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!

Happy Valentines Day!

This is what Abby and I made Nate for Valentines Day this year. We had Abby's 6 month photo shoot a last week with Tania, and with her genious idea of making a valentine photo shoot, this is what we came up with. Abby had a BLAST eating the valentine we made, and the pictures turned out sooo cute/funny. We printed up a bunch of wallet size pictures and I made a collage with the original valentine in it. Nate hasn't seen it yet, we are having a very romantic valentines day this year..... not! He's camping with the boys from church.

I'm so glad we had her photo shoot a little early because since then she got

RSV. Luckily it isn't too bad, but it's so hard seeing her sick. Especially because I have had asthma in the past and I know what the poor girl feels like. She's getting better though, I'm just anxious to get out of the house again!

Oh, and there are more pictues to come.

What just happened.....

Holy smokes the last month just flew by! We have been busy busy busy. My baby turned 5 months old yesterday. I didn't even realize it till 8:00 last night so I took a picture of her in her pj's. And today I discovered her first tooth starting to come through. It hasn't broken the skin yet, but it's getting close! She's growing way too fast!

She has started eating rice cereal. She made some awesome faces when we gave it to her the first time! But she's starting to get used to it, and I think she likes it.

We celebrated Abby's first Christmas with both families this year, it was so nice to see almost everyone. We missed a couple brothers.

Of course Abby's favorite part was the paper... but it's still so much fun to watch her get excited about it!

Nate's sister Carli got married on January 2nd to Roger. I wasn't thinking and forgot our camera, and when we did remember to bring our camera to the reception we didn't take very many pictures. It was so much fun anyway!

Us and our friends Justin and Makenzie.
(I yanked this picture from Makenzie thanks!)

Nate has been in and out all month long. He's been working on the temple in Safford so I spent one week in Tucson with my family, while we were there I got Abby's ears pierced! She did so good. She cried for a couple minutes mostly because she was scared and wanted the piercing lady out of her face! Here are a couple pics my friend Tania took for me.

Also while we were in Tucson Abby and her cousin Daniel became best friends!!! When we got there Daniel was sleeping and the second his eyes opened he said "Abby", and jumped off the couch to come see her (he was so sleepy he tripped on the way!) And anything he did was the most hillarious thing in the world to Abby. She has never laughed this hard in her life! Nate and I stand on our heads to try and make this girl laugh, and all Daniel had to do was look at her and she cracked up! They just love eachother so much!

Nate has been gone all this week as well, so I've been trying to keep busy and get some things done around here. Tania came and stayed with me one night and we made a mile long list of the projects I need to get done around here. My first priority is Abbys' room. As soon as we get that done I'll post pictures but until then I have some serious work to do!!!

We went to Safford last week where Nate was able to work on the Temple. While we were all there we stayed at the Marriot and here is a video of Abby laughing.

Time Flies!

I cannot believe how fast the last four months have gone by! Abby turned four months old yesterday, and I am not happy about it. She is growing way too fast!
Here are a few things about Abby:

• She is such a good baby!
• She loves to smile, especially when you smile at her
• She can roll over (whether or not it's intentional is up for debate)
• She's a drooler, and it usually shows up all over my shoulder.
• She is very attentive, and she likes to watch tv or videos on my camera.
• She loves to watch herself in the mirror.
• She is stingy with her laughs, you should see the tricks Nate and I do to get one out of her!
• She is the most beautiful baby (at least in my eyes)
• She makes the cutest noises
• She is spoiled rotten with hugs and kisses
• She is shy, when she's in a new enviornment with lots of new faces she gets scared.
• She LOVES her daddy
• She loves attention
• She's a good snuggler (at least when she's tired)
• She is just a happy little girl
• I love my Abby!
  

We went down to Tucson a few times in November. My family volunteers at the El Tour de Tucson bike race every year. This year Abby and I went (Nate was camping with the YM). It was lots of fun. Here she is with her shades... ha ha.

For Thanksgiving we went down to Tucson again, and Abby got to meet some of her great-grandparents. Here she is with Grandpa Jack.

November was a great month, but it went too fast.... Christmas here we come!

Happy Halloween!

Abby was a little piggie for Halloween. We went to our ward carnival/trunk or treat. It was lots of fun. We also got to see lots of family over the weekend, and even celebrated Makayla's 3rd birthday with her!
her little pig tail!Abby still has thrush (sores all over her mouth), and over the weekend she had something bugging her tummy. I was thrown up on at least a dozen times!! Her tummy is feeling better, but now I think she's getting a cold. Boo!!!

2 months!

Abby had her two month check up at the doctors yesterday. She is a big girl! She weighed 11lbs 13oz (75th percentile), and is 24 1/4in long (97th percentile)! I can't believe she's so big already! It makes me so sad that she is growing so fast! She had 5 shots yesterday, and we also found out she has thrush. Poor baby, has been so good, I feel like a jerk mom that I didn't even know she had thrush! It's so sad to see your baby in pain, but she sure is a good baby!