A small victory, but I'll take it

A small victory was made today in the battle to get Abigail to eat vegetables. I was successful in getting her to eat approximately 4 pieces of sliced cooked carrot by smashing them in with her chef boyardee spaghetti. Woo! This girl REFUSES to eat veggies for the most part. This really stresses me out. I mean, she appears to be healthy, good weight, etc, and the doctors have never said otherwise at her appointments, but still! She is also picky about fresh fruit.


So I was happy with this small victory. Earlier in the week she ate a few bites of broccoli and cauliflour, with salmon and wild rice. That was a good day.

And now, some pictures! Not of the carrot eating though. Instead, first a few from our recent trip to the zoo. Then a few of just Abigail.

Above: Contimplating the spacing of feet. Don't get your feet in my space! Kick kicky kicky kick!
Above: Looking at ducks and big fish
Above: sitting on a Kimodo dragon, oohhh

Above: Wish they had these in grown up size, awesome shades


Above: A minute after putting the clip in her hair, and 30 seconds before she ripped it out

A random collection of recent photos

Above: Abby enjoys playing with the oven mitts, they cover most of her arm. Whenever I need them I have to search for them, she usually has them out of the kitchen. :)
Above: She thought it would be fun for her and Mr. Monkey to ride the elephant together!
Above: Abigail and Hewey pug hanging out on the couch
Above: Poor thing has some booboos on her face! She fell in the kitchen, hit her head on the dog bowl. Poor lil clumsy toddler!
Above: She looks so grown up in this photo

Above: playing with Henry pug on the couch
Above: Abigail mid-temper tantrum. Below: She decided it was time to play again instead, and rolls on the floor, & plays with her toes. What fun!
Weee!
This little piggy went to market...

Overdue for more pictures

Abigail is almost 17 months old! Amazing how time flies.

Above: Abigail gives a small smile as she prepares to stand in her rocker. No no Abby! :)

Above: Do not, I repeat DO NOT attempt to remove the one shoe that your grumpy toddler managed to shove on her own foot. Do so at your own risk. You have been warned.

Above: Abigail spilled some of her water on the floor so I handed her a towel and asked if she would help clean it up. To my amazement she bent down and wiped it up! What a good helper! She has seen me use a towel to wipe up spills before.

Above: An attempt to grab the camera

Above: Loads of fun in our luxury above ground pool. (Ha!)

Above: She likes those flowers, and the tickly grass makes her laugh.

New photos of Abigail

These were taken today. She is just over 15 months old now. Abby wanted to sit in her room on the glider with a book and her stuffed monkey. :)

Above: Reading her book
^ Smiles!
^ Even cheesier smiles!
^ Henry joins her
^She loves Henry!
^Close up!
^ Aww hugs
^ One more hug
^Ok just one more

Some pictures, as promised

Here are a few from the weekend camping trip we took to Oklahoma last month:

Above: Abigail in her car seat on the way, in the RV

Above: She wasn't so sure about walking in the playground gravel

Above: But then she decided gravel is really fun to play with in the playground

Above: Gavin and Abby say 'Get us out of here!"

The 2 photos below are from today.

Above: Takin' a ride!

Above: Abigail's best cheesy smile ;-)

Just a quick update

Abigail had her 14 month doctor's appointment on April 27. She is 29 inches tall & 21 lbs. Her percentiles are:
Height- 20th percentile
Weight- 25th percentile
Head circumference- 95th percentile
As the nurse said, plenty of room for brains in there! Hehee.

I am at work so will have to post some pictures another time. Abigail has been perfecting her walking, and has even started speed walking, the beginnings of running! She is also trying to climb everything which has resulted in some falls and noggin bumps. She is getting better at communicating, she will nod yes or no when we ask her a question now. That is helpful! She loves being outside. Larry and Jeff added gates to our back porch so we can all sit out there without her tumbling down the stairs.

Well, that is all I can think of at the moment. Will try to remember to post some pictures later!
:-)

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! :)