Abby has slept through the night 3 x in a row.

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Well good news I think that I have finally gotten Abby to sleep through the night on a regular bases. Watch now that I say that she will not sleep good tonight. oh well we will see. I several different techniques, but nothing seam to work for Abby. I tried just letting her cry it out for almost 2 weeks. That didn't work she just got worse. So I stopped doing that. Then I tried sitting next to her one night to let her know that I was there. I patted her back and everything. She just sat up in her crib with her eyes close rocking as if she couldn't keep herself up but refusing to lay down. She did this for two hours. I even tried just laying her down and she just sat right back up. I tried laying down in her crib with her (that was uncomfortable) but she just tried to climb out using me. I tried laying down next to her bed to show her it was nighty night time. No! she just threw things at me like her binky and her doll, we call Molly ( she loves this doll by the way its so cute)
I even asked the doctor about it when I went to her check up. I told him what I had tried and he said that every baby is different and that he had to let his first child cry for 4 and a half hours 3 nights in a row. Then he cried for 10 minutes every night for a year after that. Well after lots of prayer I had a thought what if I try to get her to take better naps during the day and maybe she will learn that she needs to sleep through the night. So I just put her in her crib when it was nap time and let her fuss. She didn't cry she just kept saying Mom...Mom...Mom... over and over again. Finally she gave up and went to sleep. Well that was 3 days ago and now she is sleeping through the night. Who would have guessed. I just assumed that she didn't need long naps during the day. Well she has slept for at least 9 hours each night with out waking me up. She fusses once each time she would get up before, but just once then goes back to sleep. Its more like an adjustment sound. If that makes sense. What a relief, can I just say.

Abby' Doctors appointment

Abby had her Doctors appointment today. She is 19 lbs 4 oz and 29 1/2 inches long. She is still above 90% for her height. She is doing really good and very healthy.

Abby loves the stairs and insists on climbing them whenever we are going upstairs for anything. This is a video of her climbing them. Rob is the one with the camera. She points at everything now. When you are holding her she points to the way you are going. She will point at Rob and I pictures and then us. She will point at things that she wants, etc. It is so cute! sorry I cant get the video to work i will try again later.

HARVEST MOON HURRAH

On Saturday Rob, Abby and I went to the fall festival called Harvest Moon Hurrah. It was fun! Not much to do with a little baby though. We went because I had a couple pieces of art work from my watercolor painting class in it. Next year I definitely want to take Abby again. They had pony rides for kids. They had a maze set up made of straw. They also had pumpkin bowling and lots of fun games for children.
I also have some funny pictures of Abby. This is a picture of Abby helping me do the dishes. She is starting early. No really she is making it harder but oh well. This other picture Rob put his glasses on Abby to see what she would do and she just sat there. Didn't know what to think so we took a picture of her with them on.

More videos of Abby walking

Abby took her first steps on Saturday!

It was so exciting! My mom was in town and we had her walk from back and forth between us. She took six steps, several times. I have a video of Rob and I trying to get her to do it on Sunday but there was too much going on and she was to excited so she didn't do very well.

She also makes funny faces now. She will wrinkle her nose and make puffing noises. Matt and Amy, Jake and Nicole were over on Friday and she did it a couple of times for them. It is really funny. She also has enough hair to attempt to style it so I have a picture of me trying to style it.
I just spike it up in the back using some jell, then I comb the front to one side. She looks more like a girl now. Next time I go shopping I am going to buy some cute things to put in her hair. I don't know if we told you already but she can climb up the stairs. She isn't very good but she loves the stairs. So we have to put a gate up until she is really good at going up and down. I give her supervised attempts so she can learn.
Also here is a picture of Abby in her crib calling out to me to come and get her. It is so funny. She doesn't cry in the morning or at night when she wants me. She just yells. It sounds like she is saying; hay...hay...hay...mom....hay....hay...mom. Rob and I laugh about it all the time. Its pretty funny.

