The Abbott Family Blog

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-28T21:02:00.001-07:00

We hope you all had a WONDERFUL Christmas! Justin made a video montage of our holiday, we hope you enjoy!

Pictures from Noah's Holiday Party at School and Other Random Pictures, lol!

2011-12-19T22:30:00.000-07:00

Hannah and I went to school with Noah for his Holiday party last Friday. Further down you will see some school pictures. In addition, here are some pictures from before winter break and a couple at Grandma Kathy's, from when we were there yesterday. More winter vacation pictures will be posted later this week. ;)

Christmas and Hannah's 18 Month Pictures

2011-12-12T21:22:00.002-07:00

Two Thanksgivings, a Christmas Tree and a Visit with Santa

2011-11-26T17:58:00.001-07:00

Hannah and Noah having a pre-Thanksgiving lunch (on Tuesday) of McDonald's. She made her dad proud, holding her own cheeseburger :)

On our way to Thanksgiving dinner at my mom's house on Wednesday:

Thanksgiving at my mom's house:

Thanksgiving at Seth and Julie's on Thursday:

Playing with Uncle Sethie's iPads. (Of course we all now want one (or two!!))

Elevator ride to go see Santa:

Family picture while we're waiting for Santa (Hannah's looking at him!!)

Lunch afterwards:

I started putting up the Christmas decor last weekend with the tree and lights. Yesterday I got more of the decorations out. Tonight Justin and I will hang most of the ornaments and pick out some for the kids to hang tomorrow.

The kids' nativity scene, under the tree (on the Christmas Tree skirt that my Granny made)

The tree, before the garland and ornaments

Today, to kill time, we took the kids to Toys-R-Us. Hannah, of course, loved all things Mickey Mouse. Noah checked out all the Imaginex toys, particularly the Toy Story and Batman ones.

And they both had a blast with the train table. (We have a similar train set at home, of course they won't play with it there!)

Halloween (Even though it's almost Thanksgiving!)

2011-11-14T20:48:00.001-07:00

I am so late posting Halloween pictures, so late that I just deleted what I wrote because I had written Thanksgiving pictures! Some of these are from before and after Halloween.

Here's little miss, at her 18 month check-up, waiting for the doctor:

Here's from when I took my duo to the Cherry Creek mall to play: Noah was too fast to get a picture of!

Here's my little Buzz Lightyear, before we went to the Erie Trunk-or-Treat. He's shooting his "laser"

"Cheese!!"

This is why there aren't many pictures of Noah- he covers his eyes if he knows you're going to take a picture!

Little Miss- she gets her relaxation gene from her daddy.

So does this one!

This was a week before Halloween- she loves those pumpkin buckets!

"Can we Trick or Treat now?!"

My mom saved ALL of our toys. This is the baby doll crib that I had as a little girl. I recently got it out for Hannah and we've been playing "babies." Here she is covering up her baby:

Kissing her baby-doll:

And now, trying to get in the baby doll crib: (looks like she's stretching for ballet!)

Our pumpkins (the one on the right is from my kindergarteners!)

Buzz, looking through his loot from Grandma Kathy:

Minnie Mouse:

Mu Buzz:

Getting dinner at McDonald's, in between trick-or-treating:

Trick-or-Treating:

Playing last night in the basement. Noah is playing with my old Little People. Hannah is getting ready to turn the t.v. on!

New Pics

2011-10-21T22:35:00.004-06:00

What can I say, it's been a CRAZY fall! It's 10:45 on a Friday night and I need to get to bed but thought I'd post a few "fall" pictures before Halloween. Then I promise I'll post some pictures of my Buzz Lightyear and Minnie Mouse. Until then, here are a few of my two favorite kids!

"Hi!" "Daddy!" "Mickey Mouse!"

2011-08-12T23:05:00.005-06:00

I was going to post a picture that I took of my new classroom in which EVERYTHING that I own for teaching was scattered across the room because it's the perfect image for my life right now. It's so busy with unpacking a new classroom, being on a leadership team of a new school, getting ready to start a school year, having a husband who's also starting a new school year, having an almost 4 year old that's also starting school soon AND having a birthday party and then enjoying time with my two kids. But I didn't, mainly because the mess is kind of embarassing! :) But I am all unpacked and will post pictures of the new classroom soon.

