Just Some Pictures...

Because we have so much fun at our house!!!

Abbie, reflecting on her day at Mother's Day Out.
Who you callin' silly, Mommy?
Mmmmmm, popsicles!
Painting with a brush and a rock.
Wheels...have you tried these things???

I'll be cruising around this sectional before long:).
This is how mommy tries to coax me into crawling. Not happening.
Huh?
Having one of our "sister to sister" chats.

***Edited to clarify that Abbie is wearing a bandaid on her head because she had a "pretend boo-boo" that day. Mommy says that Abbie is very strong willed and when she wants to wear a bandaid on her head, we don't need to argue with her. However, we did go to church tonight, so Mommy had to forcefully remove the bandaid.***

The Breakfast Bandit

Mommy didn't see this until the very end...after it had happened. So I feel like I need to tell the story from my point of view.

We have a breakfast bandit in our house. Apparently, Abbie gets up way earlier than me and gets her breakfast while she enjoys the latest episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Mommy gets me up at 8 (yes, I would probably sleep longer if she didn't wake me...all you other mommy's don't get mad at me), and I have breakfast around 8:30. Well, this morning mommy let me try something new. Waffles! Of course they were cut up into tiny AC size pieces. I was enjoying my new treat when I noticed Abbie pulling up a chair next to my high chair. I just thought she wanted to have a chat, make funny faces, or tickle my feet. Having lulled myself into a false sense of security, I was appauled at what happened next. She started eating my waffles. Slowly at first, but quickly shoveling all of the tiny pieces in, while she had the chance. I didn't know what to do. I mean, Mommy had never taught me the sign for, "Stop you crazy sister!" Luckily, mommy caught her right as she was wiping her mouth and getting down from the chair.

We'll have to watch her from now on...she sure does love waffles!

Boy, are we thankful...

For Abbie's curly hair! Mommy got a wild hair tonight and got the Chi iron after her (please don't turn my mommy into CPS...she really does love us). Mommy just wanted to see what her little red head angel would look like without those lucious curls. Ummmmm, not good! We are so thankful Abbie has curls. Here are some pics of Abbie's sleek new do:)...



The back view is the worst. As I am writing this, I wonder, "What if I don't have curly hair? Is this what mine is going to look like?"
Just a funny. Abbie loves to "pretend" like she is making all of her friends take a nap on the couch. These are the same friends that go into bed with her EVERY night. We love you Wolfie, Minnie, Dory, Bunny, and Blanket.

Big Girl Food!

I first want to apologize to my faithful blog watchers for being away. Mommy sat on my camera and busted out the digital screen, so it just doesn't work the same. We have another camera, but our whole routine has been thrown off.

I have entered "big girl" eating territory! Finger foods are awesome and now that I have 2 teeth, I can eat almost anything. Mommy loves her new freedom from the little spoon. And I love how big I feel at meal time. Check me out!

My first all finger food meal...peas, corn, bananas, and whole wheat crackers.
This is good stuff!!!

Notice my clean tray and almost empty cup! I am such a big girl!
Check out Abbie's hair...she takes her rubber bands out at the end of the day and it leaves "piggy tail molds." Mommy thinks this is so funny.

I am working on some new stuff. Please visit again soon. I promise I won't make you wait as long next time:)!

Also, check out my Aunt-Erin's blog. We went to the zoo Sunday and had so much fun. Thanks, Aunt E for writing about it!

Painting in the Street?

Did you know my mom let's us paint in the street? She is the coolest! We live at the top of a hill in a cul-de-sac, so there is never any traffic, except for the people that live there. And those people are always outside with us anyway. So, we get to play (and paint) in the street. Yesterday Mom mixed up some cool sidewalk paint. Abbie invited our neighbors, Liam and Jessica over for a painting party! Where am I, you might ask? Duh, I'm taking the picture:).

Cousins!!!

Cousins!!! What a lucky girl I am to have them! This weekend, Daddy's sister, Aunt Missy, came from New Mexico and brought her kids, Chance and Story (aka, my cousins). Boy did we have fun.

Story, Chance, Me, Abbie...playing in our playroom. Check out my funny face:). Chance is so silly!
My cool Uncle Rodney just built a pool, so he fired up the hot tub for us to swim in. Well, I actually didn't get to swim, because that would have required Mommy to swim and she was quite the party pooper:(. Abbie sure did have fun though. Our other cousin, Hunter is with us in this picture. Notice again, Chance and I playing games...peek-a-boo! We really got along great!
Me and my buddy, Chance.
Here is Abbie, conked out in the car on the way home from Uncle Rodney and Aunt Leah's. I put this picture up here because Abbie NEVER sleeps in her carseat. Not even on a 4 hour car ride to Houston! She must have been pooped.

We will miss our cousins. They headed back home tonight. I can't wait to see them again!!!

Straight into my mouth it went...

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I ate play dough. Now, before you get all mad at my mommy, you should know that this is not at all her fault (well, not completely, anyway). Mommy would NEVER put me down in front of the TV to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and play with a ball of playdough! I'm just too little. However, my sister, who is really trying her hardest to share with me, decided that I needed some. And she gave me the entire contents of the plastic jar. Meanwhile, Mommy was in the kitchen cutting up raw beef. Abbie decided to let her know that I was eating it..."Mommy, Tware ate it! Mommy, Tware ate it!" Poor Mommy frantically peeked around the corner with a large knife and yelled, "She ate what?!?!?!" But Mommy didn't need to ask any further questions because I had bright blue drool already streaming down my chin and I was beginning to dry heave. Knowing that potentially giving me salmonella would be far worse than ingesting even more playdough, mommy put down the knife and quickly washed her raw meat hands. Quick thinking, Mom! A few gags and dry heaves and a call to poison control (just for safe measures) later, I was feeling a lot better. Mommy let me drink some water and I even got a graham cracker treat:)!

Mommy has decided that playdough will now be a supervised activity for Abbie. I now know that playdough, even though soft and chewy, does not taste very yummy.

Mommy did want me to add that she was very impressed with Julie, our new friend at poison control. She was very thorough with Mommy, talking her through what she needed to watch for in case I might have breathed some play dough into my lungs. She even asked if she could call back in an hour to check on me! Mommy said all Mommy's should have the poison control sticker on their phone.

Also, there is not a picture of this event...sorry. It was just too traumatic to stop and snap a pic.

Tomorrow I am meeting my cousins Chance and Story for the first time ever. I'm sure I will have a lot to say about that. I am so excited!