Happy 19 Months, Little Love!!!

We cannot believe our little girl is now closer to 2 years old than she is to 1! It's no secret that Abigail was a bit of a difficult baby, but now....she is such a happy girl!!! She is constantly laughing or making us laugh. She is so silly and she knows it! We always say she has comedic timing. We just adore our little love!

At 19 months, Abigail weighs 22lbs. She wears mainly 12 month clothes and some 9 month, size 3/4 diapers and size 4 shoe. This little girl is GROWING!!! All of the doctors told us that Abigail will probably grow a lot after her heart surgery. Boy were they right!!! We think we have the only child that will go from size 9 month to size 18 months in one season! Some of the clothes that we bought her right before her surgery no longer fit and now her 12 month attire is starting to get snug! Goodness! She's not even really eating any more than she used to.

Doesn't she look bigger?!?

Abigail was laughing HYSTERICALLY! No one makes her laugh like her daddy:-)

Abigail still loves to be carried around a good bit (especially when we're cooking diner) and it's getting harder and harder to hold her for prolonged periods of time. It seems like just yesterday, Abigail fit in the palm of our hand and we could carry her around, doing all of our daily tasks. I think we need to pump some more iron! haha Abigail is completely obsessed with looking at the picture boards in the kitchen. She begs for us to hold her up for what seems like hours and ask her questions about the pictures. Abigail can pretty much identify everyone and everything that she sees. She still gets quite a kick out of pointing to everything.

The two biggest changes this month have definitely been getting rid of her binks and bottles. For the most part, she is doing great. Abigail has her moments every now and then where she melts down, but overall she is doing much better than we ever expected. Abigail still doesn't drink nearly as much milk as she used to, but we're hoping that will translate to eating more over time.

Abigail is like a little adult now. While she will ALWAYS be our baby, she is so grown up. There are so many times when we say something to her, not always knowing whether or not she will understand or not, and most of the time she does! She LOVES to help. Abigail really wants to feel like a big girl so she wants to help you with whatever you are doing. Abigail especially enjoys helping to set the table, put items away, get shoes and/or other items we need or ask for, water the flowers, clean the floor or table....the list goes on. Although when it comes time to clean up her toys....she pretends not to understand. Ha!

We think she'll make a great big sister one day!!! Such a big helper!

Awww....love the baby:-)

Abigail loves to be outside, which is where we spend most of our time. She enjoys playing on her swing (of course), writing with her chalk on the driveway, blowing bubbles, playing with her water table, going on walks, going to the playground/park...We're looking forward to taking her to the pool, lake and beach this month! If we have to be inside, we will most likely be in Abigail's playroom. She loves playing with all of her toys and climbing all over the couch and chairs. Her favorite toys of the month are her blocks/legos and grocery cart. Abigail has also been playing in the basement more. This, of course, requires tons of supervision because it's not exactly baby proof.

Abigail has really enjoyed playing with her friends. We like to get together for play dates about once a week or as often as possible and we go to at least one library program a week, which has been so much fun. It is so adorable to watch Abigail interact with her friends. She just seems so old!!!

Abigail is still somewhat of a pretty picky eater. She eats a pretty typical breakfast and lunch, but dinner is still a little more challenging. She's not really into the "typical" toddler foods. For breakfast, Abigail will either eat a banana/spinach/peanut butter smoothie, eggs, fruit, waffles, cereal, sausage or french toast. For lunch, she typically has a quarter of a grilled cheese and some of Ella's veggie pouch, yogurt, sliced turkey and fruit. Dinner is a smorgus board of cottage cheese, an orange, Ella's pouch, dates....and a bit of whatever else we're eating. She loves almost all fruit (especially oranges), chips, veggies sticks, graham crackers, pizza and ice cream/chocolate. She ate a chicken nugget with my parents, but won't touch them with us! Abigail is also quite the fan of ice! Not so good for those chompers, but she gets SO excited when she hears the ice machine and begs for a piece (or eight)!

Mmmmmmm ice cream!!!

Sleep has been a little more challenging recently. Some nights she sleeps through the night and others not so much. Same with the naps. Like everything, this is a phase. Hopefully we can get back to all of us getting some quality shut eye before the bags start creeping back!!!

Every day is a new and fun day with this little girl. We just love spending as much time as we possibly can together as a family. Happy 19 months, sweet baby girl!!! We love you more than anything in the entire world!!!