A LiTTLE UPDATE...

SO i WAS CATCHiN UP ON MY FRiENDS BLOGS... WHEN i CAME ACROSS SHELLY*S BLOG ABOUT MEDi WEiGHT LOSS.. SO i CALLED... AND i HAVE A CONSULTATiON APRiL 8TH AT 10:15. i AM EXTREMELY EXCiTED!!! i CANNOT WAiT TO SEE RESULTS!!! i AM TOTALLY PUMPED UP ABOUT iT!!!

OTHER NEWS:
ABiGAiL iS DOiNG VERY VERY WELL! SHE iS SUCH A HAM! MY CAMERA ON MY PHONE DOES "SAY CHEESE" WHEN i TAKE PiCTURES AND EVERY TiME i PUT MY PHONE UP TO TAKE A PiCTURE AND iT SAYS "SAY CHEESE" ABiGAiL SMiLES REALLY BiG AND GiGGLES! SHE HAS GOTTEN REALLY GOOD AT BLOWiN RASBERRiES. iT*S HER FAVORiTE THiNG TO DO. SHE GETS STARTED FiRST THiNG iN THE MORNiNG.. iT ALWAYS STARTS OFF W/ "A BOO A BOO A BOO" THEN iNTO THE RASPBERRiES. iT*S SO CUTE AND FUNNY. SHE THiNKS EVERYTHiNG SHE SEES BELONGS iN HER MOUTH. i HAD TO TAKE HER BLANKET OUT OF HER CRiB AND GiVE HER A RECEiViNG BLANKET TO COVER UP W/ B/C SHE CRAWLS/SCOOTS ALL OVER HER BED AND WiLL TAKE THE BLANKET AND PUT iT RiGHT iN HER FACE AND START CHEWiNG ON iT, SO iT SCARES ME! SHE iS DEFiNiTELY LOViNG HER BABY FOOD. i HAVE TO MiX iT W/ RiCE CEREAL BUT SHE WiLL EAT A WHOLE JAR iF iT*S iN ABOUT 2 OZ OF RiCE CEREAL. SHE LOVES SQUASH. HER FAVORiTE BREAKFAST iS BLUEBERRiES AND PEARS. SHE EATS SQUASH AND GREEN BEANS OR PEAS. SHE HATES SWEET POTATOES. SHE*S ALREADY A VERY PiCKY EATER! iT*S FUNNY! SHE HAS GOTTEN REALLY GOOD AT EATiNG! i SAY OPEN" AND SHE*LL OPEN HER MOUTH REAL BiG. iT*S SO CUTE!!!

OUR LiVES:
WELL WE DECiDED TO PUT THE HOUSE ON THE MARKET. WE ARE CONTEMPLATiNG MOViNG TO AMARiLLO. THE NURSiNG PROGRAM AT AMARiLLO COLLEGE iS A LOT EASiER THAN iT iS HERE AT MCC. RiCK HAS APPLiED FOR TWO JOBS UP THERE DOiNG WHAT HE DOES HERE. SO CROSS YOUR FiNGERS AND HOPE HE GETS ONE! THEiR LAND UP THERE iS WAY CHEAPER. AN ACRE OF LAND iN CLAUDE GOES FOR ABOUT $900 VS. $10,000 AN ACRE HERE. iT*S SO SERENE UP THERE, AND iT*S NiCE. i HAVE REALLY GOTTEN TO KNOW EVERYONE FROM HiS HOMETOWN, AND THEY HAVE TAKEN ME iN LiKE ONE OF THEiR OWN. HE REALLY WANTS TO BE BACK UP THERE, AND i KNOW ALL OF MY FRiENDS AND FAMiLY WiLL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR ME NO MATTER WHAT. SO, HOPEFULLY THiS ALL WiLL WORK OUT FOR THE BETTER?!?! NOT SURE?!?! MY BiRTHDAY iS APRiL 5TH. WE*RE GOiNG TO HiS HOMETOWN FOR MY BDAY/OUR ANNiVERSARY. i AM SO EXCiTED TO GET TO SPEND THAT TiME W/ ALL OF OUR FRiENDS UP THERE! THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZiNG!

QUEEN SHEBA*S FOUR MONTH CHECK UP!

