The Panda Report: 4 Months

At 4 months, Abigail is sporting one extremely sharp tooth, she's "talking" and laughing up a storm, she's sleeping through the night consistently, and she's drinking out of adult glasses...

 

Well, the last part is just a joke but let's just say our little newborn is growing up and enriching our lives like we never thought possible.  

Here are a few pictures from her 4 Month photo shoot.

And this little one had quite the day...she attended her very first Giants game (well, unless the ones she attended in my belly count).  The game went into extra innings (ended in the bottom of the 11th), the Giants won, Abby was awake for almost the entire event, and we're pretty sure she had a great time with Mommy and Daddy...

 

I'm sure it'll be a day she will always remember (well, I actually doubt it, but at least we have pictures to remind her!).

 

Take a look back at previous Panda Reports:

The Panda Report: 3 Months

The Panda Report: 2 Months

The Panda Report: 1 Month

Abby (the Panda) on ETSY!

The Panda Report: 3 Weeks

The Panda Report: 1 Week

The Panda Report: Birthday

The Panda Report

The Panda Report: 3 Months

It's hard to believe she's already 3 months old...

And it's even harder to believe that since I posted A "First" We Could Get Used To, Abigail has continued to sleep through the night.  Last night was her longest stretch - she was asleep peacefully in her bassinet from 10:00pm until 7:00am.   It was amazing.  And while we're still not expecting it to last or happen every night, we're definitely appreciating each and every full night of sleep we get!

In other Abby news, she's getting stronger, more talkative, and more aware of her surroundings every single day...oh, and she's still growing like a little weed. 

Think she's getting bigger???

One more thing...last night while I was changing from my casual clothes to my even more casual clothes, I put Abby on our bed and set Panda on top of her...I'm pretty sure she was trying to devour Panda...

Take a look back at previous Panda Reports:

The Panda Report: 2 Months

The Panda Report: 1 Month

Abby (the Panda) on ETSY!

The Panda Report: 3 Weeks

The Panda Report: 1 Week

The Panda Report: Birthday

The Panda Report

The Panda Report: 2 Months

I woke up this morning with an email from BabyCenter informing me that my baby is two months old today.  While I knew that already (remember, I celebrate everything?!?), I did learn that at this age Abigail should be "talking" to us.  

Well, she most certainly is.  In fact, she found her voice at a very young age when she came out of the womb screaming at the top of her lungs. And while her cries and screams have become exponentially louder over the weeks, she has also discovered a softer side to her voice (thank goodness).  

In fact, she had a lot to say during her photo shoot this morning...

As you can see from the video, Abigail is smiling...AWAKE smiling (the sleep smiling was cute and all, but it does not even begin to compare to her awake smiles)!  

In other news, Abigail had a blast on her first road trip with Mommy and Daddy and she has a slumber party to look forward to...that's right, a slumber party!  This coming weekend is Mommy and Daddy's one year Wedding anniversary and Abigail will be hanging out with her grandparents as we celebrate our amazing year!  I'm sure I'll have a slumber party update for you...

For now, here are Abigail's Panda Report pictures at her 2 month milestone (and yes, those are pandas on her outfit - thanks Auntie Mindy and Uncle Toph!)...enjoy!

Take a look back at previous Panda Reports:

The Panda Report: 1 Month

Abby (the Panda) on ETSY!

The Panda Report: 3 Weeks

The Panda Report: 1 Week

The Panda Report: Birthday

The Panda Report

The Panda Report: 1 Month

Someone is officially one month old today.  To celebrate this milestone, she slept for nearly six straight hours last night.  Thank you Abigail!!!

Some fun facts at one month:

She's a mover and a shaker just like Mommy predicted when Abby was in the womb.  No surprise whatsoever - she'd rather be moving than lying still (I also predict she will be an early crawler...you heard it here first...I could be wrong, but I just have this funny feeling about her!)

She has an extremely strong neck...she's been holding it up and moving it around to check out her surroundings for a couple weeks now.

She has an "impressive" set of lungs and I'm pretty sure she'll only get louder...she loves screaming at us for no apparent reason...good thing she's so freaking cute!

She has very long fingers (and loves to scratch her Mommy on the chin when she's having a good cry)

She loves music...thankfully, it calms her down...especially Zac Brown songs (no surprise there either considering how much we listened to them when she was in the womb)

She smiles...in her sleep...but it is the cutest thing in the whole world and we cannot WAIT until she's smiling at us

Here's her latest Panda shoot!

Take a look back at other Panda Reports:

Abby (the Panda) on ETSY!

The Panda Report: 3 Weeks

The Panda Report: 1 Week

The Panda Report: Birthday

The Panda Report

Abby (the Panda) on ETSY!

