And So You're Three

You were a Friday the 13th baby. But it was as far from unlucky as you can get. The timing was just right even though you weren't supposed to be born for another week. That head full of dark hair was a sharp contrast to your born bald older sister.

*Your Birth Day


*One Year Old

*Two Years Old

And now sweet girl, you are 3! You are my girlie girl. You love to sit with me while I put on my makeup and pretend you are putting on makeup too. Your favorite color is pink, with purple a close 2nd. You love to dress up as pretty much any Disney princess and then you must be called by that princesses name. (Obviously :0) Currently Rapunzel and Ariel are your favorites, but Cinderella, Belle, and Aurora are just as good, it just depends on the day. For the most part you won't wear any pajamas unless they have princesses on them.

You are so very close to being potty trained. I just have to remember to ask you to try to go all day long. If I forget to remind you, we almost always have an accident. I was hoping to have this nipped in the bud by your birthday, but it's ok, you're doing good.

You are a bit of a drama queen. :) If you can't find your waffle blanket or your sippy cup you tend to have a meltdown. Little fusses with your sister over toys cause these meltdowns too. Soooo emotional. Sorry babe, you get that from your momma. :)

You love to be silly. You love knock knock jokes, especially telling them with/to daddy.
You love to sing. You love to color.

You love your big sister. You copy a LOT of what she does. You say a LOT of what she says. When I ask simple questions about lunch or drinks, etc., a lot of times you wait to see what she's going to do before you answer. Or you change your request to match hers.

You are a joy to our lives and we love you SOOOO Much! Happy Birthday Abigail!!

@ 19 Months

I want to start doing more "status" posts on what's going on with the kids. I found myself trying to scrap some pictures from last summer and not being able to really journal much because I couldn't remember exactly what was going on with them at the time. I looked back on my blog to see if I could take something from here, but there just wasn't much.

So here we go:
Abigail @ 19 months.
*A great nick name for her right now would be Miss Vocabulary. She is talking up a storm. I actually tried writing down everything she was saying in a day and after just a few hours I quit. But here's what I captured on January 14th:
Where's Daddy, Where's Nah-ee (natalie), My plate, my spoon, Scuse' me, I burp, Can I?, Where's the pincess (princess), I want Stawby (strawberry) cake, more, I take Nah-ees (to me, about giving Natalie her sippy cup), I pooped, change the diaper, put pants on, put sock on, (I then asked her where the other sock was), I dunno, Nah-ee take it?, sit daddy's chair, uphere, nakin (napkin), where's baby, what?, wha happen mommy, brush, wash hands, I cold, where banket (blanket)..

at this point I quit writing them down but there are so many more.. she started this at about 17 or 18 months.

*Has quite a temper. When she doesn't get her way, she gets really upset and cries and throws things. We are attempting to nip this one in the bud quickly. Throwing things is just not acceptable.

*Looks out for her big Sister. Not matter what we give her, usually with food or drink, she always makes sure she gets one for Natalie too.. whether it be a cracker, a cookie, or cup of milk

* Loves to dance in her diaper. The last week or so when we go to put pajamas on, we have to take a few minutes for her to get this out of her system. I have this one on video, which will be priceless material for future boyfriends.

*LOVES baby dolls. She got so many for Christmas and plays with them all the time. There's a baby doll that "lives" in her bible class room and she goes straight for it as soon as she gets to class. As far as I know it sits with her the entire class time and then we put it back to bed when class is over.

*Has just now developed an affection for her pop (pacifier). She's usually always taken one at bedtime and nap time, but now she likes to have it more.. I don't look forward to breaking her of this, but we need to do it soon. I hope to just do it on the sly.. like she's not gonna notice.. (yeah right!)

*Is such an affectionate kid. She loves giving us "sqeeze" (squeeze) hugs, and loves giving kisses. Sometimes this affection is just reserved for mommy, daddy and sister, but not always.

Overall she can be a force to be reckoned with, but is also such a sweet sweet girl.
We love you Abigail! Attitude and all!

Abby Overload

I know, I know, I just did a post with pics of Abby, but I took some more today and just have to share. Natalie is at Mother's Morning Out today or she would have been in on the photo shoot too.

