Who Needs a Maid...

when you can delegate certain chores to your toddler, like...

sweeping the floors


doing the baking



and assisting the handyman

Abby Laughing

Here is a video of Abby showing off her latest talent, laughing. I will apologize now for the bad video skills. I was trying to make her laugh by giving her kisses while video taping with my iphone.

Triplets?

Recently Andy's parents were in town and they brought with them some pictures of Andy and his sister Amy when they were babies. The moment I saw the pictures I thought that Abby really resembled both of them. When we were showing Emma the pictures she kept saying that it was Abby in the pictures. So I thought I would post a picture of each of them.


Abby


Andy


Amy

Who knows, maybe Abby will grow up to look like her beautiful aunt Amy.


Speaking of Amy, we would like to send her a big birthday hug!!

Emma's 3rd Birthday Party

This past Saturday we had a belated birthday party for Emma. With Emma's birthday being so close to Christmas, we have decided to have her party in January to make it easier on everyone's schedule. We are thankful for all our friends that came out and celebrated with us. It was wonderful being able to catch up with all our buddies, especially since it is hard seeing everyone due to our preschool schedules.

For Emma's party we decided to keep it simple and just play with all our new backyard goodies. The kids had a blast playing on the swing set, playing in the playhouse, and kicking the soccer ball around.


The birthday girl!


The kids having some fun.


A group shot of the kiddos, plus one momma. =) Our kids are growing up so fast and now all of our original playdate buddies have siblings.


Cupcake time! Emma was so in awe of everyone singing Happy Birthday to her. It was so precious seeing her reaction.


Time to blow out the candles.


Emma and Allison, her newest buddy. Allison is my good friend Kristin's daughter. We don't get to see each other very often since they live in Buda. So happy they came.


A family photo.

Happy 4 Months Abigail Marian

Our little lady is now 4 months old! I just love this age. Abby is so in love with the world and it shows. She is constantly watching everything and wants to be part of the group. Her smiles are nonstop and she is busy talking to us. She just melts our hearts and we cannot get enough of her. I am trying to enjoy all my snuzzle time with her b/c soon she will need to learn to fall asleep on her own. Something that is no fun for anyone in the beginning. We love you Abby!!

Stats:

Weight: 14lbs 10oz (75%)
Height: 24.5 inches (60%)
Head Cir: 41cm (60%)

At 4 months:

-Her hair is growing and some days it looks strawberry blond and other days it looks dark blond
-Still has big blue eyes
-Wearing size 3-6 months
-Wearing a size 2 diaper
-Eats 4 ounces every three hours
-Sleeps through the night most of the time but every once in awhile wakes up to eat
-Her daytime sleeping is not as good unless she falls asleep in the car or in our arms
-Transitioning to the crib and slowing being sleep trained (Something I am not good at. Breaks my heart to hear her cry)
-Has a tooth coming in but it is taking its sweet time
-Loves to smile at the world
-Talks up a storm
-Enjoys grabbing at things and trying to put them in her mouth
-Cannot get enough of having her fingers in her mouth
-Loves watching Emma play and trying to talk to Emma

Jungle Gym Fun

Abby is now at that age where she truly enjoys her little jungle gym. She loves to try and grab all the toys and put them in her mouth. She gets the biggest kick out of this activity.




Emma needed in on the fun too!



This is Emma after she fell out of the bumbo. Silly girl!

Pretty Lights

The holiday season is now over but I wanted to make one more blogpost about the season. If there was one thing Emma loved the most this season it was all the pretty lights. Every night she would ask us if we could go see some pretty lights. It was so hard to resist her request. We spent most of our evenings driving around looking at all the lights. Her favorites were the candy canes, choo choo trains, Rudolph, and Santa.


Sorry the pic is so bad. I have no idea what setting to use at night.