Who says?

Who says girls can't wear blue? Doesn't she look cute!

♥ They melt my heart ♥

Especially when they smile like this!

Happy Birthday Daddy

Daddy

The Easter Bunny

Bath Time

We had family bath time last night! Michael bathed Austin in our bath tub while I bathed Abigail in her little tub. Because our bathroom is so big we were all able to be in the bathroom at the same time! Here are some cute pictures!

Back to school - Day 1

Operation back to school went very smoothly this morning. It took 3 rounds of a hug and kiss before I could leave, but Austin did excellent. I was very impressed that he didn't even shed a tear! Sometimes I think it's harder on me than it is him!



I was also very impressed with Abigail this morning. Not only is she 6 weeks old today, but she slept from 10 pm last night until 6 am this morning! I can't believe how different her sleep patterns are from Austin's when he was her age. It seems like I got up every 2-3 hours with him because he was hungry! I guess that's why they say every child is different!

More brotherly love

Austin was a really big helper this day when I gave Abigail her bath. He put the soap in the tub and helped wash her up with the washcloth. Of course once I got her on the bed to get dressed he mauled her with kisses. He kissed her belly, her feet, her hands and of course her face!

Hanging out on the Boppy

You can tell that she was really concentrating on the star in the second picture! I am continually amazed at how well she holds her head up. She always wants to be looking around so the Boppy comes in handy for tummy time.

Grandma & Grandpa Ringman had to go home this morning. We had a really great week with them, I hope they had as much fun as we did! Now that our company has all come and gone we can now find a daily routine. Austin is going to return to school on Monday to start getting back into the swing of things as I will be returning to work the first or second week of April. The daycare has stated that Abigail should be able to get into the infant room the first week of April. Her getting into daycare will determine when my return to work will be. I also go to Dr. L for my 6 week check-up on Monday, so I should get the ok from him to return to work.

Well, I'm going to get some laundry done and get this place cleaned up! I'm going to get all of Abigail's stuff situated in her room this weekend. She gets to sleep in her own room from now on! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Our Family of Four

The new do

Out with the old...


And in with the new!


I finally did it, I cut my hair. 10 inches of my hair is gone! It must be something I do when I have a baby! I think the last time I cut a bunch of hair off like this is when Austin was about 5 months old!

In other news...Abigail slept all night last night. She fell asleep between 10 and 10:30 pm last night and didn't wake up until 6:30 am this morning. Isn't she wonderful!!!!

The semi-smile

Abigail is definitely smiling now! Of course it's so hard to capture when she does, but here are some of my attempts!

New feature

The Ringman's

A cool new feature has been added to blogger where you can view all of the photos I've posted in one album. Unfortunately, blogger has only included the photo's I've posted since December, but at least you can look at all of them in one place. Click on our photo above or here to view the album.

Being goofy

Austin was playing with his dinosaur mask for his breathing treatments and my sun glasses. He likes to put his mask on and roar like a dinosaur! He's so silly!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Open mouth, insert foot

Remember how I said Austin was doing a great job adjusting...

Let me explain the pictures below. I was feeding Abigail in the living room when all went quiet in the house. Austin was in the kitchen so I asked him what he was doing. He replied with, "I'm coloring." Knowing that his crayons were not in the kitchen I asked him what he was coloring on. Plain as day he proudly responded with, "I'm coloring on the wall with marker." And he sure was! Out came the magic eraser!


Remember how I said Austin was sleeping through the night...

He hasn't slept through the night the last two nights. I swear I got up 5 times to take him back to his bed last night. That will teach me to talk about his sleeping patterns again. Each time I walked him back to his bed he crawled right into bed and went right back to sleep. If it wasn't for me walking him back to bed all night, I would have gotten a decent nights sleep!


Austin is getting very excited to go to the airport again. Only one more sleep until Grandpa & Grandma Ringman get here.

Amateur movie making

I found a really cool thing on my computer that makes movies, well it's more like a slide show of pictures. Let me know what you think. Remember, this is my first attempt so don't be to critical!

Our first month with Abigail

We love the crib

Abigail is doing great with sleeping in her crib at night. She has gotten herself into the routine of going to sleep at 10 p.m. and not waking up until 4 a.m. to eat! Austin has also been sleeping through the night, making me a very happy Mommy!



I've included pictures of her bedding since we didn't have it when I posted pictures of her bedroom. Isn't it pretty!

Another comparison

This is not a comparison between Austin and Abigail, but a comparison between Abigail and myself. Abigail is wearing the same dress I was wearing in my picture.

This is also the same bonnet and dress that I wore. She wasn't too happy when I put the bonnet on her head!

I had my Mom take this picture because I thought Abigail's hair sticking out of the back of the bonnet was hilarious!

Here are some more pictures to take you back in time!

Here I am with my Mom!

And with my Grandma

Another picture of me.

And a picture of me with my little brother.

Baby pictures of Michael are coming with his parents. I'll be sure to post them after I've scanned them!

Decorating fun

Austin decorated some Easter Peeps the other night. At first we started out by making a smiley face on the eggs, then the smiley faces turned into one big blob. Here are some pictures!





Of course I had to include a picture of Abigail. She hung out in the bouncy seat while Austin was decorating!

1 month old

Wow, Abigail is a month old today. The time has gone by so fast! She is still doing all of the typical new baby things. She continues to always be moving her arms or legs just like she did inside me! Her hand and arm movements are becoming more controlled so she has almost found her mouth with her hands but doesn't have quite that much control yet. She holds her head up like a champ, has from the day she was born, and constantly wants to be up on your shoulder looking around. Did I mention she's on the verge of smiling! That or she's got some serious issues with gas!

Abigail's second night in her crib proved to be a success. I put her in the crib at 10 p.m. and she didn't wake up to eat until 3:45 a.m. Of course the little piggy go up, ate and went right back to sleep until around 7 a.m. when Daddy got home. After a little soothing, we went back to sleep until around 8:30 a.m. Surprisingly, Austin slept in until 8:30 a.m. after sleeping all night too! He even went to sleep without me sitting in his room next to his bed last night! He did have to have music on, but at least I didn't have to be in the room!

All in all we had another successful night with just the kids and I. I even managed to give Austin a bath, however it was cut shorter than normal because his sister got hungry! He's done some adjusting the last couple of days and I must say that I'm really happy with the way he's been acting. He's such a big boy now, I'm so proud of him. I'm going to head to the grocery store this morning with both kids so that Daddy can get some sleep after working all night.

Here are a couple picture comparisons of how much she's grown in the last month. Also, the older she gets the more she looks and reminds me of Austin when he was a baby! If she's going to look anything like Austin, she's going to be the cutest girl around! (I'm not prejudice or anything!!!!)