Today has been such a wonderful day! I picked up some much needed hours at work and then came home and spent the day with my baby girl. Eric had to work tonight so it's just been the two of us. Abigail is growing so fast and she is showing off her personality more and more. She is so cute and funny, but then again aren't most babies and toddlers?

Abigail had corn for the first time tonight. She didn't like it at first, but after the first few bites she was loving it!



I'm not sure why it sounds like that :(

I started my workout plan finally. I am going to be walking on the treadmill every day for 30 minutes a day. the treadmill has an incline too so that will help. Also, I will be doing some crunches every day. I am changing my eating habits as well. I hate to say it but- GOODBYE JUNK-FOOD! My goal is to lose 30 pounds by Christmas and I know I can do it. :)

I don't really have much to update on. These past few days have been really uneventful haha.

She's Sick :(

Last night Abigail was very needy and crying even when she was being held/rocked. I figured she might be getting sick since Eric just got over something. And she is definitely sick. She is running a fever, and she is hoarse. It's so sad to hear her try and babble because she sounds awful. She is acting like she feels okay right now but I'm willing to bet that in the next thirty minutes or so that will probably change.

I really hope she will get over this pretty quick, I don't want her sick :(

Miracles Really Do Happen

Today has been pretty productive for me and Abigail. We got my school stuff straightened out with the financial aid and we went to the library to get more books because we read the other ones like 3 times each. While we were in the library Abigail was being so quiet like she knew she wasn't allowed to be loud. She was looking at all the books as I held her in my arms just browsing in the kids section. We came home with around 10-12 books so that felt good.

But while I was checking out I had an interesting conversation with the librarian. She asked if I had any other kids at home and I told her no. I explained that Eric and I used to read to Abigail while she was in the womb even though it sounded weird to read aloud and that we still enjoy reading to her. She just smiled and asked me if I heard about the story of the little boy and his premature sister. I told her no and she shared it with me. I didn't know I was in for an emotional story but this librarian just started crying while she was telling it.  I'm going to tell the version she told me (much more dramatic than the true one, but still amazing) and I'm also going to give the link to the true story. The version the librarian told me only had like 2 differences but both stories end the same incredible way.

The librarian told me that there was this family who had a 4 year old preschooler and they were also expecting another baby, a baby girl. When the couple found out they would be having a second child the little boy was so happy and wanted to sing to her every night. So every night he would lean into his mother's tummy and sing "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey, you'll never know dear how much I love you, please don't take my sunshine away." Well, one day the family got into a pretty serious wreck where it affected the baby in the womb. The doctor's didn't think she would make it but they would try their hardest. Well the hospital had a rule where no one under a certain age could be in the NICU, so the little boy had not gotten to see his baby sister. It got to the point where the doctor's thought that the baby girl had less than 2 hours to live, and the parents were devastated. They didn't know how they were going to explain to the little boy that he wouldn't have a little sister anymore. The mother got fed up and told the father to go get the boy and let him see his baby sister just once. So the dad went to go get him and put him in scrubs and all and brought him into the NICU. There he saw his baby sister hooked up to all kinds of machines. He asked his mom if he could sing his favorite song to her and she told him of course. So he sang " You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey. You'll never know dear how much I love you, Please don't take my sunshine away." At that moment all the monitors started going crazy and the baby girl opened her eyes and just became full of life. She was a miracle, and continued to live.

At this point I was listening so intently and just amazed by the story. The librarian had tears just streaming all down her face, Witnessing how this one story had affected her, I knew I had to look it up when I got home. So below is the link to the true story.  I encourage everyone to read it.

A Mother's Day Miracle

It has been another wonderful day and I am truly blessed to have a healthy happy baby that I love and adore.

A Heart What?

Little Abigail had to go to the heart specialist today because at her 6 month check up the doctor heard a murmur. She said she didn't think it was anything and not to worry but since Abigail is just a baby they wanted to go ahead and make sure.

So we got there and they had to get an EKG to see how Abigail's heart rhythm was and Abigail was just looking at the nurse and just smiling and trying to grab the lines hooked to her and play with them. She barely cried when the nurse had to take those off because the nurse had to tug on her skin a little bit.

After that we had to wait for awhile to see the actual doctor. She was very informative when she came in and asked what we knew about murmurs. Eric and I both thought it was a tiny holy in the heart and she politely told us we were both wrong. She did say that an abnormal murmur could have a hole, but that a murmur itself was not one. She listened to Abigail and decided to have an ultrasound done of her chest because it wasn't clear enough for her to tell if it was normal or not. Before she left the room she noted that Abigail was a very happy and healthy baby and said she is a bit of a wiggle worm. She also let us know that during the ultrasound we would have to try and keep Abigail still as well as quiet.

Eric and I weren't worried about her being loud or crying-she hardly ever does that, what we were worried about was being able to keep her still. She is at that age now where all she wants to do is explore the things around her and it definitely shows (before we went back to have the ultrasound done, Abigail had torn off all the paper lining on the bed and was playing with it)!

So we went to the room where the ultrasound was going to take place and we laid Abigail down and gave her a pacifier to occupy her. I held down her little arms and let her hold onto my fingers and Eric gave her a baby leg massage so she wouldn't kick around. There were two technicians in the room and one of them said they had never had a baby this little who didn't cry and it was her job to distract them and keep them from crying. About 2 minutes later she said she was not used to a baby who didn't cry and that we must be good parents, That made my day knowing my little baby girl was just being so calm and cute looking around. She did get a little fussy when they got around her neckline to take pictures but it lasted all of 10 seconds.

Afterwards the doctor came back in to look at the pictures and said she looked fine and she has what is called an innocent murmur. It means nothing and more than 50% of children have them. Eric and I were relieved even though I wasn't worried in the first place.

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On another note: Eric just started getting sick. :( his throat started hurting really bad and he is congested a little too. I hope neither myself nor Abigail gets sick.

Also we have these flowers right outside our doors and I referred to them as baby flowers because they were so small. Eric thought they might be tulips but I have no idea what it is. We stuck it behind Abigail's ear and it looked so cute!

We've Only Just Begun

One year ago today I married my high school sweetheart. We made our vow and things couldn't be better. Everyday I become more amazed of the person he has become and what we have done as a family. I love him more and more and see how much of a wonderful father he truly is.

We celebrated today by sleeping in (Abigail was with her grandparents), and then having a very late breakfast at IHOP. Afterwards we got to hang out with our friends Ashley, Andrew, and Matt. It was a nice relaxing day, but I am glad to have Abigail back in our arms.

We have been through so much this first year of our marriage and I can hardly believe it's already been that long. We've become parents of a beautiful baby girl, we've had ups and downs and we've lost some friends and gained some friends. I can honestly say that I am glad Eric is in my life as my best friend and I will always have his love and support, just as he will have mine.

I know that our journey is just now beginning but I am so excited to have so many more years of love with Eric. More importantly I am so excited to see our family grow and where we will end up in life. I am truly blessed and so thankful for that.

Nothing Real Good.. Yet!

So it's Saturday and I just decided to start a blog I can actually keep up with. Everyone I know uses blogspot, so I thought I would try it. Abigail is with her grandparents this weekend while Eric and I spend it alone celebrating our anniversary. I don't feel like putting much thought into what I write today-but tomorrow will be a nice juicy update :)