Lots & Lots of Pictures

Okay, I know it's been too long since I've updated this, so I'm just going to post tons of pics. I will write a little note under each one though, so you can see what's been going on in the Garner household. :)

Here is a picture of Abby. You can just feel her sweetness when you look at this picture. Abby is an absolute angel and is just as sweet as she looks. She weighs 11 lbs. now and is 23.5 inches long.

This is Gammy Garner. In this picture she is doing two of her favorite things- holding Abby and rocking in a rocking chair. Those of you who know gammy know how much she loves both of them. :)

This is Abby and Grandpa Dunn. Grandpa seems to have just the right touch with Abby because everytime he holds her, she has this grin on her face. They say that babies can feel goodness. I think that's definitely true.

One of Micah's favorite things to do is play in the sink. He loves to fill up bowls and cups of water and tell me that he is making soup. It does make a mess, but hey, what fun is life if you can't make a mess every once-in-a-while?

Another one of Micah's favorite things to do is take a nice bubble bath. You can barely see his cute, little, head sticking out over the bubbles in this shot.

Christmas was a blast this year! I think it was because Micah really got into it and you could actually get him to behave better just by telling him that if he wasn't nice, Santa wouldn't come.

My dad dressed up as Santa on Christmas Eve and visited us. He brought sacks of candy for everyone (myself, Heath, Micah, Abby, Cory, Danae, Zoey, Beau, Lane, and Grandma Dunn). It was so fun to see the look on Micah's face when Santa came down the stairs and into the family room. He had a great time sitting on Santa's lap and telling him that he wanted "cars" for Christmas.

Abby didn't seem too affected by Christmas. She was very cute though. Above is a pic of Micah and Abby in their Christmas jammies. Micah got Spider Man and Abby got cute red and white striped ones.


Micah loved opening his presents (and everyone elses). If there was a toy under the wrapping, he was thrilled. If it was clothes, he didn't want much to do with it.

Every kids gets into their mother's make-up. What is interesting about this picture though is that aside from the lipstick, Micah also has cover stick under his eyes. He has seen me do the make-up routine so many times, that he actually knows where each cosmetic goes. Sometimes I don't realize just how observant he is.

This is a picture of Abby in one of her Christmas dresses (thank you Gammy & Popi). She looked so pretty. We had people stopping us in church to tell us what a pretty baby we have. Of course, we know that, but we never get tired of hearing it. :)

I Did It!

I did it! I quit my job! It was a lot tougher than I had thought it would be, but I finally made the decision and it feels right. I'm really excited about being home with Micah and Abby. I'm super excited about doing Preschool with Micah. I've been doing a little of it since I've been off on maternity leave, but starting in January, I will be doing it twice a week. I'll probably work on potty training Micah too. I'm not looking forward to that.

Anyway, it's an exciting new chapter in my life. Being home has been a lot tougher than I imagined, but I know it will pay off in the long run. I'll really miss my co-workers, who have been my friends for the past 10 years, but I know I will still see them and get to do lunch with them every-once-in-awhile.

Merry Christmas!

Abby's Blessing

Abby was blessed yesterday. Heath gave her a wonderful blessing, which she slept right through. It was a beautiful day and we were grateful to have many family members there to share it with us. It was extra special for Heath because it was also his birthday. What a great gift he was given with the opportunity to bless his daughter.

Here we are on our way to church. Abby looked so pretty and Micah was so handsome.

Here is Abby in her blessing gown. She looked so beautiful all dressed in white. Her dress was a combination of satin and organza fabric. It was really long and had three rosettes across the bodice. We accessorized with a bracelet made of pearls and a big organza bow for her head. She looked so beautiful, I couldn't help but shed some tears as I was dressing her.

Isn't she beautiful?


Here is a full length shot. I saw this dress in a store in Richfield and I fell in love with it, so my mom bought it. It was kind of funny though because Abby hadn't even been born yet.

Tagged by Danae

I was tagged by Danae, so here are six facts about me...

1. I love to cook. It's relaxing for me and I feel like I've created a piece of art when it turns out right. Someday, when my children are older, I would really like to go to culinary school or just take some cooking classes.

2. I don't like the light. I know, that sounds strange. most people wake up in the morning and open the blinds. I wake up and make sure they are still closed. I don't really know why I don't like light, I just don't.

3. I don't like buttons. Another strange one. I just don't like it when buttons are used for decoration. If they are used for the purpose of keeping your pants on or your shirt closed, I'm fine with them, but buttons used as the center of a flower or as berries, etc. just isn't cute to me.

4. I love Law & Order. All three of them. I love waking up in the middle of the nite or super early in the morning to feed Abby, because I know I can turn on the tv and one of the Law & Order shows will be on. My favorite is SVU, but I'll seriously watch any one of them.

5. Growing up, I always wanted to be either a Pediatrician or a Journalist. I still really like to write and I keep a journal, but I would like to write a novel one day. I have notes on several ideas and I'm hoping to get it done in the next few years, kind of as a present to myself.

6. I can't stand olives. I hate all olives, especially the green ones. They scare me. I feel like that red thing in the middle stares at me. The black ones look like bugs and taste like I've just licked a nickel.

Update on Abby

Abby is doing great! She is a sweet baby and loves to be cuddled, which is nice because we all love holding her. She is eating really well and weighed 7 lbs. 10 oz. at her two week appointment. I'm sure she is at least 8 lbs. now.

I love this picture of her. I think it shows just how much she has grown. she is staying awake a little more each day. She is quite aware and loves to look around. I love dressing her up and putting cute little bows on her head. She has grown enough now that they actually stay on. In this picture, she has on the cutest little flowered jump suit and pink pants. You can't see it in the picture, but her pants actually have little ties on the bottom. They are the cutest things I have ever seen. I got them at Gymboree and they were definitely worth the money.



This is what Abby was wearing today. It is a cute little pink gown with bears around the bottom of it. The cutest part though is the little hat. Doesn't she just look like a little Holly Hobby doll?

Halloween

Micah was a boxer for Halloween. The day beore Halloween, he got to go to our ward Halloween Carnival. The people in costumes scared him though and he didn't end up doing the Trunk-or-treat. He was fine by the next day and before he went out Trick-or-treating for the nite, he got to go to Heath's bank. They do a thing each year where the children of the employee's can trick-or-treat from office to office. After getting a lot of candy from the bank, Heath took Micah around our neighborhood where he got even more candy. Let's just say that he was on a sugar high for a couple of days.

This is the only picture I was able to get of Abby. I'm having some problems with the timing on my camera and it seemed like she put her hand in her face or something every time I tried to snap her picture. Anyway, she was pumpkin for Halloween. Her costume was an orange onesie with a pumpkin face on it. She also had a little hat that said, "Little Pumpkin" on it. It was very cute. Here is a picture of daddy enjoying his "Little Pumpkin."

Micah

Life with two children has been an adjustment. I think it is especially so for Micah. I have heard that sometimes when a new child is brought into the home, the other child will regress. We haven't really noticed that with Micah. He did however, jump at the chance to get Abby's pacifier into his mouth the other day. It was so funny, I didn't have the heart to take it from him (until after I got the picture, of course).

Micah is a funny kid. He is constantly doing things that crack us up. The other nite, he was taking a bath and kept putting the bubbles on his face. That was funny in itself, but then he did it again and said, "Ho ho ho!" I don't remember the last time I have laughed so hard.

Micah likes to play hide and seek, but he hasn't quite got the idea that when you hide, you want to go somewhere that can't be seen. He loves to hide, but he also likes to make sure you know right where he is. This has become his favorite hiding spot.