Well it finally happend! Baby Abigale was born on August 1st at 8:05 in the morning! She was a 6 pound 4 0z healthy baby girl. She was a c-section baby and i was thinking of calling her angel because she looked so beauitful and peaceful. Untill last night, when she through her own party. i was thinking of a slightly different  nickname!

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She woke up 2 to 3 times almost every hour! CRAZY! She is so good during the day sleep, eats, poops, sleeps….. she mustbe  nocturnal? I need to find the code to reverse this! I try to wake her a few hours before i go to sleep but she is so deep in z land its impossible. Poor Brad hardly got any sleep either, he looked like a monster this morning!  Hopefully in time she will figure out mamma is much nicer when you give her sleep!

Baby Hailey is now 18 months, and is taking all the new changes of having a baby sister pretty well. She tries to say abby but instead says abba. She wakes up in the moring asking for baby and runs in our room to her bassinett. She loves to give her kisses but then tries to sit on her! I cant wait to see in years from now the strong bond that they will form together! Motherhood is such a beautiful thing even if you dont get to sleep like a baby anymore!

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I have been trying to do some reading on how to make hailey have an easy transition for when baby Abby comes home. We will be moving a month after Abby is born to a new house, and Haliey will be getting a new room, and her very own ” BIG girl bed”. I dont want her to feel like she is getting the boot from her safe familiar cozy little crib just because the new baby needs it.  I have read that it is best to make this transition 6 weeks before the new addition comes, but i feel this is to soon being Hailey is olny 16 months. I dont want to rush her out of being a baby just because Abby is coming. I wish she could stay my little baby forever! Soon enough she will be driving, dating and will be too cool for her mamma!

Also, i have been trying to get her use to holding her own baby doll. I show her how to feed her doll a bottle and rub its head, saying nice baby. She looses interest after a few minutes and tosses  the baby to the floor laughing! Hailey is also in the hitting stage, and she has a pretty mean hook!!  I am a little nervous just because i have heard do many horror stories about siblings trying to hurt the new baby. 

I will definitley have my work cut out for me because they will be so close in age, but these are my girls and it will be worth it. Everyone has their own take on things to do or not do.  I think i will just play things by ear and see how Hailey responds. I can read her pretty well, and i will adjust Abby and i so that she feels as comfortable and special  as before.  Say a prayer for us! One month to go!! The count down begins!!

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Hailey has always been a mamma’s girl.  She likes to cuddle on mamma, she like’s mamma to hold her and if I was holding her she would jump over to mamma’s arms if she got the slightest chance.  I didn’t mind, I grew up as a mamma’s boy myself.  So I knew how she felt.  Recently Hailey has been shifting over to being daddy’s little girl. 

The past few days she has been cuddling up to me at least as much as she does to Jamie.  Hope that doesn’t hurt Jamie’s feelings any, but it really makes me feel good when Hailey just wants me to hold her or when she laughs hysterically when I play with her.  I’ve been trying to take the burden off of Jamie a little bit of bathing and carrying Hailey because Jamie’s already carrying Abby everywhere.  I think that may be helping toward Hailey warming up to me a bit.  Whatever the cause, it’s a nice feeling having her not cry whenever I take her from mamma.  She still loves her mamma and loves to cuddle up to her, but now I’m included in the fun.  Being a father is without a doubt the best thing that’s ever happened to me.

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