Family Living: Abbott Style

Owen's 2nd Month Owen is continuing to successfully exclusively breastfeed which I am proud of.  It is true what they say, the first 6 weeks or so are the hardest.  At first,  you feel like all you do is feed.  Now, he eats every 3 hours or so, but it only take him a few minutes to be satisfied.  He has yet to even try a bottle and doesn't care for a pacifier.   He gets a good stretch of about 6 hours of sleep each night, and is often restless from 3-6 a.m.   Extremely well mannered.  It is easy to figure out what he wants.  Rarely cries aside from a fussy period of the evening,   During his second month we celebrated his first Christmas.  He was extremely spoiled by family!   We also celebrated New Year's Eve where we celebrated with a group of friends from church.   He is wearing 3-6 month clothing already. He gained 5lbs in about 7 weeks and has nearly doubled his weight. (He...

First, let us start with the 13 things I learned in 2013: When life seems to get stressful or overwhelming-make cuts. Sometimes it is the simple life that brings the most gratification.  And no amount of money is worth your sanity. Our capacity to love knows no bounds.  Just when you think you couldn't love more or deeper, you fall in love all over again.  Love my little family.  If it is something you want to do, you will find the time to do it.   I love the internet, but internet is not love.  Real friends, are real.   What other's think of you is not more important than what you think of yourself. One can never know what another is thinking--so don't play mind reader.  And don't fill in blanks.  Your assumption is likely to be much worse than reality. Treat what you post on the internet like considering a tattoo.  It's permanent, even after deleted. Old Navy's tall selection is amazing.  The worst-case-scenario usually...