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!!!!)

We did it!

The kids and I survived the evening by ourselves! I even managed to make dinner without interruption! It was nice to spend some time with just Austin while we ate dinner. Abigail was sleeping in her bouncy seat so Austin and I got to spend some much needed time together with just the two of us!

Abigail's first night in her crib didn't go as planned. It wasn't at all her fault either. My favorite place to nurse her is in the rocking chair in the living room. Well, that chair also happens to be a comfortable chair to sleep in! I've been so tired lately that I've been falling asleep with her while she's nursing. By the time I put her back in her crib last night and crawled back into bed, she was up in another hour to nurse again! Back to the chair we went where we remained for the rest of the night. Hopefully I'll do better tonight!

Here are some pictures for today! We haven't taken a good family picture with the four of us yet. I keep forgetting to have someone take our picture. I'm hoping that Grandma & Grandpa Ringman can take one for us!

Austin & his doggie bubbles

Abigail & Mommy

Austin, Abigail & Mommy

On our own

My parents left this morning so we are officially on our own until Grandma & Grandpa Ringman get here next Saturday. While it's been nice to have everyone here, I'm looking forward to the next week. We'll be able spend some time with just the four of us and hopefully find a routine that suits us all. I'm really jumping in head first as Michael is now at work until around midnight and will be returning to work tomorrow evening to pull a 12 hour shift.

Along with not having company, this also means that Abigail will get to sleep in her own room for the next week. We'll see how she likes sleeping in her crib. Speaking of sleeping, both kids are asleep right now so I better get my laundry switched and get clean up around here. We'll see what happens when they both wake up! I have total confidence that things will go just fine.

Here are a couple cute pictures of Austin and Abigail. The second picture is not my best photography, but the look on Austin's face is just priceless. You can tell how much he's in love with his little sister. Doesn't that look just melt your heart?

Happy Birthday Aunt GiGi

Aunt GiGi

All about Austin

Austin saw Dr. R yesterday for his ear check up. His tubes are still in both ears and everything looks great. Dr. R stated that he would only remove the tubes if an infection were to flare up around the tubes themselves. His experience with the type of tube Austin has in his ears are that when the tubes finally fall out, a hole remains where the tube was and does not close on it's own. If that should happen, Austin could require surgery to repair the holes. All looks good at this point and we now just wait for the tubes fall out. He goes back to Dr. R in another 3 months for his next check-up.

The last couple of nights Austin has slept through the entire night! It may be due to the fact that we have been so busy with Grandma & Grandpa Richards, but hopefully it will carry over into the week when we do not have any company! He's been getting a lot of attention from his grandparents so I'm a little interested to see what's going to happen when he has a week with just Mommy, Daddy & Abigail before Grandma & Grandpa Ringman get here. Of course, at three years old, he is so INDEPENDENT that it's not funny. He should do fine, we'll see how I do with juggling two kids on my own!

Here are some cute tractor pictures

Cute kids

I haven't had a lot of time to write a post, but hopefully the pictures are good enough for now! Michael and I are taking Austin to see Dr. R this morning to evaluate his ear tube situation. I'll be sure to post about the appointment later. Until then, here are a couple of pictures!

Hanging out with Daddy

First bad hair day?

How old do you have to be to have your first bad hair day? This is what Abigail's hair looked like the other day after her bath!

A little bit of Abigail

Hungry Abigail that is!

Oh what a night...

A good night it was! Austin slept all night last night! Alright! It's pretty sad when you get more excited about your three year old sleeping through the night and not your newborn! I kept expecting him to walk into our bedroom when Abigail and I were up during the night but he never did! Abigail and I were snoozing in the chair in the living room when we heard a big kaboom this morning around 7 a.m. Austin woke up this morning and went straight for the cupcakes on the stove that he and Grandma Great made yesterday. He didn't even go into our room or try to wake me up! Needless to say, he's been in a good mood all morning. He didn't even throw a fit when Michael, Abigail and I left to take my car to the Saturn dealership to be serviced. My Grandma pointed out that he had a breathing treatment just before bed last night so that may have been a factor in his ability to sleep all night. We might be doing a breathing treatment before bed on a regular basis if we determine that it helps him sleep at night.


Here are some cute pictures of my snoozing babies! I couldn't resist taking their pictures!