Snow!

First big snow of the season! And what was Abigail's reaction? Check it out:
"What is this wet stuff? I think I need a nap." And indeed, Jonathan took her back upstairs for a nice nap while Daphne and Amanda headed to the park:

This is, surely, Daphne's season.

That's right

It seems that Abigail's stranger anxiety is tapering off! YAY!!!!!!!! She still does not care for swimming. You take the good with the bad.

Reaching, pulling, climbing!

Our girl is getting stronger each day. She is pulling herself up on us, on her toys, in her crib. We found her in her crib on her knees, trying to pull herself. With a little assitance from us, she did make it into a standing position!

She looked so very proud of herself.

And so are we.

She's also pushing herself up from a laying down postion into a sitting position!!! The first time was on Aunt Betty and Uncle Ronnie's bed--3x in a row! And then did it again the following day, and today, the third day, she's already done it before 9am!

What an exciting time in our house!

First word and much, much more!

Abigail's first word is MILK! She has consistently signed the word milk while drinking from a bottle and even has asked for it when she was acting a bit fussy. The milk sign looks like squeezing udders.

She's also recognizing her name! It's so amazing to see her look toward you after saying, "Abigail." She also recognizes when the door opens in her room--she looks toward it and greets you with a grin (lights us up everytime).

She's got a tooth! (really this time) It's on the bottom, right, center. Drool and lots of gum rubbing have ensued, but really happy all the same.

She no longer minds (much) to have her face wiped clean. This is fantastic news! Whenever we wiped her face after it was covered with whatever it was she was eating, she would complain as if the world was coming to an end. But now, like a champ, we can, wipe, wipe, wipe! Which brings us to things she likes to do for herself. Wipe her tray clean and feed herself. She likes to take the spoon away from the feeder, or guide their hand into her mouth. So independent!

She just recently again started to look at the pictures of a book. She used to do this all the time as an infant, but then she decided chewing on books was better than looking or hearing a story and now she's back to sitting back and enjoy its words and pictures. She also likes to climb up onto the bookshelves and hold herself up--she's so strong!

She went to her first, 1st birthday party of a friend. It's such a joy to see her with other children--she reaches for them, smiles and laughs. Which is basically what she does a good portion of most days.

And it's hard to believe but, tomorrow she will be in our lives for 8 months!

She likes to move it move it

Top Three Things that get Abigail On the Move:

#3...Paper - She's drawn to magazines, newspapers, wrappers, et al. Perhaps she'll grow up to be a writer.

#2...Daphne's Toys - Particularly when they're currently being chewed. And she's the only one of us who can get Daphne to "give."#1...Fink - The girl loves, loves, loves Fink the Cat. Loves to laugh at her. Loves to grab her fur and tail. Loves to scoot across the floor after her. Watch out Fink...she's gonna getcha.

3 years!

Life sure has changed from where we started.

With Abigail responding to her name now and pulling a cover off her head when playing the "Where is Abigail?" game, could life be any better? And still, the best is yet to come...