2 Months!

Gabby is 2 months old!! She has changed so much in the past 8 weeks. She now is smiling all the time and loves to lay under her Rainforest Gym and kick her legs and "talk". She "talks" all the time now and will often make new noises that even startles herself!


















BIG SMILES!















She still eats like a champ and is going through a growth spurt right now, so during the day she is eating about every 2 hours vs. last week where she was eating (during the day) about every 4 hours. She does very good at night, some would say she sleeps through the night as she'll go 7-8 hours without eating, it's just that a lot of the time the end of those 7-8 hours spans is around 4:30 or 5:00 a.m.! Oh well, we'll take it!


I'm not missing any meals!! Look at my diaper hanging out of my outfit on my right thigh!



















We found out today that my cousing Libby and her husband Corey are going to have a GIRL! I'm so excited for Gabby's newest cousin to be a GIRL! I'm sure they will have way tooooo much fun.

Brandon celebrated his first Father's Day last weekend! It was a great day as went to see Gabby's Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa Mueller! They were both celebrating Birthday's and what fun Gabby had getting to see them, it's amazing how the attention so swiftly turns to just watching a baby lay around and kick!

Happy Father's Day!

One thing that Gabby now loves (it was a little rocky at first) is getting a bath. She'll lay in the water and splash with her arms and she smiles the entire time.

Kinnick

Kinnick is a VERY good big brother and has adjusted pretty well considering his world was pretty much turned upside down about 7 weeks ago!

















Much to my heartache, we decided to have Gabby nap in her crib (for the first time) this afternoon so we could get so much needed work done outside.















As a result, Kinnick got some 1:1 time with Mom and Dad! He "helped" us paint the front porch and posed like the little show pony he is in front of the flowers.




















Here he is getting a T-R-E-A-T from Brandon.










































Kinnick now knows lots of words; Treat, Walk, Leash and his favorite...Daycare! He has been going to Doggy Daycare two times a week since I've been home on Maternity Leave and he still loves it!

6 1/2 Weeks

We FINALLY caught a smile on camera! Gabby is starting to smile more and more, which is so incredibly neat. It's fun to watch her as she looks at new things, however her forever favorite thing (BFF) is still the ceiling fan!



She has started reaching out her hands for things, I first noticed this when I put her in the carseat and she reached for the toys that dangle down from the carrier. She also is starting to feel around and touch different textures. Brandon had on a shirt one night that was the Under Armour Fabric (sorry, don't know the technical name) and she just felt it over and over..she would rub her hand over it and then grab at it.



She has started sleeping 5-6 hour stretches at night. Whooo Hooo! I was hesitant to type that as I don't want to jinx anything.



Today she had a playdate with her cousin, Ryker while Aunt Robyn got her cast on. It was fun! I was a little nervous at first thinking I was personally responsible for an almost 8 month old and an almost 7 week old...., but I'm happy to say we all survived. All limbs are still attached on both babies and minimal tears were shed. All in all, it was a good day!

One Month (Plus 7 Days)

We have officially made it 1 whole month!! Plus 7 days, for those of you who are counting. I had every intention to update this at 1 month...but time got away from me and now we're technically at 1 month and 7 days (shhhh..don't tell).

This past month has gone by SO incredibly fast! If this is how fast the next 18 years go, then I need a time-stopper!

Gabby has changed tremendously in 1 month. She is still getting up 1 time in the night to eat, but (don't tell Daddy or he'll never get up with her again) but this is one of my MOST favorite times as I know it won't be like this forever. I could rock her to sleep for hours!


She has offically started to smile, which makes Brandon extremely happy! It's fun to watch her react to different things - her current "best friend" is the ceiling fan...she could stare at it for hours on end. She is just starting to like playing under the Rainforest Gym that we bought her and she still enjoys being in her swing (for awhile).





She has certainly developed her "red-headed" attitude, and is a diva when she want's to be. Mostly we see this diva-ness when she wants to eat!

This past weekend we went to Omaha for Molly's wedding shower and bachelorette party. Gabby sure does love her Aunt Molly.

Ok..so here is how this whole "photo shoot" for her 1 month picture went down:

We're doing OK at first:























Starting to get a little attitude:






















WOW! We're SO over this photo shoot:













Oh, and here is a prized photo of Kinnick pouting...which is his favorite pastime now that Gabby is here. However, we did get a fence installed last week so I think we're moving up on his list!