Abigail Update

Well, I had the intentions of doing a 2 year old post for Abigail, but that is a little pointless now since she just turned 3, so now we're doing a 3 yr old post! :)

I still can't believe that she's 3 years old! It seems like just yesterday that we were bringing her home from the hospital and now she's a big sister! Here are some things about Abigail:

• I haven't had her checkup yet, but I think she weights around 30 lbs.
• Physically, she has more of Bryan's body type. She definitely has his feet, calves and just a very muscular body for a 3 yr old!
• She loves being around people and will talk to pretty much anyone; however, she also loves to play by herself and is very independent!
• Her toy kitchen and animals/babies are her favorite things to play with.
•  She loves to be outside and play on her swing set and sandbox.
• Her favorite shows are: Sophia, Sherriff Callie, Jake, & Daniel Tiger. She's not as interested in watching  Mickey Mouse Clubhouse anymore, but still loves the characters and talks about going to Disney one day.
• Her favorite movie is Frozen and that's the only movie she'll watch.
• She loves to dance and sing non-stop and is a pretty good dancer!
• She LOVES gymnastics. She is definitely her father's daughter! This spring she started taking gymnastic classes. She is pretty advanced for her class, but just needs to work on listening better. She kinda likes to do her own thing! ;)
• She just went on her first plane ride and loved it! 
• She's not really afraid of anything right now. Has no fear with pretty much anything.
• She is very independent and is in the "I can do it myself!" phase.
• Thankfully she hasn't insisted on picking out her clothes...yet.
• Has beautiful naturally curly hair! I love her curls!
• Is very sassy, but also sweet!
• Is an amazing big sister! I wondered how she would be with Brody, but I couldn't have asked for things to have gone any better. She absolutely loves him and helps me all the time. She is such a good little Mommy! Brody loves her too and lights up when she's around!
• Is still an amazing sleeper! She sleeps from about 8:00-7:00 every night and takes a 1-2 hr nap almost every day.
• Very technology smart. Knows how to use our iPhones and iPad (or high pad as she calls it) too well.
• Loves giving family kisses!
• Is a pretty good eater. She'll eat most everything, but doesn't really eat a lot. I don't push it. I know she'll eat when she's hungry! Loves yogurt, oatmeal, eggs, cereal, mac & cheese (her favorite), tortillas, all fruit.
• She is still allergic to peanuts as far as we know, but I plan on having her tested soon. I want to see if by some chance she grew out of it. I'm crossing my fingers that she did!
• Her favorite thing is going to church, or "Jesus" as she calls it, each week. She has grown so much! When she was 2, we went through this phase where she cried almost every week, but now she doesn't cry at all! She tells us everything she did and asks almost every day if we get to go to "Jesus" today!
• We switched babysitters this spring and she started going to her new babysitter, Mrs. Shelly. Shelly is actually our next door neighbor and an old co-worker of mine, so it worked out perfectly! Abigail loves her and asks to go to Mrs. Shelly all the time!
• Her best friends are Charlie and Caylee!
• Is completely potty trained except for at night. She still wears pull-ups but wakes up a lot dry. We're planning on potty training this summer for the night time. 
• Sleeps in her big girl bed at night, with a rail on the side. She also has to sleep with her bunny, babies, Mickey & Minnie Mouse, and Lambie.
• She is the most attached to Bunny and I am dreading the day when Bunny falls apart! :(
• Every night we also have to lay in bed with her & snuggle and most of the time she insists that we sing: Jesus Loves Me, How Much is that Doggy in the Window, Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me, and Silent Night or Jingle Bells!
• She can be very bossy, but she is very sensitive and loving! She really wants to help and please you.

Abigail, it is such a joy to watch you growing up! You make me laugh and smile every day and I am so blessed to be your Mommy! I can't wait to see the big plans that God has for you..because baby girl, you're going to change the world! 

Abigail's 2nd Birthday!

I can't believe that my baby girl is already 2! It seems like just yesterday that we were bringing her home from the hospital!

We decided to do a low key birthday this year with just family, instead of a big party. We celebrated her birthday at home with the Moss' family with a Minnie & Mickey Mouse party. That's her current obsession! :) We grilled out burgers and had yummy cake. Abigail opened all of her gifts and loved her new tricycle that Pops & Gram gave her. We had a great day! 

We went down to Lorena and celebrated Abigail's birthday with the Snodgrass family the next weekend! Nana gave Abigail a birthday haircut and she looked so cute! I love her cheesy grin! Then it was present time! She got a brand new picnic table for outside along with some other things, then ate her cupcake, helped Papa work outside and ended the day with a swim in the pool. It was a great birthday weekend for our princess!  

Our Weekend with Nana & Papa!

Last weekend my mom, dad, and Chalen came to visit us since we were going to spend Thanksgiving in Shreveport.

They arrived on Friday night and Abigail was so excited to see them before she went to bed. She didn't want to go to sleep, knowing that they were there, but we assured her that they would be there when she woke up!

Saturday was the best day! Bryan and I were able to deep clean/organize the atrocity that was our closet and my mom was awesome by helping to watch Abigail and help with laundry while we worked! That night my dad and mom were nice enough to watch Abigail for us while we went on a date! We don't get many date nights out, so we take advantage of them while we can. We went and ate dinner that night at Ruby Tuesday's on the Harbor and saw "Catching Fire". We were SO excited to see the second movie and it did not disappoint! It was sooooo good! When we got home, I immediately started reading the third book, because that was as close as I could get to the future third movie! ;)

Little did my parents know, but my sister Charity and her boyfriend Trey surprised my parents and drove down from New Mexico to my house early for Thanksgiving. Aunt Charity was very excited to see Abigail!

Sunday we had a nice lunch and then my parents drove back before the weather got bad and we didn't know how bad the roads were going to be. It was so great getting to see them and Abigail sure loved having all that attention! She is very loved! :)

1st Trip to the Zoo!

We went to visit Nana & Papa last week and Nana decided to take us to the zoo! This would be Abigail's 1st trip to the zoo so we were really excited! We got up early because we knew it was going to be very hot and wanted to go before it got too hot. We had to go during baby girl's nap time, but she was a trooper for most of it! :) We went to the Cameron Park Zoo in Waco. I have never been there before but it was nice and small. We were very impressed with everything they had and we'll definitely be back! Abigail had a lot of fun and got to see lots of animals. She got a little fussy at the end, but had a blast!

 All ready to go!

 This seemed to be a common theme at the zoo! Everyone was taking a snooze!

 I love that face she's making! It looks like she saw something absolutely terrifying! However, I'm pretty sure it was just a little fish. Haha!

 I'm not sure who had more fun..Bryan or Abigail! ;)

 Of course we had to get a shot of Abigail and the leopards! ;) Go Lorena!

 Cobra snake anyone?!

 Looking at the giraffes with Daddy!

 So pretty!

 My whole world!

I didn't know this, but my mom told me that this was a sycamore tree. She said we had to take a picture of Abigail sitting under the tree so when she grew up and heard the Bible story of Zacchaeus she would know what a sycamore tree looked like! We had a great time at the zoo. Thanks for taking us Nana!