Easter, a lot late...

I decided to take a break in the vacation posts for the moment...

We had a fantastic Easter! The weather was beautiful and Abigail had her first haircut! It was basically a bang trim, but it counts. We went to Shear Madness in Olathe, and it was so neat. First, Abigail sat in a car to get her haircut, and they had movies for the kids to watch (seriously, they had their own screens!). Abby didn't watch her movie (chipmunks) but tried to start her car, and pretended to drive it. It was really cute.

We're going to call this her "before" picture because you can see how long her bangs are.

(she was eating chocolate chips when I was making cookies)

These are the "during" and "after"

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She looks like such a big girl now, no longer a baby. I know this is the cut that every little girl gets, but I'm not going to lie, I'm not really a fan of the straight across bangs. I wish she would just let me put a clip in with them brushed to the side. But, she won't and she is still beautiful, so until she's old enough to choose her own hair style, mommy gets to pick!

On with Easter... after getting Abby's haircut we came home and my mom got right to work cooking Easter "dinner". We had decided to have dinner Saturday night with some close family friends, rather than doing a large brunch on Easter morning. After Abigail's nap we got out her four-wheeler power-wheels that Grannie and Papa gave her for Christmas. She loved it! She still doesn't quite get the concept of holding the button down to make it go, but she thinks it's pretty cool when she makes it go!

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Chatting with grandpa

Our family friends have two little girls (almost 3 and 20months) and are expecting a little boy next month. We were thrilled to have them over and I loved watching the girls interact. They sat at Abby's little table for dinner, which was adorable. I was really impressed with how well all three of them did.

Abigail and her friends at their dinner table!

The next morning the Easter Bunny had came. He brought Abigail a John Deere sleeping bag, some clothes and, of course, some candy. After hunting for eggs, and going to breakfast at Bob Evans, Abigail got to open the gigantic Kinder Eier that we brought back from Germany...

In case you've never had a Kinder Eier before, it's simply a chocolate shell (shaped like an egg ~ usually the size of a real egg) with a toy inside. The chocolate is really good ~ Abigail loved it (as you can see above) ~ and the toys are usually something small and silly. This was a really big, the size of my hand, and the toy was a little box, that locked with a lamb on top. Kind of cool, really. 

After the opening of the Kinder Eier my family headed back to Nebraska, Abigail took a nap and we went to my kickball game. We had a fantastic weekend and can't wait for next Easter, when daddy will be home!!

New Things...

Since I haven't been good at keeping the "What's Abigail Up To" list up-to-date, I decided to make a post about things she's saying and doing...

LOVES:
* Her dadie! She has a book that he's recorded for her (I'll do a whole post about it soon), and her daddy doll, plus she gives his picture kisses a lot, and she blows him kisses on Skype
* Babies. She has two that she especially loves (their small and she can easily carry them), but she has many
* Her cozy coupe. She would ride in that thing all night long, if I would let her.
* Her rocking chair. "rock rock" is something I hear a lot.
* Fridge phonics. She loves to push the button that sings the ABC's and is really good at getting the letters in.
* Busy Ball Popper. She'll push the button and watch the balls. She'll put things down the spout that don't belong (mostly other, heavier, balls, that get stuck). I hate to say it (because I really wanted her to have it), but it drives me crazy (mostly b/c the balls roll all over the floor and under the couches).
* Dancing. Dance parties are a regular occurance at our house.
* Mirrors. She loves to kiss herself in the mirror.
* The DVD player in the Tahoe & Baby Einstein movies.
* Climbing our stairs. If you ask her if she's ready for bed, wants her diaper changed, or wants to take a bath, she heads right up!
* Food.
* Sleep. Lucky me!!
* Dogs. She'll point them out in books and in real life.
* Pointing at things. She sometimes uses her thumb to point, it's really cute.

DISLIKES:
* Being told "no".
* My help. She wants to do everything herself.
* Having her diaper changed. She'll bring you a diaper, but she won't lay still for the changing part.
* Teething. She's getting her bottom left molar and isn't happy about it (the right one came in with no problems, though)

SAYS: (mostly repeats)
* "Dadie!"
* "Mama"
* "More" ~ she signs this, not says
* "Dog"
* Various animal noises
* "Apple"
* "Up"
* When you ask her if she's all done (eating) she'll say "all done" or sign more
* "Uh Oh!"
* "On"
* "Socks"
* "Shoes"
* "Juice"
* "Milk"
* There are so many more, but I can't think of them right now...

We're walking on sunshine!!

Kind of. Don't let the title decieve you. The high today was 38 degrees!?

This post is about... walking!! Abigail has started and she is doing fantastic! She is pretty daring, but can easily go 5 feet without falling. I can't seem to figure out how to upload videos any more (help!!) but there is one waiting for all of you to view!

Tooth #3 also broke through yesterday. It is on the bottom right. For some reason I thought it would be a top tooth that came through next, but nope! She looked so cute with just two teeth, I'm having a hard time imagining another one in there! Here are some pictures from the last two weeks - non-birthday pictures, that is!

