Abby still loves to get the Tupperware out as well as the buckets out of the lazy susan. Abby plays with the containers all the time. Abby also still likes to play with the waterbottles. I don’t know if I have mentioned this, but Abby loves the basket the silverware is supposed to go into from the dishwasher. Abby thinks it is her basket and carries it around the kitchen.
On Oct. 13th Abby took all the books out of her pink and white checkered basket so that she could climb into the basket to read her books. We have so much fun together everyday. I love being a mom. Abby makes it so easy because she is such a sweet and loving little girl. She also gives me kisses all the time.
I worked Oct. 14th-17th so Abby was watched by my Dad ("Papa"), Aunt Leslie, and Aunt Julie. It was a fun-filled week for Abby. She adjusted well to the new homes okay. When I dropped her off at Grandpa’s on Oct. 14th, she was so happy. When I left, she was playing with Grandpa, showing him her baby. I think he had a really fun day. Aunt Leslie watched Abby on Oct. 15th. Aunt Leslie did Abby's hair into the sweetest pig-tails. I almost started crying when I saw how sweet and beautiful Abby looked. Aunt Julie watched Abby on Oct. 16th. Apparently Abby and cousin Tommy are “kissin’ cousins”. I almost didn’t believe it until I saw it for myself. Abby was sitting on the couch when Tommy sat on her lap and went in for the kiss. Don’t worry…I am sure my first kiss was my cousin (Greg) too.
Friday, December 26, 2008
October 2008, First-Half
Abby looks out the window and sees the neighbors swing and says, “Wee.” One day in October, I took Abby outside to play in the Thatcher’s backyard on the swing, slide and in the castle. Abby asks to go outside all the time by saying “wee” and signing swing or slide. Anyway, we had been outside playing for awhile, so it was time to come inside. As I was carrying Abby back home, she said, “Bye, bye wee”. I almost lost it because it was so sweet and adorable. Abby LOVES to play outside. Last weekend (Oct. 11th and 12th) it snowed for the first time this fall…3 inches. It didn’t matter…..Abby still wanted to go outside and play on the “wee.” I can already tell it is going to be a long winter.
Last week Abby also took peanut butter to the couch. I had given her peanut butter on a spoon. Well, instead of eating it, she spread the peanut butter all over the couch slipcover. Thank goodness I can wash it. She is a busy little rascal.
Last week Abby also took peanut butter to the couch. I had given her peanut butter on a spoon. Well, instead of eating it, she spread the peanut butter all over the couch slipcover. Thank goodness I can wash it. She is a busy little rascal.
September 2008, Part 2
Abby had her first “kiss” in nursery this month. Abby and Nicholas (our neighbor) both puckered up and gave each other a kiss. Could this be the beginning of something?!? Abby knows how to sign grandpa and firefighter. It is really sweet. Both grandpas just love it when she signs grandpa for them and says, “Papa.”
Mid-September, Abby started saying her name, which is “Babby.” It is absolutely adorable. At first she tried to mix Baby and Abby and then came up with “Babby.” We love it! Abby also knows how to say “Jesus” and knows who Jesus is in pictures and in her storybooks. It is precious. At church, she points to Jesus in the pictures all the time.
Abby loves to change her baby’s diaper. She unsnaps the baby’s clothes and gets a real diaper and sometimes even the Desitin. There are random diapers all over the house and sometimes I don’t find out until we are not at home that Abby has emptied the diaper bag of all the diapers. That is always a treat!
September 21st in Nursery, Abby attempted to eat the play-doh. Luckily, Abby's Nursery Leader was watching and had her spit it out. Aunt Leslie watched Abby on Sept. 22nd and 23rd while I had to work. Abby kept calling her, “Nenny”. We won’t tell Aunt Jenny because we don’t want her feelings hurt. We are working on saying Leslie, but it still comes out “Nenny”. When we ask what a cow says, Abby says, “Boo.” So now she is going to be a cow for Halloween. I think it is very appropriate!
Mid-September, Abby started saying her name, which is “Babby.” It is absolutely adorable. At first she tried to mix Baby and Abby and then came up with “Babby.” We love it! Abby also knows how to say “Jesus” and knows who Jesus is in pictures and in her storybooks. It is precious. At church, she points to Jesus in the pictures all the time.
