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

Sensational Sunday

Last weekend we attended the 5PM Mass in our new church building at St Mark. We arrived early and walked around the piazza looking for the brick we donated money for in honor of all the guests at our wedding and Abigail's brick that Grammy and Granddad donated money for in honor of, well, Abigail their first grandchild! Here is Abigail wondering why we have her sitting on the dirty ground:


Adam's parents sat with us during Mass which delighted both Abigail and Grammy & Granddad.

Although it doesn't look like it, she was happy :)

After Mass they invited us out to dinner with them at Max and Ermas in Huntersville.
We were happy to accept.
After we ate our suppers Abigail decided that she wanted to be the star of the evening(as if she isn't all the time) and put on quite a show for us. Adam was whistling at her and she found that to be rather hilarious. Here is the end of the laughing fest and a few other clips of her noticing that I was filming her and just general silliness.









It is a truly joyful feeling to see her so happy so often!

Thanks be to God!

Laughter

I remember when Abigail was about 5 weeks old thinking that she didn't like me. I felt as if I was working really hard to keep her happy but wasn't getting any positive responses from her. I was desperate for a smile.
One day that very week it seemed as if she decided that I was OK in her eyes and wanted me to know that. I got the smile I had been praying for and in my elation I even remembered to get the camera! I can proudly say that on May 9th 2009 Abigail legitimately smiled her first of many smiles and I the Mother of the YEAR got it on film! :)

Here is one of the pictures I took:


Now I find myself loving those smiles as a daily occurance. But, me being me, I want more. I'm now on a mission to get laughter. I admit that I don't know the date of her first laugh (somewhere right around 4 months) but I am learning ways to get her to laugh pretty consistantly. She loves to 'scream' in a very high pitch ALL the time :) but I'm getting more and more true laughter each day! I don't know that I have heard a more heartwarming sound in my life. What do you think?



God is GOOD!

P.S. I wonder what I will be looking for next!