Dance Dance

I only caught a little bit on video, but our little dancer has been dancing up a storm! (and loving every minute of it!)

Update: Morning Zzzzzz

Abby took her nap this morning! She's so happy and rested. Maybe it was the time change after all? Only time will tell!

Just in case...

....you've never seen Abby's sassy side. The other night she wasn't really in the mood to be fed. Most mealtimes, Abby is happy with us feeding her food, as long as she has food to feed herself too. Last night, she just wasn't interested....and decided to throw it everywhere!

Check out her hair!

sorry Mom!

Ohhhh my sweet little love.

Random Thoughts

We had our first snowfall of the season on Monday, which was Abby's first snowfall. Unless of course, you count the night she was born and her first two months, but I don't count those because now she really notices.

Yesterday, I made Abby her very first caprese salad for lunch. I cut up some mozzerella string cheese, tomato and basil. Then, I let it marinate together in some olive oil and just a bit of garlic until lunch. She LOVED it and couldn't get it in her mouth fast enough. Did I ever tell you how much I love introducing her to new foods? It makes me smile to see her picking the pieces off of her tray with a huge grin on her face and a piece of basil hanging from her lips.

Whenever the TV is on and this commercial comes on, Abby stops whatever she is doing to watch it. She doesn't even have to see the screen, when she hears it...she turns. She loves it! Then when it's over, she goes right back to what she was doing before.

Morning Zzzzzz

Today marks day 5 of no morning nap. I haven't given up quite yet, but for the last five days Abby has resisted her morning nap. She was a little cranky for the rest of the morning until lunch and naptime, but not as much as I thought she'd be.

Day 1: I thought she was being stubborn and and just acting a little out of the ordinary, so I let her talk and whine in her crib for about an hour before going in to get her.
Day 2: I blamed it on the time change.
Day 3: It became evident that she was not crying out much at all, but talking to her Superbear. She only started to whine when our little extrovert got lonely.
Day 4: DA DA DA BA BA VA.
Day 5: I gave up after 35 minutes and we went to run some errands. It was my test to see how she would act in public without her nap. If you're wondering...she was her friendly and curious self talking to everyone who walked by and reaching for everything in the shopping cart.

SO....it leaves me wondering, is Abby giving up her morning nap already?

Life with Mama

Abby's life with Mama over the past 9 months. Look at her grow!




To be continued... :)

Meow

The month of October was filled with family visits. Almost every weekend, we got to spend time with someone from our family. So, we finished the month the same way we started it...with more family. Nagymama (a.k.a. Mama) came to visit from Florida!

On Friday, we had a nice dinner with my Dad, Cory and Mama. No pictures, but lots of laughs. Abby started out dinner kind of shy, but in a matter of minutes she was hamming it up from her end of the table. She would stare at my dad until he looked at her and then shoot him the biggest smile. It was their game for the rest of the night.

Mama stayed with us for four days and Cory came back up for the last two. We went shopping, watched movies, cooked some delicious Hungarian meals, made Abby homemade chicken soup. We played board games and the Wii, went out to dinner, danced around the living room late at night and laughed until our ribs hurt.

I miss them already!

showing Abby how to walk

Mama brought Abby her first cell phone. It's now one of her favorite toys. Joe took her into her room to get her ready for the bath (cell phone in hand) and then I heard her start screaming like she fell off the changing table and hit her head. I ran in her room only to find out that she was just REALLY mad that her daddy took her cell phone away.

getting bundled up. Mama's not used to this cold weather...she did not bring the sunshine with her this weekend.

playing a Hungarian baby game that ends with lots of tickles

My Dad brought Abby three of my old stuffed animals that he saved and washed. This bear was in my crib when I was brought home from the hospital. It was so special to see it passed down to Abby. Do that math....He's 25 years old. He's in a bunch of my baby pics, so when I get my scanner to work...

dressed up like a little kitten (cica)

digging in...

She knows the good stuff already.

I love my girl!

so big

our family!

seriously? I couldn't resist.

Abby showing Uncle Cory what she wants for Christmas from the Kmart toy catalog...which really means she was just excited to take a catalog, crinkle it and rip it apart.

late night of Pictionary Man. Always a guaranteed good time with this bunch. (followed by Mama dancing around the living room to Jay-Z!)

so serious.

hanging out with Uncle Cory in the morning

Thanks for visiting! I love you and can't wait to see you all again soon. ~ Love, Abby