Here are some pictures from our life as of lately as well as a couple videos at the end, the last one leading to the title of this post.

Here's Noah at the "Train Museum" (The WOW Childrens Museum in Lafayette) at the Pirate ship exhibit. We went for some "Mommy & Son" time last week and it was really nice for it to be just the two of us while Daddy and Hannah napped.

Playing with the cash register:

Little Miss helping unpack instruments in my classroom:

Noah with his new backpack. It's a Lightening McQueen backpack, for school, but it came towards the end of the day so it was hard to get a good picture of him:

Of course little sis has to keep up, so she HAD to wear Noah's old backpack. (And she discovered my Mickey Mouse figurine in the curio cabinet. Mickey is her new obsession/favorite thing):

Noah and I before he had his teeth fixed last week:

Telling me something VERY important:

Hannah, embrassing her sassiness, and wearing her brother's old shirt (we put it on her as to not stain her white shirt with spaghetti sauce at dinner):

I think I found a way for them to go to school with me! (And it comes with a very cool lollipop holder!):

Here are a couple videos of Hannah, enjoy!

Recorders and Counting in German

2011-06-21T22:09:00.003-06:00

Justin has taught Noah how to count in German- he can also count to ten in Spanish, and count quite high in English (AND can count to 100 by tens!)

And Hannah has taken to the recorder. Not just playing it but walking around and playing it (making my heart rate go up- worrying that she'll fall with it when it's at her mouth!)

School's Out

2011-05-29T20:33:00.002-06:00

Grandma Kathy taught Noah this song this morning, it's pretty fitting!

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

2011-04-21T21:38:00.002-06:00

Look Who's One!!!

2011-04-16T21:43:00.004-06:00

Humpty Dumpty and Baby Steps

2011-04-12T20:15:00.002-06:00

Spaghetti Night

2011-04-11T21:19:00.003-06:00

There are pictures below of Hannah's first spaghetti night. Like all things food related she dived right in. Yesterday she and I went to a bridal show with my friend Susie who is getting married in November. They had tons of exhibitors, many of them food vendors with samples galore. Hannah tried:

1. penne pasta in a cream sauce with sundried tomatoes and mushrooms- LOVED it.

2. Grilled Salmon- LOVED it

3. Smoked pork- LOVED it

4. Brisket- LOVED it

5. Lemon Gelato- LOVED, LOVED, LOVED it!

6. Sausage- liked it but it was pretty spicy.

7. Chocolate off of a chocolate cake- LOVED it.

8. Cantaloupe- LOVED it!

Then, last night for dinner her daddy fixed chicken in a pot with mashed potatos and stuffing. Of course, Hannah dug right in and enjoyed it all.

This child amazes us. Unlike Noah, who is super finicky, she will eat anything we put in front of her. Well, except spaghetti-o's. What can I say, she has a good palate!

These two claimed to be "doing yard work" when I snapped this photo. I don't buy it, do you?

Here are the pictures of spaghetti night. We used the same technique that we did with Noah, strip her down to her diaper and let her go for it. She ate SO much!

Thanks, Aunti Jan, for teaching her this lovely look!

Daddy, trying to pick the spaghetti out of her hair:

Noah insisted on taking his spaghetti covered clothes off after dinner. Since there was only 10 minutes left before bath time we decided to let him bowl in his skivvies. :-)

Here's a video of Hannah diving in for the spaghetti:

Dancing

2011-04-05T21:06:00.002-06:00

Wii!!!!

2011-04-04T20:01:00.002-06:00

Noah has learned the fine art of playing Wii. (what were we thinking?!)

Drive My Car

2011-04-03T21:58:00.002-06:00

Swimming!

2011-04-02T19:26:00.003-06:00

This week we took Hannah swimming for the "first time" (The real first time was last summer in Rock Springs, but she was pretty little and quickly got hungry.)

Here's a couple pictures of my two trying out their swim suits:

(This is Noah "swimming" on the floor!)

Here we are at the pool. Noah had a BLAST!!! Hannah, not so much. They had ever water apparatus on when we first got there. I think the noise scared her (and it was close to nap time). We'll get her in lessons this summer and that will help.

