Thanksgiving 2011

Thanksgiving was rough for Abbey, which therefor made it rough for me! She was definitely having an "off" day. The previous couple days she had been fighting a pretty high fever (up to 103.6) but with no other symptoms. Her Uncle Steve & Aunt Tracy hosted Thanksgiving dinner at their house in Ft. Worth so that's where we headed. Most of the day I spent soothing her crankiness/crying. She wanted no one else to hold her and of course her family really wanted to. I think the stimulation/amount of people in the house was also causing her anxiety. Anyways, the food was good but hopefully she will enjoy herself a little more next year! Here are a couple pictures:
As soon as we got there:

With her brother & cousins:

How most of the day really was:

Abbey got her two front teeth!

Abbey officially has two teeth now! The bottom two came in. In all honestly I didn't even notice until my mother in law told me. And that is a GOOD thing! Her gums did not swell up even close to how Dylan's did and she never really drooled (he was a huge drooler). She was however, waking up multiple times in the night. Now we know why! It's a good thing she's starting to get her teeth because she is a big eater. We really bypassed the puree phase pretty quickly. Between feeding myself and getting Dylan to sit in his chair at mealtime I honestly think she was just loosing her patience with being fed. She wants to feed herself! Which for me, is great! She she is eating all sorts of finger foods and I am amazed at how well she chews them/spits them out if she cant swallow. These days she is eating avocado, scrambled egg yolks, pancakes, zucchini fries (baked), diced squash, bananas, pasta, etc. As soon as I can get a photo of her teeth I'll post it!

Playgroup Fun!

We love our lil playgroup that we made friends with back when Dylan was about 4 months old! It's a group of about 8 moms (we've dwindled down some) and we all have 2 yr olds and 6mo-1 yr olds! It's so crazy to see how our group has grown! Here is a photo of back when Dylan was a baby and then a picture of Abbey with the second round of babies! It's so cute watching all the toddlers and their siblings these days! And of course, sooo nice to have other mommy friends to relate to on things and hang out with!
Abbey is second from the right (their in order of age):

Dylan is last one of the right (in order of age):