We spent Easter weekend with Jason's family. We relaxed Saturday at his parents house and then ran around all day Sunday (church, Aubrey's birthday party, and then a big family reunion party).
4.18.2010
Pictures Since January
In March we went to the beach with Jason's parents and Mel, Randy, Megan and Chase.
We spent Easter weekend with Jason's family. We relaxed Saturday at his parents house and then ran around all day Sunday (church, Aubrey's birthday party, and then a big family reunion party).
We spent Easter weekend with Jason's family. We relaxed Saturday at his parents house and then ran around all day Sunday (church, Aubrey's birthday party, and then a big family reunion party).
Yesterday's Drama
Abby, Hannah, and I were playing at the park yesterday. One of the games we play at the park is to pick up some of the leaves off of the ground and throw them in the air. Hannah loves this game and jumps super high into the air to try to catch the leaves. We had a bit of bad luck today because when Abby threw up the leaves, Hannah and her had a collision and Abby got hurt. She got a scratch on her face. I was scared that it could have been worse then it was, so I pretty much swept up Abby and Hannah and ran home. I was happy that the scratch wasn't bleeding at all (it was really red but no new blood was coming out). Once we cleaned her up at home we realized it wasn't as bad as I thought it could have been. Abby cried for a few minutes but afterwards she seemed to forget that she was hurt. Now she only remembers that she is hurt when she sees herself in the mirror.
Here is a picture of my poor baby right after we cleaned her up yesterday:
Here is a picture of my poor baby right after we cleaned her up yesterday:
Big Girl Bed
This weekend we took down Abby's crib and moved the guest bed into Abby's room (her first big girl bed). Abby took her first nap on it yesterday and slept in it at night last night. She was a little scared of the dark in her new bed, but after I put a night light in her room she did very well. When she woke up, she played and sang in her bed without trying to get out (as she did in her crib). My baby is becoming a big girl!!
After Abby becomes comfortable with the transition to her new bed, Jason and I are planning to wean her from her pacifier and her evening bottle. In the last few months, Abby has become addicted to her pacifier. She started asking for it any time she was at home. If we didn't have it close by or were going to wait to give it to her until after we finished what we were in the middle of (ex. dinner or changing her clothes), Abby would throw a huge fit. Last week I explained to her that she could only have her paci at night (when the moon is out), she has accepted that, and now she only uses it now for naps and sleeping at night.
We had stopped the night bottle right after Abby turned one; however, last fall/winter season Abby was sick for a week at a time every other week. During that time we let her drink from her bottle so that we could ensure she was getting enough fluids. The night bottle became a habit again and she is not yet ready to give it up. One thing at a time, right? Our goal is to have Abby sleeping in her big girl bed without her paci and with no night bottle by the time she is two in June.
After Abby becomes comfortable with the transition to her new bed, Jason and I are planning to wean her from her pacifier and her evening bottle. In the last few months, Abby has become addicted to her pacifier. She started asking for it any time she was at home. If we didn't have it close by or were going to wait to give it to her until after we finished what we were in the middle of (ex. dinner or changing her clothes), Abby would throw a huge fit. Last week I explained to her that she could only have her paci at night (when the moon is out), she has accepted that, and now she only uses it now for naps and sleeping at night.
We had stopped the night bottle right after Abby turned one; however, last fall/winter season Abby was sick for a week at a time every other week. During that time we let her drink from her bottle so that we could ensure she was getting enough fluids. The night bottle became a habit again and she is not yet ready to give it up. One thing at a time, right? Our goal is to have Abby sleeping in her big girl bed without her paci and with no night bottle by the time she is two in June.
4.15.2010
Lub you!
This morning the cutest thing happened!! Abby knew she was about to leave for school, so she said "Bye Bye Daddy! Lub you!" He told her he loved her too and then about 1 minute later she started saying it to him over and over: "Lub you! Lub you daddy! Lub you!" Jason was checking his email and didn't respond right away so she just kept saying it. It was so cute!! This was the first time she has said that she loved either of us without us saying it first.
4.02.2010
Job Description: PARENT
POSITION:
Mom, Mommy, Mama, Ma, Dad, Daddy, Dada, Pa, Pop
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Long-term team players needed for challenging, permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends. Frequent 24 hour shifts on call. Some overnight travel required, including trips to primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in faraway cities! Travel expenses not reimbursed. Extensive courier duties also required.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
These continue for the rest of your life. Must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily, until someone needs $5. Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly. Also, must possess the physical stamina of a pack mule and be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds flat in case, this time, the screams from the backyard are not someone just crying wolf. Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges, such as small gadget repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets and stuck zippers. Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars and coordinate production of multiple homework projects. Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings for clients of all ages and mental outlooks. Must be willing to be indispensable one minute, and an embarrassment the next. Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a half million cheap plastic toys, and battery-operated devices. Must always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. Must assume final, complete accountability for the quality of the end product. Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and janitorial work throughout the facility.
POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT & PROMOTION:
None. Your job is to remain in the same position for years, without complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills, so that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:
None required, unfortunately. On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.
WAGES AND COMPENSATION:
Get this: You pay them! Offering frequent raises and bonuses. A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because of the assumption that college will help them become financially independent when you die, and you give them whatever is left. The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more.
BENEFITS:
While no health or dental insurance, no pension, no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and no stock options are offered, this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth, unconditional love, and free hugs and kisses for life if you play your cards right.
THERE IS NO RETIREMENT -- EVER!!!
Mom, Mommy, Mama, Ma, Dad, Daddy, Dada, Pa, Pop
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Long-term team players needed for challenging, permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends. Frequent 24 hour shifts on call. Some overnight travel required, including trips to primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in faraway cities! Travel expenses not reimbursed. Extensive courier duties also required.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
These continue for the rest of your life. Must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily, until someone needs $5. Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly. Also, must possess the physical stamina of a pack mule and be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds flat in case, this time, the screams from the backyard are not someone just crying wolf. Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges, such as small gadget repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets and stuck zippers. Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars and coordinate production of multiple homework projects. Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings for clients of all ages and mental outlooks. Must be willing to be indispensable one minute, and an embarrassment the next. Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a half million cheap plastic toys, and battery-operated devices. Must always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. Must assume final, complete accountability for the quality of the end product. Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and janitorial work throughout the facility.
POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT & PROMOTION:
None. Your job is to remain in the same position for years, without complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills, so that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:
None required, unfortunately. On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.
WAGES AND COMPENSATION:
Get this: You pay them! Offering frequent raises and bonuses. A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because of the assumption that college will help them become financially independent when you die, and you give them whatever is left. The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more.
BENEFITS:
While no health or dental insurance, no pension, no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and no stock options are offered, this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth, unconditional love, and free hugs and kisses for life if you play your cards right.
THERE IS NO RETIREMENT -- EVER!!!
3.31.2010
Happy Retirement!!
Happy Retirement Day Dad!! After a long career at Shell (his entire career), my dad completed his last day of work today and entered into retirement. He has plans on his first day off to go golfing. We are all jealous!!
Trip
Being a mom is a trip! Abby is at such a cute age now where she is proving how independent she is and she can really express what she is thinking to you. This evening we called my parents and my brother, just so she could say hi. She was the one who told me that is what she wanted to do.
Her favorite phrase right now is "No, Mama. Abby do it." She does everything herself! She climbs into her high chair on her own, drinks out of a non-sippy cup on her own, buckles her car seat on her own, washes her own hands, etc.
We have been talking about the potty a lot lately to get her ready for potty training in the next few months and she loves taking the baby potty seat, putting it onto the big potty, and then sitting on it herself (after climbing up on her stool).
I have been horrible with pictures lately and it has been keeping me from blogging. I do plan on posting all of the pictures from the last few months, as well as the cute Easter pictures that I'm sure we will have after this weekend. But, since so many cute things happen every day, I'm going to try to start blogging about them even when I don't have any pictures to go with it.
One of my favorite things that happened today was that she kept checking with me to be sure she was a "big girl". During the process of brushing her teeth, she climbed up onto her stool by herself, turned the water on herself (not on full blast but "just a little"), she put the toothpaste on her brush by herself, and when she was done she got down by herself. After each one of these accomplishments she would look at me as if to say "Did you see that!! I just did that all by myself!" She just asks "Abby a big girl?". I am so proud of her!
Her favorite phrase right now is "No, Mama. Abby do it." She does everything herself! She climbs into her high chair on her own, drinks out of a non-sippy cup on her own, buckles her car seat on her own, washes her own hands, etc.
We have been talking about the potty a lot lately to get her ready for potty training in the next few months and she loves taking the baby potty seat, putting it onto the big potty, and then sitting on it herself (after climbing up on her stool).
I have been horrible with pictures lately and it has been keeping me from blogging. I do plan on posting all of the pictures from the last few months, as well as the cute Easter pictures that I'm sure we will have after this weekend. But, since so many cute things happen every day, I'm going to try to start blogging about them even when I don't have any pictures to go with it.
One of my favorite things that happened today was that she kept checking with me to be sure she was a "big girl". During the process of brushing her teeth, she climbed up onto her stool by herself, turned the water on herself (not on full blast but "just a little"), she put the toothpaste on her brush by herself, and when she was done she got down by herself. After each one of these accomplishments she would look at me as if to say "Did you see that!! I just did that all by myself!" She just asks "Abby a big girl?". I am so proud of her!
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