Enjoy!

15 Months

On a whim yesterday afternoon I decided to take Abigail outside for a few quick photos. We weren't out there long, maybe 5 minutes. But I caught the cutest pic.
Here's the crazy part. Just barely a second before that pic, and I mean literally a second, THIS is what I caught.
I always thought Natalie was a Drama Queen but I think Abby has her beat. Wanta see more of the mood swings? Here's two more:
And I tell ya, sometimes it's really hard not to laugh at her when she takes her hands and covers her eyes like that. Like she's having the worst day of her life.
She's so sweet.

14 Months and Attitude Already

I really don't remember when Natalie started really understanding what we were saying. I do remember that she had a fairly good vocabulary at 18 months, but I'm not sure when she really started talking.
Just over the last week or so, we've noticed how much Abigail understands. She may not can say much, but she knows what's going on. Her newest words are Nigh-Nigh (night night), Bye, and No. And she LOVES saying no. She says it to almost every yes/no question we ask, even if we're not talking to her.
Here she is giving me grief about eating lunch today:


After I turned the camera off, I asked her, "you know what this means if you're not gonna eat right?" And she responded, "Nigh Nigh". Yep girly, it's nap time.

Happy Birthday Abigail

On Saturday. we celebrated Abigail's 1st birthday. Little Miss Serious wouldn't give me a smile when we first started the celebrations.But when it was time for cake, she knew something was up.



At one year old she :

• says mama, dada, and baby, although I'm not sure she knows what she's saying other than just repeating after us.
• crawls EVERYWHERE and is into EVERYTHING and has just started pulling up on anything in sight.
• eats anything we'll give her. This girl is not picky at all.
• has two bottom teeth.
• plays with big sister pretty well as long as big sister shares.
• weighs about 18lbs
• usually takes 2 naps a day

We had a great time at her party and I want to say a big THANK YOU to all the family. We're so glad you were able to share the day with us!

Six and a Half Months

I can't believe Abby is just 10 days away from being 7 months old. I got some really cute pics of her yesterday. I know my family loves new pics., so here are a few:)

@ 4 Months

She is..

*blowing lots of spit bubbles to entertain herself and us.
*wants to be held pretty much all the time.
*sticks her tongue out and smiles when you're talking to her.
*takes short naps in the morning and usually one good 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon
*sleeps all night (8pm-6am)
*will sometimes giggle if you tickle underneath her chin.
*loves watching her big sis

Wordless Wednesday

Busy, Busy Weekend

We had a fun filled weekend, so here's some quick pictures and a recap.

Friday we went out to D and T's to spend the night. These kind of sleep overs are always WoW marathons for the guys and scrapping marathons for the girls. We stay up all hours of the night enjoying each other's company.

Here's a couple pages I got done.

• I also got my first page for Creative Scrappers done, but can't share that one until the reveal on Sept.7th. So stay tuned.

On Saturday we headed to my nephew's birthday party. He had a pool party, and it was kinda cool outside but the kids didn't care!

After the party we hung out at my bro and sis in laws until time to go eat with all the family that evening. John's younger brother is moving to CA and he wanted one last meal at our favorite Bar b que restaurant since it will be who knows when before he can eat there again. It was good to spend some time with him and we'll miss him!

While we were hanging out at the bro-in-laws I took some pics of Abigail. I think these are my faves of her that I've taken so far.


My precious girl is growing, growing, growing!

One Month Old

Today is Abigail's one month birthday!




We've had a busy weekend with my father-in-law's wedding yesterday. I've got a little bit of photo editing to do and I'll share some pics from that.
Hope everyone had a good weekend!

A New Day

Thanks so much for the sweet comments on yesterday's post. It's funny how easily we forget the hard part of the first few weeks. I think that's mainly because the good stuff just so outweighs the tougher parts.
Last night was so much better. I put her to bed around 9:30 and she only woke up to eat at 1am and 4am. Now hopefully we can continue that trend!
I really want to do some scrapbooking, so I'm hoping to get a few pages done today.
Have a good Tuesday!

Our Girls

Things are going well. We're just enjoying these first days at home. Today's post is in pictures.











It's feeling good to be a mom.