SO WE TOOK MiSS ABBY TO HER FOUR MONTH CHECK UP. i HAVE GOTTEN REALLY GOOD AT THiS WHOLE SHOT THiNG! SHE WEiGHTS 11.11 AND iS 23 1/4" iNCHES LONG! SHE HAS DOUBLED HER WEiGHT AND GROWN 4 iNCHES SiNCE SHE WAS BORN. SHE iS iN THE 10TH PERCENTiLE iN HER AGE GROUP... i ABSOLUTELY LOVE DR. BiERWiRTH! HE iS SO AWESOME! HE TOLD ME SHE iS VERY HEALTHY BUT WiLL BE PETiTE JUST LiKE ME =-) UH OH! WE*RE iN TROUBLE! HAHAHAHA! ANY WAY. i HAD A BOTTLE MADE FOR AS SOON AS THEY GAVE HER HER SHOTS.. AND WHEN THEY STUCK HER THE LAST TiME i JUST POPPED iT RiGHT ON iN THERE AND SHE STOPPED CRYiN AND STARTED HER LiTTLE HALF GRiN! iT WAS CUTE! AND i*M GLAD SHE CAN FORGET ABOUT iT SO EASiLY AND SO QUiCK!!! SHE iS TEETHiNG! SO HOPEFULLY THEY WiLL COME iN SOON AND iT WON*T BE A LONG DRAWN OUT PROCESS! SHE LOOOOOOOOVES BEiNG TiCKLED!!! SHE CHUCKLES SO SO SO HARD! i BLOW ON HER SiDES OR TiCKLE HER W/ MY FiNGERS AND SHE JUST LOVES iT!!! iT*S TOOOO CUTE!!! SHE GETS TO EAT BABY FOOD NOW! WE HAVE STARTED HER OFF W/ THE RiCE CEREAL PLUS APPLESAUCE. SHE HAS BEEN DOiNG REALLY WELL ON THAT! LOVES TO EAT iN HER BiG GiRL CHAiR AND JUST MAKES THE CUTEST NOiSES!!!! NEXT WEEK i*M GOiNG TO TRY SOMN DiFFERENT W/ HER AND SEE HOW SHE LiKES iT. =-)

ABiGAiL iS ALMOST 4 MONTHS NOW!

MAN TiME SURE DOES FLY! i HAVE BEEN SO BAD ABOUT KEEPiNG UP W/ MY BLOG! SO, LET*S GiVE SOME STATS ON MiSS ABiGAiL...

EATiNG:

32 OZ OF FORMULA A DAY

HALF A BOWL OF BABY CEREAL

iNTERESTiNG THiNGS ABOUT MiSS ABBY:

CAN SiT PRETTY MUCH UNSUPPORTED

WiLL GRAB FiNGERS AND PULL HERSELF iNTO A STANDiNG POSiTiON

LAUGHiNG CONSTANTLY

TALKiNG iN BABY LANGUAGE TO ANYTHiNG THAT WiLL LiSTEN

LOVES BATH TiME

HATES HAViNG HER "MANiCURE AND PEDiCURE TiME"

SLEEPiNG FROM 8PM TO 6 OR 7 AM

SLEEPS iN HER OWN BED

PLAYS WiTH HER HANDS CONSTANTLY

STARTiNG TO GRAB AND PLAY W/ HER TOYS

SiTS iN HER BUMBO SEAT ALL THE TiME

i AM NOT TOO SURE OF HER WEiGHT. SHE WAS 9.4 WHEN WE HAD HER 3 MONTH CHECK UP. i CHANGED PEDi*S TOO! WE ARE NOW W/ DR. BiERWiRTH WHO WE GET TO GO MEET FEBRUARY 4TH FOR ABiGAiL*S 4 MONTHS.. iT WiLL BE SHOT TiME TOO! BUT THANKFULLY, ABiGAiL DOES NOT GET FUSSY FOR SHOTS, AND WiLL PRETTY MUCH JUST SLEEP ALL DAY AFTER WARDS. WE TOOK HER TO CHEDDARS MONDAY JANUARY 26TH FOR AUNTiE COCO'S BiRTHDAY. NiCOLE'S POPPi WAS JUST iN LOVE W/ ABiGAiL. SHE WAS THE SWEETEST BABY EVER! SHE WAS VERY CALM AND SMiLEY AND TALKATiVE THE WHOLE 2 HOURS WE WERE THERE! SHE NEVER ONCE CRiED OR THREW A "FiT". i AM AMAZED AT HOW SWEET NATURED AND EVEN TEMPERED OUR CHiLD iS! WE ARE TRULY TRULY BLESSED! ABiGAiL HAS BEEN TEETHiNG... YES, TEETHiNG! SHE STARTED ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO. SHE HAS BEEN DROOLiNG AND WiLL GET FUSSY LATE AT NiGHT, BUT NOTHiNG iNTOLERABLE. WHEN i SAY SHE iS FUSSY THAT MEANS SHE CRiES FOR MAYBE 5 MiNUTES BEFORE SHE FiNDS A WAY TO EiTHER LET ONE OF US SOOTHE HER OR SHE FiNDS A WAY TO SOOTHE HERSELF. i JUST CAN*T GET OVER WHAT A LiTTLE ACHiEVER SHE iS! WHEN SHE iS iN THE BiG GiRL TUB W/ ME SHE WiLL PULL HERSELF UP WHEN i HOLD HER THUMBS AND WALK, YES, WALK TO THE OTHER SiDE OF THE TUB. i WiLL PUT THE ViDEO UP AS SOON AS i FiGURE OUT HOW! SHE iS ALSO HOLDiNG HER OWN PACiS(WELL WHEN SHE WANTS ONE MAYBE 2 OR 3 TiMES A WEEK) iN HER MOUTH, AND STARTiNG TO GRASP ONTO HER BOTTLE AND HOLD iT WHEN WE LET GO OF iT!!!WELL, THAT*S ALL i GOT FOR NOW. =-) ENJOY THE PiCTURES!

