Abby Jumping

This is how Adam typically finds Abigail after her naps.

Marching Right Along

Abigail just keeps growing up. She has one tooth, just one, on the bottom left. She can now wave bye-bye and sign for milk. She can also get down from a sitting position and back up to a sitting position. She has started to pull herself up to a standing position, and even let go of my hands Friday and took 3 steps away. She crawls everywhere. It used to be that she wanted to hold onto our hands and walk and jump around. Now she pulls herself away from us so she can scoot around on the floor and do her own thing. She has begun to mimic the things we do and say also. One day she decided to play peak-a-boo with us. Except we don't play by covering our hands, we play by hiding behind something (such as a wall) and then reappearing. So she hid behind the bar of her play pen and repeatedly peaked out at us. She sent herself into a giggling fit. She has recently expressed interest in the cat as well. Below are some random pictures from this month.

Adam swings on the monkey bars with Abigail in tow.

Abigail standing in her play pen.

Crashed! She still enjoys her reflection. She also loves to play with the sink faucet. This can make giving her a bath difficult some times. Dressed for church one Sunday. A different Sunday, in her crib. Sitting on the couch. We put Abigail in her jumper while we were working on the base board and chair rail in our room. She spun herself around until the cord was tight, then lifted her feet and let the swing unwind. It was entertaining for all of us. After dinner today, still dressed for church. Imitating us. ROAR! I just liked this picture. Adam after church a few Sunday's ago. Looking something up.

After several nice weeks, the weather turned cold again. Breez's birthday party was outside at a park and the wind was awful. We borrowed this jacket from Elliot. Abigail was ready for her skateboard debut. Breez, Isabel, and 2 of Breez's friends. One of her friends was actually a student in my school. Her mother teaches first grade 2 doors down from me. Such a small world.

Pictures from Diaz Elementary Literacy Night Adam participates in an impromptu readers theater in front of parents and students. Ms. Payne, dressed as the Cat in the Hat, visited my room twice to hold Abby and Max for pictures. Two of the kindergarten teachers dressed up as Thing 1 and Thing 2 with Ms. Payne. They visited students throughout the evening.

The event was during Abby's dinner time so Adam fed her in my classroom where I was hosting reading BINGO.

Army Crawling Abby

Abby is getting better and better at crawling since she has actually decided she wants to do it.

Abigail's Fun

My mom came to visit us over President's day weekend. On Monday, she took Abigail and I to the Las Vegas Zoo. The zoo is quite small, only 3 acres. There were quite a few animals (in small cages, or roaming free) to see though. Some none of us had seen before, such as a Wallabee.


Up close and personal with this large prehistoric bird.


The peacock and hens were just roaming the park. This guy was showing off for a few of his lady friends.


A wallabee. There was a large family of at least a dozen, including a baby.


Abigail spent most of her time in the stroller just taking in the sights. She was most interested in the pigeons.


Grandma and Abby rest on the elephant statue.



Abigail playing on her floor one morning. I took her clothes off to make it easier for her to attempt crawling. In the video below she goes after her pacifier.





Abigail playing in her crib after her nap on Saturday.



Abigail dressed up for church this morning, Sunday.


Abigail rolled/crawled away from her Papa during a diaper change.


Abigal after eating chili, grated carrots, and corn bread for dinner. She really enjoyed herself.

Happy...new year?

Alright, so 1/8 of the new year is already over. But Happy New Year anyway! It's been a very busy new year for us since we moved to our new house. Here are some photos we snapped this year.

Abigail discovered her shadow.

Adam and Abigail bundled up together for one last walk at our old home.

Abigail enjoying blueberry pancakes.

Abigail playing with Belle

Sleeping in her new room

Posing for the camera. Look how well I sit.

Playing with Papa. See the curls.

Eating Cheerios

She had a hard time waking up from her nap.

Next is a series of photos from a trip to the park we took a couple weeks ago with our friend Amanda, her son Max, and her neice Harmony. Abigail was a lot more interested in Harmony, who is nearly two, than she was in little Max.

Such a big girl, going down the slide alone.

Behind bars, right where they all belong.

They all look so thrilled. We were taking pictures of Abby and Max and Harmony thought she needed to be in the pictures too.

Abigail checks out Max later that night.

Abigail ready for a morning jog. She looked like she was ready for a gymastics meet or something.

Waiting for Mommy to get ready for work.

8 months old already. 29 inches and 18 pounds.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Smile for the camera, sorta.

Adam took this picture when I was at work one day with his phone and texted it to me.

Family Portraits

We had some pictures taken this Saturday. Here are a few of the 47 shots they took.