Pink Eye

Yesterday, Vincent and Kristin came over to visit. Abby kept trying to hold Vincent's hand which we thought was so cute.





Today Abby woke up with pink eye. Sorry Vincent! I hope that you don't get it. We have been using the eye drops given to us from the doctor... so hopefully she will be better soon.

Abby is so smart!! Below are a few of the things that we have seen just in the last day or so:
- She has begun to army crawl
- She pulls herself up on all fours and sways back and forth.
- She said the word "Mama" at the doctors office (it was different from the mamamama that she says when she is upset.
- She can use a sippy cup by herself (sometimes)
- She slept Tuesday night from 7:30pm to 8:30am (it was a one time thing)

Happy Birthday Megan!!

Today is Megan's tenth birthday. We went to Benihana to celebrate and had a great time. Happy Birthday Megan!!

Look Who's Sitting

Abby has been sitting for the last week. Many more cute pictures to come.

Happy New Year

December 2008 was a wonderful month for us! Here are the highlights:

- On December 17th, Abby turned 6 month old. We went to her six month checkup and here are her current stats:
* Height: 26 3/4 inches (80th percentile)
* Weight: 13 pounds 12 oz (10th percentile)
* Head Circumference: 16 1/4 inches (20th percentile)
We asked the doctor if he was worried about her being so skinny for her tall frame and he said that he thinks that she is just going to be built that way. Lucky girl... she got her daddy's genes.

- Thanksgiving weekend (I know that this is technically November) we went back to the Renaissance Festival (for the Christmas theme). It was possibly the coldest day of the entire year... but we bundled up and had a ton of fun.





- We had a chance to catch up with a ton of old friends turing December and Abby made some new friends. Stacey's daughter Raegan and Abby became fast friends as they are only one month apart in age. We can't wait to see them again!!



- Christmas week was spent with family. The first part of the Christmas break was with Kim's family. All of Abby's great grandparents were there as well as her grandparents and uncle David.







- Christmas Day we went to Jason's family's house. We had a fantastic time with Abby's grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, and Jason's aunts, uncle, and grandfather.








- New Years was spent with great friends! We went to Jimmy and Rochelle's house for a party and spent the night.



- To see all of our other pictures taken in December, please check out our Shutterfly page. Also, if you are interested in getting notified when this blog is updated, please become a follower by clicking on the Follower link on the right.

Armed with our New Year's resolutions, we travel into 2009 hoping that it is a healthy and happy year for everyone.

Thanksgiving Weekend

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We sure did! Jason, Abby, and I spent three nights at my parents house with my brother David. It was a wonderful break!! The holiday season always makes me look at my life and realize how fortunate that I have been so far.


My grandmother, Gigi, came over on Thursday to eat dinner with us. She looked great and seemed to be in really good spirits. Since her stroke she hasn't been able to talk but she is walking with a walker when she wants to and is pretty easy to understand.


During the trip, I asked David to take pictures of Abby (so I would have a Christmas card picture for this year). David is a photographer in L.A. and although he does not usually take pictures of children, he helped us out.

Photo Shoot Setup Pictures:




Some of David's pictures of Abby (all of my favorites are on our Shutterfly account):







Abby Updates:
- She can roll over from her back to her tummy and back.
- She grabs everything that she can and puts it into her mouth.
- When swinging on a swing (sitting in my lap), she will bend and straighten her legs at the same time that I do. It is so cute.
- She is learning to sit up and sits propped up for long periods of time in her boppy.
- When on her tummy, she is starting to get the urge to crawl. You can tell she wants to move forward a little, but she still doesn't have the coordination to do anything about it.
- She loves to wave her hands in the air (I caught her on video).

Fabulous Fall

Abby Updates

Abigail is doing the typical 5 month baby things (she is 5 months on the 17th). She is putting everything in her mouth.

She is also chatting up a storm.

Kim and Jason's Nights Out

Last Thursday, Grandma and Grandpa Allen watched Abby while Jason and I went to a company party. On Friday, Nonna and Poppa came to watch Abby for the second night of the company party (my company throws fun company meetings with parties each night). Both nights Abby had a great time with her grandparents. Thanks guys!!

Here is pictures from the company party:


Zoo
The weather has been just perfect the last few days, so Jason and I took the opportunity to take Abby to the zoo. We know that she won't remember all of the fun that we had while we were there... but we will!

Happy Birthday Dylan!

Dylan's first birthday was November 2nd. This was Abby's first birthday party to attend and she slept through the whole thing! Unfortunitely my camera died, so I didn't get to take many pictures of all of the mayham... but it was crazy how many babies were there. :)

Here is Dylan with his cake:

Here is Dylan pushing Hunter on his train toy:


Check out Angela's blog for better pictures (link on the right).