Prince and Princess

January 20th

We went to see new baby Delaine at Heidi and Jeremiah's. She was so cute and fun to hold. I can't believe how much she has already grown.
Besides loving holding a little baby, the highlight for Abbey was dancing with her prince (aka Bode).

Bode and Abbey occasionally have sweet and tender moments with one another. They like to hold hands... thanks to Bode's love for Wall-E and Eve holding hands. They also like to dance like a prince and princess... thanks to Abbey's love of Sleeping Beauty. They have even kissed! When was that? I think it was during Laine's baby blessing?

"On Sunday's"

Last Wednesday at the grocery store with Abigail... Tim: "Abbey, some day we need to figure out how to get your shoes on the right feet"

Abigail(very forceful and determined): "No dad! I'll do it on Sunday!!"

Yes, she dressed herself and yes, she went to the store with Tim looking like that

Color Me Mine

-January 19th-

We bought Abbey her easel for either her 2nd Birthday or that following Christmas... I can't remember. But we are still get a return from it. It's a great gift idea. Recently she has taken to water color painting with it. It has also been great for cousin fun. Here is Wyatt and Luke painting with Abbey.

Luke wanted to be a part of the painting party so bad. He would squeeze in every once in awhile.

This was the same day... the super hero capes were added to the mix

Abbey has been good about not making a big mess, Mike... not so much

He knows that it is suppose to go on the paper, but I guess the pretty blue color on a smooth brush is just too tempting

There's nothing like milk to chase down blue paint

Lazy Sunday

-January 18th-

We have nine-o-clock church. We will always have nine-o-clock church due to being the only ward that meets in our building (weird huh!). I like nine, but it is hard on poor babies. It is right during morning naps! Mike has a hard time getting in a good nap on Sunday. This Sunday his nap took place during lunch...

Abbey was relaxing too... nope, she can't fool me... this picture was just mid blink

And here is a shot of Mikes curls by his ears... so I can always remember how much I loved them. They are like wings on the sides of his head, so cute.

Sick Boy

-January 14th-

Mike got sick... almost scary sick. I have learned my lesson about taking your baby into the pediatrician when they are showing cold symptoms. You get the great "mom" talk. You know the one... "Your baby is going to catch many colds in the first few years of his life. His immune system is building up" blah blah blah! So when Mike has a runny nose and small cough, I don't take him in. But this time it was different. He was having trouble breathing and wheezing. This was the outcome of our trip to the doctor.
Turns out he had a form of RSV, called bronchiolitis. It wasn't very serious. The breathing treatments were just to help break up the mucus so he could get it up. He was really good about taking the treatments. He stayed still and stuck his tongue out the whole time, kind of funny.

"Tincess" Bike

-January 8th-

What do you do when you get a cool "tincess" bike from Santa? Learn to ride it all by yourself of course! Abbey was so excited to get her princess bike for Christmas. Learning to peddle herself... not so much. She required a lot of back breaking bending from mom and dad to learn how to peddle. One day she just caught on. I think it was the fact that she was tired of mom not wanting to push her for very long and not letting her go all the cool places she wanted to!
I will spare you the pictures Tim took of me helping Abbey. Tim got some great butt shots of me that will not be shared!

Tim decided to show her by doing it himself... too funny, look at her concentrating on his feet!

And off she goes by herself!


And I can't forget Mike... he watched from the doorway (I can't believe how much he has grown since then!!)

Its Official... I'm a Blooser

As in the words of one of my cousins... I am a Blooser: a blog loser, one who updates his or her blog once every few months (thanks Julie for the great term)

Don't think I'm unaware that my last post was in February. I'm well aware, and have been fighting that feeling that you had as a kid. When you knew you should be working on an assignment that you had months to complete, but you waited until two weeks before! Or maybe that was just me as a kid.

Anyways, here's to breaking my blogging silence once again... Below you will find an old post that I never posted. I will be adding more regularly, or at least that is the plan!