3 Months!!

I'm 3 days late... I remember when I felt like I had nothing to post about, and now I can't seem to keep up - even with 30 days of posting in a row!!

My big girl is 3 months old!! It seems so crazy to think that one year ago, I was pregnant and didn't even know it yet. And here it is - and my baby is already 3 months old. You know how everyone tells you that time flies by and they grow up too fast? Well, they are totally telling the truth.

When I took her picture this month, I got so many pictures that I am in love with - so you may have to suffer seeing more of them that may pop up over the next month. And I know that I am biased, but I seriously think I have the cutest little girl EVER!

At 3 months, Abbi:

• has an infectious laugh. Once she starts laughing, you can't help but smile. It will make the worst of days seem like the best of days!!
• still loves her daddy so much. He can get the biggest smiles and the loudest laughs out of her.
• has had one night of sleeping through the night. Hopefully that will happen more in her 4th month!

• is still growing like a weed. I wish I knew how much she weighs. I was going to put her in her little jeans for her photo shoot, but I just love those chubby thighs!
• is rolling over like a pro. She started rolling over from back to front a few days before her 3 month mark, but now whenever she is on the ground she is rolling!! She's only figured out the back to front to back roll once, but most of the time she ends up stuck on her belly. I can't believe how much this little girl is already moving!
• is a very strong girl. She still loves standing, and can pretty much bear all of her weight on her legs. She doesn't have the balance, of course, but she has the strength!

• smiles more than she cries - which is wonderful!! She still cries, but her smiles are taking over. And look at those dimples!!
• speaking of crying - she still hates going to sleep. About half of the time she will fuss and cry when she's tired and I'm trying to put her down for a nap. I think she just loves being awake to see everything that is going on around her!
• she spent her first evening away from her mom and dad. From what I hear, she freaked out a little bit when she woke up and didn't see her mommy or her daddy, but was just great after that. Grandma and Grandpa Harroun had a ball playing with her and getting her to smile for them!

• is still fascinated by her hands. If they aren't in her mouth, they are grabbing onto her blanket or her clothes. But it's strange that she doesn't really like to grab toys yet.
• she still loves to be held, and has her moments where that is the only way she will be happy, but she is becoming more and more content to spend some time in her bouncer, her swing or on her play mat.
• is still eating every 2 hours during the day. I wish I could get that to stretch out to 3 hours, but she's not having that!!

And here is her picture in the chair. She loves sitting up, although she can't balance that way for long. I can't believe how big she looks in this picture!

Wordless Wednesday - What Makes My Heart Melt

Abbi's Blessing Day

I can't believe I am just now getting to posting about Abbi's blessing. You would think with almost a full month of posts I would have posted about this sooner, because it was such a special day.

First of all, let me tell you what a hard time I had finding a dress that I liked. I found a few that I liked ok, but they were over $100 and I didn't want to spend that much on a dress she would wear once. I ended up finding this one, that I actually liked, but it still was a bit big on her. The hanger said it was a 0-3 month, but when I was putting it away after the blessing, I noticed on the tag that it is a 3-6 month. Oh well...

The blessing day - March 29th - was just perfect. We have 9am church, so I was afraid everyone wouldn't be there on time, so I'm so glad that everyone made it.



Standing in the circle was my maternal grandfather, my dad, my brother, 2 of my sister's husbands, my father-in-law, one of Josh's brothers, his sister's husband, and the bishopric. I was already crying when Josh took Abbi to walk up for the blessing. I felt so blessed to see my husband stand there with our baby girl, surrounded by so many wonderful men, all there to bless her.



The blessing was perfect. I cried through the whole thing. In fact, I sit here crying right now thinking of what a special blessing her father gave her. And how blessed I felt to be surrounded by so much family. My sister Tami made a comment to me later about how far Josh has come in the last few years to be able to stand there and to be worthy to bless our daughter. I'm so proud of him!

I also have to mention something my dad told me after the blessing. I was so afraid that she was going to cry during the blessing because she was tired and was being fussy right before. But my dad said that my grandpa was holding Abbi's head during the blessing, and my dad opened his eyes to see my grandpa making faces at her, and she was just smiling back. This was so special to me, because my grandpa is quite old and can't hear very well at all and most of the time doesn't really know what is going on. But he just lights up around Abbi!

A sad Abbi with Grandma and Grandpa Mitchell

After, we all headed over to our house for lots of food. We know how the Mitchells love food and always bring too much, and add in all that the Harrouns brought - it was quite a feast!!

Abbi with Grandma and Grandpa Harroun

Even though our house is small and we had quite a few people packed in there, I was so happy that they were all there to share this special day with us.

Posts to Come

Just a preview of posts to come - once I get a whole 10 minutes at the computer!!

Abbi's blessing - which was almost a month ago. I can't believe I haven't posted about it yet...

First night out - Supercross!!

Guess who is already 3 months old??

A beautiful day at the Tulip Festival with wonderful company!

Smiles and Giggles

It seems like every time my family sees Abbi, she is cranky or fussy. This is just to prove that she does laugh and smile!!

(I've been trying to get her to laugh and smile on camera forever, but every time I get the camera out, she stops. I think I finally figured out why today - there is a red flashing light that comes on when I do video. She gets so entranced by it that it always makes her stop!)

First Babysitter

I'm barely making today's post - it is 11:53, so I am in right at the end!!

I'll post more about our night later, but we took our first "date" night out without Abbi. My gracious in-laws watched her and did a fabulous job, even though I was thinking about her the whole time! I wasn't worried that they wouldn't do a good job, but I was worried that she would be a fussy girl. But they said she was great!

It looks like I'll have to let go a little bit and let them babysit every so often!

Insurance

I don't get insurance...

We had to do some work last year. The people that installed our central air screwed up and cut a hose too short, and we found out a couple years later when the ceiling in our bedroom caved in because of water damage. So what did we do? We called on the homeowner's insurance. That's what it's there for, right?

Well, our insurance was supposed to renew at the beginning of this month. I got a call from our insurance agent this morning, letting me know that the insurance company let him know that they were not going to renew our policy because of "claims." So we had to go with a different company, for more money. Granted, it's only an additional $40 a year, so it's not a big deal, but I'm still quite bugged by this whole ordeal.

Don't we pay insurance for instances like what happened to our ceiling? It wasn't even that big of a claim, and something that was not our fault, but I don't understand losing your policy because you actually used your insurance. I'd hate to see what would happen if something big happened - would no one even give you a policy??