Finally!!!

Ummm, where do I begin? I know you are thinking ... FINALLY she is blogging! We have been super busy... it has been crazy.

9 Months - Abby turned 9 months at the end of January. She is such a good girl, we really enjoy every minute.

10 Months - Abby turned 10 months at the end of February. She is all over the place these days. As you can see I had to tape the sign to her back, because I can no longer get her to sit still for a picture. Wild woman!! She crawls, pulls up, stands up and holds on with one hand then drops down and off she goes again. She loves to get into everything she not suppose to get into ... dog food bowls, doggie door, cabinets, drawers, etc...

We had to put up a baby gate to keep her out of certain areas ... menace! As you can see she doesn't like it ... she goes up to it and bangs on it, trying to push through.

Her new favorite toys ... old Easter eggs I found in the closet.

I love to eat paper or leaves or anything I can find on the floor!

In between January and February we had lots going on. I had a big show for work, so that always takes over our lives for a couple of weeks. Right before that Abby was sick - it lasted about 2 weeks. It started with an ear infection, then she got sick from the antibiotic so the doctor took her off the antibiotic and then she ended up with viral bronchitis. It was not so fun. I was sick during that time and so was Nathan. Ugh, not fun being sick at the same time.

Then last week Na's uncle passed away. Duane had been sick with cancer for a while ... it was still very sad, but we are glad that he isn't suffering any longer. We left last Tuesday to go to the funeral in Kansas. We drove through OK and dropped Abby off at my parent's house, then went on to Kansas for a few days. We are actually still in OK tonight. We will be going home tomorrow, and I am looking forward to getting back to the rountine of life. We have been so busy the last month that I feel like we are "off" our normal schedule. I hope we can get back on track this week.

Wild Woman!

Abby is getting to be quite the "ham." I can see her father's orneriness coming out in her a lot lately! She really is a good baby and fun to be with, but sometimes she is a mess. I have been with her by myself all weekend, because Nathan went with him parents and sister to visit some relatives up in Kansas.

She is almost crawling forward! Yes I said forward. She has mastered crawling backward, rolling around, going from sitting to laying and then back up to sitting ... but has yet to crawl forward. She tries very hard and gets frustrated, but then she'll roll over on her back and laugh and act silly. I anticipate that she will be crawling any day now. Also, now that she is somewhat mobile she no longer has the ability to sit in my lap. She was a total wild woman at church this morning - wiggling all about. I finally had to take her to the nursery and let her play, whereas before she would sleep right through church.

And question for all of you who have gone down this road before ... is it normal that all of a sudden she doesn't want to sleep through the night? What's up with that? Not so much my favorite phase! I am so used to her sleeping good at night for so long that it is whipping me! She wakes up and starts "crawling" around her crib and sitting up whining. I have to go in there put her back on her back cover her with her blanket and then she'll go back to sleep. I guess it is the mobility thing???

Her new thing that she loves to do is scoot/walk around in the walker. Our house is actually perfect for this because we only have carpet in the bedrooms. She has gotten really good at this and chases me and the dogs all over the house. She loves being mobile! And when she tags you or the dogs she thinks this is very funny!

I cannot believe she is going to be 9 months old this week. I can't tell you how this makes me feel a little sad ... I know everyone says it, but where does the time go? Turning 1 is just 3 months away! Yikes!

Today was a beautiful day ... so Abby and I went for a walk around the neighborhood and then came back and did a little swinging in the front yard. She loves to swing and be outside.

Is this normal???

Okay we had to share this video from bathtime the other night. Abby loves bathtime! But Monday night was just over the top ... check her out!

Christmas, 8 months old & New Years!

Make a scrapbook - it's easy!

Well I believe that it was New Year's Eve last year when I actually started this blog. So in the spirit of keeping the tradition I thought I should blog tonight. We have had a busy couple of weeks ...as I am sure most of you have.

