AbbyKdabby

Future Top Chef

2011-01-10T19:57:00.000-08:00

Abby told me what she thinks about her meal at suppertime. She is such a Southern Belle!

Thanks Wedda!

2011-01-10T19:43:00.000-08:00

Thank you Kelly for the cool US map toy! I am learning alot also!

Thanks Wedda!

2011-01-03T19:56:00.000-08:00

Thanks Kelly for the USA map. She likes pushing all of the buttons!

Christmas2

2010-12-29T09:02:00.000-08:00

More gifts....

Thank you!

Christmas Time

2010-12-28T21:37:00.000-08:00

Here are a few videos we took Christmas Eve and Morning. Enjoy!

T'was the Night Before Christmas...

Gifts from Grandma and Papaw...

Birthday Songs

2010-05-17T18:01:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Aunt Traci!

Happy Birthday Uncle Cary!

2010-01-28T21:08:00.000-08:00

Check out my overalls. "I'm a cowboy!"

Relaxing with PupPup.

"I have on Pawpaw's hat!"

Uncle Cary in from NYC!

Mom and Abby at Mattie's party. We have Tinkerbell bands on our heads.

New hat and mittens from Nanny.

Abby's first snow.

Abby reading the B-I-B-L-E!

Christmas Time!

2010-01-28T19:47:00.000-08:00

Videos

2009-12-24T16:53:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas

2009-12-24T16:44:00.000-08:00

New dress in front of the tree.

Mom and Abby ready for the Christmas Tea

Merry Christmas

Bunny pjs

Decorating the tree. Abby asked me when I was getting the ornaments out, "What can I do?" She was a great help.

Sing A Song

2009-11-22T21:01:00.000-08:00

These are some fun videos we took this past week. She is now singing You Are My Sunshine. Enjoy!

Growing Up is so much fun!

2009-11-02T21:10:00.000-08:00

She kept saying "Yo Yo Momma!"

Our little night owl finally doses off to Elmo's World.

For Halloween she dressed as a bunny. The ears wouldn't stay on in the wind. Cute tail huh?

Another cold, rainy day in October....Where is the sun?

Listening to Lady Gaga. Blame that on her Daddy!

Fun Videos

2009-11-02T19:03:00.000-08:00

Here are a few videos that we made this summer. She has gotten so big that these videos seem so old! While Abby is eating the blueberries, she actually has a blue lip from a fall. She is talking in complete sentences almost. I am being lazy and typing while the videos download so I am not sure where the text will end up!

Fall Fun

2009-09-02T19:05:00.000-07:00

She is wearing 6 different bibs!
Just plain cute!

I was going through Abby's clothes and putting them in a container when she found this pumpkin costume she was supposed to wear LAST Halloween! It wouldn't close in the back!
Abby is my favorite pirate. She was learning how to say ARRRRR!
Abby was being so silly and she reminded me of Mini Me from Austin Powers.

Lubbock Visit

2009-08-07T15:08:00.000-07:00

We went to Lubbock to visit Grandma and Papaw.
We did get to see Kyle's nieces before they left for the weekend.

We went to Prairie Dog town to see the prairie dogs do their backward flips!

Abby is showing her skills in vacuuming. I don't know if you can hear it or not but when she turns off the machine she says, "Alright!"

Dancin' Diva!

2009-07-16T18:21:00.000-07:00

Abby was acting like Jerry Lee Lewis while playing the piano.

This week we are also working on drinking milk from a sippy cup. Fun Fun!!!

Busy busy week!

2009-07-10T16:38:00.000-07:00

I had Career Camp at the zoo this week so I am showing you some of the pictures I was able to take while we were cleaning exhibits.

Arati, one horned asian rhino

Groucho, male Asian elephant
Lars, male cheetah
Digger, 9 banded armadillo
Elmo the lowland gorilla napping.
Giraffe eating browse.
I included a video of a black rhino named Chalupa "charging" her enrichment of bamboo frozen in a block of ice. She finally settled down and ate the bamboo.

Zoo Trip

2009-07-03T13:54:00.000-07:00

Otter swimming by
She loved watching the penguins swim by her face
Ramseys, the lowland gorilla is in the background ignoring us
The chimps were already taking their afternoon nap

Well we finally made it to the zoo. Abby had a great time. I will be putting more pictures on Facebook. Grandma, get ready for another picture order! :)

Four Wheelin'

2009-07-03T08:00:00.000-07:00

Abby has now ridden on Pawpaw's four wheeler! Here are a couple of videos. Enjoy!

Wild week!

2009-06-10T22:11:00.000-07:00

There has been so much going on this week. I am typing in the dark because the storms knocked out our electricity.

I am also healing from my gall bladder surgery from this morning. I thought Vicodin Extra Strength made you sleepy.

Anyways, I have a couple of funny videos from this evening you might enjoy!

Summer Time!

2009-06-02T08:27:00.000-07:00

Abby loves to dance and now she can not get enough of the sprinkler!

Mother's Day

2009-06-02T08:14:00.000-07:00

I know I am a little behind on my blogging so will try to catch up! Mother's Day was wonderful once again. I wanted a good hamburger so Abby and her daddy took me to Kincaid's hamburgers. It was so good. We went home and took a nap in the chair. I am including last year's picture and this year's picture.2008 2009

Swine Flu

2009-05-06T15:15:00.000-07:00

Hello,
We got two days off of school for the Swine Flu so Abby and I took full advantage of the time off!

Abby is now wearing 24 month clothes. The pants are a little long so we have to roll up the leg, that comes from her mommas side of the family!