I just wanted to let everyone know that Rob's TV show that he has been working on for a month now, is going to premiere tomorrow night 8/7c on ABC. Its called, "Pushing Daisies". If anyone is interested here is the link:

http://abc.go.com/primetime/pushingdaisies/index

Just thought that I would let you guys all know.

Well I thought that I would update you all on Abby's most recent accomplishments. This is a cute picture of Abby in a jacket. It is getting cold out here so when Abby and i go for our daily walks I put this cute jacket on her. She can also where her Old Navy shoes that I bought her about 4 moths ago. She has them on in this picture. She also points now. It is so cute. Rob and Tahnee noticed it before I did. They pointed it out to me yesterday. Anyways it's really cute. She also makes a huge mess when she eats. Every time I feed her I have to sweep up under her chair and around it. Rob says that she gets more on the floor then she gets in her mouth. He's probably right. She also likes to pull anything and everything out of containers. So I have to keep a good watch on her or she makes a really big mess. As you can see in these pictures. Also the last couple of days Rob and I have been working on her walking. She is getting closer. She also isn't as afraid of the vacuum anymore. She will sit and watch me vacuum instead of crying the whole time. As soon as I get close to her she runs (Crawls) away. She will also crawl away from you if you play chase her by crawling to her. Its a lot of fun. She is more interactive now. She will actually play with you now. Well that is about it for now. Abby is trying to help me type and is making the very difficult. love you all and enjoy. oh P.S. thanks for the stroller Matt and Amy it is well used. I appreciate it.

So I said that I would put up some pictures of my Watercolor painting that I have been doing. This is a homework assignment that I have been working on all week. I started over three times before I finally stuck with one and painted it to the end. Last night I was really frustrated because I just could not get it to look right. Rob gave me a pep talk and today I started painting again. Now I have finished the painting and this is what it looks like. We were suppose paint some fall leaves and lap them doing different techniques for each one. It's not bad for only 4 classes that I have attended so far. Its fun I like doing it a lot. Its not professional but not bad. Anyways, I also took some pictures of flowers today. There not too bad so I will put them as well.Wow this looks like an art gallery sorry.

Here is Abby clapping it is so cute.
Also I have these pictures of this cute outfit that I have for Abby. Rob made fun of it but I think it is so cute.
Anyways I thought you guys might enjoy these pictures. oh yeah and Abby likes pickles check this out.

Abby can clap! its so cute.

Abby can clap now. She does it all the time. This is one video of her clapping. She claps at the end. I will try to get some more videos of her clapping. Its hard because as soon as I pull the camera out she wants to play with it, so she gets distracted. She also sleeps pretty much through the night. I couldn't take it anymore so I had to just let her cry it out. The last couple of nights she woke up and cried for only a short period of time. Then went back to sleep. It makes my life so much easier. I can get 8 hours of sleep now.

She can stand up on her own now. I only have one video of her trying to. Its hard to get her to when you are near her because she just reaches out for you and falls over. She stood Yesterday for a while. She was playing with a toy, standing up next to the coffee table but not leaning on to it or holding on.
She loves to play with the control the the T.V. Its not too good, because she changes the channel while you are watching it. We usually hide it. This is a picture of Abby after she had turned off the T.V. as you can see it is off in the back ground. Rob now has competition for the remote.

As for Rob and I:
Rob has been working late for about 2 weeks now. They have an ABC TV show that they are working on. The deadline was suppose to be last Friday but that didn't happen, even with them working late nights. So this week he is working late again. Its OK though this project is really good for the company. Last night Rob didn't even get to see Abby awake. He didn't get home until 9:00pm Abby went to sleep at 8:15pm I tried to keep her awake but she was so cranky.
As for me, I am still taking that watercolor painting class. Its a lot of fun. I practice when ever Abby takes her naps. I am getting better at it. I am not to the point that I feel like I could make a good painting though, but I am getting better at the techniques. Supposedly this week in class we are suppose to paint a still life painting. I think she said it was going to be an apple, I am not sure. we will see how it turns out. Water color is hard. I painted in high school with acrylic paints and I like them a lot better. But I thought that I would try something new. A lot of practice should help. You cant become good at something with out lots of practice. So I practice, practice, practice. I should say as much as I can with Abby.

