Happy 1st Birthday Abigail!

Abigail turned 1 last Saturday on September 18th, I still can't believe it!! We had a fun day, we had all of her grandparents and a couple friends of ours come over. Abby ate pizza, cake and enjoyed opening her presents. She is definitely a little girl, she loves all of her new baby dolls and girly stuff!

Our birthday princess!

Abby has changed so much in a year, she is about 19 pounds (going for her check-up tomorrow for official stats) and still feels like a lightweight compared to Luke at that age! She has 3 top and 2 bottom teeth, she is still taking just a few steps at a time, but is getting more brave. Abby has always been a good sleeper, she sleeps for about 11 hours a night, and is transitioning to 1 afternoon nap of about 2 hours. She will give high fives, likes to clap and my favorite - she likes to give kisses!!! Abby is almost finished nursing and loves drinking from a cup, and her favorite foods are cheese, crackers, mexican food, spaghetti, and most fruit. Abby loves to play with baby dolls and girly stuff, but also loves Luke's cars and action figures. My favorite thing about Abby is that she is very social and enjoys the attention and affection of others, especially her big brother Luke! We are so blessed to have her, I love having a baby girl and Abigail has been everything I have hoped for!!

I made her cake, it was my first cake attempt and so much fun!

Abby seemed a little confused when we were singing Happy Birthday!

Abby loved her strawberry cake :-)

Abby's friend Kate really likes cake too, they were sharing very nicely!

Opening gifts - Abby loves her dolls, new dollhouse and doll accessories.

Did I mention Abby loves her baby dolls??

Abby walked!!

Today Abby took her first steps, it was such a fun and exciting milestone to see!! We were playing at a friend's house and Abby took 3 steps towards me, and then did it again several more times today. She is quite proud of herself, as you can tell....

Here is a video clip my friend took of Abby walking!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShitigXggxs

3 year old preschool

Luke started CDO (children day out) today in the 3 year old class. He had a great day and used the potty all day, yea! Luke likes his teachers and told me he had fun playing. He also told me he did not walk in line....we will work on that! Here are some pictures...

We had meet the teacher on Tuesday, Luke loved the puppet booth!

Luke loves the Dr. Seuss theme and wanted to look at all the books in his room.

First day today!

At school in front of Luke's room

What a difference a year makes!

A couple weeks ago we had a MOPS fieldtrip to the fire station. I was a little nervous because this time last year we tried the same trip and Luke and I ended up leaving with him screaming and me in tears because he would not listen, stand still or do anything that I wanted him to do....and my patience was thin because I was 8 months pregnant! This year could not have been better, Luke listened to the firemen, walked around the station, and enjoyed seeing the truck. I am amazed at how different Luke is at 3 than he was at 2, so much more enjoyable and easy to take places! And a special thank you to Grandma for coming as my back-up in case we had a repeat of last year, here are some pictures....

Running out of ideas for indoors....

It is SO hot outside this week, and we have about exhausted my ideas for indoor activities. Here is what we have been doing....

We have painted (thank goodness for washable paints!)

Made our own playdough...

Played pin-the-flag-on-the-mailbox (long story)

Made our own musical instruments...

Tried out our halloween costume early....

Attacked Daddy in the tunnel (my personal favorite) :-)

And Abby took her first few steps holding onto her shopping cart! I don't think she realized the cart was going to move, but when it did, she just held on and went with it!

Focus

For some reason, Luke has lately decided to say to us "Focus!"....probably because we have to tell him to focus on things often when his attention is lacking. So tonight we were sitting at the dinner table and out of nowhere Luke yelled at Vic, "Focus, I need you to focus!". Vic asked him what he was supposed to focus on? And Luke's response was "Focus on me!!".....seriously, is this what comes with turning 3???

2 pairs of friends

We went to visit our friends Jessica, Sterling and Kate yesterday. Sterling and Kate are perfect playmates for my kids because they are the same ages, and they had tons of fun as you can see!!

I don't know which is scarier, a pair of 3 year old boys in disguise or......

Running around blind with buckets on their heads (while their little sisters crawl around under them)!!

This was the first time that Abby and Kate really played together now that they are both mobile. I think they are friends already :-)