Time for a comparison...

Me in Mama's chair at 10 months...
Me in Mama's chair at 12 months

My Jungle Safari!!!

Look at this thing!!! Its huge!!! Its going to be so much fun for me...when it gets warmer again that is. Mommy and Daddy spent over an hour between the two of them blowing it up today, and now the temperature is going to be too cold out for a while and I won't get to use it. :( I had fun watching them work so hard though...I clapped and laughed and cheered when it started standing up right. I fell on top of the sides and I bounced on it while Mommy tried to blow air into it. And then when they turned the water on it...the water was sooooooooo cold I started to cry and then fell down. :( I think it will be more fun on a hot day...what do you think??

Auntie Kirstie's Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday Auntie Kirstie!! We ordered up the hot weather just for you! :) We wanted to make sure it'd be nice enough outside for a BBQ! I think we got what we ordered...how about you? I like it when you come over to visit and especially when Mommy makes yummy things for you to eat...I like that ice cream sandwich cake. :) Have a happy year! (well, starting tomorrow)

Crying Over Spilled Milk...

This is what happens when I shake my sippy cup. I think its funny when I do it with water, but spilled milk is no laughing matter. I'm definitely learning cause and effect these days, and I don't like the "effect" this milk has on me...

If You Can't Hear Me...

You better find me! :) Need I say more???

Time to PARTY!!!!

Today we had my birthday party and it was HOT! I don't know why I threw up last night and again this morning, so I didn't feel to well most of the day, but I made it through. I napped a little, but I was too excited to figure out what Mommy and Daddy were doing by moving furniture around and hanging things on the wall and then they put BALLOONS in the house! Just like at the grocery store where I can stare at them from the shopping cart! Anyway, I got to play a little and then we had cake, and I even got my own. They sang a song that I don't know and it kind of scared me a little. I didn't know what to do with the cake so I stuck my fingers in it and it felt kinda funny. I didn't really like it... After cake we opened presents and I was super excited to get this Jungle Safari Play Pool!!! It was too heavy for me to pick up, but I can't wait to see Mommy and Daddy blow it up for me! Overall, it was a great day. Lots of food, lots of friends...what more could a girl want? :)

It's My Birthday and I'll Do What I Want To!!!

Happy Birthday to ME!!!!!! Mommy was trying to take her usual picture of me in her rocking chair and I wasn't in the mood. I wanted to PARTY!!!!

I went to daycare today and I had fun playing with all the toys and then I came home for a nap. After my nap we went to dinner at Sweet Tomatoes. Mommy and Daddy like that place because there are so many different things that I can try to eat...and its free for me, so it doesn't matter if I don't like it...they just try something else. I even got to have some ice cream and a little bit of Daddy's brownie. Then we went home and I got to stay up a little later because of the sugar high I was on. Its good to be the birthday girl!

Teeth, teeth, teeth, and one more tooth!!

Guess what!? I just got four more! And they all came in at once over a short two week period! It wasn't any fun and I'm pretty sure that Mommy didn't appreciate getting up in the middle of the night with me again. But they're all here now and I'm learning a few new things. Like not to bite my thumb, not to bite Mommy and Daddy's shoulders, and how to bite a piece off of something. Wanna know the most interesting thing?? My thumb has delayed one of those four top teeth a little and it hasn't come all the way down yet like the others. Hmmmm...

An Old Soul...

Well, maybe I'm not yet an "old soul", but I can certainly look like an old man. This is what happens when I drink the bathtub water out of my favorite red bath cup. Hahahahaha!

My First Easter Sunday!

So today was my very first Easter Sunday. I'm not sure what it means, but I liked the singing in church and it was fun to see all of my family. We went to church in Pleasanton with Nana and Grandpa and I had a really hard time sitting still. I wasn't feeling really well so that made it hard to be a good girl. Nana gave me a really pretty bunny and took this great picture of me with Mommy and Daddy. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I wasn't getting really, really sick again...

Hippity Hoppity Easter's on its way!!!

Easter is almost here and that means my birthday is coming soon too...

Ms. Loretta at my daycare gave me these little eggs with DUCKIES inside!!! They're little squirty duckies and I can't wait to take them in the bath with me!!

Walking!

I'm doing it! I've finally figured out that walking thing and I'm doing it! I'm not really good at it, but I can get around okay. I'm eleven months old today too, so its extra special. I've heard there's something even better that I'll try to learn next...I think they said it was "running"??

My weekend with Nana...

So this weekend, my Mommy and Daddy took a trip all by themselves to Napa for two whole days. They brought me to Nana's house and Aunt Janell was there waiting to play with me too! Mommy wrote three whole pages of instructions for Nana about how to take care of me and then Nana even still had ~more~ questions for Mommy. :) She showed Nana how to do a few things for me and then off to bed I went. Daddy and Mommy drove to Napa after I was asleep and they had a great time. I got to go to the Farmer's Market and the mall with Nana and Aunt Janell on Saturday and then on Sunday I got to go get pretty pictures taken of me in a new dress that Nana gave me. I was so excited to see Mommy and Daddy when they came home but boy was my weekend with Nana fun. These are pictures of Daddy and Mommy from Napa at the Oakville Grocery...my pictures in my new dress are copyrighted and can't be posted. :(

"Curled up with a good book"

I never really liked my swing much, but the good news is that the seat becomes my own little chair! It doesn't rock like Mommy's chair, but it fits me just right. This is my favorite book, and we all know I can't read yet, but I like the colors and all the objects. It'll be fun when I can tell ~you~ what all the pictures are. :)

Poor sick little Abby :(

Ooooooooo...sooooooooo sick! This week has been no picnic folks...I'm sick and miserable. I went to the doctor on Tuesday and I still have an ear infection and a really bad cold. Its so bad I curled up on Mommy's lap with my head on the Boppy, and crashed. She had to get up, so she shifted me onto the ottomon, where I slept for another 20 minutes. Today was the worst and I think I might have ruined Valentine's Day. (good thing Mommy and Daddy are going out on Saturday night instead) I'm feeling pretty bad and crying is making me feel a little better. Daddy says its time to start the 3rd round of antibiotics and start praying that I don't have to have tubes put in my ears.