Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Happy 8 Month Birthday Abbey!

Baby girl has been busy!! She is fully crawling and pulling up on everything. She doesn't venture far and stays pretty close though. It's so sweet, she likes to follow me where ever I go. She's figured out how to crawl up the two stairs in the living room pretty well, we haven't attempted going down much though! She is a BIG talker. Almost more than Dylan was at this age. Of course I think she's repeating things I'm saying, at least it sounds like it! She definitely says "mama" and "daddy." It's so cute to hear her call out for us in her crib when she wakes up. "Nana" is a big word/syllable she says a lot. I think because it's one of her favorite foods right now!

Abbeys new nickname is "miss piggy." The girl could eat all day long! When most babies get full, they sit there and play with there food, she doesn't. It ALL goes in her mouth, and it can't get there fast enough! She is still nursing well (and incredibly quick, like a few minutes!) but will also get a bottle of formula when we are out or in the evening. She also pretty much eats anything we eat, as long as it's in diced pieces or think slivers.

She hasn't been sleeping as well. I'm not sure if it's the new development of crawling/pulling up, but she will barely nap! Only 3 30 minute naps during the day and she is waking up multiple times at night. I really hope this is a quick phase and she returns to her good sleeping habits soon! I know her noisy brother doesn't always help as well.

She's wearing 9 month clothes mostly but a few 12 months and size 3 diapers.

I think we've finally turned the corner with the stranger anxiety! She is finally letting others (including her maw maw & pops) hold her without crying out for her mommy the second they take her. It makes me so happy because I want them (and everyone else) to get to experience what a fun and happy baby she really is!

I love seeing her love for Luke grow as well, she just lights up when he gets home from work. Dylan is of course her favorite as well. She not only tries to copy everything he does, and play with everything he's playing with, she just really loves being with him.

She is super ticklish and loves being tickled! She has also learned how to wave hello. She's trying REALLY hard to clap, but keeps getting it mixed up with waving. It's pretty cute.

It was hard to get her "bear" photos because she kept leaning forward to fall off the couch! She wants to be on the move! Anyways, enjoy!

So see what dylan was doing at this age feel free to visit his blog at http://www.babydylanhalliday.blogspot.com/ and check out the month of May.













A day at the Dallas Zoo!

We had so much fun taking a family trip to the Dallas Zoo on Martin Luther King Day since Luke had the day off from work. I'd been to the Dallas Zoo before and really did not like it (especially compared to the Ft. Worth Zoo, which is amazing) but since they have added some new things (including feeding the giraffes, AWESOME!) I really enjoyed it, well, we all did! This was also our first trip where we put Abbey in an actual "seat" in the stroller too. Normally her carseat just snaps in. So it was so fun seeing her in the double stroller with Dylan. Another thing that just proves she's growing. Bittersweet! Anyways, here are some pictures from our day!