Vital Statistics

This was an exciting morning for the two oldest Freebairn sisters and their babies. First I'll tell you Abby's vitals from her 2 month appointment, but stay tuned for an exciting announcement.

Weight: 13 lbs, 8 oz
Height: 24 in.
Head Circumference: 16 cm

We are very pleased to say that Abby is in the 90-98 percentile for all of her stats. We have a grade A child. :)

As excited as you must be to read all about Abby's stats, you will be even more excited to know that Brynne Camilla Stoddard was born to Becky and Alex around 9 am in Lehi, Utah. I'm sure that Becky will update everyone on her blog very soon (sorry I beat you to the announcement, Becky). Congratulations, Stoddards! We are excited to meet her soon! Here are Brynne's statistics that we know so far:

Weight: 8 lbs, 6 oz
Height: 19.5 in.

Week in Rearview (Roy just wanted to type rear)

We ended up having an unplanned three day weekend since Roy’s class got cancelled last Monday. We took advantage of the unseasonably warm weather and went for a walk. It was wonderful! We also opened some of Roy's new games and had a couple game days this week.

Abby continues to be patient with our Valiant class that mauls her to death every Sunday. We might have to institute the “no touchy-touchy” rule... They literally wait on her hand and foot. Or, in other words, rub her head and tickle her feet. Somehow, she still manages to eat and sleep through it all. Today she was quite noisy as she filled her diaper. The boy sitting next to her commented that she would be really embarrassed later to find out that she was so loud in public. I told him it was okay, that she was a baby, and that he did it as a baby as well. Very adamantly, he insisted that such an act never took place.

She is getting much more adept at finding and sucking her thumb. Once she has her thumb she proceeds to claw her eyes out with her other fingers so we have to work on that. As shown below, Abby has been getting very strong during tummy time. She has also become more interested in looking at what is around her, especially if there are shadows. We also learned this week that she enjoys music while she plays and while she gets rocked for her naps. She is a happy and healthy baby.


Michelle has become involved in a “Music Makers” groups for little kids (yes, that includes Abby). She’s been making Easter Egg Maracas and is in charge of the parachute play portion of the event. Unfortunately, its not the kind of parachute where you throw the kids off a building but it’s still fun. Michelle also did taxes this weekend and we are going to get a butt-load (yes, a butt-load) of money back thanks to little miss Abigail.

Roy continues to be Roy. He forced Michelle to watch two of the Indiana Jones this week and forced her to play his new games. In Sharing Time, the Stake Primary Presidency did Sharing Time and one of them brought an Adle-Adle (sp?). She asked the kids what it was and Roy told one kid to say Adle-Adle. Of course the child did and she replied that she did not know what an Adle-Adle was but it was not that. She said it was an “arrow”. What a primitive word! The thing was the size of a flag pole. Anyways, Roy bit his tongue and let his Primary kid look stupid. Another Sunday, another adventure.

California Dreaming

This post is not about Abby, nor will it contain any pictures of her. So for those of you who look forward to new pictures, I'm sorry but you'll have to keep waiting!

Everyone knows that Roy is in his second year of law school. One of the important parts of that experience is finding an internship each summer. Roy has applied to well over a hundred internships all over the country and in all sorts of areas of law.

Last week, he got offered an internship with the Sonoma County legal department. He will work in Santa Rosa, CA for 10 weeks and will be interning with a whole office of lawyers in 4 different areas of law. This is the perfect internship because Roy will be doing all sorts of different things which is what he has really wanted. An added bonus is that the Zwahlens will be living in Santa Rosa for the summer. Hurray!

Abby Movies

Some of Abby's noises (for the Grandmas):

Abby trying to find her thumb:

Abby playing:

Week in Review: Birthday Celebration

The following is written by Roy:

Happy birthday to myself! Abby has shocked us all this week by sleeping 6 hours between feedings. We are elated! She continues to grow and impress all with her “Roy-like” cute looks. She even traveled well down to Williamsburg this weekend, sleeping almost the entire time. She got lots of loving from all the family and managed to smile for one or two pictures. Roy had to wrestle with her during church as she was HUNGRY and they did not have any hot water to warm the bottle! After about 45 minutes of “fixing” Abby, Roy was finally able to go back and catch the end of the broadcast from Salt Lake.

Michelle has been a happy and grateful mother due to her daughter’s good nature. She had a relaxing weekend down in Williamsburg and was grateful for the break. Abby loves her very much and no one can get smiles from Abby like Michelle can.

Roy made the most of his birthday weekend by forcing family to come down to Williamsburg. Unfortunately his persuasion powers do not cross the Texas border. He got lots of board games, a wallet, a wireless router, and the Indiana Jones Series. Oh, and in honor of Miriam he got new shoes.

He tried to get a cell phone upgrade but he was ten days too early. Mom had to come up with a code to authorize Roy to get a cell phone in Northern Virginia and, instead of choosing an easy code like the last four digits of Roy’s cell phone, Mom insisted that it be her birthday. Roy is definitely on the hook to remember her birthday now. However, Justice was served. On Roy’s B-day Mom asked Roy if it was his real B-day. Of course Roy responded, “Maybe we should make it a code for you.”

The Real Deal

We had a very exciting week this week filled with wonder and joy. :) Abby is a lot more aware and cuddly now. She still does the chokehold on Roy, where she grabs his shirt collar and pushes her fist into her Adams apple. She can make him do whatever she wants… This weekend we moved her out of our room and into hers. Roy was thrilled, but Michelle felt separation anxiety. Needless to say, the night was normal and everyone survived. Abby is also exploring her fingers and trying to find that elusive thumb. If you notice the picture below, you will see that we FINALLY caught her smile on camera. I’m thinking it must be the ballet slippers from her aunt Samira.

We were welcomed to the world of hard parenthood in Sacrament meeting today when Abby decided that the passing of the Sacrament was the perfect time to have her diaper changed. And it needed to be done NOW. Roy walked out of the chapel to change her diaper with her screaming and everyone he passed was in shock that such a loud sound could come from such a small girl. They have no idea… She was so mad at Roy that she screamed through the entire diaper change. He had to take her into a classroom and sing to her to get her to calm down.

Here is Abby posing with her pink elephant from Grandma and Baba Z. This is her favorite toy so far. We've introduced other toys, but this one is consistently the one that gets her to be happy. We can usually get her to do her “laugh” (breathing in and out really fast with her mouth open) when we tickle her with the elephant’s trunk.

This upcoming weekend is Roy’s Birthday Extravaganza. Sadly, Roy found out all the presents Michelle is giving him because she’s not sneaky enough. Somehow, Abby managed to keep her gift a secret from her dad. Be sure to send Roy birthday wishes--he's the big 25!

Encounter with Ebay

In an attempt to be a really awesome wife, I decided to order a game for Roy's birthday that he has wanted for a couple of years. I like to shop around for the best deal and was thrilled to find "The Farming Game" (yes, Chris and Jennie, inspired by you!) for $15 less through Ebay than on Amazon. Not wanting to miss out on my great find, I ordered the game. It arrived this week in the mail and, much to my dismay, I discovered it was not what I wanted. I wanted the board game. What I got was the computer game. And not just any version of the computer game. Oh no, it was the 3-1/2 inch floppy disc version. Feeling quite stupid (and a little upset), I called to tell my sister Becky who immediately laughed her head off and convinced me to tell Roy when he got home from school. The end of this sad tale is that I made Roy get online and order the game since I was feeling a bit deflated from my previous shopping mistake and the right version of "The Farming Game" is on it's way.