Christmas Day 2010

Looks like Santa came this year! We got up about 9:00 am Abby didn't quite know what to do when she walked in to the room. She had found a pack of Smarties somewhere and had a hard time opening presents because she wouldn't put them down. The first thing she did when she walked into the room was feed her new stuffed animal dog the smarties, then fed the "Elephant," (It is a slide then when Santa wrapped it, it looked kind of like and Elephant.) She opened the slide first and we could have stopped there. She really didn't want to do much else, but play on the slide. So we let her play on it and Stu and I opened our Stocking and the couple things we got each other. Stu got a case and screen protectors for his ipod Touch, I got the new Josh Groban CD, and David Archuleta CD. We finally got her to open a book that Santa left, but that wasn't very exciting. We took a little brake and went upstairs to have some breakfast. After we ate, Grandma and Grandpa Curtis came down stairs so we could open the presents that they gave us. They gave Abby a Dolly, she was so excited to get that. She loves dolls right now. Then we opened the gifts mom and dad Curtis gave us. Stu got a little travel kit for out trip to Mexico, full of stuff we will need for our trip. I got a black turtle neck and some tights and we both got new down pillows. Abby opened a few more things, a Little People Car and some doll bottles and a doll stroller. She was really excited about the stroller.











In the afternoon we went over to Grandma and Grandpa Jensen's house. Abby had a hay day there too. She opened her present from my sister's family first. It was a ZuZu pet. She loved it. He very own ZuZu. We all took turns opening presents. We got some towels from Emily's family. We really needed some new towels. They are so soft. I am super excited! Stu got Harry Potter Clue, a camera case and an ihome. I got some clothes, a coat and a Pottery Barn bin to put all of Abby's toys in. Abby got a Little Tikes Car, a shopping cart and a puzzle. She made out like a bandit. We gave both of our parents the same gift. We have been working for months digitizing all of our old home videos. So for Christmas we compiled all of the Christmas videos and made two discs of all of the years of Christmas' we had. Stu did a great job editing all of them. They turned out very nice. It was really fun to watch them.

We had such a fun time with Abby. It was a wonderful Christmas.
Thank you Everyone for your presents!

Christmas Eve

This year we spent Christmas Eve at Stuart's parents and we were lucky to have his entire family there. We started with the end of a treasure hunt that was started a few days ago and then we ate delicious homemade Mexican food for dinner. After dinner we did our own production of the Nativity. I bet your nativity didn't have a chicken and a skunk. I think the chicken was the cutest. Next we exchanged gifts with the Bolke Family. We got cute Tie Dyed shirts and Abby got a Tie Dyed outfit, all done by Michele and Dan. Last we all hung out around the piano and sang Christmas Carols. We got Abby in bed and finished some last minute Christmas stuff.

Jensen Family Party

My whole life we have spent Christmas Eve night at my Grandma Cleo's house, but all of the families are getting to big. So this year we decided to start having a party with all the the Jensen's before Christmas. We had a great time, it was so fun to see my cousins that I only see a few times year. Everyone's kids are getting so big.

Santa came and all of the great grandkids sat on his lap and got a present. Abby didn't seem to mind sitting on Santa's lap this time. She was really excited to get a present. She got the book Jane's Great Adventure. We played a few games, the men stayed in the basement for a while watching the little ones... and the Utah football game. I hope this new tradition continues.

To all our Family and Friends...

Interpretive Dancing

Tonight Grandma and Grandpa Curtis did a treasure hunt for all of the grand children. The kids had a great time. One of the presents they opened was a pair of Christmas Jammies. The mom's opened real treasure, they were necklaces made from plates found in sunken ships. After the treasure hunt we all gathered around the piano singing Christmas carols. While we were singing Abby got up on her stage and did some interpretive dancing to our singing.

Always getting into something...

First she emptied the blanket cabinet...

Then crawled in...

Then shut herself inside...

Hi Mom!

She was determined to sit in her high chair on the floor, then she pored all of the brand new bottle of Puffs on her tray.

She found the baby powder...

She is just catching up on her newspaper reading. She really like the paper with Yo Gabba Gabba on in.

Abby's First Experience at the Symphony

We took Abby to the see the Lolly Pops Symphony last Saturday. We got there just in time, sat in our seats and Stu ask me is she poopy. I take a whiff and boy was she poopy. I pick her up and it was on her pants too. So I go running off the the bathroom and of course Abravenel Hall doesn't have a changing table. So there I am changing a diarrhea diaper that is all over the place and I reach into the diaper bag and there are no wipes. I never leave the house without wipes. Abby must have taken them out. (I found them in my bedroom when we got home.) Thank goodness there were plenty of paper towels. I felt so bad for her, there she was on hard cold granite, with a horrible diaper rash and I am wiping her bum with cold wet paper towels. I just took off her pants and she finished the symphony in her dress and a diaper. She seemed to enjoy the symphony, especially runny up and down the aisle with her cousin Josh that is about her age. Thanks goodness it was a kids symphony.

A visit with Santa Clause

Last week we went to the University of Utah Bookstore for there faculty and Staff night and they had a Santa Clause there for the kids. Abby really want to go see Santa but as soon as we put her on his lap she wanted to get right off.

