A Recap

Jelly (aka Abigail) is 12 weeks old already. It's hard to believe it's been almost 3 months since she was born. Here's a really brief recap of that time.

Pregnancy:  I really enjoyed being pregnant, generally. I had some nausea and was extremely tired in the beginning. Then it was awesome. I felt great, I had lots of energy, I had that "glow". Until about 8 months. Then I was so ready to have an outside baby. I was huge, swollen, and uncomfortable.

Birth: Jelly was born on 11/4/10, at 40 weeks and 1 day. To sum it up, I went in for an induction, it didn't go quite as planned and 15 hours later I was getting prepped for a c-section. It wasn't exactly the best 15 hour span of my life, and I took the news about needing the surgery very hard. Of course, it was for the best, and it went fine. She was born at 4:31pm, weighed 7lbs 10oz, was 20 1/4" long, and was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen (even if she was all blue and slimy).

Month 1: The first month was very hard, but we adjusted fairly quickly. The rare times she wasn't attached to the boob I could either a.) sleep, b.) eat, or c.) bathe. I usually opted for sleep. But those 20-30 minute catnaps really didn't put a dent in the sleep deprivation.

Here's Abigail at 1 month old:

Month 2: Everything started to get better at around 6 weeks. We both were way better at breastfeeding, she started sleeping in longer stretches, and started smiling. We had a great Christmas with just about the entire family in town. We even had a visit from Santa!

Here's Abigail at 2 months old:

Month 3:  She's so alert, and every day seems to be something new going on. She's grabbing things (usually to put them in her mouth), laughing, and "talking" up a storm. Sure what she says makes no sense. But it's darn cute.

And that about brings us up to date.