And here's a few more pictures of the little Miss (it's a rare occation when I can get a picture of Noah- he likes to be on the "other side" of the lense!)

Living and Breathing Golf

2011-04-02T09:42:00.001-06:00

Thanks Grandma Jackie for the new golf set. I love it so much and play with it ALL the time. In fact, I even have to sleep with it.

Love, Noah

Thanks Grandma Jackie

2011-03-30T21:39:00.001-06:00

Hannah LOVES her new quilt, thank you SO, SO much!!!

Bath Time Fun

2011-03-09T21:35:00.002-07:00

She thinks he's pretty funny. . . .

Walking!

2011-03-02T22:11:00.001-07:00

A Little Out of Season. . .

2011-02-26T22:32:00.001-07:00

For some reason Noah has started reciting the "Five Little Pumpkins" chant that he learned in October. Here's a little performance:

Hannah's 9 Month Pictures, With Big Brother Noah!

2011-02-13T23:17:00.009-07:00

He's Going to Kill Me For This!!!

2011-02-08T22:41:00.001-07:00

My little multi-tasker!

My Goofy Kids

2011-02-04T23:41:00.002-07:00

I really should be in bed but I have my music teacher professional development class tomorrow and I feel REALLY guilty that I haven't gotten much work done so I am up entering songs into Sibelius (a music notation software program). I needed a break so I'm doing a blog post. Something that I haven't been consistent with. I had a meeting all day today for Elementary #26- it was so inspiring and so much fun to work with my new colleagues. So, I'm still a little wired from that and I think that's another reason why it seems like trying to lay down to sleep isn't possible right now! They are a GREAT group of people and I am so lucky to be on the leadership team!

Here are a few pictures of two of my favorite people.

Noah and Hannah both love playing with pots and pans. Really, why do we spend money on toys?!:

Maybe he'll be a good chef like his daddy and grandpa Tom someday?!:

This is her new excited face, she loves to scrunch up her nose!:

What a goofball!:

Little Miss playing with the snake that I bought for my classroom (needless to say it's never been taken to school!)

Wordless Wednesday

2011-01-19T22:20:00.003-07:00

Peek-a-boo!

2011-01-09T22:31:00.002-07:00

Happy New Year!

2011-01-03T23:14:00.001-07:00

We hope you all had a GREAT New Years! Seeing as how it's 11:20 I'm not posting much. I can't sleep but I'm going to go try again! I'll post more pictures later, but in the mean time, here are a couple pictures of my two cuties.

Semi-Wordless Christmas Post

2010-12-26T20:49:00.009-07:00

Christmas Eve breakfast at the Pancake House:

Seeing Aunt Julie & Uncle Seth at the mall after breakfast:

At the Shoe's for Christmas Eve dinner:

Opening presents with the Shoes at our house on Christmas Eve:

Christmas Morning:

"THE" present this year, a BIG Buzz Lightyear!

At the Vogelsberg's opening presents on Christmas day:

Christmas bath with our new princess towel:

The day after Christmas, playing "McDonald's" with the drive-thru toy that Aunt Jan and Uncle Aaron bought them:

A couple fun videos of my babies:

Christmas (err. . . . Winter?) Break

2010-12-22T22:03:00.006-07:00

Here are a few pictures from Noah's preschool Party and from the start of our winter break. I was going to title this "Wordless Wednesday" and not type anything, but since I haven't posted in a while I felt guilty doing that!

As I was uploading pictures I realized how many more pictures of Hannah I have than of Noah. Could it be because he doesn't ever slow down? Or could it be because he's always grabbing the camera out of my hand to take a picture of his own? (I'll tell you know, it's some of both, but definitely more of the later- Grandma Kathy can attest to that! )

Here are some pictures and I'll post some more later this week!

Christmas Pictures

2010-12-06T13:07:00.002-07:00

So, apparently, because I started the post with Christmas pictures on November 16th it posted the new stuff I uploaded earlier in the blog. If you go down below the Halloween post you will see Noah and Hannah's Christmas pictures, as well as some of Hannah's 6 month pictures.

Sorry about that! But I did post new pictures yesterday!

