First Month

Abbie is one month old! These pictures are in reverse order, starting with most recent (she weighs 10 lbs 2oz now!). There are a lot of sleeping photos- she mostly loves to sleep in people's arms; she's not a fan of being alone ever. The last picture of her sleeping in her crib is pretty funny to me, because I don't think she's ever slept in there longer than 5 minutes. You can see she got geared up (thanks to the Mitchells) for the past few ND games, but it didn't help the Irish unfortunately. I threw in a photo of our new house because a lot of folks asked to see that. And also a lot of people have asked about her name...we chose Abigail because it means a Father's joy and that is so true for Rick...and Vera is Abbie's great grandmother's name- when we had a big scare early in the pregnancy, Grandma Sprinkle (Vera) assured us everything would be okay- she said she knew it would be fine; and she prayed for Abbie every day to make sure of it. We want Abbie to remember this gift and this wonderful great gran of hers. Hopefully, we'll get the two Veras together next month.



Lots of love, Rick, Col and Abbie