The next few pictures are no longer Coeur D'Alene, but they were still pretty, so I thought I'd share. This was a view of the fog from our backyard this morning.
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Coeur D'Alene
Damon got home early yesterday since he's taking off for his annual meeting today, so we went to Coeur D'Alene for the afternoon. It was such a perfect day to be out there too. We had a great time walking along the boardwalk, and exploring the various shops downtown.
The next few pictures are no longer Coeur D'Alene, but they were still pretty, so I thought I'd share. This was a view of the fog from our backyard this morning.
The next few pictures are no longer Coeur D'Alene, but they were still pretty, so I thought I'd share. This was a view of the fog from our backyard this morning.
Friday, October 21, 2005
"Walking"
Abby loves to play with her little walker thingy. She has much more control over it than she did in the beginning, but she still hasn't figured out how to back up and turn when she crashes into something. Instead, she'll get frustrated and cry for a minute or two, then squat down and play with it for awhile. After turning it over a few times, she eventually gets it upright again in the opposite direction of whatever she's crashed into and she's ready to go again.
She thought it was hilarious that she could see me through the opening.
She thought it was hilarious that she could see me through the opening.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
10 Months
I can’t believe Abby will be a year old in just a couple of months. Where has this year gone? There are days when I can’t wait until she’s a little older because taking her places like the Apple Festival will be so much more fun, but I’m not ready for her to grow up yet! We weighed and attempted to measure her last night. She’s now 21lbs. and 31 inches long (maybe). She’s gotten so squirmy lately that measuring her has become very difficult.
Abby has always been a mover. Even when she was a newborn, her arms and legs were constantly going, even in her sleep. Swaddling her just made her angry because she wanted to be free. A few months ago, she discovered the diaper caddy that sits by her head on the changing table. Ever since, she has to twist to get to a diaper before she’ll settle down to let me change her. A couple of weeks ago, though, that suddenly wasn’t enough. Now she twists until she’s on all fours, then tries to use the wipe warmer (on top of the caddy) to stand up. I’ve tried giving her small toys to play with to keep her occupied, but that only worked for so long. The last couple of days, she’s finally settled back down to her previous amount of squirminess, so it’s become easier to change her as long as I do it quickly.
Bath time has become much more interesting too. She recently discovered that there’s a whole world of faucets and knobs she was missing out on by just sitting there playing with the same toys over and over. Now, as soon as we get her in the tub, she stands up to grab whatever she can. As soon as Damon lays her down on our bathroom counter to dry her off, she twists around to better grab anything within reach. She likes to use the mirror to stand on too. Getting her dressed after her bath has become a two-person job.
With all this standing that she’s doing, Abby’s become quite the furniture cruiser too. She can really move! Since Sunday, though, we are now on full Abby Walk Alert! She was cruising along the end table, and something about her stance told me that she would try to walk. Sure enough, I put my hands just out of reach and she let go of the table and took a couple tiny steps toward me! Ever since then, I try whenever she’s standing and most of the time she’ll take 2-3 steps before diving into my arms. A couple of times she’s tried it on her own. Last night while I was upstairs getting her bath ready, Damon said he looked over to her and she was walking toward him from the ottoman!
Apparently, Abby’s new motor skills make her hungry. She’s still a great eater, although she does definitely have preferences now. If it were up to her, she’d live solely on fruits, plums and grapes among some new favorites, but bananas are still the best. She can easily eat a dozen grapes in one sitting. For breakfast, she usually eats a whole banana and a waffle. Most mornings, she has the banana mostly eaten by the time the waffle’s ready! She definitely prefers fruits over vegetables. One vegetable I was surprised to find that she loves is edamame (soy beans). I’d never had them before, so I bought a bag one day for Abby and me to share. I couldn’t shell them fast enough for her! She also loves peas, potatoes, sweet potatoes (thanks for the fry recipe Rachael!), and squash. She’ll eat green beans and carrots, but she doesn’t seem to like them all that much because she spends more time playing with them than eating them. One of her absolute favorite non-fruity foods is string cheese. She also loves these little ravioli dinners by Gerber. Last night, she’d eaten all of her ravioli before we were anywhere near done with our dinner.
