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Abigail is growing quickly. She was 10lbs last Wednesday (5 1/2 weeks) and 22+inches. She smiles often now especially when we play with her little frog. The doctor said she should start giving social smiles soon, looking right in our eyes and smiling at us. She has some digestion issues that result in an upset tummy and too much crying. The doctor told us to add a little rice cereal to her bottle to add some bulk to her stomach contents. He said that it is possible there is too much stomach acid and she is feeling a burning. We were not sure we wanted to do this, but finally bought some cereal Monday. We're not sure how well it is working.



Sunday night she slept for 10 hours straight. I woke a bit panicked at 4:40 and thought something must be wrong. But we both checked her and she was breathing just fine. She slept 8 hours on Monday and was back to just 5 1/2 last night. We think she was just very worn out on Sunday from all of her weekend fun. This Saturday she went swimming with some of her cousins at Uncle Michael's. Then on Sunday we were all over at Grandma's. She does generally sleep very well though. She was doing 6-7 hours at night just a few days after getting home from the hospital. However, the last few weeks she has only been sleeping 3-4 hours at a time. She has also been very, very fussy. The fussiness is dying down and so we hope that the hours slept will start to improve also. She doesn't stay awake for long at least. Just long enough to drink a few ounces.



I went back to work on Monday. Grandma Gamble has been watching Abby for us. She's also been watching Decker (he's 2) who is visiting from Washington. So poor grandma has 2 little ones to keep an eye on. Abby was good on Monday and Tuesday, but had a rough day today. She began to cry just as I was leaving. I know she shouldn't be so aware, but I swear I said I was leaving and she began to cry. In any case, I'm counting down the days until the end of the school year. Next Friday can not come soon enough. It will be nice to have two more weeks off with her.



Here are some pics taken over the last several weeks: