Conversations with Abigail.

A few weeks ago Abigail woke up in the middle of the night. i could hear her in her room so i went in and found her searching through her drawers of clothes...
M: "what are you doing sweetheart?"
A: "where are my sweatshirts mama? i can't find my sweatshirts"
M: "why do you need a sweatshirt?"
A: "because i'm sweaty mama"

Lately she has been talking about what she wants to be when she grows up.
She keeps talking about being a doctor and when i asked her about giving shots to people she said "the nurse will give the pokeys mama"
yesterday she added a "sewer girl" to the list
and today she wanted to be a "baker girl" too.

the big 1.0

our Emma Joelyn turned 1 yesterday.
i still cannot wrap my head around the fact that the little pipsqueak is one. 
crazy. crazy. crazy.

She spent most of her birthday napping
(wouldn't that be a grand way to spend your bday?)
for some reason she took 2 really long (like 3 hour) naps.
i can only assume it was to prepare for the partying we did last night.

 

 

 

Just a few factoids about Emma
she is one busy gal.
she is a speedy crawler (finally stopped the army crawl).
she is not walking. getting brave though.
we call her E, Ems, Emma JoJo, Monkey, creature (mean i know), sister bear
She waves bye bye.
she gives kisses.
she loves emptying things out.
everywhere we take the girl someone mentions how gorgeous the color of her hair is.
she has 6 teeth. 4 top and 2 bottom. they all came in at once.
she "sings" and boogies when she hears music.
she babbles a lot, but the only word i think she says is "Abba" (abbie)
we haven't found anything she won't eat.
she is most ticklish on the palms of her hands. she giggles like crazy.
she loves to give her dad snuggles.

Happy Birthday Ems!

photos.

i had my sweet friend Jylare ( jylare.com ) take some photos of my Abbie & Emma.
i love how they turned out.  Just wanted to share some.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family Getaway

We just spent 3 magical days here

with these fabulous people

here are a few highlights

 

dancing with Phineas & Ferb

yes, Abbie is wearing a Rapunzel wig.

 

 

Queen of Hearts

trying to escape

Grandpa time

 

we had a great time - it was the perfect family vacation. 
Thanks Grandma Ruth and Grandpa Dan for sharing it with us!

Conversations with Abigail.

i know i just did one of these, but the girl is a chatter box and this is one i had to write down so i won't forget it!
today in the car it went a little something like this ...

A: "Mama, when you were little did you sleep in Grandma's bed with her when Grandpa went out of town to work?"
(Abbie sleeps in my bed when Clark is traveling for work)
M: "maybe, but grandpa didn't have to travel for his job like dad does"
A: "oh, what is grandpa's work?"
M: "grandpa is a lawyer"
A: "what does lawyer mean?"
M: "lawyers help people fix their problems"
A: "oh, like if there's a fire he yells 'get out of the fire i will help you'?"
M: "um, no. that's how firefighters help people. Grandpa helps people if they need to sell their property or ..."
A: "oh okay. or sell their children? or if they have a pig to sell?"
M: "Grandpa doesn't help people sell their children sweetheart. maybe pigs tho..."

oh my goodness. this girl kills me! maybe i need to have grandpa explain his occupation to her.

Conversations with Abigail.

tonight when i was getting Abigail to bed she was ignoring me big time.
as a result she lost her bedtime story. (i'm a mean mama i know)
she's a smart little gal tho - the last line of her prayer tonight was ...
"thanks for mama, that she will read me a story..."
 needless to say - we read.

Abigail

Our Abbie is 4.

For her birthday she wanted to have a little tea party with a few of her girl friends. they were so darn cute all dressed up.

 

We also had family over that evening to celebrate with cake and ice cream.  Thanks to everyone who came to party with us - Abbie loved having you here!

Abbie is so much fun to be around.  Her laugh is contagious.  When she gets laughing really hard she snorts, which makes her laugh even harder.  I love her laugh.
Abbie isn't afraid to try.  In fact, she will try until she conquers. 
Abbie is an amazing older sister.  She loves Emma and is such a great helper. Her favorite thing to help with is putting the "powder sugar" on Emma during  a diaper change (haha, baby powder).  Abbie loves her little sister.
Abbie loves going to preschool.  She always comes home with a new song or story to share.  She especially loves when they get to make things with glue.
Abbie's life is a song.  The girl sings all the time.  She sings songs as well as conversations and stories.  She also dances.  When she hears music she immediately starts dancing.  We love the entertainment!
Our Abbie is so full of life and we love having her in our family.  It is exciting to watch her grow and learn new things - she is at such a fun stage right now - we are enjoying having a 4 year-old in the house!

Happy Birthday Abbie - love your guts!