Water Table Fun!

I had to post this video from Abigail's birthday of the girls playing at the water table. They are each in their own little world. Emmaline on the left is focused on her red boat, Abigail is tapping her blue boat on the side of the table, and cutest of all is Caroline on the far right having a little water snack! What a great gift! Thanks Katie Maechler for the recommendation!

Abigail Grows Up in One Day!

Or maybe in the past few. . . Today was an especially big day for Abigail! She is growing up so fast, learning and doing several new things each day. Here are some interesting things/new accomplishments since she has turned one:
-she can feed herself a few bites with her spoon
-she has started pouting (I am not super thrilled about this one)
-she thinks "no" is funny, and responds with "BA!" and smiles
-SHE HAS LEARNED HOW TO SCREAM!
-said "naa no" (for "night night")
-she loves to turn on lights, and will reach for the doorknob when coming in and out of rooms
-and she can ride her horse all by herself! She is really enjoying her new horse, and her "horse sounds" is just precious. Watch this video and I'm sure you'll agree!

 Today she: -said "bye bye"  and reached up to try to open the door for mama when she came home from work! When daddy asked her if she wanted to ride horse, she crawled over to her room because she knew that's where horse stays!

This was the first time Abigail really rode horse all on her own, so I was so nervous the whole time filming that she was going to fall off!

Abigail's First Birthday

Abigail had a wonderful First Birthday! We celebrated Saturday, April 14th with family and two little friends and their parents. Abigail wanted to invite the two little girls that she was baptized with, Emmaline and Caroline. It had been a long time since we had a play date with all three girls, so we told her, "Of course, they can come!" I must say, she was a very good sport, but unfortunately, the birthday girl was not 100%. . . she had a fever two days before her party and had developed a pretty nasty rash on her bottom that was clearly different from diaper rash. We took her to the doctor Sunday after her birthday and she was diagnosed with impetigo, and started on antibiotics. We are still seeing spots! I must say, nearly a full week later, her skin is finally starting to clear up.

                  Here is the spread.

The very yummy cake, designed (not made by) mommy - white cake with buttercream icing, with a layer of strawberries inside - it was a big hit!

And here is Abigail's smash cake which went virtually untouched. Even when we put puffs in the icing and tried to get her to dig them out, she still was not into it! It didn't help that I accidentally popped her in the face with the string of her birthday hat. . . Ah well, cake is in the freezer for a rainy day! Abigail received two big gifts from Mommy and Daddy, who just could not resist. The first was her very own stuffed rocking horse, complete with "real horse sounds", which a few days later, she now tries to imitate! She is also able to ride the horse all by herself now, which will be talked about later in the post "Abigail Grows Up in One Day"

Here are some pictures from the birthday weekend!

11 Months Old

 Props are often required to help us try and get a good pic. they are not always successful.

Finally! We got her looking straight at the camera AND smiling!

At 11 Months, Abigail is a lot of fun. She is very busy and all over the place as you can see in the above pics! She crawls very fast and is walking well while holding onto our hands or a walking toy. She also likes to push the laundry basket around the house. She is getting better and better at turning! Also as of yesterday, April 7th, she can stand along for a few seconds!

--She is also saying "uh oh", baby, mama, dada, and other various precious babbling.
--She can also follow simple commands such as drop this, point to mommy's nose, or clap your hands.
--After her bath she likes to hold the brush and brush our hair and has even started to brush her own hair.
--She loves to read.
--She likes to help clean up her tray after she eats.
--She can hold a banana on her own and take a bite.
--She squeals with delight whenever she sees our kitty, Sophie
--She likes to point at things.
--Weighs 21lbs 6oz and is quite tall I'm sure since her pants are quickly becoming capris!

We can't wait to celebrate this precious girl's FIRST Birthday next weekend!

Mommy is Funny

Check out this video! You will be cracking up! Abigail was. If anyone ever tries to tell me that I am not funny, I am going to show them this video. I'm not sure if Abigail was just in a really good mood, or if I caught her at just the right time or what, but as you can see here, she is having a blast!! I was playing peekaboo and jumping out from behind the wall.