Halloween Pictures, FINALLY!

2010-11-20T21:46:00.004-07:00

Holiday Pictures & Hannah's Late 6 Month Pictures

2010-11-16T19:59:00.006-07:00

Sorry it's been so long since I blogged and it took me FOREVER to upload these pictures. Every time I tried to upload them it failed and I was about to give up until they finally loaded tonight.

Here are some of our holiday pictures and some of Hannah's 6 month pictures:

Picture Catch-Up!!

2010-10-22T20:41:00.008-06:00

It seems it's all I can do to keep my head above water these days, so the poor blog has been neglected!! I'm in the process of finishing my application for the leadership team of Elementary #26. That closes on November 1st and then the interview/teaching observations/informal conversations piece of it will take another month. My spirits were a bit dampened when I learned another music teacher is thinking of applying. She's a great teacher and we have very differing teaching styles. I'm really not a competitive person and my self-confidence has always been something that's lacking so it's hard to think that we might both be vying for the same position.

On top of that I'm on three different Professional Study Teams in the district and am facilitator for two of them. Thank goodness my duties to ROCKE are completed!!

Here are some pictures of my two darlings to catch you up. Noah is doing AWESOME in preschool and Hannah is rolling EVERYWHERE!! Here she is after she rolled under the swing:

She thinks she's SO big holding her sippy!

I took a day off to go with Noah on his field trip to the pumpkin patch. The bad news: it was rained out. The good news: I already had the day off for the alternate date!

So, since we didn't make it to the pumpkin patch the first day I stayed with him that morning in his classroom. It was a lot of fun!

Here's baby bear!

It's too bad she never smiles!

And here we are in his classroom the day we finally got to go to the pumpkin patch.

The kiddos acted out the story "The Enormous Pumpkin" for us, it was very cute:

At circle time, getting ready to go:

At the pumpkin patch:

He was excited to go in the hay maze- he was the first one!!!

Here he is with his class:

Oh, did I mention Hannah-bear is almost sitting by herself?!

See the look on Justin's face? Need I say more? That's happiness:

Hannah tried her first solid food last weekend, avocados! We haven't tried it again since because they went bad too fast.

And here we are today, getting ready to go to the mall (I took the day off and it was a perfectly cloudy, gloomy day to go! Plus, we all know it's Noah's favorite place!)

Noah crashed on the way home. While he was asleep his new winter coat came in the mail. Hannah LOVED playing with the box!

JUMP!!!!

2010-10-05T21:25:00.005-06:00

Hannah's new favorite pass time? JUMPING!!! She LOVES the Jumperoo! Here she is jumping away (okay, she does a lot more giggling, but she does jump a lot!!)

This past Sunday, Hannah and I walked in the "Race for the Cure." It was fun walking in the sea of pink. My friend, Connie, from high school lost her mom to breast cancer in 2007 so this is the second time we have walked with her team, "Gladys's Girls". It's a neat coincidence that my Granny's first name is the same as her mom's. Granny had breast cancer, but survived it.

Here's my little BFF and I at the race. I'm hoping next year we can talk our two favorite boys into joining us! (There were A LOT of men that walked this year!)

I Love My Family!

2010-09-28T22:33:00.002-06:00

Photo Updates:

2010-09-17T22:22:00.003-06:00

Noah, on the bus from school:

Getting off the bus:

Givin' sister some love!:

Helping daddy make tamale sandwiches:

At the Labor Day parade:

Hannah, and her "boyfriend" Matthew:

Cubbie-bear!:

School girl look:

Here we go Broncos, here we go!:

Sponge Bob dance:

Sibling Love

2010-08-31T23:13:00.002-06:00

The title for this post comes from the video at the end.

Here are a few pictures of my babies!

Hannah Bear (thanks, Chris, for the nick-name, it stuck!) hanging out with daddy:

Noah, trying on Daddy's shirt:

Our Sunday afternoon art project!!! These will go in the garden we built this summer:

And here's the reason for the title of the post:

Noah's 3rd Birthday!!

