Silly Abbie

Abbie with a new hair style after Mama had some fun going crazy with bows!

This picture makes me feel a little disoriented. Sorry, it's not my best photograpy. Abbie has enjoyed pushing baby dolls around in the stroller lately. She enjoys putting them in upside down. It's amazing how fast Abbie can go through the house now pushing the stroller.

Abbie with some of her favorite things-her passy and a telephone. She loves telephones! I think she'd like to lay down and take a nap with this one.

Valentine Party

Sophie, Gracie & Ellie

Sophie & Gracie laughing

This past Thursday, Sophie had her Valentine's Day Party at school. She really enjoyed decorating everyone's valentines with stickers and getting to pass them out. They got to eat Chick-fil-A for lunch and then took turns passing out their valentines. Sophie loves going to school and seeing all of her friends!! I was able to go to the party and it was an added bonus that a couple of my friends were able to watch Abbie so that I didn't have to chase her around the room during the party. I enjoyed it so much more than their Christmas party where Abbie was getting into everything!! Thanks for watching Abbie, Jenny & Janelle! =) This year on Valentine's Day, Sophie was really excited because Paw-paw Tom, Mimi, & Aunt Leia (Matt's family) were able to come and visit us for President's Day weekend!

All About Abbie

Since Abbie celebrated her first birthday a few weeks ago, I thought I'd do a little tribute to her.

Here's 21 things about Abbie since she was born on the 21st of January:
1. She has red hair with blond highlights in it (for those who haven't seen her in person).
2. She's usually good natured and very laid-back. (She's usually fine with me leaving her.)
3. She has loved her bed since she was itty bitty.
4. She loves to talk on the phone when I'm talking or anytime (if I'm talking on the phone, she picks up a remote or anything and starts babbling).
5. She loves all of the yellow vegetables such as sweet potatoes and carrots so her skin was really orange at one point.
6. She loves to eat period. =)
7. She doesn't let you hold her to cuddle very much.
8. She likes to be on the move.
9. She loves her big sister.
10. Her mama is probably still her favorite person right now.
11. She is crazy about her lovie (a light pink soft lamb lovie) and her passy.
12. She likes to go down the slide.
13. She has a great laugh and a great smile.
14. She loves remotes.
15. She's not that crazy about books YET (Sophie & I will keep working with her on this one because we both love to read! Matt mostly likes non-fiction.)
16. She's a pretty good traveller.
17. She loves to swing.
18. She likes to dance.
19. She loves to play with her ball popper toy.
20. She also loves to crawl through the tunnels.
21. She loves to talk and it sounds like she imitates new words every day. Today, we were talking about Sophie's backpack and I promise you that Abbie imitated the word backpack too.

I hope I didn't bore ya'll too much (if anyone read all of this). I just wanted to be nostalgic. Maybe this will help me remember what Abbie was like at one.

Parties and Play Dates

This past week has been really good for us overall but I don't have any pictures to post right now. We met up with some friends at the Discovery Center on Friday and then went to Chick-Fil-A for lunch. The new train exhibit is open now at the Discovery Center. We had a lot of fun there with an old friend of mine and her kids! Sophie went to a birthday party on Saturday at Pump-it-up and had a lot of fun!! On Sunday, Sophie & I went to a baby shower for a cousin. Then, on Monday we had a play date with Meredith and Joshua. It was beautiful outside so were all able to get and play for a while. On Monday night, we went to a BIG family dinner at my parents' house in celebration of my sister's boyfriend being here for a little vacation. He is in the Marines and has been stationed in Japan so many in the family had not had the chance to meet him. Anyway, as you can see, it's been a busy but fun-filled week for us! Tomorrow is Sophie's Valentine party at school so that will be fun too!

Priceless!

Abbie & Sophie on Sophie's bike

While we were at Nana & Paw-paw's house last Sunday, Sophie rode her bike some. Someone decided to try putting Abbie on the bike (and no we didn't really let them ride around like this). With careful supervision, I think someone may have given them a very brief ride but I'm not sure. It was just too cute. I don't know if this picture really does it justice but I thought it was the sweetest thing.

Fun at Nana's house

our family

Summer, Martha, Sierra, Keri & Sophie

Sierra trying to walk (or dance?) with Abbie =)

On Sunday, we got together with my dad's side of the family at my parents house to celebrate some birthdays. Sophie helped my mom decorate the birthday cake but I didn't manage to get a picture of it. The weather was almost perfect on Sunday. After we ate dinner, everyone was able to visit and several people went outside. Sophie brought her bike so that she could do some riding. While we were there, my cousin Keri presented my sister, two of our cousins and Sophie with flowers asking them to be in her upcoming wedding. That was really sweet! She asked me first if Sophie could be a flower girl and of course, I said, "yes". Sophie was very shy and didn't know what to say. I'm really excited about it because I've always thought it would be neat for her to be a flower girl and she seems excited too! Sierra was walking around with Abbie and we had trouble getting her to be still for even a second. =) The girls both loved the attention from all of the adults there.

Random Shots

Yay! We love Uncle Phil!

sweet smile from Abbie

Chef Sophie is helping Mama cook

sisters watching the Muppet Show together one morning =)

These are just some random shots. Sophie loves to cook and Abbie has become much more proficient at walking. It's been less stressful for me having a toddler learning to walk than it was Sophie. I think it's because when Sophie was learning to walk we were wanting to go outside so much more and play. It's been too cold for that. Abbie is babbling all the time. When I talk on the phone, she picks something nearby and starts talking too (a remote control or whatever). She is eating more table food now. The doctor told me to try to give her more calories because she was only in the 15%ile for weight last week at her one year check-up. She loves to eat but she is so ACTIVE!! Sophie still wants to mother Abbie to death sometimes. At times, it's helpful but other times it's not!! One morning, Sophie wanted to watch the Muppet Show (on DVD) and Abbie sat right down beside her. Too cute!