COOKiES!!!!

SO, CHRiSTMAS iS OFFiCiALLY MY FAVORiTE TiME OF YEAR! i LOVE THE LiGHTS, THE FOOD, THE FAMiLY, AND THE GiFTS! THiS YEAR, WE ARE HAViNG OUR FiRST WARDEN FAMiLY CHRiSTMAS AT OUR HOUSE! i CANNOT WAiT! i AM COOKiNG FOR EVERYONE! SOMETHiNG i TRULY TRULY LOVE DOiNG! RiCK AND i STARTED OUR FiRST FAMiLY TRADiTiON(EXCEPT ABiGAiL WENT TO SLEEP SO WE PUT HER TO BED!). i AM GOiNG TO START MAKiNG SUGAR COOKiES AND WE ARE GOiNG TO DECORATE THEM! WE HAD A BLAST DOiNG SO!!!

iT*S THE MOST WONDERFUL TiME OF THE YEAR!

SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED SiNCE i LAST BLOGGED!!! WE TOOK ABiGAiL ON HER FiRST TRiP. AN 8 HOUR TRiP TO CLAUDE TO SEE HER GRANDMA iRENE AND PAPA DAN. SHE DiD VERY VERY WELL iN THE CAR. SHE ONLY CRiED WHEN SHE WANTED TO BE FED WHiCH WAS ONLY ONCE. iT*S LiKE SHE KNEW SHE WAS GOiNG ON A TRiP B/C SHE MADE SURE TO FiLL HERSELF UP BEFORE WE LEFT AND THEN ABOUT 4 HOURS iNTO THE TRiP SHE ATE 6 OUNCES WHiCH iS A LOT FOR HER B/C SHE HAS ONLY BEEN DOiNG 4 EVERY 4. SHE ALSO SLEEPS THROUGH THE NiGHT NOW. SHE STARTED THAT AT ABOUT 7 OR 8 WEEKS. iT HAS BEEN VERY VERY NiCE!!! i GIVE HER A BATH AT 7:30, FOLLOWED BY A NiCE LiTTLE MASSAGE, THEN A BOTTLE, AND BEDTiME. SHE DOESN*T FUSS. SHE ACTUALLY GOES RiGHT TO SLEEP, AND WiLL SLEEP TiL 4 OR 6 DEPENDiNG ON HOW TiRED SHE iS. THEN SHE EATS, WE GO TO HEATHER*S AND SHE SLEEPS TiL 9, EATS, AND THEN GOES TO SLEEP UNTiL 11:30 THEN USUALLY iS UP FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. SHE STiLL HASN*T LAUGHED YET, BUT SHE iS ALMOST SiTTiN UP BY HERSELF NOW. SHE CAN ROLL FROM HER BACK TO TUMMY AND ViCE VERSA. SHE LOVES SiTTiN iN HER JUMPAROO. OF COURSE SHE HAS TO HAVE THE CONSTANT ANNOYiNG ANiMAL NOiSES AND SHE JUST SMiLES SO BiG AND COOS AND AND GAH*S AT iT AND PUSHES HERSELF UP AND DOWN iN iT! iT*S SO CUTE!!! THEN iN ABOUT 30 MiN SHE GETS TiRED OF iT AND HAS TO GO iN SOMETHiNG ELSE OR GET iN HER SWiNG AND LOOK AT THE CHRiSTMAS TREE. WHiCH iS ANOTHER AWESOME THiNG! i WAS SO READY TO PUT A TREE UP iN OUR HOUSE!!! AGH!!! iT*S A GORGEOUS HOUSE AND THE TREE JUST MADE iT THAT MUCH MORE AWESOME! WE ARE DOiNG A FAMiLY CHRiSTMAS HERE THiS YEAR. i AM MAKiNG A HAM, MASHED TATERS, STEAMED VEGGiES, STUFFiNG, A CHOC PECAN PiE, ROLLS.. OH YUUUUMMMY! i CAN*T WAiT FOR ABiGAiL TO GET ALL OF HER COOL STUFF!!! i HAVEN*T REALLY GOTTEN HER ANYTHiNG YET B/C iF i DO i GiVE iT TO HER HAHAHA! SO i AM WAiTiNG UNTiL CHRiSTMAS iS LiKE A DAY OR TWO AWAY TO GET HER STUFF! i KNOW SHE WON*T REMEMBER HER FiRST CHRiSTMAS, BUT AT LEAST SHE CAN*T SAY SHE DiDN*T GET ANYTHiNG!!! ANY WAY THAT*S ALL FOR NOW!!!