Abby loves to change her baby’s diaper. She unsnaps the baby’s clothes and gets a real diaper and sometimes even the Desitin. There are random diapers all over the house and sometimes I don’t find out until we are not at home that Abby has emptied the diaper bag of all the diapers. That is always a treat!
September 21st in Nursery, Abby attempted to eat the play-doh. Luckily, Abby's Nursery Leader was watching and had her spit it out. Aunt Leslie watched Abby on Sept. 22nd and 23rd while I had to work. Abby kept calling her, “Nenny”. We won’t tell Aunt Jenny because we don’t want her feelings hurt. We are working on saying Leslie, but it still comes out “Nenny”. When we ask what a cow says, Abby says, “Boo.” So now she is going to be a cow for Halloween. I think it is very appropriate!
September 2008, Part 1
We got to spend the entire day together on Sept. 1st while Corey was dove hunting. Abby learned how to say ‘house’. She says it so sweetly. When I give Abby her ‘ba-ba’ (bottle) in the morning, she always pats the couch for me to sit down and hold her. I really cherish these moments. Over Labor Day weekend, Abby walked up to Corey with a ball telling daddy she wanted to play. He got done on the ground with Abby and then she looked at me and patted the ground, which is her sign that she wants you to sit. I sat down and we started passing the ball. Abby then stopped and pushed her little walk ‘n ride Winnie the pooh toy to have it start playing music. Abby LOVES music and wants to sing and dance. Abby is really growing up and changing. I put ‘pretties’ (ponies) in her hair and she looks so grown-up. I love being Abby's mommy.
Abby really is a sweet and easy-going child. She enjoys people so much and wants to be social and play all the time. We go outside and I push her on the swingset. Abby rests her head back and just enjoys the wind on her face. She can hear a dog or an airplane from miles away. Abby does the signs for both when she hears a dog or an airplane. Her signing is really incredible. Abby can say: Go, Stop, Bath, Bear, Thank You, Please, Share, Your Turn, My Turn, Dirty, Clean, Eat, Milk, Grandma, Grandpa, Car and Book.
Abby loves the songs from Signing Time. One of her favorite songs is "look at my hands."
Oh, whoa, look at my hands, look at my hands, they’re dirty.
Oh, whoa, look at my hands, look at my hands, they’re dirty.
A little soap and water. A little soap and water.
Oh, whoa, look at my hands, look at my hands, they’re clean.
Abby says, ‘hi’ and ‘bye’ so sweetly. I am going to miss her baby voice. Daddy likes for Abby to say grandma, which is ‘mama’, grandpa, which is ‘papa’, daddy and mommy. He asks Abby to say them in that order because when she says ‘mommy’ it is an octave higher and is so cute.
Abby's favorite games are to play with the ball and hide-and-seek. But Abby loves to sign ‘go’ and then I chase her around the house. Abby could play this game all day I swear. Abby wears me out. Abby likes to climb up on the kitchen table. She got a hold of my sharpie pen last week and colored the couch slipcover red. It didn’t wash out, but that’s okay. It will always remind me of Abby.
When Abby is hungry she taps her table chair for me to put her in it. She won’t drink milk out of anything but a bottle. Water and juice are okay in a sippy, but not milk. She pulls out all of the waterbottles from the cupboard almost every day. The other day she put her shoes inside some Tupperware which was round. She was trying to put a square lid on top, which was frustrating her because it would’t fit. It wasn’t until I put a round lid on top to seal her shoes inside that she was finally happy.
Abby really is a sweet and easy-going child. She enjoys people so much and wants to be social and play all the time. We go outside and I push her on the swingset. Abby rests her head back and just enjoys the wind on her face. She can hear a dog or an airplane from miles away. Abby does the signs for both when she hears a dog or an airplane. Her signing is really incredible. Abby can say: Go, Stop, Bath, Bear, Thank You, Please, Share, Your Turn, My Turn, Dirty, Clean, Eat, Milk, Grandma, Grandpa, Car and Book.
Abby loves the songs from Signing Time. One of her favorite songs is "look at my hands."
Oh, whoa, look at my hands, look at my hands, they’re dirty.
