11 months

Seriously, where has the time gone? I've procrastinated big time on writing this post but you didn't know that since I backdated :). The fact that my little Abby girl turns one in a month makes me want to cry, but at the same time, it's so exciting. So here's a peek into Abby girl's world:

• walking! All over the place!
• can climb steps, and has learned how to come down the step from the kitchen to the family room
• gives her stuffed animals hugs, and Aidan & Mommy & Daddy too
• gives great big open mouth kisses and says "mmmmmah"
• blows kisses, but sort of pats her mouth and makes noise
• waves 
• loves "pattycake" and "itsy bitsy spider"
• loves sitting on laps and reading books and already wants to be the page turner
• pretends to talk on the phone remote or anything else that can be a phone and will put her hand to her ear when the phone rings
• points and yells at the pantry door when she wants something other than what's on her tray
• can scribble with a crayon or the travel magna doodle
• shakes her head no, and will sometimes say "mo"
• drinks from sippy cup and straw cup and wants any cup that isn't her's
• loves chicken nuggets
• will try any food from someone else's plate
• enjoys playing with the play kitchen
• wearing 12 months clothes, size 3 diapers
• still nursing, and since she brought me the boppy today I think weaning will be harder than expected...heck, I never thought I'd make it this far and for that to be my biggest problem is nothing!
• waking up at least once a night for some nursing and cuddle time with me
• doing anything she can to keep up with Aidan
• loves, loves, loves Toby...she pets him at any chance she can and he's been great with her
• Pretty chatty and can say: mom, da, pop-pop, puff, woof, ball, up
• Some words she attempts: bear & bird (bah), Aidan, Landon, dog (gog), boob yes, for real, hello

So, that's a peek into the world of Abby girl. And much too soon I'll be writing her 1st birthday post. And I should probably be working on her party stuff but part of me is in denial and sad and the other part is just plain exhausted. 

My thoughts on life right now:

We are so incredibly blessed with two amazing children. 

I can't believe that a year ago Abby was snuggled in my belly still. 

Tooth #6!

Tooth number six popped through yesterday. It's the left one next to the middle. Hopefully once this one is in all the way she will sleep a little better through the night for me since that's not happening!

Fun in the Sun

{NWW 7.2.12}

Abby loves the sand, but thankfully does not eat it, just little tastes here and there. She crawls all over in it and will even sit down by the water and play in that sand and the little waves. Aidan, of course, is still our sunglasses wearing beach bum. This is the first summer he didn't have a navy blue shark wide brimmed hat from Gymboree, so his hair is lightening up and showing a little auburn tint to it. He still loves his sunglasses though since the sun is "too bright". I'm so thankful we can vacation with our little ones and they can have a great time. And even more thankful that I have help when Sean is back home working.

My thoughts on life right now:

Life is good. 

One day I'll own a shore house, even if it is when I'm old enough to have grandchildren to make memories with. 

Tooth #5!

Well, #4 popped through around June 23rd and today I noticed #5. It's the one next to the top right. I wonder if the rest will pop through quickly now.

My thoughts on life right now:
My baby girl is growing up so fast!!! I can't believe it. 

10 months

Oh my goodness, I keep telling myself I'm not really sitting down to write this 10 month blog post. Maybe that's why I skipped the 9 month one. Maybe, just maybe, I'm in denial that my baby is so close to turning a year old. And that, folks, I'm a little sad about. I know with Aidan I was excited to get to all the milestones, partly because they were new, and partly because it was exciting and fun. With Abby though, it's only new to her, and knowing that she may be my last baby I want time to slow down to a crawl. I want those milestones to happen, but at a much slower pace. And guess what? They are happening sooner with her than with him. As much as I want her to be that wonderful smelling newborn, she is an amazing little almost toddler baby girl. So, enough of my sob story about how I'm not ready for her to grow up so fast and on to what this little cutie is up to lately:

• crawling super fast, especially when you chase her or tell her no
• can pull herself to standing, and sometimes lets go
• walks behind "Rocket" walking toy 
• can climb steps
• has 5 teeth (as of 7/3) middle bottom and top two and right top
• says mama, gaga (for dada and most things), gog (for dog), and makes a whole lot of other noise
• loves to squeal, especially if Aidan is playing around with her
• has the most adorable little giggle ever, seriously
• loves to go for walks in the wagon and stroller
• has had a few tastes of vanilla ice cream, and loves it!
• still wearing size 3 diapers
• wearing 12 months clothes
• still nursing (yay! and sooo much cheaper than formula)
• likes most baby foods, but isn't so happy with finger foods
• loves puffs, sometimes likes baby goldfish crackers, likes graham crackers   
• tries to blow kisses, but usually just pats her mouth and hums at the same time
• gives lots of open mouth slobbery kisses
• hugs, and will sometimes even pat you on the back if you pat her back first
• requires a baby gate system unlike Aidan so she doesn't get into everything, especially the tv

So, that's a little about our baby girl. Oh, one more thing, a few months ago I was so excited to be "pinning" all kinds of ideas and things to do/make/have for her birthday party. Now, nothing. I'm in complete denial that it's happening so soon. I have this dream party in my head that could have been accomplished if I started working on it before vacation, but I didn't, and I'm a little mad at myself but also sad that she'll be one so soon. Oh well, it'll be great and she'll be one and we'll continue to love and adore her as much and even more than we do now.

My thoughts on life right now:

Really? 10 months already?

She makes me SO happy.

Seeing her and Aidan together is the best ever.

{enjoying vacation in NWW}

PS- If someone can help me make it so behind the words is not white that would be great. It's ultra-annoying to me but I have no idea how to fix it. One of these days I'm going to take a class on how to make my blog better. Maybe right after I take the class to learn how to use my DSLR on something besides auto. ;)

Tooth #3

Abby's top right tooth made its breakthrough today! Hopefully this means she'll be sleeping and eating a little better. Of course it also means she can bite with some force now...not so fun for me.

Quite exciting for sure. There's so much that she's been doing lately. I'll have a big list in her ten month blog post, which will also be the nine month one since somehow the month went way faster than expected...or I'll just backdate ;)

Father's Day gift-pinned

Well, it might be a day late, but I successfully completed a Pinterest project for Sean. He has a bazillion tickets that he'll have to go through and maybe just put the important ones in here. He's been saving them since we started hanging out, I kid you not.

This was so simple that I want to do one each for Abby and Aidan for their hospital newborn stuff...hat, bracelet, etc.

I got a shadowbox frame, sheet of scrapbook paper, and I had the sticky letters. I cut the paper to the sizes I wanted and then used spray adhesive to stick it all on the back inside of the frame. The one piece of paper that doesn't have the sheen to it is just the reverse of the shiny paper. So simple.

{ticket shadowbox}

My thoughts on life right now:

One pinterest project down, a hundred to go! :)