Happy 16 Months, Abigail!!!

Such a big girl!!! Abigail is growing up so quickly. Over night, she went from this little baby, to this toddler who understands most everything we say and has "conversations" with us. Abigail keeps us moving and smiling all day long. We love this cutie pie:)

Her expressions are just priceless

At 16 months, Abigail weighs about 19lbs., probably a little less. She dropped a little bit of weight this month due to an ear infection, but she seems to be getting her appetite back. She did not stop growing in the height department, though. All of a sudden, her pants seem to be getting shorter and shorter. Abigail mainly wears 9 month clothes now, still a few 6 monthers here and there, and size 3 diapers.

This was from when she had her ear infection...you can tell she doesn't feel well. Poor baby:( Consolation...she gets to watch Jam With Jaime on the computer.

Abigail is starting to try and talk a bit more. She says "Mom" pretty regularly and, while it still makes me melt every time, she is not always calling or talking to me. Could be the toy, randomness outside....doesn't matter to me, as long as she's saying it:) We're still working on "Daddy." Especially at changing time:-) She can say up, hot and she can mostly say cheese. Right now she points to EVERYTHING and says "That." She wants you to name it, which is just adorable. She's like a little sponge just soaking everything up. She can also bark at doggies (at least tries) and moo to her cows....gotta learn the important stuff first, right?!?

Abigail is signing a whole lot more. She still signs most of the same things (more, milk, eat, all done, cheese...), but she now initiates it instead of us prompting her, which is GREAT! The other day she signed more cheese...of course that's the first two sign phrase she'd use!

Abigail and I started some classes at the library this month, which has been lots of fun! Our favorite is My Gym. It's basically a gymnastic class for toddlers. So fun! Lots of flips and moving around. Perfect for our little acrobat. We've also done a story/music class. The library offers a variety of classes for toddlers and it's FREE! Wahoo! It's been fun for both of us to get out and do something fun and different.We love making new friends!

Abigail LOVES to be outdoors. If it's above 50 degrees, we're outside. She loves to go on walks to the playground or around the neighborhood and play outside of our house. Auntie Anna and Uncle Kyle gave us a swing so we spend lots of time swinging on our front porch. Abigail could wonder outside forever. Come on Spring weather!!!

 

 Abigail still enjoys playing with all of her toys. Her favorites of the month are her musical doggie and stuffed bears. She loves to carry them around with her all the time! She gives them lots of lovin, which is adorable. Abigail also likes her musical stacker toy and her new car toy a lot too. Abigail loves books. She enjoys holding them and flipping the pages along with being read to. 

 Abigail is still not the biggest eater we've ever known, basically because it involves sitting down. A sitter she is not! We force her to sit during all meals and it is like torture for her. She would eat all day IF you let her stand up and wander around. But put her in the high chair....all of a sudden she's full. Lunch is by far her biggest meal of the day. She eats pretty well then, but breakfast and dinner...not so much. She is still obsessed with cheese. Abigail pretty much loves all things dairy: milk, cheese (all), yogurt, ice cream (of course! She is her mother's daughter, after all:-)) Abigail also likes most fruit, mainly grapes, pears, grapefruit, dates, raspberries, blueberries and she likes carrots too (pretty much the only vegetable), eggs, waffles and french toast. Abigail has a major sweet tooth and loves anything chocolate. She has also developed a huge love for cereal, mainly Krave...seriously...her taste buds are just like her mommy:-)

Abigail dropped down to one nap this month. We made the scary transition on Daylight Savings. We had been in such a groove with her night time sleep, so we were fearful of regression, but it was taking us almost an hour to get her down at each nap simply because she wasn't tired. The one nap has been a little challenging. Most days it's just a "napita." Not ideal, but she still does great at night, so we are super thankful!

We took Abigail to Nana and G-dad's indoor pool at their condo this past weekend. Let's just say we're hoping we're not about to have a repeat of last summer. For some reason, the girl is terrified of the water. Cried and cried. She loves bath time, so we were a bit surprised. Every time we got her near the pool, she picks up her legs so you can't put her down. We compare her to an airplane landing...you know how the wheels come down???...umm...yeah....Abigail's wheels are not coming down, making landing impossible. We're hoping this is a quick phase that she magically gets over before the pool opens. This is the closest this little girl got to the water:

This month has been an exciting month for Abigail and Mia....Mia gave Abigail a kiss for the first time. Yay! Maybe Mia is finally be warming up to her?!? Abigail just adores her sister. She always waves to her and follows her every where. Lucky Mia:) Abigail loves to take mine and Colin's hand and motions for us to pet Mia. It's the funniest thing. She loves to watch us pet her for some reason. Abigail has also started giving Mia hugs, which is just the cutest thing ever. Mia, however, is not quite as fond of them as we are, but she'll come around:)

Abigail, you are the sweetest, cutest, little girl ever! You are so much fun to be around and your dad and I just love you to pieces.  We wake up every morning just so excited to go get you and kiss those adorable cheeks of yours. We love you SO SO SO much, little love!!! xoxo