Pulling Up and Peekaboo

Two of Abbie's newest favorite games...

She will cover her face and when you say "Where's Abbie" she'll pull it off. Age old simple game...yet babies always find it so fun!  :)

Abbie is 8 Months!!!

Our Abbie is 8 months old today. It's amazing how time has flown by and how big she is getting. This month has found Abbie with a few new tricks. She babbles all the time and says "mama" (yay!). She also has begun crawling. It starts with her on all fours, then it turns into a version of the 1980s worm dance and moves right into the productive army crawl. She is not too fast yet, but very motivated and determined to get where she wants to go. She has begun waving "hi" after her naps and it's so cute; she is really excited about it. She also is quite the wiggler and dancer whenever she hears music so she and Evan do this a lot. Her most recent thing is to pose when she sees the camera - cute but it makes it hard to get any action shots as she will stop and pose - I may just have another ham on my hands. Abbie is big enough for the tub seat now and she and Evan are having a great time in the bath splashing and laughing together. She has also begun to experiement in the world of cheerios and is quite proud of herself when she gets them in her mouth. She has started copying us when we are eating by making the chewing motion with her mouth; she is virtually begging for our food. She is such a joy and she and Evan have so much fun together. I can't believe that we are only 4 months away from having a 4yr old and a 1yr old - where is the time going?

Grandma and Grandpa's Visit

Grandma and Grandpa came for a brief visit and we had a great time having them. Evan and Abbie were so excited and even got to have a delayed Christmas. This made Evan extremely happy!

Evan got a #4 jersey - here's his football look.

Around the House

Sibling love....

Evan showing Abbie how to play

Figuring it out

Our little poser...as soon as she sees a camera, she's posing - hilarious!

Showing off those bottom teeth

Puffs...a great entertainment while I make dinner

So Sweet

New Year's Eve

 

Happy New Year! (at about 6pm for Abbie)

Around 8pm we took Evan to the garage and did a countdown and blew horns and little noise makers.

Abbie's First Swim Lesson!

Abbie had her first swim lesson last week, it was also her first time swimming and she loved it!

Dressed and ready to go!

Getting used to the water

Coming up from "swimming" to the bottom (not alone) - she loved it! What a little fish.

Evan and Abbie - 1st Christmas Comparison

Evan's birthday is May 30th and Abbie's is May 23rd, so they were basically the same age at their first Christmas'. In these pictures they are wearing the same pjs...Evan fills them out much better than Abbie did as they are 9 month pjs and Evan is quite a bit thicker and taller than Abbie. Let's just say that at 4 months Evan was 2 lbs heavier than Abbie was at 6 months. We have people tell us that they think they look a lot alike and some that think Abbie looks more like me and like my mom. Here is a pretty good comparison. They definitly favor each other but have their own look as well.

Evan

Abbie

Evan

Abbie

A White Christmas

Merry Christmas! Dallas received the tail end of the winter storm that crossed the nation over Christmas. On Christmas Eve we had about 1.5 inches of snow which meant we woke up to this on Christmas morning. Did I mention that it was 75 degrees on Wednesday?

Abbie was very excited about her Discovery Dome

Evan was very excited about his new bike. Since everything was still iced over he did his early practice inside.

Then outside we went to play, have snowball fights, make snow angels...

Spencer loves to be wherever we are as a family.

Abbie with some snow she just picked up...about to try it out for the first time

Rolling the bottom of the snowman

Complete with a carrot nose and acorn eyes

We have a picture just like this of Evan. Same pjs and everything...I hope to compare them soon as they were both born in May so the age is the same

This racetrack has literally been played with for hours each day. He has thanked us many times over for it and it's something we can all play with together. There were also a few preschool board games under the tree that we've been having fun with too.

Tad the learning Frog, not immediatly sure about him, but came to love him quickly

Ready for the road now that the ice had melted

(if you need a bike for a child...Walmart.com Rock It Bike...best deal around for a kids bike that they will only use for a few years-good quality).

And our boy is off...wow...old enough for his own "big boy" bike

7 Months

Our Abbie Girl is 7 months old! This month has brought more firsts and more fun with she and Evan. Abbie continues to join in the craziness around here and has begun to compete with the volume level of her brother. To be honest, it's hard to be the only "quiet" one a house of extraverts. We even had to take our food to go the other night from Chili's - yes Chili's, a family friendly restaurant (had a gift card) - because of the noise level of our children. Not being bad, Abbie was tired, and teething - she screeches and talks louder and louder the more tired she gets. Evan was just getting restless. We chose to take our dinner to go as opposed to coninuing to subject the restaurant to our noise level. Whew...it was a crazy 30 minutes!

(that felt like an hour!).

This month has found Abbie babbling more and playing with her sounds. She can sit up unassisted for quite awhile if she wants to. However she is usually over and on the move - rolling still for mobility. She is trying very hard to get up on all fours and gets pretty close; she desperately wants to keep up with her big brother.

Abbie has also gotten her two bottom teeth in and is working on a few more. Thus the 12-18 months of teething has begun. She did well but definitly had a rough few days with swollen gums before they finally cut through.

She continues to enjoy her excersaucer and jumping while there. She eats two solid meals a day and has done great with that. We chose not to pull out the high chair this time and are using the bumbo with a tray. It works great and saves so much room! It's really a lot easier to clean up as well. In a few months we will just switch her to a booster seat.

We are having so much fun with our sweet girl.