Our Tree This Year

We are all decorated for Christmas. Notice there is no train around the tree this year and it is only decorated from half way up... You can guess why!

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year we had Thanksgiving dinner at my parents house. We haven't done that for years so it was really fun to have the whole family there together. My dad made even made an extension for the table so that we would all fit. Abby loved having all of the kids to play with. Happy Thanksgiving!

Who Pooped In My Tub!

The other day Abby was taking a bath and I was sitting next to the bath looking through an ad and all of a sudden Abby stands up and starts freaking out! I immediately turn to see what is wrong and she is standing there pointing to a poop and screaming. She poops in the tub ALL the time and has never freaked out before. I guess she probably started doing that because I usually freak out when she poops. She makes me laugh. Then a couple days later when she was taking a bath, she had some dark colored fluffys on her feet from her socks that were floating in the water and she avoided them like the plague. I think she thought they were little poops. I finally had to fish them out of the water because they were really bothering her. I don't know what I would do with out her!

Abby at 16 months - Playing at the park

Loving the swing, the higher the better!

Climbing up the slide is more fun that going down!

Abby is so fun right now! (Most of the time) Her new thing is singing. She likes to sing along with the radio sometimes, the TV or me and Stu. Tonight we were watching Wonder Pets and she sang along to the theme song. She especially liked the part when that sang "What's gonna to work, team work, what's gonna, team work. She really got the TEAM work down. We were driving in the car the other day and a song came on the radio that I didn't particularly like but Abby was just singing away in the back to I couldn't change it. It seems to be more ofter softer songs, like When You Wish Upon a Star. That is one she like to sing with. At night when I am putting her to bed I sing a few songs to her and she lets me know when I am singing a song she doesn't want me to sing. Lately I have been singing, It's a Small World multiple times a night. She likes to sing with me. I just love to listen to that sweet little voice trying to mimic my singing.

She had been really good about not having her bottle. She has only had I think two or three in a few weeks. Not to bad. Sometimes if she wakes up in the night we will giver her one. I think she likes reading stories and singing time before bed more that bottle time.

Food she likes right now...

• POPCORN!!!
• Chicken
• canned Green beans
• Corn
• Frozen peas
• refried beans
• black beans
• rice of any kind
• juice boxes
• Almond milk... cold
• Grapes
• tortilla chips
• TORTILLAS
• I gave her a little Mac and Cheese and she LOVED it, but her face broke out in hives. She cried when I took her bowl away.
• any thing she can use as a dip... baby food, salsa, hummus, beans apple sauce
• BANANAS
• PEANUT BUTTER by the spoon full
• PB and J
• Cinnamon and sugar toast
• Strawberry frosted shredded wheat
• All kinds of cereals
• raisins
• chicken nuggets
• french fries
• CANDY of any kind
• TOOTHPASTE, we have to hide out toothpaste, Abby loves it. She always wants some on her toothbrush and she sucks it off and wants more.
• and a bunch of other stuff I can't think of right now.

We took her to Winger's tonight and she thought she was in heaven with all of that Yummy popcorn!

She now watches a lot of different shows on TV thanks goodness. For awhile all we could watch was Mickey Mouse Club House. She really like Wonder pets, Go Diego Go, Mickey Mouse Club House and lots of other shows that are on. He favorite movie lately had been Disneyland Sing Along Songs. I got if from the library and I finally had to buy it. When we watch it and the Dumbo ride is shown she always says Dumbo.

She is getting good at her counting. I anyone says one she will say twho, chree. So when every we go up or down the stair we count 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 all the way up or down.

She will sometimes, talk. Stu has really been working with her. She will sometimes say up when she wants to get up. She says... this a lot. The other day she was in the tub and I was washing her body and it the soap made some bubble and she pointed to one and bubble. I didn't know she even new that word. She does like to say Jump, Jump and Bonce, Bonce while she is jumping. She know a lot of animal sound...

• Elephant, dog, cat, bear, tiger, duck, cow, bunny (hop, hop), monkey, I know there are other's but I can't think of them right now.

Lately I have had music playing around the house more often and she will just stop and dance to it. I just love to watch her cute little dance moves.

Everyday is a new adventure with her. We never know what she is going to find to push around or what cupboard or drawer she is going to empty that day, or hour. But...I love her to pieces and I know her daddy does too!

Halloween 2010

This year for for Halloween Abby was the cutest little Ladybug I have ever seen. We loved to watch her run from the back, her chubby ladybug bum would bounce. Stu and I scrounged something out of Lafuanda costume closet to wear. If you can't tell I am a swimmer and Stu a construction worker. Abby enjoyed going Trick-or-Treating, especially when she would get Skittles. We only went to five houses but at one house she got a small bag of Skittles and she took it right out of her Pumpkin bucket and held on to it then he next house we went to she put a full size bag of Skittles in Abby's pumpkin and Abby dropped her little bag back in and grabbed the big bag. She wouldn't put them down. When we got home we had to open them for her and she carried them around for the rest of the night.

Xander sharing his candy with Abby.

Grandma Lafuanda All dresses up with her chick friends.