Randoms

 That's a picture of Abby on my childhood bed.  She was sitting up so well.

 I think I pooped my pants face after eating green beans.

Sitting up by herself for the first time in her newly done play room.

She got a special book for Christmas that had these glasses in it.

Another mom at school sent this to me this week.  Morning talk around the water cooler.

Hard at work on a Sunday morning with Dad.

This was the third day back at school last week.  I felt the same way.  It's been a big transition back to the daily grind.

Half Birthday

Abby turned six months this past week.  She had to go to the doctor that same day for shots so she was not in the best mood for her photo shoot.  She got three different injections including a flu shot.  She is in the 99% percentile for her head size, 93% for height and only the 58% for weight.  We've got a skinny tall baby with a big head here.  I'm not too worried because bigger head means bigger brains, just ask her god father. 

We wouldn't give up our pacifier for the photo shoot either.  You can see some of the band-aids on her legs from her shots.  She was miserable when I picked her up from school that day but we got to go out and celebrate at Fuzzy's Tacos.

We are eating lots of different fruits and veggies.  She currently loves bananas much to her Daddy's dismay. She drained a whole container this week and was so happy while eating them.  The picture is actually her eating apples for the first time.  She makes that face no matter what it is.

She also loves her brother Herman.  She just discovered him in the past month or so.  I'm not sure he always feels the same way back.  He has no problem until she touches him, then he gets a little freaked.

We are working hard on sitting up.  She can do it but it's a bit hard because of her aforementioned big head.  We have big times coming up as she is getting baptized in February.

2013- A Year of Change

January

Barely into my second trimester and still feeling sick.

February

Hitting 20 weeks and starting the rearrangement of the house.

March

Warmer temperatures, Easter and a trip to San Diego.

April

A day trip to College Station

May

Baby classes, furniture delivered and nursery set up

June

Baby shower, summer vacation and days at the pool

July

Abby is born 5 days over cooked!

August

One month, I go back to school, Abby meets friends

 
 September

Two months old and grumpy baby

 October

First Halloween and three month photo shoot

November

First Thanksgiving

December

First Christmas

First Christmas

We had a very busy Christmas season.  We had our first family party last Saturday.  Abby did better than Thanksgiving but eventually crashed.  Baba had Abby's name for Christmas (we rigged it last year to announce we were pregnant).  She got some fun toys for Abby.  She really liked the ball.  She held it the whole way home.

 

My pretty girl.  Mouth open... like always.

 Too much party fun for Abby.  She's asleep, not eating as it kind of looks like.

Christmas eve we started out at the pancake house.  Someone was grumpy.  G made lasagna that night and we just stayed home.  Abby was playing earlier in the day and I took some pictures.

Santa came for Abby Christmas morning.  She got some good stuff at home.

We then packed up and set out for Mesquite.  We had some puke drama before we left that ended with an impromptu bath.  Abby made out big time there. 

After lunch we drove back up to Plano for dinner.  Dinner was delicious; my favorite German meal. We did presents after dessert.  Abby was pretty worn out by then and so were we.  She just lounged across my lap as we showed her all of her awesome gifts. 

 I got a new robe for Christmas that's a lot like my mom's that Abby loves.  She snuggled up in it and took a snooze as we finished up.

 Jessica Simpson faces with Auntie Anna.  And they have matching skin conditions.

This is the next morning, Abby laying in her laundry basket full of new clothes.  We are a big girl in 9 month clothing now.

Here is a picture of Abby reading in bed yesterday morning.  We have had a few slow days to recover from the Christmas madness.