I'm a big girl now!

What a surprise to step on the scale with Aberly the other night and discover that she weighed 13.2 pounds!  Somebody hit a growth spurt!

Besides growing physically, she is growing in personality and ability.  Here are some new tricks and achievements:

-  Loving her hands and sucks on them all the time.
-  Enjoys being carried on my hip or looking over my shoulder.
-  Sitting for longer periods of times in her bouncer watching us.
-  Lots of talking and cooing.
-  Grunting!  And not just when she's pooping!
-  Trying to sit up from a reclined position.  She lifts her head and chest up.
-  Loves watching us play peek-a-boo.
-  Grabbing/feeling her head and hair.
-  Loves being held in front of the mirror and having mom or dad dip her unexpectedly.
-  Loves being held in from of the mirror and being zoomed in and out from it.
-  Waking up without crying!  Just coos and grunts till you get her.

It's been amazing to watch her change so much in the last couple of weeks!
 

Back to Work!

The date finally came and I headed back to work today.  I'm working noon-3:45 Monday through Friday.  I'm not going to lie; it's such a nice break during the day for me!  As much as I love Miss Aberly, time away with friends and coworkers is so helpful!  I still have special time with her in the mornings and we get to have fun with her in the evenings together.

While I'm at work, Aberly spends her time with a wonderful family from our church who have in-home daycare.  She is in great hands and had a pretty good first day.  Unfortunately, she was exhausted when she got there, so she screamed her lungs out as I dropped her off, but they said after eating and a long nap she did just fine.  I'm sure after being there a few more days, she'll enjoy her time more and more as she becomes comfortable with them.

Just for giggles, here's a funny face we captured the other night!

First Cold!

A rough last couple days as Miss Aberly picked up a runny nose and cough/sneeze from somewhere or someone.  Sunday and Monday were pretty fussy days for her but today has been a bit better.  She didn't sleep well Sunday night but last night was improved.

Poor little girl, she didn't know what hit her!