Day to day grindin'

It's nearly April and thank goodness! Summer is approaching and I can almost feel the sun on my face in the pool. We have just been chugging along around here. We have a pretty strict routine during the week.  Weekends are a bit more laid back but still more of the same. I really wish I could sleep past 6:30 again but I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth here. Abby has been sleeping from 7:30 to about 6:00 every night. Naps are still a struggle. Except this nap where she drooled she was so out if it. 

We still have a fairly stationary baby. Part of me likes it that way the other part wants her on the move. She may be getting closer to crawling. She just really dislikes being on her belly while awake. She was doing some yoga for me yesterday evening. 

She gets several meals throughout the day. Bananas are still a big hit. Green veggies are more of a struggle.  She will only eat very select kinds of meat. She likes chicken but not all chicken diners. 

She has figured out what to do with a phone. She can't always get it to her ear but can get pretty close. 

We are rapidly approaching 9 months. And we have dad's big 3-0 birthday to look forward to this weekend. We will have to practice our singing this week. 

Eight months down, 4 to go

Abby turned eight months Saturday. She was a bit grumpy when I did the pictures. She needed a nap. She may not look it in these but believe me. 

Goofy grin. 

We are still in the everything in my mouth stage. 

Serious Nuk face. I think G was vacuuming so she was watching. 

She is still very into her pacifiers. She will have one in her hand and one in her mouth. She still loves bananas. No crawling yet but maybe soon. She is trying to crawl up in my lap when we play because she is still very clingy with me. If I leave the room there will probably be tears. She is getting to be ticklish under her arms and I can get her to giggle really well. We are about to move into size 4 diapers and are wearing a mix of 9 month and 12 month clothing. I am guessing she is around 20 pounds but I'm not sure. Her next check up isn't until next month when we hit 9 months. 

Our week

Spring break has come and gone. Abby and I loved every minute of it. It was much different that last year when we went to San Diego but I'll take it. 

Monday was a beautiful day and we went on a nice little walk and sat outside on the patio. Abby even had a picnic after grandma watched her a few hours. 

Tuesday we played all day and went on another long walk. I think she may have gotten a touch of sun this day even though she had a hat on. She helped me put dinner in the crock pot too. 

Wednesday was my friend's birthday so she spent a chunk of the day with grandpa. And boy was she crabby. I was trying to get ready and she kept trying to get my makeup brushes so I gave her one. Never too early, right??

Thursday was another big day at home. We ventured out to Target by ourselves. Big accomplishment for mom. She sat in the cart and looked around. We did another walk around the neighborhood too. There was also Abby and Herman time.  He's really great. He just sits there and takes it. 

Friday was a hair appointment for me but we ventured out after. We made a stop at Hallmark because she loves their singing animals. We now own a bunny that sings a jelly bean parody of the Macarena. She did wonderful out again in her Aunt inspired outfit. 

Saturday was 8 months and we went out for dinner in the rain. She did very well. We were both very proud of her. Now we are dealing with a case of the Sunday nights. Ugh, school tomorrow. Only 12 more weeks to go!

The cutest girl

We have the prettiest little girl ever. We had our very late 6 month photo shoot two weekends ago.  Some photos showed up on Facebook. I think she is adorable. 

She is a pretty baby who loves to be with her momma. She won't let me out of her sight. We had a snow (ice, actually) day this week. We got to spend Monday together. We were both pretty happy about it. 

We are on spring break this week. We will be doing lots of hanging out. We probably won't go anywhere since Abby is crabby most evenings. She is more of a morning gal. 

We are looking forward to being 8 months next weekend. I am hoping that she will start to crawl soon. She just rolls across the floor. 

Random things

Abby has been sleeping well lately. She figured out she could flip to her tummy. It only took 7.5 months. I now can see why people MAY do this more than once.

She loves any Hallmark talking holiday things. She has a Valentine's Day dog that sings that she loves. She freaks when she sees it until we press the button. She finally got to see the creepy hen that poops eggs. She seems to love it too. 

She fell asleep watching some tv the other day. 

She also decided that she really likes her dinosaur ball thing. She grabs the balls out of the top. 

In other Abby news, we lowered her crib today as she is getting bigger and stronger. It's really weird and I can't use our crib skirt anymore. Boo. I liked the chevron. She is still nowhere near crawling. She waits until toys are brought to her or rolls to them. She is going through a mommy phase (or so I hope it's a phase). If I leave the room or her eye sight she freaks out these days. We took (very late) 6 month photos last weekend. Thank goodness the weather was good unlike today. Although I hate this cold weather at least I can spend one more day with my little.