Lovely Spring Day

It's a lovely spring day here, breezy and 74 degrees F. We decided to do something fun.

Above: Abby looking bored. Lets go to the zoo!

We looked at some sheep and goats. Mommy fed some as Abby watched.

Above: Abigail and Daddy, looking at the giraffes

Above: A drink of water on the way home. Thirsty girl!

Above: Almost home and ready for a nap!

Abigail walking and dancing (video!)

We made a video of Abigail walking and dancing this evening:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXSd_131b4k

:-)

We witnessed it!

Saturday night (March 10) Abigail walked and we got to witness it! :-) She was on the floor with Jeff & I, walking back and forth between us, about 4 feet or so. She even turned around in a a circle once. It is very cute, she walks with stiff legs and her arms out, and a big smile on her face.

Still working on getting some more photos uploaded, will post some soon!

So we hear...

We hear that Abigail took her first steps yesterday! Jeff and I were both at work.

Apparently, Granny was walking with Abigail holding onto her fingers. They walked towards Gramps, and when they got close, Mary pulled her hands up. Abby kept going for about 6 steps until she reached Gramps.

We don't think she actually realized she did those last 6 steps on her own, but we can see she is able! She didn't do it again yesterday.

Hoping to witness it myself soon! :)

I will add some new photos soon.

Abigail is 1 today, hooray!

Above: Abigail plays with her new toy phone.

Below: She tries to answer her phone "Hello?"

Below: Just smiling and playing


Above and below: Some close-ups of the smiley birthday girl. You can see her lil teeth in the photo above.
I forgot to mention in previous posts that Abigail started standing unsupported last week. She gets really excited when she does it, and starts clapping. ;)

Birthdays young and old

In January, Abby's Great Great Grandma Ketterman turned 100! We visited her and here are a couple of pictures. Above is a photo of 5 generations!

Abby and Great Great Grandma Ketterman are about 99 years apart in age. :)

Above: Granny has her arms full of babies! :)

Abigail's 1st birthday party

Above: A bite to eat before the party

Above: Henry dressed up for the party

Above: Abigail didn't care for her birthday hat!

Above: Ready for the party!

Above: Her first cake eating experience! Mmm strawberry jello cake with cream cheese frosting.

Above: She loves her new pink car from Granny and Gramps!

Above: Here is one of some of the kids playing with new toys.

Above: She was so tired at the end of the day! She relaxed with a bottle before bed, and used Henry as a footrest. He didn't mind!



Above: All rested up this morning and ready to play some more. She is pointing at me to tell me to stop taking pictures and come push her around on her car.

Above: Today she got her first haircut. I just trimmed her bangs a little. :)

All the "kids"

Thought I had better post some pictures, since it has been a while since I last did so. I want to share some pictures of all of the "kids" including the furkids! So here we go!

In these two, Abby was sick....but not too sick to still play with Henry and steal his toys.

Here she is telling Henry this is HER highchair.
Henry knows the high chair contains many tasty crumbs.
Here he is trying to sneak a snack before we cleaned the highchair.
Here is Abigail peering into the ginormous toybox Gramps made for her. It is adorable, with animals on it to match her bedroom. Right now we have it in the living room--that's where it fits! :) Plenty of room for more toys in there!
2 recent photos of Hoss, our cat who will be turning 12 this summer!

And last but not least, 2 recent photos of Henry, our pug who will be 3 in March.

11 months old today!

I don't have any pictures ready to share today, but I will try to get some soon.

I forgot to post after Abby's 10 month check up in December. She was at 25th percentile for height, 35th for weight, and 90th for head circumference. :)

Now she is 11 months old today! Time is really flying. Some things she has started to do since my last post: she gives hugs and kisses! She makes gestures for combing her hair when I say the word comb. She also gestures and points when she wants food or drink. (Puts fingers in her mouth and then points when she wants a snack for example.) She has also started to refuse her baby food and eats some of our food. Last night she had some meat loaf and mashed potatoes!

Her birthday party is going to be Saturday, February 10 at 2pm, at our house. Friends and family, please let us know if you can attend!

Edited to add: She also got her first tooth this past weekend!

Family photos

We had our family portrait done for the first time on December 15, plus some extra photos of just Abigail. See below:

This last one is her wrinkley nose smile :)

December 1st: A day in the life of Abigail Rose

I'mah lookin' for trouble with a capital T

Lets check on the table

Ooh a cell phone

A pile of big books!

Hmm what else is there....

Hey, not bad, I found a coaster!

Tastes pretty good

Hmm I see some toys over there. NAH those are boring!

Ahh some paper hiding under daddy's desk. I wonder how it tastes...