We went to Oklahoma on Friday before Christmas and stayed through Christmas morning. We had a great time and ate so much good food we were sick! We had 18 people at my parent's house on Christmas eve ... it was crazy. Abby did great and was into most of her presents ... which I wasn't sure she would be. She especially liked all the wrapping paper and ribbon!

On Christmas morning we drove back to Plano to the Holms. We had a great time with them too and it was a little more calm since there were only 10 people there.

Nathan & I have both been off work since Friday, 21st ... so we have been super productive around our house this week. It has been so nice to be home and get things accomplished ... you know all the things you put off like filing papers or reorganizing closets. Also, it has been good to be home together because we have been passing around a stuffy nose and cough ... so we haven't felt like doing much outside the house anyway.

Abby turned 8 months old yesterday! I just can't believe it. She is doing something new all the time now. She sits up very well, but now she rocks back and forth and then lands on her tummy. She "swims" on her tummy, but no crawling yet. I was very thankful that she didn't start crawling while we had all the Christmas decor out. I am sure it won't be long and she'll be mobile ...then my life will really be over!

I hope you all have a safe New Year's Eve ... we are at home relaxing watching a movie. Since we haven't been well we thought it best to stay in ... no wild parties this year!

Safe Sleeping?

I had to post this picture we took tonight. Abby has started this habit of going to sleep with her lovie (blanket) over her face. Every night I go in there and she has it over her face ... it worries me that she is going to smother herself so I usually try to gently move it, but she always whips it back over her face. So tonight Nathan and I took a picture of her weird habit and I just had to share ... we think it is funny. She is a piece of work!

By the way ... please don't report us to CPS! :)

Happy Holidays!

You gotta see this ... I was cracking up!

Elf Yourself - The Holms

I got the idea from Sarah Jones ... it was on her blog! I was laughing so hard I had to do one too.

Enjoy!

Abby: 7 Months Old!

Gosh I have been a bad blogger ... it has been so busy with the holidays! We have been running from one thing to the next - baby showers, birthday parties, holiday parties and gatherings, etc. I am sure you are all having the same issues.

Abby turned 7 months old last Friday! On Thursday I took her to have her picture made with Santa. She actually did really well. I wasn't sure if she would be scared or what her reaction would be. She just sat there on Santa's lap looking up at him with this uncertain look on her face. It was funny! We got a good picture of her smiling though, I went to the mall at the perfect time ... when no one else was there so the picture ladies were very helpful! She did try to pull on his beard - which I thought was funny, but the problem was that Santa's beard was real ... so it probably wasn't that funny to him!

She has really picked up some new tricks lately ... she now eats fruits & veggies. So far she has liked everything so I am happy about that! Abby has always liked to eat so I figured we wouldn't have any trouble with food. Of course, Nathan likes to taste all of the food she eats - so he gives me the scoop on what is nasty and what is good.

I have to tell you one story ... I decided last week I would try to make some carrots for Abby, you know the Domestic Goddess I am! My friend at work had told me how easy it was to make her babies food. So I steamed the carrots, but I knew they had to get really good and soft before I could put them in the food processor. Well it was taking a long time so I decided to go check my email. Well awhile later I smelled burning! I quickly remember THE CARROTS! The water under the basket had evaporated and left a nice black burn on the bottom of the pan. Needless to say it stunk up my whole house! Well the carrots are nice and soft now. Oh did I mention that I don't eat carrots - so I sure wasn't going to give these a taste test myself! So I puree the carrots and they look pretty good - I mean they pretty much look like what Gerber makes. So at dinner that night I decide to give Abby a little - she made the worst face I have ever seen her make ... it was awful! Those carrots must have tasted like burned nasties ... I ended up throwing them out. Do you think this could be considered child abuse? I think I'll stick with Gerber for now!

Here are a few 7 month pictures of our precious sweet Abby!

This was taken at Thanksgiving - 5 Generations!