Friday, November 18, 2005

11 Months

November already? Where has this year gone?! I’m having a hard time believing Thanksgiving is next week already. My baby’s going to be a year old next month. We tried to weigh Abby last night, but she’s so squirmy now that it was difficult to get a good weight. She seems to be about 22lbs. now. We didn’t even try to measure her since she won’t sit still. Whenever we carry her, she twists her body and lunges forward. It worries me since she’s so heavy when she gets squirmy, it’s difficult to hold on to her. She is always on the move and now she doesn’t even want to stop long enough to be carried.

She also learned a new skill yesterday. She can now climb onto the coffee table without using anything to step on. She’s been trying since we moved the cushion from the front of the coffee table, but she would just get frustrated. Yesterday, it finally clicked for her. She grabbed the other end of the table (the side that’s pressed against the couch), and used her upper body to pull herself up. She’s become a pro at it now. I was trying to take pictures of her getting up there last night, but every time I had the camera ready she was already up on the table.












She’s also gotten pretty good with the sippy cup, as long she’s reclined. She struggles to tip the cup back enough to get a drink when she’s sitting upright. Even reclined, she still only takes a couple of drinks at a time before moving on to something else. We’re not ready to switch completely from bottle to cup, but we’re working on it.









She’s not walking any more than 4-5 steps at a time yet, but she works on it all the time. She can stand for a long time now before squatting down to crawl. She’s constantly walking along the furniture, and she can easily let go and take the couple of steps from piece to another. She loves pushing her little walker toy around. She can walk easily with its help. She also likes to push her high chair around the kitchen.


Saturday, November 12, 2005

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

She looks more like me than we thought.

Damon at 11 months.


Abby at almost 11 months.


Me (and my mom) at a year.



Sears Pictures

These are the poses that we decided to keep. The quality's not the best to keep people from printing them off directly from the Sears website, but you get the idea.









Sunrise, Sunrise

The only advantage to Abby being an early riser is that I get to witness some truly spectacular sunrises.









Monday, November 07, 2005

Who Needs Expensive Toys?

When there's fun to be had with a coffee table and a spoon from Dairy Queen!












Thursday, November 03, 2005

Mark Your Calendars

We got our plane tickets yesterday for Christmas. We'll be in Iowa Dec. 14-19. We'll be there for our wedding anniversary and Abby's birthday. We can't wait to see everybody!

On a completely unrelated note, the other day we were in the car when the topic of turning Abby's car seat around came up. Damon asked when we were supposed to, and I told him 20lbs. AND 1 year. Out of curiosity, I had him look back to see her feet and sure enough, her feet hit the back seat! When she's sitting in her seat, her feet are flat against the back of the seat. I can't believe my baby's going to be a year old next month!

I have been to 3 Targets, 2 malls, TJMaxx, and a Burlington Coat Factory trying to find the right dress for Abby. I had no idea it would be this hard! I finally found what I was looking for (in red) at Mervyn's in the big mall that's 1/2 hour away, so we've only been there a couple of times. The problem? The smallest size they had was a 2T. I bought it anyway in the hopes that it wouldn't be outrageously big since Abby wears 18-months now. The sleeves are way too long and the bodice is a little big, but it's not that bad. My next dilemma is white or black tights?