Oh, whoa, look at my hands, look at my hands, they’re dirty.
A little soap and water. A little soap and water.
Oh, whoa, look at my hands, look at my hands, they’re clean.
Abby says, ‘hi’ and ‘bye’ so sweetly. I am going to miss her baby voice. Daddy likes for Abby to say grandma, which is ‘mama’, grandpa, which is ‘papa’, daddy and mommy. He asks Abby to say them in that order because when she says ‘mommy’ it is an octave higher and is so cute.
Abby's favorite games are to play with the ball and hide-and-seek. But Abby loves to sign ‘go’ and then I chase her around the house. Abby could play this game all day I swear. Abby wears me out. Abby likes to climb up on the kitchen table. She got a hold of my sharpie pen last week and colored the couch slipcover red. It didn’t wash out, but that’s okay. It will always remind me of Abby.
When Abby is hungry she taps her table chair for me to put her in it. She won’t drink milk out of anything but a bottle. Water and juice are okay in a sippy, but not milk. She pulls out all of the waterbottles from the cupboard almost every day. The other day she put her shoes inside some Tupperware which was round. She was trying to put a square lid on top, which was frustrating her because it would’t fit. It wasn’t until I put a round lid on top to seal her shoes inside that she was finally happy.
August 23-31st, 2008
Maybe I am just a bad mother, but Abby had spaghetti for the first time on August 23rd at the Catenzaros. She is 18 months old!!! She was quite a mess. I just took her shirt off and let her go to town. She really enjoyed it.
Abby started going full-time to nursery on Sunday, August 24th. I took you into her class (with her baby doll) and did a mad dash out the door. She was sad for a little while, but then did just fine.
Abby had a doctor’s appointment on August 26th, which always means shots.
On Sunday, August 31st Abby got into the biggest yogurt mess to date. I turned for just 1 minute and when I turned back to spoon was gone and Abby was dipping into her yogurt with her entire hand. It was all in her hair, on her arms, legs and face. It looked like war paint. Abby had her second bath of the day and it was barely 10 am. This is also the day Abby spotted daddy passing the sacrament. First Abby said, ‘daddy’. Then she waved and said ‘hi’ to daddy all the way across the chapel. Daddy couldn’t help but smile, but didn’t dare wave back. It was really sweet. We went to Grandma and Grandpa Ormes for FHE. It was a complete downpour for most of the evening. When it stopped raining, Abby went outside and played with Aunt Leslie in the puddles. Leslie would point to them and then Abby would go walk into them. Abby is so cute.
Abby started going full-time to nursery on Sunday, August 24th. I took you into her class (with her baby doll) and did a mad dash out the door. She was sad for a little while, but then did just fine.
Abby had a doctor’s appointment on August 26th, which always means shots.
On Sunday, August 31st Abby got into the biggest yogurt mess to date. I turned for just 1 minute and when I turned back to spoon was gone and Abby was dipping into her yogurt with her entire hand. It was all in her hair, on her arms, legs and face. It looked like war paint. Abby had her second bath of the day and it was barely 10 am. This is also the day Abby spotted daddy passing the sacrament. First Abby said, ‘daddy’. Then she waved and said ‘hi’ to daddy all the way across the chapel. Daddy couldn’t help but smile, but didn’t dare wave back. It was really sweet. We went to Grandma and Grandpa Ormes for FHE. It was a complete downpour for most of the evening. When it stopped raining, Abby went outside and played with Aunt Leslie in the puddles. Leslie would point to them and then Abby would go walk into them. Abby is so cute.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Deep in the heart of Texas! (Dallas - August 14-22, 2008)
Corey left for Dallas, Texas for work on Monday, August 11th and Abby was the first to notice. Abby would stand at the top of the stairs and point at the front door saying, “Daddy” in a very sad voice. For two nights, she woke up in the night crying wanting Daddy. When she couldn’t find him she wouldn’t calm down. For an hour every night she cried and cried for Daddy. I even had to turn on the light to show her that Daddy wasn’t there. By Wednesday, Abby missed her Daddy so much (and Mommy missed sleep), Corey called and got us a ticket to go visit him. We finally got to Dallas on Thursday, August 14th and all was well. We went to the JFK Museum, a Texas Rangers baseball game and I got to go to the temple while Abby hung out with Daddy at the mall. We also went swimming and for walks. All the cooks and maids just adored Abby.
