Sunday, September 15, 2013

End of Summer update!

We have had a great summer...a camping trip, a trip to the cabin, lots of trips to the zoo and a couple of county fairs!  We've played in the yard, in the subdivision pool, and at the splash pad at the park with our little friends!  I am still so blessed to be part of an amazing group of mommies that all have first babies that are about the same age...what an awesome support system it's been!  And of course, our big news this summer...Baby Holland #2 is on the way, due March 7th, 2014.  I am starting to feel a little better, most days, and starting to get some energy back.  Thank goodness Abigail is a good napper, I need that afternoon nap to take a snooze myself!  Abigail just moved to the toddler room at daycare with her class and teachers.  She's down to one nap most days, getting a little pickier in her eating habits, and is learning how to use a spoon and fork.  She is talking so much and attempts to repeat so many things we say.  She's such a sponge!!  She's pretty much running now and is learning to assert her independence (wonder where she gets that?!).  We are excited for fall and cooler weather here in Idaho!  Hope everyone is doing well!

16 months


As you can see, it's getting harder each month to take these pics...Abigail walking, then both of them looking away, then I'm left with an empty picture!





Yum, dinner!  Cottage cheese is always a favorite!

Look at those curls!  So fun!

Big girl....drinking from mama's cup!

Always fun to be had in a box! 

Bella's keeping an eye on things!

Abigail loves bringing her books out from her room...she brings them to us, then says, "ree, ree" for "read"!

Still pulling out the dish towels and rags, but now she really likes to arrange them on the floor or wrap her babies and little toys up in them! 


Riding her big girl bike!

Ready to help mom make dinner!

Bella cleaned all the tomatoes off of our plant :/

Eating with her fork!

And if you can't stab it, just put it on with your fingers :)

Milk and a snack while Mama starts dinner!  Such a big girl in her booster seat now!  High chair is put away until the next one needs it!


Baby #2 on the way!

The big reveal!


But I think this is how she really feels ;)!!


Summer Fun-15 months

Reading the morning newspaper!

She loves pulling the towels out of the drawer and arranging them in the kitchen! 


Sitting like a big girl!


She loved sharing Daddy's summer corn on the cob! 




Trip to the zoo with the Kemble's 


Petting the goats at the fair with Auntie! 





She LOVES feeding the goats at the zoo!! 




Just chillin' in her jammies in the morning! 


Helping Daddy with the dishes!