Abbie's Stats

Matt and Abbie

On Friday, Abbie had her 2 month check-up. She passed with flying colors. She weighs 13 pounds (exactly what we had guessed) and is almost 24 inches long. She's in the 90th percentile for height and weight. The doctor said she's doing great! In the last few weeks she has finally started enjoying her baths which is great!

Our Easter Best

Paula & the girls

On Easter Sunday, Sophie came away with quite a loot-candy, stickers, a Potato Head dressed like a bunny, a new Aquadoodle, crayons, and more! Abbie got some things too but she can't really eat the candy anyway. Sophie could tell that the Easter bunny had visited our home because he left carrots and potato chips behind (Sophie wanted to leave him some potato chips.) We were in such a rush on Sunday morning because Sophie went to bed late the night before so we didn't get any pictures before church. After church, we ended up going out to eat. We just couldn't seem to get everyone's schedules synchronized. Finally, around 2:00, we got home to an unhappy Abbie who had a very dirty diaper. We changed the diaper and got this quick picture. It's the only one of both girls dressed up in their matching Easter dresses.

Matt's parents were able to stay with us until Wednesday and we had a really nice visit! Both girls enjoyed all of the attention from their grandparents. By the way, Sophie is doing really well on potty training overall.

Easter Egg Hunt

Matt & Sophie in action

Sophie with her basket

Matt, Paula & Sophie

For Easter weekend, Matt's parents were able to drive down from Richmond. We were really glad that they were able to come. Matt's dad got the OK from his doctor on Thursday and they left later that afternoon (since he had heart surgery last month he hasn't been driving, etc until now). He got a great report and so they were able to come and visit us. They arrived on Friday afternoon. Saturday morning it was kind of chilly but we headed over to the Factory in Franklin where they were having a smaller egg hunt. We all had a great time! Matt is quite competitive so part of the time he picked Sophie up to race for the eggs. =) It wasn't overly crowded at all and Matt & I hunted eggs with Sophie while his parents babysat a sleeping Abbie. We also did some shopping while there. Abbie was such an accommodating baby-she slept until we got home!

Cute Quote

The other night, Sophie hit her chin really hard on the table. She cried, we applied ice, etc. The next day, I said, "Sophie, how's your chinny, chinny chin doing?" (just being silly) She said matter of factly, "it's under my neck." Too funny.

Dinner with Chuck E. Cheese

Sophie playing with Play-doh

Sophie with Chuck E.

Sophie and Phil with Chuck E. Cheese

Sophie hasn't mastered potty training yet by far but we took her to Chuck E. Cheese's on Tuesday night. We've been promising to take her as a reward when she learned to use the potty so we celebrated her progress! Also, the day before, Nana gave Sophie a Titans cheerleader outfit. Sophie enjoyed wearing it though we had to explain who the Titans were because Sophie's thinking about basketball season now. =) Nana, Paw-paw, & Uncle Phil were able to meet us at Chuck E. Cheese's. The pizza was great, it wasn't crowded until we were about to leave, Abbie slept through almost all of it, and most importantly, Sophie had a BLAST! She enjoyed seeing the little Chuck E. Cheese show though it's been scaled down a lot since we were all little and she had fun trying out all of the rides and games. She was very protective of her tokens though. Paw-paw bought a ton of tokens so we've got plenty left where we can back and visit another time. Her favorite ride was the one with Chuck E. Cheese shown above and she rode it several times. She couldn't quite get the hang of skee- ball yet which was always my favorite but she's a little young. Since going to Chuck E. Cheese's I've explained to Sophie that yes, we have to keep going to the potty.

All Dressed Up

Abbie & Sophie with Matt

Do you like my chubby cheeks?

The first picture was taken when Abbie was almost 7 weeks old after her first visit to church. What a good girl she was-she slept the entire time! Now, she is almost 2 months old! We couldn't get a decent picture of both girls with Matt but that's how it goes. We had to get some pictures since they were all wearing blue. Can you tell that Abbie is getting plenty to eat?

Potty Time!

For the last week or so, we have really been trying to potty train Sophie. A little over a week ago, she wanted to watch this hilarious old video that Matt & I picked up at a kids' consignment sale. I think it's called Potty Time. Anyway, Sophie wanted to watch the video one day, and I thought well, maybe I can set up her portable potty chair and she'll sit on it here in the living room while she watches the video. Well, it worked pretty well. She loved sitting on it while watching the video and she went to the potty three times that day! That was on a Thursday. Since she went to her Mother's Day Out on Friday, we decided to try potty training on Saturday. The video that I referred to has a song about being a Super Dooper Pooper and has some other hilarious songs!

