Abigail's Blessing Day

Abigail Elizabeth was blessed by her Daddy on Sunday, April 25th. It was a beautiful day and she was surrounded by her family who all love her so much! She was a little fussy right before the blessing so I took her out and bounced and swayed until she fell asleep. She slept through being handed off to Nat but my Dad said that as soon as Nat started speaking, she opened her eyes and gazed up at him during the entire blessing. She adores her Daddy already!

I was able to find a dress that I absolutely love and she looked so pretty in it. I just wish she could wear it more than once! I guess that's how it is with all the special white dresses in a girl's life. :)

Our happy family of four

Beautiful Abby
The Shurtleffs
(Ambra's side)
The Gardner/Cheneys
(Nat's side)
The Thompsons
(Nat's Uncle David and his family)
Grandma & Grandpa Great
(Ambra's Grandparents)

Our adorable first-born.
What a cutie!

Be Still My Heart!

Our talented friends took these pictures of Abby (and Adam) when she was 10 days old. It took me FOREVER to decide which ones to order, what treatments I liked, and how many. So I ended up with a ton of prints but we love them so much! My heart just melts every time I look at them!

Rob & Julie Snow at www.rjsnowphotography.com are awesome and we are excited for them to take some fun family portraits of us this summer!

Here are my favorite of my favorites (which is most of them because I couldn't decide which to leave out!)

Abby at 2 Months

Abby is 2 months old today and I can't believe how fast the past 2 months have gone! She is smiling and cooing and gets so excited when we talk to her. Adam frequently says, "I like her" or "I love her" and likes to tickle her chin and cheeks when she is crying and refuses to listen to me when I tell him she doesn't really like it. It's still a nice gesture I guess!

Abigail has several nicknames, Abby being the most common, but others are Abby-Girl and Bugaboo. Just today Adam has been calling her Ab. He'll go up to her and say, "Hi Ab!"

She had her 2 month check-up today and everything went well even with getting all the shots. Poor thing. She is growing like a weed! Here are her stats:

Weight: 9 lbs. 6 oz. - 25th percentile

Length: 21.5 in. - 25th percentile

She has gained 3.5 lbs. and also 3.5 inches since she was born! In comparison, Adam was 11 lbs. 14 oz. and 23 inches long at 2 months!

You can't really tell from these pictures, but she's got blue eyes just like her Mama and Big Brother and we love that!

Abigail is so precious and we love having her in our family!

Who Knew I Had Twins?!

Adam at 3 weeks

Abigail at 7 weeks

Adam at 4 weeks

Abigail at 7 weeks
My Mom found this picture of Adam over the weekend and we were all amazed at how much they look alike!
Once Abby hit about 8 1/2 pounds, she started looking exactly like Adam did at birth. I find myself being taken aback several times a day when I look at her because it's just like looking at newborn Adam. It'll be intersting to see if she grows into baby Adam too!