Happy 20 Months, Little Love!!!

Just 4 more months and we'll have a two year old on our hands! Weird in so many ways: 1. She'll be two. What??? We know everyone says this, but where did the time go??? and 2. It will be Thanksgiving and we will be in the heart of holiday shopping. So crazy! It's hard to think of Thanksgiving and winter being around the corner when it is in the 90's. Back to the point of this whole post....our little girl is getting older every day. She is such a huge blessing in our lives!

At 20 months, Abigail seems to weigh a ton. Since having heart surgery, Abigail has been growing like a weed. Her weight is increasing, clothes are getting smaller and her hair is growing like crazy! Right now, Abigail wears size 12 month clothes, size 4 diapers and size 4 shoes. Some of her 12 month clothes are starting to get tight. Goodness! We just bought them! Abigail's hair....we LOVE it! It flips out and curls at the bottom just like her daddy's:-) She needs a clip in it to keep it out of her eyes, but every time we put one in, Abigail immediately pulls it out. Maybe she's still rebelling from all of the bows her daddy made her wear when she was younger. Haha:-)

Abigail has had a fun month of traveling. First to the lake and then to the beach. Lucky girl! She has become quite the water baby. We have also made many trips to the pool, which she really enjoys. This is a welcomed change from last year!

Abigail's love of the outdoors continues. She still loves to swing and go to the playground. Two of Abigail's new obsessions are helicopters and planes. She gets SO excited to see either, but especially helicopters. If she even hears a helicopter or plane inside, she goes nuts begging to be taken outside to see it. She even made up her own sign for them! We were reading a book and it just happened to have a helicopter in it and she became obsessed! We couldn't even turn the page! For the past several days, she walks around asking for the book so she can flip to the helicopter page.  Maybe she is going to follow in her cool Uncle Christopher's footsteps and become a pilot!

As for toys, Abigail's favorites of the month are her blocks, babies/strollers and grocery cart. She has become quite the little mommy:-) She enjoys giving her babies some lovin as well as pushing them around in the stroller and even getting in the stroller herself from time to time. Silly girl! Abigail has become a big help in cleaning up her toys, which is a welcomed change:-)

Abigail is still VERY obsessed with spoons. On any given day, she has about 6 that she carries around EVERYWHERE....to the store, playground....you name it! She is a hoot! Abigail still also enjoys playing on G-dad's iPad. She is becoming more and more animated and interactive with the different videos, which is funny to watch. Her favorites are still The Mother Goose Club and Jam With Jaime. 

Abigail is talking more. We still melt every time she says "Mama" or "Dada." We love it when she calls us when she is in the other room. She is also eating and sleeping better. She is more willing to try new things, but is still pretty picky. She ate some of our hamburgers the other night, which was a huge shocker. We are in the process of getting Abigail to fall asleep on her own. It has meant lots of tears, but we know it is something that we "have" to do. It's never easy no matter when/if you do it.

Peek-a-boo!

Abigail, we fall more in love with you every day. You are so much fun to be around. You are just the best, most sweetest girl ever. We didn't know it was possible to love someone as much as we love you. We love you THIS (arms stretched out as wide as they can go!!!) much!!! xoxo