Wednesday, January 13, 2010

6 Months Old Today


Abby is six months old today. I can't believe it has been six months already. She has grown so fast. We went to see Dr. Cramer today for her Six month check-up and she now weighs 18.05 lbs (90th percentile) and is 27.5 inches tall (over 100th percentile). Dr. Cramer says her height is off the charts and that she is about as tall as a 10 month old. We are not quite sure where she got her height from.
Abby is a little sweetheart. She is always smiling, talking, screaming and now squealing! She is getting to be a big girl. These are some of the things she loves at six months... She loves to sit, I don't know if she will ever roll because, why should she lay down when she can sit. When she is laying down she loves to kick. It is the funniest thing. We had to video it the other day because she was just going to town. She loves to play in her exersaucer, in her high chair, jumparoo and in her swing. Recently she has picked up shaking her head no. She probably does not understand what she is doing but we are in trouble nevertheless. Everything she plays with goes straight into her mouth. You never know if it might taste good. She is also teething so she likes to bite things too. She often does a great impression of a carp, we don't know why, but it is pretty funny. She LOVES to eat. Her favorite is Green Beans, but she also likes: Sweet Potatoes, Rice cereal, Pears and Pineapple, Squash, Pears, Mashed potatoes, Refried Beans at El
Farol and anything else we decide to give her. Another thing she loves is when she is sitting in her high chair and we dump a bunch of Gerber Puffs on the tray and she picks them up and eats them. Sometimes one by one, others times in hand fulls and she lets us know when she is finished and wants more. Those Puffs are yummy. We take them every where we go. She still loves bath time, except for when she has to get dressed afterwords. I think she would be perfectly happy if she could be naked all the time. Getting dressed anytime during the day is always a traumatic experience. She loves her toes. She likes to reach for them and eat them when she finally gets a hold of them. Even when she is in her swing she reaches over the little tray and tries to grab her feet. We can't keep shoes and socks on her because is is always pulling, or kicking them off whenever she can. She also loves to watch other kids. Anytime she is around any of her nieces or nephews she loves to just sit and watch them. She thinks she is one of them, reaching for them, grabbing them and talking to them. Last she loves to snuggle and sleep in her purple butterfly blanket. We are still working on her sleeping through the night. Most of the time lately she has, but you never know what the night will bring. Abby is such a joy in our lives. We love watching her grow and learn new things. We are excited for the next stages to come.

One of the owies from the shots she got at the doctor today.
Playing in her high chair. She loves to pick up the toys then drop them off the side. So we come over and pick them up!

Kickin' those legs!
Playing in her exersaucer. Notice one sock on, one sock off. That is how it is most of the time.
Sitting and playing with all her toys. As usual it is going straight to the mouth.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Dry Ice

Stu's parents received a package today that was full of dry ice. We couldn't just let it go to waste, so we were trying figure out what to do with it. Then Stu had a brilliant idea... Why not put it in the TOILET!Me drinking some strange brew

Are we nerds or what!

Sunday, January 10, 2010

All Dressed Up

I forgot to post these pictures a couple weeks ago. Here is Abigail all dolled up in her first of many formal dresses. She even accessorized with a pearl bracelet.

So big

Abby still can't roll over but she has been sitting on her own for a few weeks now. She is also quite the little eater. She loves Sweet Potatoes, Green Beans, Rice Cereal, Pears and Pineapple, Gerber Puffs and anything else we feed her. We have been letting her play with a package of Christmas Peeps for the last couple weeks and she finally got in to them so we let her try them. I think she liked them. Boy, was she a sticky mess, but at was all worth it.

These are so yummy!


She loves her gumball machine.

Welcome 2010

New Years Eve was probably the most uneventful New Years we have ever had. I worked from 1-11:45 pm and then I was on call all night. Stu and Abby partied alone together all night... but I was home by 12:15 to give Stu a New Years kiss just a little late. I am glad I don't have to work any more holidays this year, so I will be around this year so Stu doesn't have to be alone again.
The Curtis family has a tradition that on New Years Eve you leave your shoe out by the fireplace and Santa stops by on his way back to the North Pole and leaves a small present in your shoe. Abby's shoe was a little small to leave something in so Santa left the shoe on top of the present.
On New Years Day we did a little cleaning and around five we got together with both our parents and had dinner, played games and watched Terminator Salvation. While we were playing Five Crowns (a card game) Abby was determined that she needed to play with cards too. So, we got her out her own set of cards. She had a hay day with them. As you can see she sucked on one then stuck it to her forehead. It didn't seem to bother her though, she just kept right on playing.
You can see Abby's little Pink shoe on her present. Santa didn't forget Stu , his present is just tucked in his shoe.

