Sunday, November 29, 2009

Growing up way too fast!

Our attempt at a family picture!


Abbie is now 9 months old! She's learning and changing every day and always keeps us on our toes! She weighed in at 16 lbs 9 oz and was 27 inches long. Abbie has become a lot more mobile in the last month, learning to crawl, pull up on furniture, stand on her own, and even take a few unsteady steps! She likes to wave at everyone and learns new sounds every day. And last but certainly not least, she is making tremendous progress with her eating! She was drinking 1-2 ounces of formula a day and now she drinks 16-19 ounces a day! We don't even hook her up to her pump in the daytime anymore which is awesome! She uses a special bottle that is made for cleft palate babies that is very responsive to the slightest suck. We're still working on solids. She has determined that she prefers real food, not that nasty pureed stuff! And who can blame her?! She likes grilled cheese sandwiches, mac'n'cheese, bread, potatoes, beans, and little pieces of chicken, turkey, and salmon. She just needs to eat a lot more than what she does. Anyway, that was an Abbie overload, but let's face it, that's pretty much our life! Here's a little video of some of Abbie's first steps. Can you tell we're first time parents?!






8 comments:

  1. YAY! How fun! Yeah, once you have kids you can almost say goodbye to talking about much else. She's doing so great! And so cute! So glad for the update...

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  2. that's awesome you caught it on camera. we never did

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  3. Woot! Woot! Go Abbie! Eating real food AND walking! Man she's growing up fast!

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  4. So I just had to add that Tanner's sitting here saying, "Abbie, Abbie, Abbie..." and he's making me play the video over and over again! Ha!

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  5. After watching the video, RJ said, "That's a fun one." I agree. She is getting so big!

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  6. How exciting! That's great progress with the food, hooray for you guys! When the movie started Kayleigh popped up from the floor and had to watch, too.

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  7. You are such an adorable family!

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  8. So cute and so fun! Kids grow so fast! She is so beautiful!

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