Little Musician

This is music to our ears! We are noticing a left-handed preference with the xylophone. . .

10 Months Old

Abigail was having a snack and sitting quietly for a few seconds, so we grabbed a couple of shots on the red couch. Here are a few things she is up to these days: -crawling all over the place-we used to keep her isolated in the front room on her play mat, simply redirecting her if she tried to crawl away, but now, she's allowed pretty much all over the house, and she loves it! -one of her favorite things is crawling with something in each hand, i.e. puzzle pieces or blocks -pulling up and cruising around her crib, not so much on furniture -she likes to point at things -she can point to mommy or daddy's nose -claps her hands -will blow kisses (sort of) -will wave bye bye (sort of) -will "dance" to her musical toys -will turn around in a circle while sitting down -she LOVES puffs, and is now shoveling them into her mouth. It seems like just a week or so ago she had no clue what to do with them. We are having some issues with textured foods, she is not so into this.

Here she is on her usual monthly picture spot.

Then somebody wanted to look out the window and see what was going on.

While Mom Is Away...

Abigail and Daddy will play! And play, and play, and play,

and not clean up! This is what I found when I got home after my afternoon at the salon.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Abigail had a really great first Valentine's Day. She slept in until 8:00, then got dressed in a cute outfit from Great Aunt Debbie, who does a fantastic job of sending fun holiday surprises in the mail. She had a fun day at school and finished up her valentine for mom and dad. It was precious - heart stickers and a little few marker marks on the front, then a nice poem and a "handprint heart" on the inside. We love her so much and hope she feels loved every day!

We should note that Grandmama made her a handmade watercolor card. And on Wednesday, we celebrated with Mimi and Aunt Nan and Aunt Nan gave Abigail her first purse!

Puzzling

Why crawl on hands and knees when you can hold puzzle pieces? Abigail likes to take things with her when she crawls. I'm sure she'll soon learn that pulling up is not quite as easy with toys in your hands.

Sharing a Snack with Daddy

Rich brought home some "Baby Mum Mums" for Abigail to chew on. This is some sort of puffed white rice wafer. . . This is what was brought home when I asked Rich to get some "teething biscuits". Abigail seemed to like it and wanted to share!

Rich spent the day with Abigail today while mommy went to work. Today she started pointing at things. She also crawled up to Daddy's legs and pulled up to standing, holding onto Daddy's pants legs. She crawled up to me too when I got home!

9 Months Old

At 9 Months old, time is really starting to fly. People always tell me, "it goes so fast". Honestly, up until this point, I have loved the pace. It has seemed just right, not too fast, until now! Something about 9 months, she has just taken off. Abigail is truly changing DAILY. She actually started THREE new things in one day recently. (1)clapping her hands, (2)learned how to turn around in a circle with her legs, and (3)started trying to go up on hands and feet all in one day! Whoa baby, slow down! Crawling all over town, I hope she doesn't start walking just yet. . .


These monthly pictures are getting harder and harder to take!


Big girl pulling up!

I have figured out how to take my alphabet mat apart. . .


Here's one of my tricks: turning in a circle!

At 9 months Abigail is. . . :
-up on all fours, crawling with ease
-pulling up to standing (loves to do this in her bed)
-goes over to her toy box and picks out what she wants to play with
-clapping hands together
-likes to "dance", moves up and down with music
-crawling up stairs (small foam stairs at school - we live in a one story)
-eating fingers foods, well, just puffs so far, and she has no clue what to do with them other than collect them in her hand
-painting with a paintbrush at school
-had her first snow!