Abby is really good at crawling now. She gets into EVERYTHING!!!! She stood on her own the other day. While Rob was holding her, he let go for a couple of seconds and she stood there all on her own. We were so excited. She is progressing fast. She loves toys that she can dig things out of best, like buckets etc. I can get her to play with those the longest. Oh and last night Abby slept for ten hours with out waking up once. Wow! that was so great for me. hopefully this continues we will see.
Rob went hunting this last weekend. They didn't see anything that he could shoot. I think that he might go one more time before the season ends. Hopeful he gets something if not its ok. He is having a lot of fun though.
I have signed up for a watercolor class on Saturday mornings. It is good for me to have something to do other then clean the house and take care of Abby. Not that those aren't things that I enjoy. I just need time out. Anyways it is a lot of fun. I have only gone one week so far but I can tell already that I am going to enjoy it. Maybe I will take a picture of some of my painting and post them. We will see.

Her is one last video of Abby Crawling. She sure is cute when she crawls. She doesn't scoot anymore just crawls everywhere. Well that is pretty much the update. love you all!!

Sorry Rachel i haven't looked at the blog for a while. The answers to the questions are as follows:
4 jobs I've had:
1.Receptionist
2.Baker
3.Pizza maker
4.Detailer for Automobiles

4 movies I can watch over and over again:
1.Pride and Prejudice
2.Singing in the rain
3.Pillow Talk
4.Harry Potter movies

4 Favorite TV Shows:
1.Scrapbooking on DIY
2.Eureka
3.CSI Las Vegas
4.What Not To Wear

4 Favorite Hobbies:
1.Genealogy (A new development)
2.Scrapbooking
3.Cooking
4.Reading

4 Places I have Lived:
1.Spanish Fork, UT
2.Erda, UT
3.Texas
4.Ohio

4 Favorite Foods:
1.Ice cream
2.Mashed potatoes and country gravy
3.Homemade hot bread
4.Cantalope

4 Places I would rather be right now:
1.In the Mountains
2.Riding a horse
3.Country Dancing
4.Anywhere but home really

Websites I check daily:
1.My email yahoo
2.blogs
3.Familysearch.org
4.

I tag:
1.Misty
2.I dont really have anyone else who hasn't already filled this out sorry.

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Rob and Mik (Rob's friend) went with my dad scouting out there hunt that is coming up at the end of the month. They hiked in with there packs and spent the night on the mountain. They woke up at 4:00 am and hiked in the dark to the spot were they are going to dear hunt. These are some picture of the trip. The trip was fun and hard as well. They talked about how far the hike was and how hard it was to hike up to the top of what is called Seeley Mountain. The picture of Rob at the top is them making it to the top of Seeley Mountain. Rob has his bow now and is all set an ready to go on the deer and elk hunts. He is way excited about the hunt this year. My dad says that he thinks the hunts will be very successful this year.

Abby had her Doctors appointment last Friday. She is doing good. she is 27 inches long and weights 16lbs 4ozs. Wow, I cant believe she is almost 7 mths now! Time sure flies. This is a picture of her two cousins Davey & Keili. Keili loves to hold Abby even though she is practically the same size. Abby gets a little nervous.
Abby also has a new cousin that was born on July 31st. My sister Nicole had her baby. She was 6 lbs 11 ounces. She was 3 weeks early. My sister had a lot of complication's during her pregnancy so we are just glad that she is healthy and finally here with us. She seams to be a well tempered baby. She barely even cries. She has been home now for 3 days and Keili loves to have a new baby sister. That makes for 4 new grand babies in my family in one year.
Abby is also very close to crawling. She can scoot herself around pretty good she just gets tired. She leans over while sitting and gets up onto her knees and hands and rocks then falls onto her belly. She is pretty close.