That day, it was kind of a disaster because she kept having accidents. Then, the next couple of days she seemed to catch on. We are still working on it and she still has at least 1-2 "accidents" each day but overall she seems to be getting it and I am so glad. I've tried to potty train her a couple of other times starting several months ago and we just didn't stick with it. This time it's clicking with her. She's mostly been wearing Pull-ups other than that one Saturday because I haven't been brave enough yet to do panties each day but that will come in a couple of days I think. For several months, we've promised her a trip to Chuck E. Cheese's if she's potty trained and boy, is she ready. She's been asking us about for a few days now. Hopefully, we'll be going soon and we'll try to post some pictures!

On another note, we've gotten to get together with some friends this week and that's been a lot of fun for all of us. The weather has been much warmer and Abbie is getting bigger so it's becoming a bit easier to get out. Abbie has also been sleeping better at night and I hope that continues.

Sophie reading a book to "My Buddy"

Sophie loves to read to her dolls and play teacher or "Mama." She gets all of that pretty naturally too, from her naturally bossy Mama. Here's Sophie reading to "My Buddy" over at Nana's house recently. My Buddy was Uncle Daniel's doll so he's been around since the 80's. That's a pretty old doll.

When Sophie's reading her book she makes references to a ball game. A couple of weeks ago, Sophie had a great time going to some of her cousin Summer's basketball games. Of course, she was just as interested in playing with her older cousin, Sierra, and getting her Daddy to buy her popcorn as she was in watching the game, but that's OK. She's only 2. Summer's basketball team made it to the sub-state tournament but they didn't make it all the way to state this time.

Major Bedhead

Here's Abbie with a new "do" that Nana invented. She gave Abbie a bath on Tuesday night and gave her the look of a punk rocker, a rooster, Tweety Bird or as Matt dubbed her "Major Bedhead" who is a character on one of the T.V. shows that Sophie occasionally watches. Well, anyway, Abbie's still a cutie and her hairstyle has been cracking me up! You think she might could make it on American Idol one day with this look (in a different outfit)?

Abbie is 6 weeks old now and this past Friday she turned over for the 1st time from her stomach to her back. Sophie & I cheered her on. We did kind of prop her up on her forearms to help her out a little bit.

Major Bedhead, Big Comfy Couch Series

Matching Mama

Paula & the girls

After we went to the zoo on Monday, we also went to Nana & Paw-paw's to hang out for a while and then have dinner for Paula & Uncle Jowie's birthdays. Sophie & Abbie wore their matching shirts which was planned and then Paula's sweater ended up matching too (not totally planned but good for pictures). We had to get some pictures with Nana's daffodils! Tuesday was Paula's actual birthday but Monday was lots of fun and the weather was prettier. When we left Nana's house, it was storming and all of us were pretty tired that night and the next day from all of our outings! Considering that we've mostly been homebound since Abbie's been born, Abbie did pretty well and we all survived.

Venturing Out

Sophie on her tricycle

Sophie & Matt riding the carousel

Sophie poses in front of the meerkats

Sophie & Matt

Over the weekend and on Monday, we had beautiful weather and we tried to get out and enjoy it while it lasted. On Saturday, we took Sophie over to one of our neighborhood parks (even Abbie went). Sophie can now climb the little climbing wall pretty well and she will go down even the biggest slide (a big improvement from last summer when she had to be coaxed to go down almost any slide)! We all had fun! Sunday, we just hung out on our street and Sophie tried to practice learning to pedal on her tricycle. Matt helped her but she prefers not to use the pedals.

On Monday, we had a big day! Paula & Abbie dropped Sophie off at school and then went for Paula's 6 week check-up. Overall, Abbie did pretty well (we really haven't gotten her out much up until this point because of all the sickness going around). The weather was gorgeous that day!! So, after we came home from the doctor, Matt suggested that we all pick Sophie up from school that afternoon and head to the zoo for a little bit. It closes early right now anyway but it wasn't crowded and all in all we had a good time. Sophie's legs got tired of walking but it wasn't crowded and we were able to see some of the animals. I think Sophie's going for a record on how many carousels she rides! Some of the animals she most enjoyed were the lorikeets and meerkats.