people!

yes, abby knows about people. groups of people in real life and in pictures are now classified as "pee----pole". it's pretty funny. we got her back yesterday from the grandparents and things have been interesting. she's having a tough time adjusting to being back with mommy and daddy, but there have been improvements. i'm having a hard time pain-wise, but hopefully that'll go away.

in good news, we have discovered that brian has a TON of vacation time left that he needs to use by the end of january, so we've been planning lots o' fun things to do before thanksgiving and after christmas. fun and cheap/free. if you have ideas, let us know!

abby's vacation

since i've been having various gallbladder issues, abby has been spending a lot of time with grandparents. last week she was up there for about 4 days, and she's been back up there this week since wednesday and will probably come back on sunday. it's been very weird without her here and pretty depressing as well. but, she's been having a BLAST with the grandparents and that makes it all worthwhile. hard to believe she's going to be 2 in just a little over a month.

when she came back last week, her new thing to say has been "that way". she says this in the car, when she's walking around the house, really anytime. she says it to direct us and also to let us know where she's planning on going. luckily, she doesn't seem to mind when we don't choose to go the way that she has directed. :)

anyway, we miss her tons and tons and can't wait to see her again on sunday. hopefully we won't have to be without her for so much time again for quite a while.

abby's current skillz...

1. can count to 12, now without skipping any numbers.
2. can identify all letters, and kind of sing along with the alphabet song. that LMNOP part is tough, though.
3. can answer yes/no questions appropriately, although no is becoming more and more popular.
4. can keep her diaper dry and ask to go potty, although she doesn't always choose to do so.
5. can give kishi nice hugs and pet her gently.

and so on and so forth. you get the idea. she's a smart smart little girl, of course. :)

take 2

so, i had a first post all written out and everything and then somehow it disappeared. anywho, if you couldn't tell, this is abby's brand-spanking-new blog! i figured the babyhomepages site wasn't really appropriate anymore, since abby's not a baby anymore. i've restored it, so it's there for you to look at and reminisce, but this is the place to come for the latest in abby news and stories. please be patient as i get this up and running and looking purty...i hope to have links to all the snapfish albums as well.

enjoy!