2010-08-28T22:18:00.002-06:00

How can it be that my baby boy is three?!!! He started preschool yesterday. I tried to get a picture of him with his Sponge Bob backpack before we left, but he wanted nothing to do with it. So, here are a couple pictures on our way out the door, on our way to school:

Here he is playing on the playground before school started:

Here he is first thing in the classroom, playing legos at the table. He did really well when I left. Heck I did really well when I left- neither of us cried!

I took the day off, so I got to come back early and bring popsicles for him to share with his class. They sang Happy Birthday to him, he thought that was really cool!

Here he is giving one of his teachers a hug goodbye. He LOVED the songs- and they read "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom"- the teachers said he LOVED that!

Later that day he helped me bake zucchini bread. He's quite the little helper!

And here's his SECOND birthday cake (the first was at his party), this time was family only.

Someone Has a Birthday Soon!

2010-08-22T00:27:00.003-06:00

Noah's 3rd birthday is quickly approaching!!! Today he got his first birthday present in the mail from "Grandma Jackie & Grandpa Eldon." Since he's having his party tomorrow we thought we'd let him open it early. It was nice because he remembers who it's from. It's quite funny, he actually knew what it was before he opened it up.

Grandma Jackie & Grandpa Eldon, thank you so much! Here's Noah opening your present. Needless to say, he loves the new mighty beans!!

3 Year & 3 Month Pictures

2010-08-05T06:51:00.007-06:00

Awesome Family Vacation to the Tetons

2010-07-22T23:25:00.003-06:00

Here's just a couple of the pictures from over the thousand pictures I have on my computer from our camera, my brother-in-law's & father-in-law's cameras, from our Teton trip. We had a blast! And if Blogger wasn't being so finicky right now I'd post some more!

Videos of my Babies

2010-07-10T05:38:00.002-06:00

Happy 4th of July!

2010-07-05T07:53:00.003-06:00

I hope you all had a great 4th of July!

I wish that we would have gotten a few more pictures, but here are a few that we did get from the day.

Seth, Casey & Josh decorating their airplanes:

Hannah in her 4th of July dress (Have I mentioned how much I love to dress my kids?):

Noah, in his 4th of July shirt:

Hannah, at the Firecracker 4K that we walked.

Noah & his BFF, Grandpa Tom:

Behold, the power of Watermelon!

2010-07-03T22:47:00.004-06:00

Thanks to Uncle Aaron, Noah has discovered one of the true joys of summer: WATERMELON!!

He LOVES it!!! Here he is taking a big bite:

And here he is with watermelon face!!!

Another aspect of summer that he's been embracing (well, most days! :-) ) is the summer time nap. Here he is crashed out with his BFF, Spongebob:

While he's embracing those aspects of summer, Hannah and I have been making the most of our summer time walks. We've found we need to start pretty early to beat the heat. And tomorrow we're going to walk in the Erie Firecracker 4K run/walk. . . . for those of you that know me well, you know I will be walking, NOT running! ;-)

Here's a few of the snickerdoodle:

Blog Mishap

2010-06-30T18:54:00.004-06:00

For some reason, Blogspot decided that there was "suspicious" activity on our blog and deleted it temporarily today. Huh?! Thanks to Jackie for catching that and letting us know so I could fix it!

Here are some new pictures.

Noah being camera shy:

My mom & Hannah:

Our upside-down boy:

Our sunglasses girl:

We got a visit today from a former colleague of mine from Salem, OR. It was so great to see Sue!!!

Dancin' and Talkin'

2010-06-24T19:18:00.002-06:00

Here's Noah "dancing" (or spinning) around the living room this morning. He's hugging "Classical Casey" and at one point you'll hear him ask Casey "what you doin' Casey?":

And here's Justin trying to get Hannah to talk. Of course prior to getting the camera out she was very chatty and once he started trying to record it she stopped.:

CHEESE!

2010-06-17T20:11:00.000-06:00

Thanks, Uncle Seth, for taking this picture of our cutie!

Look Who's 2 Months Old!!

2010-06-17T01:39:00.005-06:00

It's so hard to believe that 2 months have gone by since Hannah's birth! She's a delightful addition to our family and we love her to pieces! Her big brother is pretty fond of her too, always kissing her head and talking to her about various things (I told him we had to teach Hannah everything since she doesn't know things yet). He's going to be a great teacher!

