18 Months

You know what this means? It means Abby gets to go to nursey tomorrow and Joey and I can attend our meetings at church.

Abby is such a fun little girl. She loves to play and try to be a big girl. She just goes along with what the other girls are doing and thinks she is just like them. She still loves to talk and babble and have conversations with everyone. Her words are starting to become more understandable. She loves dogs. Not real dogs though. She is scared of those. She likes dogs in pictures and of the stuffed animal variety. She does a very good "woof" sound. She also loves babies and loves to say baby again and again. She says it with the sweetest look on her face and nodding of the head and her shoulders scrunch up. She already thinks they are special. This makes me a bit sad, because she has just grown too fast. I'm glad she still lets me cuddle her and rock her. I just really want to hang on to every last bit of baby that is left in her. I gave her her very first haircut yesterday. Just a bit of a trim.

I can't believe she is already 18 months old...this means she will be all over the Christmas tree, huh?

I love to Bake

and so do my girls. I don't know if they love baking as much as licking the bowl and eating the treats when we're done. They get that from me. Sammie helped me make pumpkin cookies. She's really good at cracking eggs. No shells in the dough even. I was glad that I felt like doing this and that I felt well enough. A little sign that somehow I am gradually getting better. I'm still not all the way there yet. Sure is taking a long time, but this day put a smile on my face and reminded me of how much I love my life. It's the little things.

Mischief

Abby is mischievous and curious. The other day I found her sitting on top of my violin case with a pencil and paper. She was very quiet. Whenever I hear silence I know that Abby is up to something because if she is around anyone she never stops babbling--so silence means she is somewhere by herself getting into something that she shouldn't be in. She is so silent and quiet that if you find her and call her name she will actually jump because she knows that she is doing a "no-no." And if I am near she will look at me to see if I'm watching her and then if she sees me she stops what she's doing, smiles at me, and then waves and says "hi." She then pretends like she had no intention of doing anything wrong. Um...this is a smart one. And yes, I have my hands full, but all of her cuddles and kisses make up for it :)