Abby is also “talking” all the time now. “Babababa” is still the most used word in her vocabulary, but she now also says “dada!” She doesn’t know what it means because she doesn’t actually call Damon “dada,” but it’s still great to hear. She also loves to give us hugs and kisses. When we’re on the floor with her, she’ll climb all over us and sometimes she’ll wrap her arms around our necks and lay there for a few seconds before she resumes her attack. Her kisses are slobbery, open-mouthed kisses, and she sometimes bites us, but we can’t get enough of them. We’ll take all the hugs and kisses we can get because before we know it, she’ll be too cool for that sort of thing anymore. When that day comes, we’ll at least have great memories of all the love she shows us now.
Abby has always been a mover. Even when she was a newborn, her arms and legs were constantly going, even in her sleep. Swaddling her just made her angry because she wanted to be free. A few months ago, she discovered the diaper caddy that sits by her head on the changing table. Ever since, she has to twist to get to a diaper before she’ll settle down to let me change her. A couple of weeks ago, though, that suddenly wasn’t enough. Now she twists until she’s on all fours, then tries to use the wipe warmer (on top of the caddy) to stand up. I’ve tried giving her small toys to play with to keep her occupied, but that only worked for so long. The last couple of days, she’s finally settled back down to her previous amount of squirminess, so it’s become easier to change her as long as I do it quickly.
Bath time has become much more interesting too. She recently discovered that there’s a whole world of faucets and knobs she was missing out on by just sitting there playing with the same toys over and over. Now, as soon as we get her in the tub, she stands up to grab whatever she can. As soon as Damon lays her down on our bathroom counter to dry her off, she twists around to better grab anything within reach. She likes to use the mirror to stand on too. Getting her dressed after her bath has become a two-person job.
With all this standing that she’s doing, Abby’s become quite the furniture cruiser too. She can really move! Since Sunday, though, we are now on full Abby Walk Alert! She was cruising along the end table, and something about her stance told me that she would try to walk. Sure enough, I put my hands just out of reach and she let go of the table and took a couple tiny steps toward me! Ever since then, I try whenever she’s standing and most of the time she’ll take 2-3 steps before diving into my arms. A couple of times she’s tried it on her own. Last night while I was upstairs getting her bath ready, Damon said he looked over to her and she was walking toward him from the ottoman!
Apparently, Abby’s new motor skills make her hungry. She’s still a great eater, although she does definitely have preferences now. If it were up to her, she’d live solely on fruits, plums and grapes among some new favorites, but bananas are still the best. She can easily eat a dozen grapes in one sitting. For breakfast, she usually eats a whole banana and a waffle. Most mornings, she has the banana mostly eaten by the time the waffle’s ready! She definitely prefers fruits over vegetables. One vegetable I was surprised to find that she loves is edamame (soy beans). I’d never had them before, so I bought a bag one day for Abby and me to share. I couldn’t shell them fast enough for her! She also loves peas, potatoes, sweet potatoes (thanks for the fry recipe Rachael!), and squash. She’ll eat green beans and carrots, but she doesn’t seem to like them all that much because she spends more time playing with them than eating them. One of her absolute favorite non-fruity foods is string cheese. She also loves these little ravioli dinners by Gerber. Last night, she’d eaten all of her ravioli before we were anywhere near done with our dinner.
Abby is also “talking” all the time now. “Babababa” is still the most used word in her vocabulary, but she now also says “dada!” She doesn’t know what it means because she doesn’t actually call Damon “dada,” but it’s still great to hear. She also loves to give us hugs and kisses. When we’re on the floor with her, she’ll climb all over us and sometimes she’ll wrap her arms around our necks and lay there for a few seconds before she resumes her attack. Her kisses are slobbery, open-mouthed kisses, and she sometimes bites us, but we can’t get enough of them. We’ll take all the hugs and kisses we can get because before we know it, she’ll be too cool for that sort of thing anymore. When that day comes, we’ll at least have great memories of all the love she shows us now.