And here's the big brother, showing off his silliness/gymnastics moves. He's a little contortionist!

In other news, Justin has been working like crazy in the back yard on the west side of the yard!

Here's a couple pictures of what the west side looked like last year at this time:

Fast forward to the morning of June 16, 2010:

And here's the afternoon of June 16, 2010.

Thanks to Kathy, Tom, Aaron and my mom for helping haul dirt and mulch to the back yard! We have a tree (an ash) that will be delivered on the 30th to be planted in the big planter and hopefully supply some shade in the years to come on the patio off the back door.

Sibling Love

2010-06-11T19:54:00.001-06:00

Noah loves kissing and hugging Hannah. Tonight he was on the ground trying to play with her.

Here he is playing with her toes:

Shaking her hand:

Giving her a hug:

And more hugs!:

SMILES!!!

2010-06-09T14:50:00.002-06:00

It seems that almost everyday either Justin or I make a comment on how LUCKY we are to have two happy, content babies. They are so smiley and both are/were really easy when they were tiny (knock on wood. . . . Hannah's still tiny and I don't want to jinx anything!!!)

Here are our smiley kiddos:

Our smiling baby girl:

Our smiling baby boy:

To Noah & Hannah: Mommy & Daddy love you VERY much! Keep smiling kiddos!

Hannah's Baptism

2010-06-06T21:35:00.003-06:00

Hannah's baptism was today. She has two lovely godparents, my brother Aaron is her godfather and our good family friend, Patty, is her godmother.

Hannah was able to wear my baptismal gown, which my mom had saved and gave to me as a shower gift. My little girl was so beautiful and only made a little whimper when the deacon started to pour the water on her head!

Here's Justin, me, Sierra (Patty's daughter) and Patty:

Deacon Ron with Mary hold his book:

Ellie and Mary assisting Deacon Ron:

Aaron, Patty, me, Hannah, Justin, Noah & Deacon Ron:

Noah helping out! :

Patty laying the baptismal garment on Hannah:

Aaron with the baptismal candle:

My baby girl, slept through it all!:

In Noah news, he is talking SO much lately!!! And today at church, when all the kids are invited to bring their offerings to the front of the church during the offertory, he walked up to the front of the church and put his dollar in the basket all by himself!!! He usually walks up with Mary and Ellie but they were singing in the childrens choir today. He looked so big and yet so small walking up to the alter all by himself. It really surprised Justin and I that he did it all by himself. He's just getting so much more independent, it's so bittersweet! I'll post some more pictures of both my sweet babies soon!

Like My Hat?!

2010-05-23T07:33:00.000-06:00

R & R

2010-05-18T07:02:00.002-06:00

Hannah's 1 Month Old!

2010-05-15T20:39:00.002-06:00

Well, technically, tomorrow Hannah will be 1 month old but we also have Ellie's first communion tomorrow so I didn't know when I would have time to post this. I can't believe how fast the past 4 weeks have gone! I wish there was a "pause" button so I could freeze her and Noah so I could really relish where they are in life. It just blows my mind how fast they grow!

Here are a couple Hannah pictures: (a.k.a.: snickerdoodle & sweet pea)

Kicking!!

Father-Daughter Time

2010-05-12T17:20:00.003-06:00

Here are some pictures from Justin and Hannah's father/daughter bonding time:

Here's Noah kissin' his sister:

Hannah's Newborn Pictures

2010-05-08T20:14:00.006-06:00

A Trip to the Library

2010-05-06T22:04:00.003-06:00

We were suppose to meet our friends, Hank (who is 3), Nora (who is 4 months) and Melissa for a play date in the park by our old town house today. However, the lack of lovely Colorado weather, made us take the kiddos to the library instead. Noah & Hank played on the train set in the children's area for a while and then my little techno-kid discovered the computers. They even had a "Dora the Explorer" game, so Noah was in heaven. I was shocked that he wore the headphones to listen to the game!

Here's my little computer guy:

Hannah, of course, slept through the library trip!

But she was wide awake during nap time!!

Look at their Hands

2010-05-06T07:48:00.002-06:00

I love how Noah always takes her hand and either shakes it or just holds onto it. He's really sweet with her!

