Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there. I know that I am sure blessed by an amazing mom who has always helped me and is always putting other people first ahead of herself. Thank you mom for all that you do and all the help you give me (especially over the past couple months)!

As a present to myself, I decided that I wanted some professional pics of the girls taken and so we went to Target and got a few taken. I didn't think we got any good ones from the fact that Abby was fussy and wanting to nurse the whole time and Hannah didn't put her listening ears on that morning...but I think we got a few cute ones and I absolutely love my girls! I love being a mom, even though it means that I haven't had a full night of rest in over 7 weeks... :)

Abby

Mommy and Abby

Hanny Girl

Abby and Hannah

Bottle time!

Hannah did a fantastic job giving her sister a bottle today. It is such a amazing to watch these sisters interact together and see the care and compassion that Hannah has for Abby. Abby continues to grow as you can see and she will be a month old tomorrow!

Big Sister Hannah

Hannah is an incredible big sister. I am amazed by the amount of affection she shows to her baby sister, Abby. She is already fairly protective of her baby sister and says some of the sweetest and cutest things. Here are a few quotes of Hannah's (from my recollection)

(Abby's crying in her car seat as we're driving) "Mommy, you need to take care of my baby sister, she's crying."

"Mommy, I love my baby sister. She came from your tummy and I'm so proud of her. I'm so proud."

"This is my little sister. She is so tiny. She has little tiny fingers, little tiny fingers and she's so little."

 "Abby's hungry, mommy she needs to drink milk (pronounced 'mwuk') from your chest."

"Mommy you come help me get Abby out of her crib."

(Abby crying again) "You're ok, you're ok, you're ok, she will come and feed you, you're ok, shhhh."

We keep telling Hannah when she hold Abby she needs to support her head but Hannah keeps talking about 'reporting' her head. It's too cute.

Hannah, your dad and I are so proud of you and are amazed (and thrilled) at what a caring and affectionate big sister you are. Thank you and we love you so much!

Abigail Grace

Abigail Grace Zabell joined our family on 3/23/12 at 10:17pm. She weighed 8 lbs 2 oz and measured 21 inches long.

Happy Birthday, daddy!

We celebrated Joe's birthday over the weekend and I braided Hannah's hair for dinner Sunday night. Here is a cute pic of the birthday boy and his girl.

Children's Museum

Joe and I took Hannah to the MN Children's Museum on President's Day to get out and have some fun! Hannah had a blast and played with the water tables, climbing wall, bus, toddler play area and lots more. It was a little crowded but it was great to get out and have some fun as a family. Here is a collage from our day.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hannah sure enjoyed candy from her friends at daycare for Valentine's Day. Here is a picture of our little peanut (who is growing up so quickly!). In case you want to see what I looked like at her age...look below for a picture of me :). For the record her favorite candy is strawberry Laffy Taffy (or Taffy Taffy as she calls it).