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Abby is here!

Amy, Mike and Big Sister Isabel are happy to welcome a new member to the Winebarger Martin Family.  Abigail MariLyn Martin was born April6,2008 at 3:54 AM.  She weighed 6 lbs 12 ounces and was 19 inches long. She arrived naturally after only 3 hours of labor and 2 pushes! 

Abby's middle name is a combination of her grandmother's names, Marina (Mike's mom) and Linda (Amy's mom). 

I will update with birth story and more pictures later.

Easter day

This morning we got up and Iz opened her Easter basket.

Then we got dressed and went to church.  I think I look like an easter egg in this photo.

When we got home, we had a great lunch, then dyed eggs.

Our finished product (note my belly protruding into the picture.):

Finally, one (last?) belly shot of me at 38 weeks.


For comparison, a shot taken at a similar time in my first pregnancy wearing the same outfit!  This is the last still picture I have of myself with Iz.

38 weeks and I am still here

There was a full moon this weekend, I started packing my hospital bag and we finally bought a swing (we have been obsessing over should we or shouldn't we almost since we found out we were pregnant) but I still didn't go into labor.  :(  Izzy and I had a great week hanging out over spring break.  I wish I had taken more pictures, but here are a few. 

On Friday, we went to lunch with Jessica and Jacob (who is almost 3 months old now), then we walked around the botanical gardens to see their new dinosaur exhibit.  Jess took most of these pics.  Here is Jessica showing Izzy how to be a dinosaur.

Izzy is striking a pose by Jacob's stroller.  Jacob slept most of the time we were at the garden which frustrated Iz to no end.  She said "I love him" and "I want to kiss him" several times.

The first dino we saw.  I was a little worried that Iz would be afraid since she has been talking a lot about monsters, but she really liked finding the dinos throughout the garden.  This one was watching over her eggs.

They had other dinos too, like this one made out of plants. 

It was a nice day with a nice long walk with my girl.

Yesterday we went to the easter egg hunt in our community.  Iz had a great time and met the easter bunny!

Today is easter and we have a few things planned, church with the neighbors, a big lunch, and egg dying.  I will definitely be taking more pictures.

The time draws nigh...

37 weeks now!  I think we need one more belly picture.  I will make the request of Mike.

This week is spring break and I am off hanging out with Iz.  I thought I would be super mom and schedule fun outings for us to do every day.  And we have been doing some fun stuff, but we have also watched an embarrassing amount of television.  This has been our schedule:

7:00  Wake up (Iz gets up at the same time), test blood sugar, make breakfast
7:30 Mike leaves for work.
8:00 Put Iz into our bed with the TV on PBS so I can get a shower
8:30 Climb into bed with Iz and doze for 45 minutes while she continues to watch TV
9:15 Realize the day is passing us by.  Turn off TV, force Iz to brush teeth, hair, change clothes
9:45 Get out the door for our fun activities
1:30 Return from activities exhausted.  Put TV on and doze on the couch while Iz watches.
3:00 Try to get Iz out the door and do something outside before Mike comes home
4:00 Call Mike and beg him to come home early. PLEASE. 
4:30 Mike arrives, I turn off TV and retreat before it is time to start dinner.

I am averaging 2 naps a day, Iz is getting 0.  Oh well.  And I have woken up several times with her face 1 inch from my face with a crazy grin on it.  Spooky.

Today we had lunch with Mary, Jessica, and Jessica's baby Jacob.  (When I told Iz we were having lunch with Mary, she assumed I meant Aunt Mary.  When my friend showed up, she said "That's not Mary!")  Iz was In Love with Jacob and wanted to touch and tickle and pat him to death.  Luckily Jacob (and Jessica!) were tolerant of her affection.  Before lunch, we stopped by Books A Million for Iz to spend a gift certificate (she bought horse figures that came with horse books) and the cool downtown toy store.  In the toy store, we just played for an hour until it was lunch time. 

Tomorrow our neighbor is hosting an easter egg hunt and lunch for 20 kids (plus moms)!  I am sure it will be fun and exhausting.  Thursday we may be able to hook up with a friend from work, but if not we may go to see the Horton movie.  Friday is supposed to be another visit with Jessica and Jacob.  I want Iz to acclimate as much as possible to the idea of a baby.

Yesterday we went to a play group with our neighbor at a local park.  It was great fun!  One of the moms had 4 kids there and handed her baby to me while she attended another one.  Iz came running over when she saw me holding the baby.  "Who that? Where is his mommy and daddy?"  As soon as I assured her this was not our baby, she relaxed and tickled him and said "He misses Mamaw.  He wishes Mamaw were here."  Don't we all, kid.