Abigail in Action

When awake, this baby girl is a wiggly one!! Here she is moments after delivery:

(the talking: the nurse is attempting to ask a completely captivated father who our pediatrician is--tyler had other things he was paying attention to).

And here she is enjoying "awake" time:

And, a close up:

Abigail at 2 Weeks

Abigail's Accomplishments at 2 Weeks:

*Completely captured her parents hearts

*Acquired many admirers and on-lookers during outings

*Since 8/25 Abigail has slept for at least 6 hours, sometimes longer, each night

*Begun to master the "bouncer" and the swing

*Gained her birth weight back, plus 3 ounces for: 6 pounds, 13 ounces

*Become cuter by the day

daddy's little sleepy girl

a name

Tyler and I have felt quite a responsibility in naming this little girl. And--it has taken us some time in doing it. We made lists, pondered names for months, crossed off names, added names, etc. We have had some very sweet experiences in naming this little precious angel and have felt quite led and directed in giving her the name Abigail Ella Rushton.

Abigail means 'joy of my father'/'my father's joy'. She has truly been her father's and her mother's joy from the moment we found out she would be joining our family here on earth.

Day after day she continues to be our joy---.

And Oh Were They Ever Happy

Practically Perfect in Every Way.

Delivered by c-section on August 14, 2008 at 9:07 p.m. 6 pounds and 10 ounces.

More details and pictures to be posted.

39 Week Update

At 39 weeks my doctor declared that I was a whole 1/2 cm dialated---which, since that isn't even an option on the charts, means I am still at a 0. All is still healthy and well as far as we can tell though and I'll go in for a follow-up appointment next week (I'm due on Monday) if she hasn't made her grand entrance yet....which is a large possibility. I guess she likes my tummy.In the meantime, please note the super cute colors and painting job that is serving as the background for the picture. Tyler has been working nights and weekends painting multiple coats of paint, hanging crown molding and chair railing, working on touch-ups and basically getting this little girls room all nice, cute, and ready. (more pictures to come).

He has been amazing about it all--what a dad!!

a random acquisition

we have been so blessed to have had many wonderful baby showers given for us over the past few months. yesterday, tyler's colleagues surprised him with a baby party at work. he walked in, prepared with notebook and all, for a scheduled meeting, only to be met with cupcakes and presents. imagine his surprise when he opened a package and found this:

he sat confused for a while until everyone just started laughing. a colleague explained that it was on the baby registry (how it showed up there is still a mystery) and she even made a special trip to toys-r-us to get it for us. they all figured tyler registered for the game as something for him---- late night feedings, etc. little do they know that both tyler and i have no hand-eye coordination when it comes to any type of video-game and are consistently creamed by mere 6 year olds on the wii.

"FEAR" anyone?