Meeting Aunt Leslie (August 6, 2008)
Abby met her Aunt Leslie for the first time on August 6th. She just returned from the Georgia Macon Mission. Leslie adores Abby!
The River Trip (July 31 - August 2, 2008)
We left for the annual river trip on Thursday, July 31st. As we were entering Brigham City, Abby started throwing up milk, some of which had already curdled. After three big sprays, Abby was completely covered in it. Corey pulled into a car wash and we attempted to clean Abby, the car, and the carseat. We clipped Abby's onesie and pjs up where you are supposed to hang your floormats and hosed off her clothes. It took us awhile to clean everything off, but we were still stuck smelling a very stinky carseat for the next few days.
Thank goodness the trip got better from there....Abby went down the river with Corey, myself, and Aunt Jenny. Abby absolutely loved it! She even fell asleep on the second run of the day. We took lots of pictures to show Grammy. We really missed her on this trip. It just wasn’t the same.
Thank goodness the trip got better from there....Abby went down the river with Corey, myself, and Aunt Jenny. Abby absolutely loved it! She even fell asleep on the second run of the day. We took lots of pictures to show Grammy. We really missed her on this trip. It just wasn’t the same.
San Diego (July 18-24, 2008)
On Friday, July 18th we flew down to San Diego. We had the best time ever! Our condo was right on the beach next to Crystal Pier. We could look out all day and watch the tide and the surfers. The sunsets were just incredible. We went to the San Diego Temple, Old Towne, Coronado Island, the San Diego Zoo and of course spent a lot of time on the beach. We couldn’t get enough sun.
Los Angeles (July 10-15, 2008)
We then left on Thursday, July 10th to take my mom to Los Angeles for her mission. What a road trip! We spent the first night in Mesquite then we went to Ontario the second night. Abby did so well….we sang, played games like hide and seek with Teddy, and occasionally she slept, but mostly we laughed and talked. We took a wrong turn off the freeway in LA which took us over an hour to get back the right way. We eventually got to the LA Temple and Family History Center. We met the Sisters in the FHC and then moved my mom into her studio apartment. It is small, but somehow we got it all to fit. Let’s just hope my mom doesn’t get a companion/roommate for awhile. I still don’t know where she is going to put everything she has now.
We did have some “down time” so we went to Santa Monica Pier for lunch and then we had a day at the beach. Abby loved the water. Abby wanted to jump over the waves and stand while the water hit her legs. Abby really didn’t want to sit in the sand and play. Instead she liked sitting on the blanket with Grammy and hold the umbrella. We didn’t notice until the next day that we all got sunburned…Abby's face and shoulders, Grammy’s back and my neck. I guess we were a little too late in getting the sunblock on.
We helped my mom get settled and then it was time to go. My mom and I did fine until we were at the airport when we both started crying. Abby did great because she was asleep. But Abby did seem a little confused when she woke up and there was no Grammy around. I promised my mom that Abby wouldn’t forget her and I know she won’t because every time she hears Grammy’s voice on the speakerphone, she gives Grammy kisses. It is so sweet and I know it makes Grammy’s day.
We love you mom and know the Lord will bless you while on your mission!
We did have some “down time” so we went to Santa Monica Pier for lunch and then we had a day at the beach. Abby loved the water. Abby wanted to jump over the waves and stand while the water hit her legs. Abby really didn’t want to sit in the sand and play. Instead she liked sitting on the blanket with Grammy and hold the umbrella. We didn’t notice until the next day that we all got sunburned…Abby's face and shoulders, Grammy’s back and my neck. I guess we were a little too late in getting the sunblock on.
We helped my mom get settled and then it was time to go. My mom and I did fine until we were at the airport when we both started crying. Abby did great because she was asleep. But Abby did seem a little confused when she woke up and there was no Grammy around. I promised my mom that Abby wouldn’t forget her and I know she won’t because every time she hears Grammy’s voice on the speakerphone, she gives Grammy kisses. It is so sweet and I know it makes Grammy’s day.
We love you mom and know the Lord will bless you while on your mission!
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