Tuesday, April 28, 2009

I think I've been slacking a little bit with the posting, I keep telling myself to update the blog and for some reason I never get around to it. Sorry!! Abby is doing wonderful, she's getting so big and she's so fun. We took her to the pediatrician last week and they think she's doing really great. She weighed in at 10.10lbs and was 22inches long!! Such a chunker and we love it!! Abby did have to get her four month shots, and she really did not like that! Her face was purple and she was screaming, but after a few minutes she was fine, and she slept great that night!! Earlier today we went to the clinic at Chester County to see her neonatologist and someone from physical therapy to see where her development is and if she needs Early Intervention(a state funded program to help with development). They were very excited with her progress-and how big she is! She has great control and strength in her head and moves around really well. She isn't that great with the visual things, but great with sound. She won't look at someone and follow them with her eyes, or really with toys, so they're a little concerned. The eye Dr said Abby has a wandering eye, which 80% of babies are born with, and most correct themselves. We go back in July to get it checked. If it's not corrected she might have to wear a patch on her stronger eye to help the weak eye. They gave us some things to do with her to help strengthen they eye so we'll see what happens. The PT thinks the wandering eye might be affecting her ability to track things, but they aren't that worried since everything else was great. Abby was definitely pooped after all the activity today. They did a bunch of tests to test her strength, lots of stuff with toys and sounds, and she did great. So no Early Intervention, and we go see PT and the neonatologist again in August and see where she is. We also go back to CHOP on Tuesday for another ultrasound, so everyone keep your fingers crossed and pray that whatever was in her liver is long gone!!! We have finally been able to get out and visit with everyone, which we-especially me since I've been house bound-are thrilled! We really missed everyone! Here are the latest pictures!

my mom was over tonight to get her hair done, and she put Abby right to sleep.....
this outfit was a gift and it is so stinking cute on her!
some of you may know that my grandmother had been a little under the weather lately, she fell and has a fracture in her back, so she's been housebound and has been dying to see her great grand baby-I think Abby's her 6Th great grand baby-we finally went to my Aunt Jeanne's house to see her over the weekend, and as you can see she looks great!


Matt's family came for a visit last weekend and we were really excited to see them. Since they live in Massachusetts we don't see them as much as we'd like, but they get down here when they can. Our niece and nephew were on spring break so they came for the trip-I'm sure they wanted to see us and Abby but they love to play with Roxy-and she loves when they come, she was tired for like three days after they left!



Matt's parents and niece and nephew with Abby



Abby finally was able to meet her Great Great Aunt Grace-hence Abby Grace. My grandmother's brother and sisters (and of course my grandmother)were always so good to us growing up, they still spoil us, and I always thought I'd try to use their names when I had babies, Grace was first, so that's where we got Abigail Grace.








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