Abigail Starley

Abigail Starley was born Sunday May 2, 2010 at 9:26am. She was 6lbs 15oz and 20inches long. Here are some cute photos from the hospital (not all because my camera lost battery power) and I will get you a recount on the experience in a bit:

Catchin' a ride home

Post Op Room

Katelyn holding Abigail and Sarah practicing holding her hands out

Sarah holding Abigail

Katelyn and Matt Holding Abigail

The Three Muskateers

Sweet Moments

Loves From Great Grandpa

The Geese at the Hospital Reflecting Pond were a great distraction for the girls

Mom getting Abigail ready for the car

Cute Sticker on her stats chart

Family Photos

We've had a tradition taking shots of our family at the very end of pregnancy. We had Amy Call (see www.amycallphotography.blogspot.com) take our photos on Saturday (the day before surgery) and loved how they turned out. Now to just pick which ones to have on the wall...
We spent the last evening as a family of four at Chuck-E-Cheese and the girls had one of the very best days ever!

Graceless Moments

I am learning that balance and pregnancy do not go hand in hand. While trying to kill a hornet, I fell from a chair and gracelessly plummeted into my computer, table, and living room window. I split my elbow and bruised my arm from shoulder to fingers not to mention the broken table leg. I immediately left the scene to attend my last OB appointment. My OB recommended an xray because she thought I had broken my arm (though it was just a crazy amount of swelling blocking my ability to close my arm).

The positive side: I did kill the hornet so at least it didn't fly down and sting me to add insult to injury, I didn't shatter the window as expected, AND it looks like I wont have to show up for my surgery with a cast on my arm...

Sarah's 1st Hair Trim

I would say I "cut" her hair but it was more like a "snip-off-the-rat-tail" trim.
She was not patient like Katelyn on her first cut, so my lacking skills are very apparant...

Birthday Take 2

We had a Starley family party a couple days later. Katelyn was VERY specific on her cake this year. She wanted a purple cake with white frosting, green sprinkles and of course it needed to be an Ariel Princess cake...this was the best I could muster.
The Cake

Sarah Drooling

Blowing out candles

Cutting the Cake

Showing off the "Purple" cake aka blue and red food coloring to a white cake mix.

Katelyn's 4th Birthday

My mom was awesome and had us combine Katelyn and her two cousins' birthday parties into one. We had some fun with potato sack races, musical chairs, and presents. Not to mention 3 birthday cakes! It was a success.
The Birthday Girls
(left to right: McKell, Jackie, Katelyn, and non-birthday Lexie)

Big Wishes

Opening Presents


I love this photo of my brother Dave cheating in the sack races...priceless.
Lining Up

The Big Cheater

Ladies Race

Kids Sack Race

The Kids Footrace

Sarah not understanding Go

She doesn't mind being last!

Cute Moments with Nate

Sarah made a special request for Daddy to make her fly like a fairy...

Pure joy

Both girls wanted to sit on Daddy's lap to put the puzzle together

Easter with 2 Grandma's

Colleen went to Connecticut this year so we celebrated Easter early with the Starley's. This actually worked out perfectly so we could have loads of Easter celebration and still have Conference Weekend available. For the Starley Easter we had a mix of Eggs with symbols of the Easter Story inside and candy. For the Ropelato Easter we had a mix of candy and money. Katelyn was our best money hunter and found a $20 gold egg.

Here is a photo highlight:
Starley Easter
Dying Eggs with Grandma Starley

Dying Easter Eggs

A little game of Horse

Sarah falling asleep with bottle in hand before the Hunt due to the game of Horse

Racing for the Eggs

A boost from Daddy


Ropelato Easter

Family Photo

The Competition

Katelyn in the Hunt

Sarah in the Hunt

Katelyn (dressed as an Angel) surveying the goods

Sarah (dressed as a Fairy) holding her baby

Backbends

Working on form at gymnastics

Flat Tire

After a couple of consecutive mornings with a flat tire on the car we went to the tire shop to purchase new wheels. A pair of glasses kept Katelyn entertained for a long time.