Here's Noah hangin' with Uncle Sethie. . . they're talking on the phone, in case you couldn't tell ;-)

My baby girl fits in her 3 month Minnie Mouse shirt Uncle Aaron and Auntie Janis bought her at Disney World. She's growing too fast!!

Some Firsts

2010-05-04T22:01:00.005-06:00

First time wearing a bonnet:

First "real" bath (a.k.a. not a sponge bath):

First (okay, second) time in the swing, but the first time wearing a head band and keeping it on (she had one on briefly for her hospital pictures):

First trip to the mall, Noah's favorite hangout spot:

Not the first time on the floor. . . but the first time wearing that floral romper!:

Just Loungin' Around

2010-04-27T22:04:00.000-06:00

More Pics of My Babies

2010-04-24T22:23:00.004-06:00

Things seem to be settling in at the Abbott house. I must admit earlier this week (okay, yesterday) I was still feeling overwhelmed with everything. I was and am still worried about Noah's adjustment to a new person in the house and how I can divide my time between my two babies, giving them each the time, energy and love that they each deserve.

But today was a good day. Noah was in the best mood he's been in for a long time. I think he's finally feeling better (he still has a cough and his nose is still sometimes runny) and I hope that he's starting to realize that his role in the family is not in jeopardy because of the new little person in the house. We did start the day a little rough with Noah hitting Hannah while she was nursing. He had to have a time out but after that the day was great. I think one of the cutest things all day was hearing him talk to Hannah while I was in the other room. He had gotten up from his nap and was enjoying a popsicle. He was explaining to Hannah that he was eating a popsicle and telling her that it was an orange popsicle. It really touched my heart. I need to start journaling all the ways that they are interacting and the sweet things that they say to each other.

Here are a few pictures from the day:

Hannah in one of the shirts that Fran sent to her, it reads "Princess is Good, Queen is better."

Noah sitting in Hannah's carseat. He still thinks this is a riot!

I don't know why we bother to swaddle this little pumpkin. She always has her hands out (as did her big brother) and she'll get her legs out as well. If we put another blanket on top of her, inevitably she'll kick that off too!

Here's our bubble boy! It was FINALLY nice enough for me to take him outside. It's been rainy (and snowy yesterday) here all week!

Here's Noah playing with Uncle Aaron. At this time Hannah would have been found in cousin Mary's arms. She's just like me when I was her age, if there was a baby around I was dying to hold it. She's going to be a great babysitter when she gets a little older!

My Babies

2010-04-22T22:13:00.001-06:00

Just thought I'd post a few pictures before I head off to bed of my two babies:

More Hannah Pictures

2010-04-20T07:43:00.003-06:00

Look at all the hair!!! :

Hannah is Here!!!!

2010-04-18T07:47:00.006-06:00

The newest member of our family is here!!!

Hannah Evelyn Abbott was born on Friday, April 16, 2010 at 2:17 in the afternoon.

She weighed 7 lbs., 10 ozs.

She was 20 inches long.

Here are some pictures from her birthday!

The Last Pictures of Noah as an Only Child

2010-04-15T19:42:00.005-06:00

It's hard to believe that this time tomorrow Hannah will be here and Noah will be a big brother. The poor little guy is under the weather right now. He has a low grade fever and I think his throat must be sore as he didn't eat much today except popsicles and yogurt. I sure hope he feels better, I will miss him so much while I'm in the hospital as it is. Here are some final "only-child" pictures.

Playing in the sandbox with Daddy:

Hugs!!

Kisses!

Tickles!

"Riding" his trike. (Okay, Justin's doing all the work, but it's still fun!!!)

We went to the new park at the Erie rec center today before I realized how crummy he was feeling. He had a great time, none the less and I'm sure the fresh air was good for him.

Here's the "choo choo train" slide:

In the tunnel:

On the big boy slide by himself!:

Waving hi to me:

He loves the slides. I couldn't get him to try the swings or riding toys. The nice thing about the park was that he could do everything himself and all the kids that were there were around his age.

We'll be posting pictures soon of our baby girl. Here's praying and hoping for a smooth transition for our little boy and a safe delivery of our little girl!

Love, Justin and Amy