Happy Birthday Abby!!!

Happy Birthday Sweet Abby!!!


Where does the time go? I cannot believe it has been a year! Here are a few pictures I took of the birthday girl this morning. She is having a very happy day! I'll post more later after the birthday bash on Saturday.

Arboretum

We had a fun afternoon last Friday ... we went to the Arboretum with the Pattersons. It was beautiful weather! We had a great time walking and enjoying all the pretty flowers. Jacob & Luke got lots of attention from all the other people ... it is so funny how people ask the obvious! Are they twins? Are they boys? Ummm ... yeah! :) Anyway, here are a few cute pictures. Abby loves her little boyfriends!

Abby: 11 Months Old!!!

OH my, I cannot believe Abby is 11 months old! Time flies!!! Well trying to get a picture of an 11 month old is a feat in itself, but trying to get her in front of a sign is even more difficult. I really need a straight jacket to try and get some of these pictures.

It is amazing how much Abby has grown and the things she has learned to do even in just the last month.

1. Crawling like a maniac, and pulling up on everything. She was doing this before, she has just improved her speed! :)

2. Furniture surfing - she has just started this in the last few days. Pulls up on something then cruises from one thing to another.

3. Walking behind her little walker - I need to get video of this b/c she is hilarious! She gets so excited, she starts laughing and then ends up falling down. Pretty cute, if I must say so myself.

4. Eating "regular" food - we started this about a month ago and eased our way into it. But she eats 80% table food these days. We are almost off the formula ... yeah!!!

Here she is "helping" me get her food for dinner.

5. Starting to talk - she has 2 pretty regular "words" she is using ... Bye-Bye (with a wave) and Bady (for baby as she points to her own pictures or others of children).

6. The point and grunt move - she has gotten very serious about what she wants, so she points and then uh, uh, uhs until you figure it out. Pretty effective, but can be annoying! :)

7. "Asserting herself" - I am sad to say we are going to have to start discipling her. I knew it would happen eventually, but I so enjoyed not having to discipline. She has started being a little defiant. I tell her not to do something, she looks at me, then does it anyway, I say "no" again and she does it again. I finally have to pick her up and say "no" and remove her from the situation. We have even done a little "time-out" in her bed a few times for a couple of things lately. We'll see how that goes.

Anyway, I could go on, but won't. Lots of silly, happy times around here!