Eating my first ice cream cone at the zoo. It was wonderful and I could not get enough of it. I am just like daddy, I love ice cream!!




Watching the elephants with my Great Grandma Max.



We are going to the zoo!!!!!!!!!!!!

The zoo

I am sooooooooooooo cute!!

Drinking Out Of Her Cup

Happy St. Patrick's Day


On St. Patrick's Day Abigail went to the zoo for the very first time. She loved it!! We went with her great Grandma Max and she bought Abigail her first ice cream cone. Abigail devoured the ice cream and kept grabbing my hands and shoving the ice cream into her face. It was so cute. I do not think she really noticed the animals but she had a blast watching and listening to all of the kids that were running around.

In other news, Abigail can now sit up on her own. She needs a slight bit of help just to be sure she does not topple over, but she can sit up and even pick herself up if she slides over.Also, she can now drink out of a sippy cup and loves it. She is obsessed with crunching up paper and loves laughing all of the time.

Crawling!!

Abigail started crawling last night!!!! It was more of a slither but she moved about two feet across the living room floor to get to her daddy. She has been moving in her crib for about six weeks now but this was the first time she moved substantially towards an object. What an amazing moment. And Shawn's face was priceless and he was so proud. Abigail has begun talking almost constantly and loves to laugh and smile. It is wonderful and we love her so much. We can hardly believe that she is almost five months old. She loves to lie in her crib when she wakes up and just babble to herself and her fan. She is such a character and loves to play with anything that sings and moves.

Abigail is almost five months

Abigail is now eating at least one meal of solid foods every day. She loves carrots, sweet potatoes, peas, and now is starting to eat bananas. She cracks me up because she wants to be a big girl so badly that she tries to feed herself and grabs the spoon. She has also begun laughing this real hard laugh and it is absolutely hilarious. Abigail loves peek-a-boo and is just such a wonderful baby. I feel so blessed to be her mom and to be able to stay home with her everyday!! She has a jumping seat and loves to bounce in it. Abbie will actually hold her feet up in the air so the bouncy seat continues bouncing. Hilarious. The other thing she has started doing is trying desperately to crawl and this means that she is doing 180 degree turns in her crib and skooching from one end to the other. Luckily she now takes a couple of one-three hour long naps per day and is sleeping atleast six hours at night, waking up to eat, and then sleeping another three to four hours!! Strangely I am more tired now that she sleeps than ever. Maybe I am just adjusting to sleeping again after not sleeping for eight months.

I love being a mom!!

Abigail is 4 months old

Shrek and his Abigail



Happy Valentine's Day!!






Abigail in her Exersaucer watching her favorite Singing Bear Toy



Abigail laughing at Mom in her Bumbo Seat




Abigail is 4 months old!! Holy cow how time flies. She is doing wonderfully and growing in every way every day. She can now sit up almost by herself and loves to play in her jumping stand. She stands in it and then holds her feet up for like ten seconds so it just bounces up and down. All of a sudden she is grabbing at everything and she loves to talk all day long.

At her four month wellness check-up on Monday she weighed an amazing 15 lbs and 7 oz!! She was 24 inches long and doing great. The doctor even said she could begin eating solid food. So that night we put her in her little pink chair on the dining room table and fed her some sweet potato. Needless to say she did not love it and made the funniest faces. She would eat a bite from me and turn to look at Shawn and make this disgusted face. It was hilarious.

Shrek has become Abigail's dog and he goes and sleeps on her little pink sheep skin rug while she naps during the day. He sticks his nose between the slats on her crib and I swear if he could jump into her crib he would sleep with her. It is amazing and we are so grateful he loves her so much.

Abigail's First New Year's, Florida, and 3 month birthday

I do not like this bikini one bit Mom and Dad!!

Finally home and now I am 3 months old!!

Getting ready to take a nice swim in the bathtub with Mom.

As if she had not had enough time on a plane, GGma and GGpa got this great plane for her to play in while she was visiting them.

We spent a few days at Dennis and Becky's, with their giant lap dog Buster

Ready to boogie on New Year's Eve with GGma and GGpa in Briny Breezes!!

Abigail's very first time at the beach with Mom and Dad on January 31st

Waiting in the airport to go to Florida for her first time.

So as if Christmas was not enough, the O'Neill's packed up for Florida on January 30th. It was Abigail's very first plane ride and her first big trip. She did absolutely fabulous and just sat on Mom's lap and talked to her and Dad the entire four hour plane ride. Not even one cry escaped her beautiful mouth. Then it was off to GGma and GGpa's for New Year's Eve in Briny Breezes. That was a blast and there was a little party planned so Abbie could meet all of her Briny grandparents. Everyone thought she was adorable (of course) and she was the life of the party. That was also the day that Mom and Dad took her to the beach for the very first time. She slept through most of it and then played in the sand a bit. Abigail hated the bikini she had received for Christmas so we only got one picture of her in it, screaming to get it off. She loved the sound of the ocean though, and now she listens to the waves on a sound machine as she goes to sleep.


Then on New Year's day the O'Neill's made the four and a half hour drive up to Micanopy to see the O'Neill grandparents. It was Dennis' first time meeting Abigail and while he was a bit unsure at first, her sweet face melted him and they loved each other right away. We hung out there for three days and watched entirely way too much football for one household. Abigail received some very cute clothes and even a Harley Davidson teddy bear!! Overall it was very nice and we hope to see the Southern O'Neill's out west in Colorado in the next few months.

It was then back to Briny Breezes for some much needed rest and relaxation. Abigail very much enjoyed hanging out with her GGma and GGpa. She particularly took a liking to her GGpa and he was able to lull her to sleep. This was also the first time she had slept in a playpen and she did fabulous. Now when she is home she is sleeping in her crib and we are making progress on this. It was extremely cold our entire trip, like 30's to 40's, so we were not able to make it to the beach. But we hung out and just enjoyed being a family. We ate good food and had awesome company!! The trip home went easy as pie as well and Abigail slept most of the way home and was a complete angel. We can hardly wait for our next adventure!!

Abigail's First Christmas

Christmas Eve and waiting for Santa!!

Abigail on Christmas Day. She is worn out!!

Abigail had a fabulous first Christmas. She received a bunch of books and some gorgeous clothes from her grandparents and aunts and uncles. The week started out with an all out family feast at Grandma Diana's and Rolando's. Quibian and his family, Ariel, Dorian, and Alyria and her family were all there with all of their kiddos. It was pretty hectic!! Then the next day was Christmas Eve so the day was spent with the DeCew grandparents' opening presents and eating. Abigail received the sweetest porcelain shoe Christmas tree ornament for her first Christmas. She basically slept through most of it, as she was beat from all of the commotion the night before at Grandma Diana's. Then on Christmas morning Abigail spent the day first opening presents with her mom and dad. Not only was it Abbie's first Christmas, but it was also the O'Neill's first Christmas in their new house. It was wonderful!! Shawn can hardly wait to play Santa in the coming years and even discussed the logistics such as the fact that he wants Abigail to leave him ice cream and chocolate milk!! Then we packed up for the day to go to Grandma Diana's and Rolando's for Christmas brunch and more presents with Uncle Bert and Aunt Kat!! Next it was off to the DeCew grandparents' house for our stockings (Abigail got her very own with her name on it and it is pink and everything!!) and Christmas dinner. Needless to say the O'Neill's were very tired at the end of Christmas Day!! Now we are just getting ready to go to Florida for New Years!!.