Abby Update at 11 Weeks

My sister posted a little video of her daughter Sarah and it made me realize that we should do that too. After all, many of you have never seen her, or haven't seen her in some time. This was a few weeks ago one morning after she got dressed. She was just starting to learn to smile, which she does all the time now.

She had a checkup this week and she is almost 13 lbs. Considering she was barely 6 lbs over 11 weeks ago when she was born, this boggles my mind. Instead of being in the 5th percentiles for size, weight, etc. she is now up in the 70s and 80s. Considering Melissa and I are 5'10" and 6'1" respectively, we expect she will be a tall girl once she catches up.

She started day care this week. She will be doing 4 days a week (Mon - Thurs) since Melissa is returning to work at a 30 hr load with Fridays off to take care of Abby. Surprisingly, she likes day care. I know that sounds weird because she is (only) 11 weeks old. I mean, how can you tell? All I can say is that I drop her off and pick her up and she is happy as a clam. She likes to look at the other kids, likes to play on the various play mats, etc. They have commented how easy and happy she is to care for. She has slept very well this week, including last night where she did 8+ hours. We are real excited about that development. With Abby at day care the past few days, Melissa has been doing projects around the house before returning to work next week. She finished painting the garage that my folks started when they came out. She fixed up and painted our stairwell, too. We are going to finish up the bathroom this weekend with new paint and baseboards.

So there we go. New pictures of the house will be up soon.