Learning and having fun!

Once again Abigail has succeeded in amazing me! It is truly a joy to watch her learn new things!

Adam received a really neat remote control helicopter from his brother Ryan and his wife Amanda. Abigail loves to watch it fly around the living room. I guess she isn't content just watching anymore...

Fun with a little blue ball

Abigail and Adam have a special relationship. I love watching him spend time playing with her and making her laugh. Last night Adam 'taught' her to put this little plastic blue ball into a little cup.

This morning, hoping to encourage such learning I tried to play with her in a similar way using a different 'cup.' It worked! Each time she would put the ball into the container I would hoot and holler and wave my arms saying "yay!" She would just laugh and reach to try again. I decided to try and get it on video for all to see. She wasn't quite as excited by the time I got the camera ready since she had done it about ten times.

Here is Adam teachng her last night(sorry it's so dark)


and here is the video from this morning

We're in trouble now......

...or soon will be!

I don't want to mislead anyone by this video, so I will clarify that I sat her right in front of the rail. She still doesn't get from here to there(fine by me, less chasing) but she is showing signs of interest in more physical things!

First the attempts:


So proud:


Practice makes perfect:



Learning that letting go might not be the best idea just yet:

Clapping for bubbles

Sorry the video is a little long. This was the first day of her clapping and I just wanted to watch her do it over and over!

Where did it go?

This is a fun video I captured of Abigail.
It's so amazing and fun watching her figure new things out all the time.
Sorry it's so dark. There wasn't a lot of sunshine this day and I just grabbed the camera and started recording.

My little girl likes peas!

We introduced Abigail to rice cereal at 6 months old. Since that time she has been pretty indifferent about eating it. I started trying to feed her after I nursed her. My intention was that I wouldn't have to worry too much about my milk supply diminishing. After a couple weeks I decided that she just wasn't hungry for it so I tried before I nursed her. We seemed to have a little more success with that but still not the eager eating that I thought would happen. After a few weeks of trying Adam and I decided that maybe another food added to the cereal would make it more appetizing.

Thank you to Frances for gifting us some peas that Teresa wasn't interested in. Abigail seems very fond of them! Since their introduction 5 days ago we have had a great time watching her eating them up like crazy!



She also has NO problem letting us know when she has had her fill!



As a side note if anyone has any thoughs...

Abigail has a runny nose. Today is day three of it. She seems to be a little stuffy and cold-like but overall in good spirits. Do we think this is just some of the yuck that is going around(Adam was under the weather last week) or could this be a reaction to the peas?

Bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles!

Dear Momma,
Please bring bubbles everywhere we go.
Love,
Abigail