"I'm not sleepy!"

Abby has moved into the next phase of toddler-hood.  She is viscously flighting sleep.  Therefore making nap time and bed time really tough on us sometimes.   For the longest time she was such a good girl at bed times and we could just kiss her, say nite-nite, and she'd lay down and go to sleep without so much as a peep.

Not anymore.

She tries so hard to stay awake, no matter how tired she is, that she's now starting to fall asleep standing up in her crib.  And will stay there until she falls down...

Abby & Alyssa

Alyssa is Abby's good friend from school.  I told them to get together so I could take their picture, and this is what I got. :)

Little helper!

Abby loves laundry.  She loves to help put it in the washer, she loves to get it out of the dryer, and she loves to help fold it!  But her most favorite part is carrying the basket back to the laundry room.  It is her job...and if you even try to do it for her, she will let you know how displeased she is about that!!

Such a good little helper she is!

Aunt Heather

My sister came to visit over Valentine's weekend.  Abby got a little 24 hour bug and wasn't feeling to good some of the time so we spent a lot of time watching cartoons and playing with the iPad. :)

Snack time!!

Peek-a-boo!

Abby loves to play peek-a-boo and now has a friend that loves it just as much!  Ethan and her play with the play mailbox all day long.  He says "Abby, Abby, Abby" until she looks through the box at him...then they both break out in big giggles.  It's SO cute!!  I tried to get a better picture, but they were laughing so much I had to just take the best shot I could.

Kitty kisses...

The Louvre - in Cedar Park, TX

Abby's daycare has a teaching plan in which they use all the senses during the week.  Most of the time they are doing some sort of craft on the "sensory table".  Check out our wall of art!  This is our collection we've started since we brought home that first painting when she was just 4 months old.  We even have more artwork stored as we are running out of room!

We have everything from finger-paint, painting with a brush, painting with pudding, painting with ice, chalk, markers, pens...you name it, they've done it!  I've been told that she much prefers using a paint brush or marker as not to get her little hands dirty...stinker.

"Diaper"

For a couple weeks now, Abby has been telling us when she has a dirty diaper.  She says "diaper" and pats her bottom.  She only does it when it's dirty...not when it's just wet.  So I think this means one of two things:  1) she's going to be really easy to potty train or 2) she's going to be really HARD to potty train. I know it's way to early to even be thinking about it.  But it does make me wonder!

Sign language and "bump"

Abby's really starting to learn some of the sign language they are teaching her at daycare.  But the sign she uses the most is "more".  And she's really good at it!!  Here is a quick video I tried to take while also holding her.  She's telling me the sign for "more", while trying to point me to what she wants...



One of her classmates, a boy named Ethan, likes to do the "fist bump".  I guess his momma's (yes, plural) taught him that...but he does it all.the.time.  Every parent that comes to get their child knows to do it and now....Abby is doing it!!