Tuesday, October 29, 2013

The Pumpkin Patch

This past weekend was a busy one for us.  We went to Boo at the Zoo Friday night, Andy competed in Barbells for Boobs (a Crossfit fundraiser for mammograms) on Saturday and we went to the Pumpkin Patch on Sunday.  We had a great time!  I only got pictures from the Pumpkin patch so here they are…
We went with some friends to Old Bakers Farm and Abigail had a blast.  
Abigail loves to walk and she looked
super cute in her overalls.
Driving the big tractor.
This one was more her size.
Taking a break from running around.
I love this! 
Checking out the chickens and ducks.  
Hay ride to the pumpkin patch.
Andy had to find the perfect one.
The patch was not as I imagined it would be.  Lots of
rotting pumpkins…..not the best place for a clumsy
and curious toddler to walk around.

Saturday, October 5, 2013

16 months and SOOO many new things!

So much has happened since my last post....Abigail is walking (well running), taking swim lessons, and growing way too fast!  I started a new job with a totally new schedule.  And we are going to have another baby!!  
I took Abigail to her 15 month (actually at 16 mo) well visit this week and everything is going great.  She weighs 23 lbs and is right on target with growth and development.  This was the first visit where she was upset most of the time.  She did not want to see the Dr and we really had to hold her down for her shots.  Andy could not go with me so it was hard for me to handle her.  Thankfully we are all done with shots for awhile.  We started letting Abigail sleep with her teddy bear and she will hardly let it go....as you can see she took it along to the visit.  

Abigail started walking at about 15 months and now she is constantly on the move.  She wants to walk everywhere especially to places we don't want her to go.  Her walk (waddle) is super cute.  I have tried to upload a video but I can not get it to work.  Since she is now walking we are going to more places like the park and the zoo and she is loving it.  

We had a play date this week with our best friends Casey and Lucy.  Abigail has just recently started giving hugs and thats all she wanted to do with Lucy.  She was so cute but she got a little aggressive trying to hug her.  

We started Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) swim lessons this week too.  This is a huge commitment....lessons are 10 minutes/day, 5 days/week for 6 weeks.  Lessons are at the downtown YMCA.  The goal is to teach Abigail how to survive if she falls into the water.  On the first day they dunked her under 4 times.....needless to say she cried a lot this week but it got better every day.  The instructors are great and love on her and play with her too.  She is learning to close her mouth and open her eyes when she goes under, how to float on her back, and eventually will learn how to swim to the side and hold on.  I can't wait to see how much she learns after 6 weeks.  

We are having another baby!!  I would still be in denial myself if I had not been so sick the past 8 weeks.  I am 13 weeks now and still having morning (all day) sickness but it doesn't seem as bad as the last time.  Baby is due in April.



Monday, July 29, 2013

1 Year Well Visit - Finally!

I am soooo late posting this!!  Abigail is now almost 14 months old but we were about a month late seeing Dr. Dudgeon for her 12 month visit and I have just been busy the past few weeks.  I started a new job last month and we spent the past week at the beach (I will post about that later).  
We had a great visit with Dr. Dudgeon.  Abigail was good while there but she is sometimes hard to handle....she wants to be on the floor crawling all the time and it is hard to keep her in my arms or on the table.  She had fun playing with the paper though.  Dr. Dudgeon said Abigail was growing and developing right on track.  
Weight:  22 lbs (60%)
Height:  30 1/2 inches (80%)
Head Circumference:  8 1/2 inches (80%)
At 13 months Abigail is:
Drinking whole milk from a sippy cup - No more bottles!!
Eating anything and Everything - she is a little picky from day to day.  One day she will love something and the next she won't touch it, then the next day she will love it again.  She will only eat things she really loves from a spoon or fork.  The last few days we have let her try to use a fork herself and yesterday she used it to eat two bites of her omelet.  
She has only taken a couple of steps but she crawls super fast.....I have a feeling her fast crawling will prolong her walking but we will see.  She can crawl up and down stairs and can climb on and off the couch.  
She has 8 teeth and Dr. Dudgeon says her molars will be in soon.
She talks constantly!!  We can't understand much of it.  Here are the words we can understand:
da da
ma ma - but vary rarely and usually when she is upset.
tickle tickle - she says this a lot but not sure why.
doggy
Hey - she says this all the time and will even put her (or our) cell phone to her ear and say it.  Its very cute!!
No - she has this one down pat and will even say "No Da da"
Bye - she can wave bye too

Look at those rolls!
Here is a video of Abigail with her cell phone...

Thursday, June 13, 2013

A week at the Lake.

We spent Abigail's birthday week at the lake.  Andy had a scheduled vacation week this week and I was between jobs so it worked out great.  The weather was nice almost all week and we had some visitors that made it extra special.  On Wednesday Andy's parents came up with our niece Bailey to see Abigail for her birthday.  Friday we took Abigail up to see her great grandmother and uncle Paul then we had more friends come to spend the weekend with us.  We did a lot of relaxing and a lot of playing...it was a great week!
Abigail taking her first ride in her new car.
Dad driving his girl around the back deck.
Opening gifts that Grandma and Pop Pop brought.
Abigail loves her new puzzles from her cousins.
She also got a car and a Cinderella carriage from
great grandma and uncle Paul.
Grandma and PopPop gave Abigail a princess castle.
She loved it and played with it all week
but I did not get a picture of it out of the box.
Andy Wake boarding.
He had some really high jumps.
Abigail looking cute in her new bathing suit and hat
from Aunt Samantha, Uncle Drew and
cousins Cooper and Caroline.
Floating in the lake.
Napping with Adam.
The boat makes her fall fast asleep.
Andy Surfing.
Reese and Rylan came up for the weekend and Abigail
loved playing with them....they are so sweet with her!

Friday, June 7, 2013

Abigail's 1st Birthday - Family Photos

Here are a few more pictures from the party....
Abigail with Grammy and Reagan.
Sitting with Meme & Best Mama.
Being sweet with her Best Mama.
Andy with Abigail's birthday headband on.

My mom, my 2 grandmothers and my sister.
Of course my eyes are closed.
Dad & Reagan
Abigail and Paw Paw talking.
Abigail was pooped after the party!