3 & 4 & 1 & 0

3: the number of garlic cloves added to make garlic mashed potates

4: the number of burp cloths Abigail spit up on getting it all out of her system

1: the number of outfits that were affected

0: the number of garlic cloves that will be consumed by her mother in the next 12 months

but at least she smiled through it all

$5 Footlong

Tyler is the scoutmaster in our ward. This gives Abigail lots of 12 year old admirers. One such admirer came up on Sunday, oohed and awwed and then said:

"Oh, she's so cute. She's like a $5 footlong."

Well, while we think she is worth much more than $5.00--we do agree, she is so cute.

Celebrating One Month!!

On September 14th we celebrated Abigail being one month old! And what a month it was-- full of new life, new adventures, laughs, cries, some not to well-slept nights, lots of well slept nights (hooray for a baby girl who sleeps 6-7 hours!!), lots of diapers, holdings and cuddlings, baby bouncers and baby swings, giggles, yawns, fussiness, awe, amazement, wonder, and more.

We are so grateful for our sweet Abigail.

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---.