is now 1 month old and Kason will be 5 in less than 2 weeks. Time flies.

Today I actually got up, took a shower, put on real clothes, did my hair, and put on make-up. So we had to take a picture of this momentous day! Since some of you complain that I never put pictures of myself on my blog, here you go!

Abby Growing

Abby is 3 weeks old now and is growing so fast. She is what the books refer to as an "effecient eater" and already has little rolls on her arms, legs, and chin. (What can I say--she takes after her mom!) She's adorable and is so strong, holding her head up with ease. We can't believe how fast she is changing.

My Grandma Taylor, Uncle Dennis, & Aunt Margene stopped by yesterday for a visit on their way from California. They brought me 2 huge garbage bags full of baby girl clothes from my cousin Melissa. Needless to say, Abby will be the best dressed little girl ever and won't have to wear anything twice. We're so spoiled. Thanks Melissa!

First Bath

Abby's umbilical cord is off now, so we gave her the first bath. She fussed a little at first, and then tried to fall asleep. She's so funny. My favorite thing is the picture above when she curls up on my chest while I'm burping her and falls asleep. She's so precious.

We're doing pretty well. Yesterday marked the first day without one of our moms here, and today is the first day I'm here alone with Tige at work, so I've been a little stressed out, but so far so good. Abby is eating pretty much every 3 hours now and is settling into a more predictible routine. Last week I ran a bad fever for about 3 days, had to go to the Dr., go for blood work, etc, but I'm feeling better now. I'm coming out of my haze and starting to remember how things were with Kason and what to do.

Abby & Kason

How cute is this? Kason can hardly wait to impart his wisdom to Abby about sharks and other animals. He even promises to share his toys with her!
He's always ready to hold her and play with her.

9 days old

Sleeping

Did I say in my last post that Abby is sleeping 5 hour stretches at night? Yeah, that's over. She sleeps long 5-6 hour stretches in the day time and is impossible to wake up. Tige even stuck her feet under the faucet to wake her up (when I was about to explode and needed to feed her), and she didn't even flinch. Well, night it's another story. She wakes up to eat more frequently, and it's wakey wakey time. She's all mixed up.

First week

5 days old

It seems hard to believe that it's been a week since I was in the hospital having a baby. We've had a great week with what could be the world's best baby! She eats like a pro--she latched right on the very first time and hasn't given me any trouble. She sleeps all the time and when she's awake, she doesn't cry. Even her wake-up-at-night-to-feed-me cry is minimal. She's been sleeping 5 hour stretches at night. Anyway, we are just loving her! She's so fun to dress up too.

I'm starting to feel a little better and am getting up and down a little easier now. Hopefully another week of pampering and I'll be good as new.

4 days old

6 days old