6/12/13

Hannah has become much braver and independent at the park.  She will climb the ladders and rock walls, not just the stairs.  My dad even taught her how to climb up the slide.  Not sure I like that, since the elementary teacher mantra is "We go up the stairs and down the slide!"  =) Thankfully Hannah usually prefers to slide down and will ask before climbing.
 


She will also pet dogs now.  She has always been so shy and scared she had NO desire to touch them.  You may remember she was also afraid of my parents cat for a while (loves her now though).  For those who wonder about Abigail...she has NO FEAR.  She gets very excited about seeing and touching both dogs and cats!  This is one of my parents neighbors dogs.  Sweet and so pretty!


Hannah and I still enjoy making crafts while Abigail is napping.  Her coloring has become more intentional too and looks less like random scribbling.  We haven't started practicing with scissors yet, but will soon.  Hannah has been able to count to 20 for a long time.  She can now count up to 5 actual objects correctly.

Finally took pictures of the girls in their Easter dresses too!  It was so cold in March and April we had to wait.  Hannah is wearing the same dress as last year.  My mom bought it off of Etsy because she was busy with remodel preparations and didn't have time to make one.  Then Abigail is wearing the dress my mom made for Hannah at 15 months.

I know it is technically Hannah's post, but couldn't resist little turkey trying to get off the bench.  This is SO classic Abigail!  Love them both!

Zoo in May

Nathan and I both love the zoo and our girls do too.  So this year we decided to buy a membership to the Dallas Zoo.  Daddy took a week off work in mid May, so we headed out to enjoy the animals and cooler than normal weather.  We had lots of fun!  I took pictures with our camera and my mom was kind enough to edit a few of them for me.  Enjoy!

I took more pictures, there are just some favorites.  I'll post them all to Facebook though.  =)

Seventeen Months

Abigail talks ALL THE TIME!  She will consistently combine two words and sometimes three.  She is also trying to mimic more of what we say.  Here are the new words that I can remember she says: hot dog, flower, circle, hop, shirt, pants, diaper, hug, hair, lap, funny, bagel, buggy (bug), doggy, meow, tree, kix, chicken, neck, swing, sun, hat, hug, kiss, and I know there are more. 


As I've blogged about before, both girls LOVE Veggie Tales.  Abigail has fallen in love with the Cheeseburger Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI9yvAx3uCQ).  She gets very excited when it comes on Pandora and she asks us to sing it all the time.  She is constantly saying "grr grr's please."  She requests this song before her naps now.  Silly girl!

She has also spent a lot of time looking at books in the last few weeks.  She's always enjoyed them, but she will look at them for at least 30 minutes now before moving on to something else.  She gets two off the shelf, brings them to look at next to me, and then puts them next to the book shelf and gets two more.  And she occasionally lets me read all the words to one book.  =)



Abigail loves to walk.  She can go all the way around the block, but gets distracted trying to pick up every leaf and stick!  =O Still trying to keep up with Hannah too.  She thinks she can do whatever big sister does!