April 2009

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Thought you might like to see these!

Learning New Things

The week after our family left Alabama Abigail was playing and singing ABCs, like she often does, when I suddenly realized she was doing it correctly! I don't remember the kids singing it with her, but one way or another, it clicked without us really working on it. So fun! (This video is not that time, but a couple weeks later)

Another fun one- a picture movie
(Try Cycle)

Some funny things

Abigail is at the age where funny things come out of her mouth a lot and we are thoroughly enjoying it! Here are a few recent, but they are much funnier when heard in a sweet two year old voice:

• In the car one night she had a water bottle. Be careful you don't spill it, I said. "Oh. Really careful, it could hurt you really bad? I could die?" "Oh! no, no, you won't die, it would just get water everywhere and make a mess, it wouldn't hurt." "Oh. Jesus say no-no?" (trying to hold the laughter back) "No I don't think Jesus minds if you spill your water, it's okay."
• Abigail is looking through a basket of bath stuff. "What's this mommy? Papa get it for you?" (where in the world did that come from?) "That's a scrubber, Rachael got it for me!" "Oh. What's this? Rachael get it?" "That's body spray, I think Daddy got me that one," "Oh. Good job Daddy."
• On any given day I say at dinner, "Abigail, tell Daddy what we did today." Abigail's eyes get real big, "We went zoo with Paul! Lions.. and giraffes.. and monkeys..."
• I am putting a sweet little white shirt on Abigail. "Noooooo... I don't want it! I don't want mommy shirt! I want little girl shirt!" She looks at me like this is one of the worst things that has ever happened to her. Again stifling laughter, "This isn't mommy's shirt, it's a little girl shirt! See? It's little." The lip goes out further. "I don't want it." She tugs on the straps like they are shrinking tighter on her. "I don't want to be mommy." She is able to make herself look extremely uncomfortable. I make her go look in the mirror, but she still doesn't want it! That day she wore a bright blue shirt instead.

(the offending shirt)

• Later that same day we turn on the music in the car (of course it is kid music, Abigail loves her music in the car). About a minute in I make some adjustments to the radio and the music briefly stops. Afraid that I am changing to the radio, Abigail protests,"I want kid music, mommy!"
• Same day (wow, crazy day). We went to the dollar store with Courtney and Jonathan. She wanted something at the store and I told her that maybe we could get it for her birthday. She was just fine with that. She then picked out anything that she remotely liked at the store for the rest of the trip and declared that it was for her birthday too.

Well, she sounds like a demanding little girl from these posts, but believe me, these are just a glimpse. We have many please and thank yous and questions and I love yous too!

Guess who came to visit?

SPRING!

Spring brought a few guests too:


Bugs

Beautiful Flowers

Strawberries

Bunnies!
(one came to visit us for a bit- it is back in the wild now)

And last but not least...

Humidity

Stats

After everyone kept exclaiming how tall Abigail was, and me saying, "Oh yes, she is a little tall for her age," I finally decided to look up some growth charts. And the result is... (drum roll please) She's average!! Which makes me revert back to my pre-having-a-two-year-old state of often commenting, 'I'm always surprised by how tall two year olds are!" She is a smidge over 50% in height and weight. However, her head is still big- not off the charts anymore, but at 95%.

Easter Festivities!

Making Easter Cookies

(that's Flat cousin Kaleb helping us out with the cutting)


(against my usual tendency, I made a conscious decision to NOT be anal about the cookie icing, which made it fun to do with Abigail! I love how they turned out too!)



Easter Egg Hunting
(we got to do two hunts this year! We go to two playgroups and they both had one. We were sad to miss the family hunt at GG's house though!)



Abigail was so attached to her easter eggs that she played with her basket in hand, not putting them down even to go down the slide. Eventually I suggested that I could watch them.
(Click on the series below and it will enlarge)

Egg Dying
We were pleasantly surprised by the lack of egg dye catastrophes. They're all aged 3 and under!

(After 28 years, I finally figured out the secret to multi-colored egg dying!! It's not much to look at, but it was a huge progression in my egg dying skills!)



Easter Sunday
The LORD is risen indeed!!

Thank you Lord, for my precious family, here and away. Thank you for the wonderful friends you have blessed us with. But most of all, thank you for sending your son Jesus to die on a cross, overcome death, and offer every soul the chance of new life with you. And thank you for sending your Spirit to live within us until the end!

March 2009

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