I'm back!

Wow, I have been so bad at blogging reciently.... but I do have an excuse. Nate is working down in Tucson now, so monday thru thursday we are living at my parents house down there. It's been a little crazy traveling so much but we are so grateful for our families, and the fact that we can still be together during the week! We're trying to find a new job for Nate in town, but like I said at least I can go with him and I get to spend quality time with family!

During conference weekend we took Abby on her first long roadtrip. We went up to Utah to visit our friends and so she could meet her great grandparents for the first time. She did so good in the car. We drove through the night on the way up and she slept the whole time! We had such a good time visiting with our buddies Curtis and Courtney, and it was a much needed break from work! We did crafts and ate lots of yummy food, and cursed Utah for having such nasty weather, but it was still fun! I'm still kicking myslef because we took zero pictures, except on the way home we had to get a shot of Abby going over the Hoover Dam for the first (actually 2nd) time. We woke the poor girl up for the picture and she has a binki ring on her mouth, but it was worth the picture!

We've been very busy with our house. Nate installed some can lights in our kitchen (finally better lighting!), and even more exiting, we installed new carpet! It's the best feeling in the world to lay down on some nice new carpet (not to mention our house smells so new and clean!) But it was a nesecity for us because Abby started crawling!!! She crawled for the first time on Mar. 29th, and has been exploring ever since! She has even started pulling herself up on furniture.
Here's a few cute pictures of Abby, and a video of her crawling.

This is what happens when Nate feeds Abby.... I must say, he's pretty talented to be able to manage getting it all in her hair, and even her ear. I think he needs a little more practice!

Sleepy girl!


It makes me so sad that this precious little girl is growing so fast. She's 8 months old now, and I know I say this in every post, but my baby is changing so much, and learning so fast! Her baby smell is slowly leaving as she explores new things and makes messes. She's going through a very clingly stage, and I know I complain so much about not being able to get anything done, but secretly I love that all she wants is to be held or that she just wants me to watch her play. She fits into 12month size clothes, and she's just as tall as ever. She is such an observer, she loves to watch people. It's hard to get her to laugh most of the time (although she does laugh for little kids!) But she is still a happy, content little baby. She has 4 teeth (2 on top and 2 on bottom) and is exploring them. Nate and I have both been bitten a few times (not while nursing though, she knows better than that!). And she is finally starting to sleep and nap better (most of that is my fault, we drag that poor girl around so much as soon as she gets used to something, we go on a road trip, or live in 2 different places!) She has also learned how to say no, thanks to her cousins who tell her "no, no baby". Abby says "na na na na", and shakes her head no. It's the cutest thing, I just wish she would learn "yes" instead. She also knows how to wave, I need to take more videos of these things! I am seriously loving being her mom. I don't know what I would do without my Abby, I am so grateful for her sweet little spirit, and although I don't want her to grow up, I'm excited that I get to watch her grow and learn new things!