A pony tail!!

Abigail's first pony tail!

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!

Cake and gifts!

Finally pictures of Abby and our family! I still haven't gotten pictures from anyone (hint, hint!) but here is what I have...

Our Family!

Abigail!

Yummy, cake!

Abby recieved so many wonderful gifts...

Playing in her Cozy Coupe... she is constantly in this thing!

Reading her book in her new recliner! :)

More pictures to come, as I get them!

Oh lolli lollipop!

We had Abigail's lollipop party this weekend! No, she doesn't actually turn one for a few weeks, but Jordan was home and it was important that he be present for her first birthday party, don't you think?

I worked pretty hard during the weeks leading up to the event to get decorations ready, so there would be very few things to do when Jordan got home. Here are some pictures of the party favors/decorations I made!

Baby washclothes and spoons!

Lollipops and frooties in the vase... the frame says "sweet"

Not a great picture, but the very large lollipop is really a bunch of dum-dum lollis!

Pie-pops

The how-to can be found here.

The cake!

Made by Pam, by mom's cousin (she made our beautiful wedding cake, too!)

Abigail's smash cake

~ More pictures to come ~

I got a lot of my inspiration for things from Kim over at the TomKatStudio!

My April Snow GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

My April Snow GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Such pretty earrings! I would love to win these!

Lisa Leonard Designs Jewelry GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Lisa Leonard Designs Jewelry GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

I think Abigail needs one of these spoons! :)

New shoes!

Wednesday Abigail and I took a trip to the mall. Jordan and I decided that since she is pulling up, cruising and trying to walk she needed new - good - shoes! I always hate taking her to the mall... whoever came up with the concept of a two story shopping area wasn't thinking about kids. Yes, there are elevators in JC Penny and Macy's, but it is next to impossible to move efficiently through shopping malls. Before we left I did my homework - Stride Rite (who makes the best baby shoes) is just outside of JCPenny, on the top floor and Gymboree (because I can't resist going in there, and I had a 20% off coupon) was just a few stores down. So we were set! 

We went into Stride Rite and they were so helpful! They measured Abigail's foot - a 4 1/2 wide - and we decided on the soft motion technology shoes. Luckily there weren't a ton of colors and styles to choose from. I think she'll be able to wear the ones we picked out with lots of different outfits. She was a great sport through the whole process - trying to share her links and pacifier with another little girl who was there, and peeking at herself in the mirrors. So to reward her I bought her new clothes, too : ) Gymobree was having pretty good sales and with my coupon I was able to get her lots of clothes. My favorite are these PJ's ~ aren't they adorable?! Pink with glow-in-the-dark skeleton! I can't wait for her to wear them for the first time ~ when daddy's home (t-minus 5ish days!)!!

  Her new shoes:

She looks like such a big girl!