Christmas Lights go up!!

I've always wanted to have the house with all the Christmas Lights. That is one of my favorite things to do at Christmas time is to go "Light Lookin". I just love all the lights. So, over the years, we have just added to our collection. We buy lights on clearance after Christmas and put them up the next year. This year, we added white lights outlining the sidewalk and red lights in the flower beds and some hanging snowflakes.

We worked on this one Sunday afternoon before the Cowboy game while Abigirl was asleep. Well, she woke up just as we were finishing up, so she had to come out and help.

"Hey, whata y'all doin'?"

"Momma, it's cold out here. Can we go in now?"

Here's our finished product with our little pride and joy in the center!

Lots to Post about....

but so little time. Hopefully, this weekend or after next Wednesday, I'll have a chance. I've been really busy with work lately. Posts to look forward to reading about: One year photos, Christmas Cards, First Snow, New Car seat, the "new" look, Abby's Tree, Christmas Traditions, etc. I'm sure there's more, I just haven't had a chance to organize it all. I'll be working on it all soon!! Thanks for being patient.

Winter Vest

We are getting out our winter vests!!

It's getting cold outside! YAY!!

She's 13 months old!!

My sweet girl is 13 months. I bet you all thought that I would stop doing these monthly posts after she turned 12 months....nope! I decided to not do the sign, but the posts will still continue. That is, as long Miss Abby will let me. She's getting so hard to photograph these days!

"Momma, that flash is too bright!"

"I'm tired of this already."

"okay, okay. Just one more."

"Does he need CPR? He's not moving."

Sweet girl - I can tell you have such the imagination these days. You play all the time and just talk away, regardless if I'm in the room or not. Speaking of not being in the room...the moment I walk out...you are into EVERYTHING. You can not be trusted to be alone! ;) You've changed so much lately. One of the biggest changes is you hold your own bottle. I was a little sad at first, but then was so proud of your independence. You hum and sing and dance to every song you hear. You love to wave hi and bye to everyone, especially when you see Minnie Mouse or the picture of your classmates on the fridge. You need to tell them "hi" everyday. It's also not uncommon for me to hear you say "hi" and "bye" when I'm on the phone with someone. You're getting pretty good at your sign language. When I say pretty good, I mean you do the sign for "more" for everything. Eat, more, please, etc. Your learning though.

I love to hold onto you. You love to give hugs, and that makes it that much more fun to hold you. I know you are growing up right before my eyes. I'm sure we will have tougher times ahead and I pray for God's guidance during those times. I've had to swat your hand twice now. Once for chewing on the phone charger and when I took it away, you bit me, and once for pushing all the buttons on the TV. I know that this is just part of the deal, but I'm praying everyday for you sweet angel to make good decisions. You love it when your friends come over or you go to see them. You love company. :) And I'll end with one of the sweetest things. Your teachers told me you literally crawled out of your pants the other day. LOL! You're still pretty tiny and your an expert crawler, which equals, crawling out of them! I loved it!

I love you sweet girl! Thank you for fun days, everyday! - love your Momma

Big Girl

We are striving to be off the bottle by 15 months. Last month, she started holding the bottle all by herself. This month, we will work on drinking cold milk, instead of me warming it each time. Next month, it will be drinking milk out of a sippy cup. Wish us luck!

Hold her own bottle......check

Fun in the Bubbles

You can ask Abby where is her head, knees, ears, eyes, nose, and belly and she will gladly show you. But her all-time favorite is when you ask her where is her tongue. She sticks out her tongue as far as she can, so so so cute!!

Look at this sweetness.

Her eyes are so precious to me.

"What are you laughing at?"

I got this new contraption to help me with washing Abby's hair and the water not getting in her eyes or ears. It REALLY works!
That is if she will leave it alone..... ;)

I think she likes the way it feels as a necklace.

She pulls it down the moment I release my hand off of it.

If you don't have one of these, they really do work. I promise!

She's gonna cook for us!

Abby, whatcha doin?

Are you going to cook for us?

"No Mommy. Don't be silly. I'm just gonna get all this out and then go and play with somthing else."