5/12/13

Even though we've had weird weather this spring, we have actually had some nice days.  Trying to enjoy the outdoors when we can.  As I said in Abigail's post, we took the girls to the Arboretum for several hours one morning.  We enjoyed the beautiful flowers and a yummy picnic.



We've enjoyed wagon rides, playing at the park, taking walks, blowing dandelions and bubbles.  Hannah has also had lots of fun playing with my sister and I's old cabbage patch dolls.  My mom found them while cleaning out her house last summer.  Hannah named this one Eliza.  She enjoys rocking her, changing her diaper, and wrapping her in a blanket for her nap.  What a good mommy!
 


Hannah has such fun in her pretend play...especially with her imaginary friend.  She lays out blankets and gets food from her kitchen and has a picnic.  She also loves to put on her backpack and go to school or her purse and go to the store.

Last year we found a great bluebonnet patch that was close to my house.  We had great plans to go there again this year.  With all the weird weather there were almost no flowers in that field.  FINALLY found a different patch not too far away.  My mom is behind on photos due to several paying clients she done shoots for, so stay tuned.

Sixteen Months

My mom and I took the girls to the Dallas Arboretum at the beginning of April for picnic (more pics and stories in Hannah's post next week).  They had cute matching outfits and everything...it was lots of fun.  Abigail  LOVES to ride in the stroller.  Sometimes she sits up very straight and looks around and other times she sits like this.   
 

Abigail continues to say more and more words.  Here's some new things she can say:  ear, Bob (from Veggie Tales), bear, toe, Pooh, nummy (yummy), yucky, Mickey as in the mouse, two, okay, go, sock, chair, zipper, mic (music), book, nose, twee twee (bird), feet, and hippo.  She still babbles, but has become more intentional about her speech.  She will come up to me and babble the same "words" multiple times while I try and guess what she is saying.  Thankfully she doesn't get too frustrated. 

It always amazes me how much little ones understand, even if they can't communicate yet.  Abigail can bring the toy you ask for, or put something away...if she's in the right mood of course.  If she sees me pick up my purse she immediate starts saying "bye bye" and walking towards the back door.  She will also point to the stereo remote and say her word for music.  And she points to her hair and says bow if she wants me to get one for her. Hannah is a girly girl and loves clothes and bows.  Abigail has never really seemed to care, but she may surprise me.  =)

I think I've posted before about how Abigail insists on carrying a toy or object in each hand almost all the time. And she has a fascination with leaves.  My mom and I laugh because any picture taken outside she has a leaf (or two) in her hands.  Thankfully she's doesn't immediately put them in her mouth anymore.
 
 

Abigail loves Hannah, follows her around the house, wants whatever she's playing with, and wants to be just like her.  Hannah loves to jump across the room or spin and dance to music.  Abigail stands right up and says yump (jump) and bounces up and down.  She sticks her arms out and twists her body trying to spin.  See mom I can do it too!  Cutie pie!

Sweet girl FINALLY has more teeth.  Both front top teeth broke through this month.  They actually came in one right after the other not 2 months apart like the bottom ones.  Still too small to see in photos yet though.  Hopefully the rest of her teeth won't take as long as these first few did!