At only 8 days old, Abigail became more famous for MY love of Pandas than I ever will.

I'm not going to lie...I'm a little jealous.  After being a dedicated Panda person for nearly 27 years, I find it a little unfair that after 8 days of life my little daughter is featured AS A PANDA.

I'm totally joking (sort of), but check out my attempt at being a Panda when I was 8 years old...

Too bad it was just a Halloween costume, my Mom wasn't planning on going into mass production any time soon, and there was no such thing as ETSY...until now...

And thanks to our fantastic photographer who knows of my Panda obsession  {Maternity Photos :: Newborn Photos}, Abigail is officially doing her best on ETSY to help sell some adorable Panda gear. 

The best part about this is that so many of my readers have sent me ETSY links with fun Panda items and now my daughter is one of the Panda items!!!  

I'm sure I'll have many proud Mommy moments over the next 60+ years, but this will definitely be one of my favorite highlights from Abby's first month of life.   

Head on over to ETSY and check her out: {Panda hand knit hat and diaper soaker Photo Prop}

The Panda Report: 3 Weeks

This is going to be short and sweet because I'm pretty sure I have about 3 more minutes (maybe less) before my little princess decides she's hungry again.

I'm convinced she's going through a growth spurt this week ("normal" timing according to the books I've read so at least that's reassuring).

She is literally hungry ALL the time...and when she's not hungry, she's either frustrated and crying or she's sleeping (with moments of calm cuteness mixed in that erase the moments of frustration and crying...amazing how that works!).  And while this week has been admittedly more overwhelming than the first two, I've loved every minute of it (minus having to cancel plans with friends because of my hungry, hungry hippo's completely unpredictable schedule...see Mommy Challenge #1). 

In the grand scheme of things, this has been a superb week because I know she's eating so much and doing so well...I can't wait for her one month pediatrician appointment to see how much she's grown!  

For now, we'll continue "tracking her progress" with The Panda Report - here she is today...one day shy of 3 Weeks!

2.10.11

2.10.11

2.10.11

Take a look back!!! {Birthday}  {1 Week}

The Panda Report: 1 Week

I'm doing some rapid fire posting today (I'm doing as much as I can before Abigail wakes up and is hungry again!).  

I'll make this one short and sweet...in Abigail's first week, we had an awesome doctor's appointment where we learned that she'd only lost 2.5% of her birth weight (most baby's average a loss of 8.5% - go Abby and Mommy!).  On top of that, everything looked great...her skin color, lungs, etc...we have one extremely happy and healthy baby!  WOOHOO!  Thank goodness!

At Abigail's second doctor's appointment (at 10 days old), we got yet another stellar report...she gained 17 ounces in one week (which is awesome!)...so as of a couple days ago, she weighed 7 lbs 9 oz.

As our doctor stated enthusiastically, "She definitely knows how to eat!"  Maybe that's why she makes piggy noises so often...

At this rate, she'll outgrow Panda in no time!  Go (or should I say, Grow) Abigail!

Here are her pictures at 1 Week...she even tried to nurse on Panda's nose.  haha

1.29.11

1.29.11

The Panda Report: Birthday

Abigail was born at 1:37pm on 1.22.11, an absolutely gorgeous Saturday afternoon in San Francisco (not to mention the same day as my best friend's wedding that I was forced to miss...it was most definitely meant to happen that way).  

Let's just say she did not wait around to make her appearance (and for those of you who have requested a birth story, I will get to that soon!)...once she decided it was time to come out, she did everything in her power to get out!  I wonder what that says about her personality...

Anyway, once she arrived Mommy and Daddy wasted no time introducing her to her new best friend, Panda.  

Weighing in at 7 lbs even and measuring 21", here is Abigail's very first Panda Report photo shoot.

Abigail's birthday - 1.22.11 - Hanging out with my Panda and her Panda

1.22.11

1.22.11

The Panda Report

Since I no longer have a Bump to report on every Thursday I figured I'd start a new report... 

The Panda Report. 

What exactly is The Panda Report?  

Well, I'm sure it'll evolve over time but for now the plan is to update you on Abigail's progress and include some pictures of how much she's growing (measured next to her Panda, of course...this idea was inspired by my cousin Nina who has a monthly photo shoot with her twins next to the same stuffed animals...check out her blog, Twinfinite Fun {HERE}).  What a fun way to see how much the girls are growing! 

Why Pandas?  I think most of you know (and thanks for all the tips and tricks as to where I can find more - I'm LOVING your feedback!), but in case you need a refresher {READ THIS}.

Be sure to keep up with The Panda Report to see how much our baby girl is growing! 

For now, let's play a little game called "Where's Abigail???"