Baby Abbie

We love, LOVE, LOVE our new baby Abbie! She is a very sweet girl. She nurses really well, and is a very good sleeper- even sleeping 4-5 hours at night between feedings! She is very content and rarely fusses unless she's hungry, then she really lets me know! I know this is the "honeymoon" period when she sleeps most of the day, but so far, so good!

Everyone has been asking how Dallin is adjusting. For the most part, Dallin doesn't really pay much attention to Abbie. But when he does, he is VERY sweet to her! When we brought her home from the hospital, he said, "Welcome to our house, baby Abbie." He's also very concerned when she's crying, and offers to "help her stop crying" usually by saying "Mommy's here, baby, and Dallin's here."

He has been acting out in other ways, though. He's not jealous when I'm holding or nursing Abbie, but he has been a little bit more defiant and disobedient since she's been born. I think he just realizes this is a big change, and he's not going to have all or our attention all the time any more. We had a hard day on Wednesday, where it seemed like he was in time out every hour. But for the most part, he's still our happy boy. And, he's been taking at least a 2 hour nap every day! (I'm so so glad we didn't move him out of his crib!)

(They're not making out, I just couldn't get them to hold the pose!)

Jake is adjusting very well to a new baby. He is such a great dad, and has bonded with both our kids immediately. He held Abbie constantly in the hospital and talked to her, telling her how precious she is, how much he loves her, and all the fun things they're going to do together!

And I'm still in shock that I have TWO KIDS! Luckily, I've had lots of help. Jake had 8 days off work, so I could sleep in every morning while he took care of Dallin. And our mom's have been wonderful- Jake's mom watched Dallin while we were in the hospital, and my mom came and stayed to help out with Dallin and clean the whole house! We'll see how I'm doing next week when I'm on my own. . .

Some of you have asked if we're ready for visitors. Yes! Call me- I love the chance to show off my beautiful daughter!!