Glamour girl

Did I somehow give birth to a glamour girl? Abby has been walking
around all day with her fancy purse and necklace.

My blueberry shades

While I was talking to my mom, Little Miss Blueberry fingers got a
hold of the roman shades in the dining room. She is TROUBLE!

Picking wild blueberries

Today we headed up to the mountains to pick some wild blueberries! Abby wore her cool glasses and a bandana to protect her from the sun.

We didn't carry the camera all the way to the top of the mountain were the berries were, sorry. Abby really liked picking the berries. She was saying, "blueberries. Mmmm. Wow!"

When we got back to the car Hal gave her a daisy to inspect.

Babysitter and poison control!

Abby went back to the sitters yesterday and did GREAT! Yeah! She
wasn't sure about the other kids but she likes Miss Jill. She is
going to get to see more of Jill this week because I have a job
interview Friday at Nazareth Middle School. I student taught there
for 7 weeks when I was pregnant. I am hoping they remember good
things about me!

This morning when we were getting dressed to go hiking Abby ate some
of my deodorant. She threw up pretty fast but we called poison
control just to be safe. They said that she will live. The weird
thing is that after I took the deodorant away from her she was
grabbing for it as if she wanted more.

Abby and me

Bananas in pajamas

Last night Abby was not sleeping. I brought her downstairs for a snack. She mushed a chocolate covered banana into her hair and told me it was a "hat".

Her hair was still sticking up this morning after I tried to get the bananas out of it!

Carrying her purse.

What a vocABulary!

If you liked to look at Abby's vocabulary list, sorry, I removed it.
She can now say just about everything. She repeats EVERYTHING! I
just gave her a kiwi for a snack and she asked, "Dat?" That is a
kiwi Abby. She says, "Oh. Kiwi. Good."

A hard day.

Grandma had to go home today. Abby knows she is going to "Papa
house". Abby went to the sitters by herself for the first time
today. She didn't have much fun. The sitter called to have me come
get her early because she was so upset. When I went to pick her up
she was screaming. The other kids were trying to help her and told
her "mama come back" but she wasn't having it. She fell asleep as
soon as I put her in her car seat. Poor thing. I hope she gets used
to it soon! (Maybe she won't have to the job search is looking
pretty bleak.)

Silly doll

Feeling much better!

Abigail woke up this morning feeling MUCH better! Thank God! She's
been giving Grandma kisses!

Lying about her age already!

A little bit better!

We finally got a few smiles this morning. Her throat still hurts her but her fever has gone way down.

Still sick!

Abby is still sick! We are going to see Dr. B today.

She just learned to say her name. I'll try to get a video soon.

Hot, hot, hot

Poor Abby! She woke up late Thursday night with a temperature of
103.9°. She was fighting it all day Friday and Saturday. She seemed
to be getting her appetite back around dinner time. I hope she feels
better tomorrow!

Making music

Abby has been making music and singing to herself all day long. Last night I asked Abby if she wanted some peas. She said, "geen". She has a book with green peas in it - I don't think she has actually learned her colors yet. We bought some webcams so Abby can video conference with her fans in Illinois. Abby won't stop talking about her papa! All we hear is "pa! pa! papa! papa!"

More splashing, nice purse!

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VISITORS?

Everyone is welcome! Does anyone want to come? Hal is home 50% of
the time and Abby and I are always here. We have a comfy guest room!

Everyone in the bath

Tonight I was drawing Abs a bath and she wanted to get in the pack
and play. So I put her in there and she grabbed her teddy and Harry
Potter and pretended like she was going to sleep. I applauded
because she was showing me that she knows what she is supposed to do
in there! Hooray! When she got out she brought the toys with her.
A few minutes later I heard a splash and "Help! Help!" Abby had
thrown her dolls into the tub!

Splash pad

I found this splash pad at Wegman's today. (I never really need to go anywhere else, Wegman's has everything!) Abby wasn't sure about it at first but she really liked it. She also tried to throw her towel in!

Hugs, kisses, and messy

Abby is hugging her teddy, ugly doll, Harry Potter doll, and a green ball.

Smooshing all the same toys on the floor. She did this for a half hour before she fell asleep last night.

Running away and up the stairs after I caught her eating corn starch and chocolate chips from the kitchen cabinets. I guess I had better watch her better!

Talking toddler

Abby is getting more teeth, I think. Last night she woke up a lot.
I asked her what was wrong and she said, "Ow! Ow! I done! I done!"
I'm done too. Can we just skip the rest of her teeth? She can eat
fine with the ones she already has!

Looooove!

She loves this doll and teddy.

Guess who started feeding herself with a spoon!

Pack and play

I started on Monday, trying to get Abby to sleep in her pack and play
for her naps - to make napping easier on everyone, especially when I
return to work. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday she screamed for 2
hours before falling asleep. I took Thursday and Friday off because
I needed a break. Today it took her an hour to sit down. Then she
fell asleep a half hour later - SITTING UP! She toppled over a bit
and is now sleeping in a very awkward position. SO GLAD SHE IS
SLEEPING! This should keep getting easier. For now, she is staying
in our bed for bedtime. We like waking up with little fingers poking
our eyes and a little voice saying, "EYESzzzzz!" The toes in my
mouth are pretty cute too, if you like that sort of thing.

Blowing bubbles

Hi, pa?

Notice how Abby knew right where to look for my cell phone. When she finds it, she asks me if it is pa's! Or maybe she was asking where pa was? She must have really enjoyed picking grandpa's pocket when he was here!

Those kids have a ball!

Today we went to a really nice park with the moms club. Abby was
awed by some older kids playing with a big ball.

Amanda, one of the moms, let Abby had this little Hummer. Abby thinks it is a bus. You can open the trunk. She played with it for over an hour.

Waiting for the bath to fill - LOOK at all those teeth! She has two molars (top/bottom) on the right side and is working at the molars on the left.

Baby's baby

Abby decided that she wanted little Harry to nap with today.

Pa pa?

When we got home from swimming today my dad had left a message on the
answering machine. When Abby heard his voice she looked into the
kitchen and said "pa pa?"

Later Hal was watching the video of Abby on her rocking horse at Christmas. Abby heard grandpa's voice on the video and looked around and asked, "pa pa?"

Fish pictures

Abby's favorite dolls. (Grandma's Scary Baby and a Harry Potter look alike.) She is suddenly very interested in these dolls. Carries them around. Gives them hugs and kisses.

At the fish hatchery, pointing at the trout.

Giving the fish some food.

Stealing dad's snack.

Trying to get pretzels out but her arms are too short!

Shaking the bag to get pretzels out.

Crunchy Family

We are going low-fat vegan!

If you are interested in more information about how a low fat vegan diet can reverse heart disease checkout Dr.McDougal, Dr. Esselstyn, and Dr. Fuhrman.

The zoo!

Did you hear? We are going to the zoo!

Abby liked looking at the huge rainbow Macaw parrot.

Grandpa held her up to see the Rainbow Lorries. (birds)

After we saw all the animals we stopped for a snack.

Grandpa is so much FUN! Abby and Grandpa are having lots of fun together.

Pockets!

Grandpa has taken over as 'Chief Reader of Books to the Little Princess'

Abby found his pocket yesterday - and found his cell phone inside the pocket. She was surprised that there was a picture of "dad-ee" on the phone.

We told her that the phone was gone and she said "gone" but she kept digging in that pocket.

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