I love these shoes!

Ever since I have seen these shoes, I have been obsessed. I don't know if it is because the shoes are just so awesome or because I'm so excited about the weather changing to spring/summer. These shoes represent all of the cute outfits that Abby will be wearing over the next few months. I have taken some pictures of some cute clothing gifts and hand-me-downs that are going to look cute with these shoes:



They even look cute with her winter outfits.

Vincent is a Major Cutie!

Happy 1st Birthday Hunter!

Ashley and Bill had a very nice party for Hunter on his first birthday. The theme was Backyardigans. Abby had her first taste of cake at the party.

Surprise

This morning, when I turned on the lights to Abby's room, suprise... Abby's standing up!



Abby has been working up to this for a while. She has been pulling herself up on the otomans and she has been standing at her little play table. It is crazy, because it seems like just yesterday I was worried about her being on her stomach in her crib. Now she sleeps on her tummy every night with a blanket in the crib (which for so long was off limits).



Other things that have happened in the last two weeks:
- Abby went to a dermotologist for an itchy rash that she had. The 4 different lotions that the doctor prescribed worked wonders and her skin has been completely clear for about 3 days now (the longest it has been clear since she was born). Yeah!!
- Abby eats Cheerios.
- She has graduated to eating some level 3 baby food (it has little chunks of pasta or veggies in it that require chewing). She isn't so sure about it yet...
- Abby's second tooth is visible just under the gum line and should be making its way out very soon.

- She is mostly wearing 6-9 month clothes now... although her 3-6 months pants still fit her the best around the waist. Sometimes the 6-9 month pants will fall down around her knees while she is crawling.

- We have been trying to get outside as much as possible now that the weather is nice

Don't forget to chew

My little red faced daughter (her allergies keep popping up) cracked me up today when she started chewing her pureed food. :) She has been eating her little crackers for the last week and now she is a chewing pro. Check out the video.

Happy Birthday Bella

On Saturday we went to a birthday party for Bella at a big gymnasium. It is hard to believe that she is already six years old!! Abby had a lot of fun with the other babies. Some of the party pics are below. The rest are on my Shutterfly page.

Bella the birthday girl
Abby in the toddler play section
Rochelle and Austin
Alex, Heinrich, and Mei Po
Abby in the block pit

Abby, Alex, and Heinrich:


Abby is still army crawling:

Lots of Firsts

Abby has had a lot of firsts in the last few days:

First Tooth: Abby's bottom right tooth pushed its way through on Wednesday. It appears that she wasn't in pain until right when it happened and she only appeared to hurt for an hour or so.

First Fun Bath: Abby has a little blow up bath tub. We have been using this for a while for bath time and she would pick up the toys in the tub and put them in her mouth but yesterday she found the water. She loves to splash the water out of the tub.

First Face Boo Boo: Abby army crawls all around the floor at her school. One day when I picked her up she had a little red mark by her eye. The women watching her said that she didn't cry when it happened so they hadn't even noticed that she was hurt until they picked her up next. She must have hit her head on the leg of one of the cribs in the room.

First Cracker: For the last few weeks I have been trying to introduce the baby crackers that melt in your mouth to Abby. She has had absolutely no interest in them until yesterday. Yesterday she let me put one in her mouth and although it came back out a few times... she continued to be interested in letting me put it back in. After a few, she now likes them so much she keeps them in her mouth the whole time and "chews" them up.

First Sit Up: Abby cannot get from the laying down position to the sitting up position by herself yet, but with her strong stomach muscles, she can pull herself up if someone holds her legs. She really seems to enjoy it. Sometimes she will do 5 sit ups in a row (with us putting her back in the laying down position).


First Allergy: My whole family is allergic to Penicillin. When Abby was prescribed Ammoxicillin which contains Penicillin, we watched her closely to see if she would have a reaction. It took a few days to show up but she did get an itchy rash all over her chest and back.