Yay! Books!


WHAT!!!!

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Our first ear infection

Abby has her first ear infection, in both ears. She was sick all last week then was better for a couple days and started getting sick again. Now she has a runny noes, congestion, and a double ear infection. I feel so bad for her. She lives in Tylenol. They really need to come out with some kind of cough medicine for infants. I can't wait until she is better so Stu and I can get some sleep again.

Monday, December 28, 2009

Christmas Day 2009

Our beautiful sleeping angel on Christmas morning, sleeping in Mom and Dad's bed.
Santa Claus came!



Merry Christmas!

This Tangerine Santa left in my stocking is really good!

Santa left us a Garmin GPS

Ooo Ooo Dad what is it!... A book!
and a Dolly!

A drink holder for our Maclaren Stroller.

WOW! The little animal train from Grandma and Grandpa Jensen.

I can't get this picture to upload right so you will have to look at it sideways. This is what she got from Grandma and Grandpa Curtis. It is pretty fun.

Christmas Eve

This year we spent Christmas Eve with my family at my Grandma Cleo's house. A lot of my extended family was there. We had dinner and chatted for awhile, then the great grand kids opened their presents. (probably to keep them occupied) Next we played pictionary with Christmas songs - that was a blast. Then we played one of those games when you read a story and pass presents left and right when it is read in the story. Finally we acted out the Nativity. Abby was Baby Jesus this time. She is getting really advanced in her acting, she is even doing gender roles now. Abby loved the party and even as I was nursing her at the end while everyone was cleaning up she had to have a little hole in the blanket so she could watch everyone. She didn't want to miss a thing. She was worn out by the end, she was asleep in her car seat before we even made it to the car. On our way home we drove down Christmas Street for me. That was a tradition my family always did on Christmas Eve on our way home from my Grandma's.

My Mom (Grandma Jo) and Abby My Dad(Grandpa Ron) and My Grandma Cleo

Abby peeking out of her blanket.All tuckered out!

O Christmas Tree

Here is a picture of our Christmas tree and our stocking (which I am so proud of because I made them, with help from my mom). As always we have our Lionel Polar Express set up around the tree. Abby loved to watch it go around and around. I am sad that Christmas is over and we have to take it all down soon.

Stuart's, Jane's and Abigail's

Maybe by next year I will have names on them.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Pictures with Santa


Yesterday we went to see Santa. I don't think Abby new quite what to think about this strange man holding her, the picture turned out cute though.

Monday, December 21, 2009

And the Shepards watched their flocks by night...


Last Sunday we did a little Nativity at Stuart's parents house since all of the grandkids will not be there on Christmas Eve. Abby made her debut as the chubby, little lamb. She played her part well! Eva was an amazing angel, she held the star up so high. Baby Jesus, played by the newest member of the family Joshua, was a little fussy, but I would cry too if I was placed in that hard wood cradle. It was one of the cutest Nativity's I have ever seen (probably because our little one was in it).

Friday, December 11, 2009

Winter family photo

My mom need a picture of our little family for her Christmas card so we took a few snap shots. I thought this was pretty cute.

December 1st

Stu and I decided to start our own tradition this year. We decided to open Jammies on December 1st instead of Christmas Eve. We both loved the tradition our families had of opening Jammies on Christmas Eve but they were always Christmas Jammies so you wore them that night and maybe for a few weeks after that but that was about it. So, we thought Abby and our future kids might enjoy opening their Jammies on December 1st so they could enjoy them all month. Obviously this year opening Jammies was all for me and Stu, Abby would have been just fine if we would have given her Curly ribbon. Here is Abbers modeling her new "My First Christmas" Jammies.
The reindeer feet and bum are me favorite part.