~T*A*G~

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THiS WAS AFTER ASHLEY AND JARROD COOK*S WEDDiNG LAST DECEMBER. WE HAD SOME FRiENDS OVER AND WE WERE A LiL BiT TiPSY.. LOL AND i WANTED TO TAKE A PiCTURE W/ HiM AND HE WAS BEiN GOOFY! i SAW iT THE NEXT DAY AND iMMEDiATELY DECiDED THAT THiS PiCTURE BELONGED iN BLACK AND WHiTE! i LOVE iT! iT*S SO CLASSiC AND YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH LOVE AND HOW FUN WE ARE!!! AGH!!! i NEED TO PRiNT iT OUT AND GET iT FRAMED!!! LOL

GREAT NEWS!!!

i AM SO EXCiTED! ABiGAiL GOT WEiGHED TODAY! SHE iS 8 LBS 4 OZ! FiNALLY AN 8 POUNDER! iT*S AWESOME! SHE HAS PUT ON A GOOD AMOUNT OF WEiGHT iN THESE PAST ALMOST 6 WEEKS NOW! SHE iS STiLL 20" LONG! LOL BUT SHE NEEDED TO FiLL OUT HER LENGTH!!! i AM PROUD OF MYSELF TOO! iN 6 WEEKS ALMOST(6 WEEKS TOMORROW) i HAVE LOST 30 LBS! NOW i AM 12 LBS UNDER MY PRE*PREGNANCY WEiGHT! i HAVE BEEN WORKiNG VERY HARD TO GET HEALTHiER! NOW i JUST HAVE ABOUT 20 MORE LBS TO GO TO GET DOWN TO MY GOAL WEiGHT OF 115! i AM PRETTY SURE i CAN DO iT! i HAVE DONE iT ALL NATURALLY W/ JUST DOiNG LOTS OF HOUSE CHORES, RUNNiNG UP AND DOWN THE STAiRS TO CHECK ON ABiGAiL OR GET HER DiAPERS OR SOMN, AND EATiNG LOTS OF VEGGiES AND FRUiTS!!! i JSUT NOW STARTED DRiNKiNG DR. PEPPER LAST WEEK. BAD iDEA i KNOW. BUT SOON i WiLL WEEN MYSELF OFF OF iT AGAiN!!! THEN AFTER ABOUT 2 WEEKS i CAN START LiFTiNG LiGHT WEiGHTS AND DOiNG AREOBiC EXERCiSES HERE AT HOME WHiLE i AM BEiNG AN AT HOME MOM! i AM DEFiNiTELY BLESSED! OF COURSE, WE WON*T HAVE THE EXPENDABLE iNCOME i WAS PROViDiNG, BUT WE AREN*T HURTiNG. i JUST CAN*T GO SHOPPiNG ALL THE TiME LiKE i USE TO!!!! THANK GOD WE, AND EVERYONE ELSE, GOT ABiGAiL TONS OF CLOTHES! SHE iS FiNALLY iN HER NB STUFF AND SOME OF THE 0-3 MONTH STUFF! i AM SO PLEASED! JUST WiSH SHE WOULD LiKE HER SWiNG AND BOUNCY SEAT MORE! i HAVE LOTS TO DO AROUND THiS HOUSE TO GET iT READY FOR THE HOLiDAYS! i CAN*T WAiT TO SEE THE HOUSE ALL DECKED OUT CHRiSTMAS STYLE! ESPECiALLY SiNCE WE WORKED SO HARD MOViNG THE DANG PiANO AROUND SO WE COULD HAVE A MORE PRESENTABLE LiViNG ROOM! i CAN*T WAiT TO PUT THE TREE UP iN THE FORMAL DiNiNG ROOM!!! EXCEPT, WE STiLL DON*T HAVE A MASSiVE TABLE. WE ACTUALLY DON*T HAVE A TABLE AT ALL iN THERE. SO, WE*RE JUST GOiNG TO PUT OUR COUCH iN THERE B/C iN 3 WEEKS WE ARE GETTiNG A NiCE LEATHER COUCH FOR THE LiViNG ROOM!!! AGH! EVERYTHiNG iS COMiNG TOGETHER QUiTE WELL! JUST WiSH i COULD FiND A PART TiME JOB FOR EXTRA SHOPPiN MONEY!!! MOMMA NEEDS NEW SHOES HAHAHAHAAHHA!