Abby and daddy

Abby and Mommy

Go Huskers!!

Her new carseat

We recently installed her new carseat into the Tahoe. Don't worry, she isn't in it much yet (the "rule" is that they are supposed to be 20 pounds and 1 year), but she loves it! She cries every time I put her in the rear facing seat in my car. Only one week and she can turn around!

Abigail's new tooth!

We had an amazing long weekend! Friday night we went to dinner with our friends Julie and Cam. The introduced us to a great resturant in Brookside. Jordan and I loved it and Abigail did great. Wayne visited and he and Jordan took some pictures of Abigail Saturday morning.

Wanye and Abigail with our beautiful rose bush!

Smiley girl

Jordan and Abigail were playing on the couch and I looked over and saw this:

How cute are they??

Saturday Jordan and I cleaned and got ready for two cookouts. We went to a BBQ with one of Jordan's co-workers first and then one with my co-workers.

Brodie (who we babysat a couple weekends ago) was at the last BBQ and warmed up to us, quickly. Abigail talked to him and he enjoyed throwing the ball and playing catch with me.

Brodie helping put Abigail in her seat

Sunday one of my friends from graduate school came to visit. Her husband is graduating from dental school and they (and their daughter) will be moving to Conneticuit soon and decided to come to KC one last time. One of Jordan's fraternity brothers and his family also were in town and came over. We cooked out and then went to the WWI museum. All of the girls got a long and it was very cut watching them play.

My friend took Abigail's newborn pictures and got some great pictures of the girls playing. I'll have those pictures to post at later, I'm sure. Here are a few that I took... I'm no professional, keep in mind!

The dads and the strollers :)

Abigail ~ all smiles!

Razzing ~ her new favorite thing

Abigail and Addi

Abigail and Maddie

All weekend long I have said "Abigail's cutting a tooth"... well this morning I was no longer the only one who could feel it! Jordan felt the tooth, too! Woo hoo! It finally came through! I'm really excited, because all weekend long I could feel it, but everyone else told me I was crazy. I can't believe how fast these last seven months have flown by and that my baby girl has a tooth and is army crawling! I am enjoying every "stage" and moment so far. And, although I can wait for her to crawl, I can't wait for her to say "mama" and walk. (I know walk/crawl?! BUT She sticks everything in her mouth, so to me, walking seems less dangerous).

Spring is scooting in??

We had some BEAUTIFUL weather this week (after the 5 inches of snow!)...

Thursday night it was over 80 degrees and Jordan got home! So, we grilled out and had a fantastic supper and a lot of fun playing with Abigail outside...

Her eyes almost match the sky...

Getting some love from Momma!

Flying with Daddy!

Playing on the outside blanket!

Wednesday one of my good friends came over, we went to dinner and then she came back to the house. We fed Abigail her bananas (which she loves) and got her all ready for bed. We were playing on the floor in her room and she rolled to her tummy (which she does nearly every time you put her down these days). Next thing I know her knees are up underneath her and she face plants into the blanket, she gets her knees back under her, gets her arms underneath her and face plants again! OH NO!! She made it about 2 feet before I grabbed her because she was getting pretty close to the corner of her dresser. We're in trouble now...

Jordan got promoted to Captian today (hopefully I can get pictures from others)! We are so proud of him and all of his accomplishments. As much as we miss having him home we know that he's gone because he needs to be and are so proud of everything that he's doing! We love you, Daddy!!

Rolling over!!

This morning Jordan called in sick (he's been battling a cold for the entire week and decided to try to kill it once and for all) and was playing with Abigail on the floor of her room while I finished getting ready. All of a sudden I hear "she rolled over!!". I said "whatever" thinking that he was referring to her rolling from her back to her side, which she's been doing for some time. He convinced me to come watch... she did it!! She is really rolling over from her tummy to her back!

The last few nights she's been doing great pushing up onto her forearms and smiling. This morning she ballanced on one arm and rolled all the way over! I'm trying to figure out how to watch the video from my phone on the computer, but haven't figured it out yet. I'll post when I do!

Happy Halloween!!

LOVE this outfit!!

We've had a big week ~ my Grandma and Grandpa McLellan came to visit yesterday and we went to dinner (Abby's first outing!) and she did great! Abby had her two week checkup today and is doing fantastic!! She weighs 8lbs 6oz and is now 20in long. Her cord fell off yesterday, but looks good. After her checkup we went to visit both my office and Jordan's old office (the ME). She did great everywhere we were... opened her eyes and smiled at people and only got fussy once (she was hungry!). We have truely been blessed with such an angel!


Halloween!! We bought a lobster costume for her (before she was born) and it is way to big for her (maybe next year). Luckily Wayne gave her a cute onesie with a glow-in-the dark skeleton on it and we made a cute bow with a bone on it. So, Abby's a skeleton for Halloween!