Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Sorry I am so tardy in getting all of these posts up!  It's been a busy, roller coaster, couple of months since I posted last.
We started our April with an accepted offer on a new house, then spent the rest of the month packing and moving!  No easy task with an 11-month old at your feet and into everything!  Most of the packing was done while she was napping.  
The weekend before we moved, we had Abigail's birthday party, what a great afternoon that was!   Thank you to all who came and we missed all of you who couldn't make it!
The last weekend of April, we spent moving into our new house.  But it turned out to be a very hard weekend...the day after we moved, our dear little Lucy ran away.  We spent the next five days diligently looking for her, only to get a phone call on Thursday that shattered our hopes for a happy ending.  While we miss her dearly, we are getting settled into our new house and Bella is getting used to being the only dog again (but probably not for too long!).
And Abigail is growing and changing by leaps and bounds!  She was 20 lbs at her one-yr check-up.  She is now taking 5-10 steps on her own, even today doing it without coaxing, just taking off on her own!  She is jabbering in her own little language lots.  She now has 8 teeth!  She is starting to look like a little toddler, not as much like a baby!  We love her dearly and can't remember life before we were a family of three!
If you want to start where I left off, the first new post is titled "Easter 2013".  Enjoy!

13 months!

I'm changing how we do the monthly pics with Bella, since she doesn't really like to lay down anymore!  Let's see how long I can keep her standing still next to Bella!

New bike helmet to ride in the bike trailer Mommy got for her birthday!

Talking to Bella!

Chewing on her first rib...yummy!

She's a-walkin'!  I was sitting in the same place for both of these pics and she's on the move (note the door on the right!).  She takes about 5-8 steps, then sits or falls into your lap. 

Cutie Pie!!  Can't get any cuter than that!

She wants that ball that's in Grizz's mouth!

Stuck trying to get up the concrete step from the grass!

So, I guess I'll just sit here and look adorable!

Watching the dogs!

Ready for a ride!

This was my first attempt at the 13 month pic with Bella...Abigail wouldn't leave the paper alone and Bella wanted to lay down!

Mother's Day and my birthday

Mother's Day

4 Generations!
What a difference a year makes...

The new toy Nanny got her...she didn't really have enough time to figure out the forward walk, but she could scoot backwards really well!

So excited about the mommy love!

Talking to the dogs through the window!

Look at me...I'm standing on my own!


My birthday...
She loves Nanny's cane!

Trying out the new pot Mommy got!

I think she unwrapped more of my presents than she did of her own on her birthday! 

Do I have something on my forehead...?

60th birthday party!


The happy 60-yr old couple!

Wow, I can't believe my parents are 60!!

With the birthday old folks!

Time to try a lime!

Woo-eee!

Now she has an audience...



 Good thing we didn't put 60 candles in both cakes!!

Abigail helping Nanny with her presents

Going for a walk with Auntie!


12 months-holy cow!

The monthly pic with Bella...neither was very thrilled!

First bath in the big tub!

Pushing her baby in her new stroller...with her new purse! 


Jail bird!

First cow's milk...we have since changed to a bottle/sippy cup, the milk came out too fast in this sippy cup!  

She still loves bathtime...and Bella does too!

But she hates the grass touching her feet or legs!!  It's one way to make her sit still though, she won't go anywhere when I sit her down in the grass! 


Lunch with Great-Grandpa George and Great-Grandma Billie

Her new Abigail-sized chair!

She loves riding already...as soon as the weather's nicer we will move this outside to our huge patio...perfect for trike-riding! 


Time to move/new house pics!

All of our boxes went from the garage to the truck... 


Lunch break at the new house...thanks Grandma Billie for bringing us homemade pulled pork sandwiches...yummy! 



My kitchen un-packer...thank goodness!

My dad and Brad doing some touch up paint at the old house, getting ready to rent!


 New house pics!

Front yard

Backyard

Master bedroom 


Bonus room/den

Standing at the front door looking back through the great room and kitchen

Standing at the back door looking towards the front door!

Abigail was in bed already when I took the house pics, so that's why there's not one of her room!  And we haven't gotten anything on the walls yet, but the boxes were unpacked the day after we moved!  Thank you everyone who helped!


Our first little BBQ...yummy ribs with the Van Hees'!