Disneyland

We had a terrific (albeit demanding) time in California!

We first spent some time in Hollywood with Nicole and her very wonderful dog Diggy. Abigail didn't quite get the whole time change thing and woke up the first few mornings at 2 or 3:30--she was just excited to start her vacation. Begrudgingly-bleary-eyed, we did too.

Though we did have a wonderful time exploring all the sights and sounds that Disneyland had to offer, it was watching Abigail walk back into our home that made it all worth it. She was in awe of seeing a monkey that hangs on our wall still there, she was thrilled to see all her old toys and took a stroll around the house saying, "da, do, da" pointing at everything with such glee.

Yay for vacations, double yay for the familiar.

Oh, something really cute: both of us heard Abigail saying, "buffalo," again and again. We couldn't figure out why this was now in her vocabulary. She saw a buffalo in books and possibly at the Bronx Zoo but, really, why would she be saying it again and again. Then Jonathan realized: she saying "babbaloo." (which we mentioned in a past post she loves to do on her belly, drum or anywhere else she can pound!)

Coney Island

Aunt Judie's birthday gift to Abigail was a trip to Coney Island!
And boy did we experience it. We ate hot dogs, fries, fried shrimp (some of us) and strolled the boardwalk. Abigail loved meandering between all the people, all the sounds, dancing along the way and saying, "hello!" We have no pictures of the time spent schmoozing on the boardwalk because it was just too busy and exciting but we got a few good ones of before and after none the less. It was hot as blazes so we were there for a short time, but a memorable one for sure.

So much to do

We looked at a picture we took of Abigail a year ago, when she had just begun to smile and now, she's nothing but smiles. We have one happy girl:


We visit the Botanic Garden probably two times a week, which such a wonderful place for her to really begin her life as a walker. She loves to walk through the garden, pushing her stroller and admire all the beauftiful flowers around her.

While we read Barnyard Dance, she loves to clap her hands just like they say in the book to do. She sits on our rocking chair, using the armrests as her desk, to read books on her own.

And she LOVES banging on a drum or anything else really, while someone says "BABALOO!" Hysterical.

We visited the Van Saun Park zoo in NJ--the same zoo Papa went to when he was a boy!

It's fun being one!