Thursday, October 13, 2005
High Chair Cuteness
She does this all the time because we think it's cute. She usually puts her head on the tray and waits for us to look and tell her how adorable she is.Tuesday, October 11, 2005
So Tall
It used to be that Abby would crawl under the table and use a chair to stand up. She fit perfectly under there. Now, she can already reach the table to see what's going on up there!
In the foreground, you can see Po from the Teletubbies. She's there to keep Abby busy while I do what I need to do in the kitchen. You press her right palm once to turn her on and a second time to get her going. Her belly lights up and she dances while she plays music. She's possessed, though, because once she's on, loud noises or a smack on the nose will also get her dancing (as Abby has found out). It's so funny to watch Abby with her if I don't turn her on before she gets to her. Abby will sit in front of poor Po shrieking and smacking poor her to get her to move. Every once in a while, she'll press her palm without realizing it and turn her on without my help.
Apparently, Abby didn't want any more pictures taken!
In the foreground, you can see Po from the Teletubbies. She's there to keep Abby busy while I do what I need to do in the kitchen. You press her right palm once to turn her on and a second time to get her going. Her belly lights up and she dances while she plays music. She's possessed, though, because once she's on, loud noises or a smack on the nose will also get her dancing (as Abby has found out). It's so funny to watch Abby with her if I don't turn her on before she gets to her. Abby will sit in front of poor Po shrieking and smacking poor her to get her to move. Every once in a while, she'll press her palm without realizing it and turn her on without my help.
Apparently, Abby didn't want any more pictures taken!
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Yummy
A couple of days ago, I made my Gumma's ghoulash for dinner. I thought about giving some to Abby since it's all stuff she'd be able to eat easily, but I didn't because I knew it would make a big mess and stain everything. I finally decided to suck it up and let her try some. She LOVED it! I hadn't anticipated on it staining her face, though. Even after her bath, she still has a very slight orange-y tint to her face. Oops! And, I'm showing her off at Damon's work tomorrow.
You can see her new teeth coming in on top as well as her two old ones on the bottom.
You can see her new teeth coming in on top as well as her two old ones on the bottom.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
So much for our Redneck baby. Abby's cutting her 2 front teeth as well! That's 4 teeth coming in at once. She's been terrific through it too. Her naps have gotten shorter, but she's sleeping well throughout the night. I just wish she'd sleep past dawn!
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Abby's been a little constipated recently. She's pooping constantly, but they're small, hard poops. We've had to change her so much that she developed a nasty diaper rash. We noticed it for the first time on Sunday. The poor thing was in so much pain whenever we tried to change her diaper that she'd cry the whole time. We've since switched to wet washcloths instead of wipes, which just make the rash worse. We're also making sure she's good and dry before we put Desitin and a fresh diaper on. She thinks it's so funny that we are now fanning her tooshie with a fresh diaper.
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We went to the mall on Saturday, and decided to have lunch in the food court. Damon and I couldn't agree on one place to eat, so we each went our separate ways. While I was waiting for my food, Abby happily sat in her stroller watching the people go by. All of a sudden, she started shrieking excitedly because she found her Daddy 2 restaurants over. We were so impressed that not only had she been able to see him from so far away, but that she was also able to pick him out of a crowd.
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Abby's been a little constipated recently. She's pooping constantly, but they're small, hard poops. We've had to change her so much that she developed a nasty diaper rash. We noticed it for the first time on Sunday. The poor thing was in so much pain whenever we tried to change her diaper that she'd cry the whole time. We've since switched to wet washcloths instead of wipes, which just make the rash worse. We're also making sure she's good and dry before we put Desitin and a fresh diaper on. She thinks it's so funny that we are now fanning her tooshie with a fresh diaper.
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We went to the mall on Saturday, and decided to have lunch in the food court. Damon and I couldn't agree on one place to eat, so we each went our separate ways. While I was waiting for my food, Abby happily sat in her stroller watching the people go by. All of a sudden, she started shrieking excitedly because she found her Daddy 2 restaurants over. We were so impressed that not only had she been able to see him from so far away, but that she was also able to pick him out of a crowd.
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