Easter Weekend

2009-04-12T15:52:00.000-07:00

Lots of hail came raining down this weekend!

What a difference a year can make!
Plethera of toys!

Pretty new dress and shoes!

Spring is in the Air!

2009-04-12T14:52:00.000-07:00

My one burgandy Iris.

Walking and checking out the flowers in the flower bed. Abby loves it outside so we are ready for a nice, warm day to go out and play for a while.

Spring Break

2009-03-21T20:31:00.000-07:00

Spring Break was great! When it finally warmed up my little gardener decided to play in the dirt. We took many baths this week!

The flowers you see are actually growing in my flowerbed. I know many of you know I don't have a green thumb. Luckily these plants are hard to kill!

I finally found shoes to fit Abby's biscuit feet. She loves them but for only a few minutes. She like to venture out into the yard which may have stickers so we have to put shoes on! The next blog will be video from this past week. She is getting so big and is so funny! Stay tuned!

First Hair Cut

2009-03-14T10:54:00.000-07:00

Waiting...

Abby did great for her first hair cut. I would have been in the pictures but I needed a hair cut myself! Johnny did a great job with her and he saved all of her hair he cut. I was a nervous wreck because I didn't want him to cut off her curls.t

2009-03-14T10:44:00.000-07:00

Video fun!

2009-03-14T07:05:00.000-07:00

The Girl Is ONE!!!

2009-02-25T19:08:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Abby!

Look at all of the toys!
She loved her birthday cup cake!

These are pictures from Abby's birthday party. There were a lot of family and friends there. She walked around and played with her toys and with the kids that were at her party! She woke up from her nap and saw the balloons and kept pointing and saying "boon"

Fun had by all!

2009-01-10T20:51:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year Ya'll
School is back in session and it's a new year. Abby and I had a great Christmas break while daddy went to work. I would say we slept in late but that is not what Abby does. However, there were a couple of days we had some GREAT naps in the recliner under a warm cozy Christmas blanket.

These pictures were taken at a friend's birthday party. Check out her static hair in the third picture!

I told you we have fun even when it's dinner time. Enjoy the video.

Merry Abby Christmas!!

2008-12-30T11:03:00.000-08:00

Abby opening her Christmas gift from Grandma and Papaw in Lubbock
Abby loves those jingle bells!

A Very Merry Christmas!

2008-12-30T10:44:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas holiday this year. The pictures are in no particular order but I will explain each of them if needed. The above picture is Abby "helping" put Christmas stuff away!
Look what Santa brought Abby!
Since Abby was sick most of the week, we never made it to see Santa so here is her Christmas picture by the tree. She is stuffed in that little red suit!
Here is Abby unwrapping her gift from Grandma and Papaw in Lubbock. It was a horse that she rides and can play games with it on the television.
This is a table that Nana and Pawpaw gave her for Christmas. It plays music and sings the ABC's which she dances to.
Here she is showing Uncle Cary how to flip through a book. He gave her a basketball goal.
This box has books in it I got out to send to friends. She would pull each one out and flip through the pages. She LOVES books!
It was a great week and she has been so good even while dealing with a runny nose and cough. She loved playing with these jingle bells I put on the lower branches of the tree. She would pull them off and shake them. I have video of her doing that and will try to upload a few videos from the holidays. I hope everyone had a great holiday season and we are ready for a new year with Abby.

Cutie!

2008-11-28T23:07:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, I am trying a new way to write this blog but I don't know if it will work or not. I don't like it being so messy so I tried putting the pictures in first and then typing around them. We shall see!

Kyle with his mom and grandmother. Four generations right there in Lubbock! We went to Lubbock last week to visit family and watch Tech get killed by Oklahoma. Needless to say there were some angry people in that house Saturday night! Abby did get her 9 month picture taken in a Tech t-shirt. It was such a cute t-shirt and when she points it looks like she is "getting her guns up."
Pajamas that actually fit! Yipeee!
Abby loves bath time and her little tub with fish on the sides. Enjoy the video.

9 months!

2008-11-16T20:16:00.000-08:00

Wow, time flies when you are having fun let me tell you! Abby is so much fun and she has the best sense of humor. She laughs at her daddy all of the time and has many tickle spots. I am going to include some videos we have taken in the last week along with some cute pictures of her in her pajamas that fit! She loves watching a show from PBS called A Big, Big World. I think her daddy enjoys it too. We have a big television now so the picture is bigger and brighter!
The big boy in the stripes is Kyle at 9 months. Hmm, I wonder where she gets her wrinkles.

new cousin

2008-10-25T17:01:00.000-07:00

Hello All,
I am so sorry about not updating the blog. Abby has a new cousin that arrived Friday the 24th. Savannah Nicole was born to Pat and Lisa. She is so cute. I am including a video of Abby kissing Savannah. You will smile at this one. The shadow on her face is a balloon she will not let go of.

We are good. We are busy.
Enough about us, enjoy the pictures!
Kissing Savannah Army Crawl!

Tough week!

2008-10-04T19:31:00.000-07:00

Hey ya'll,
It was a tough week and there wasn't even a full moon. On Tuesday, Abby fell off the couch under her daddy's watch which just broke his heart. It's a good thing she's still so fluffy. She has a scuffed up nose but has managed to get over that.

Friday night I ended up in the ER with gallbladder issues. I even took a picture of myself in the ER and sent it to a couple of friends to show how much fun I was having on Friday night. Mom took me and we were there from 10PM to 1 AM. When the person did the sonogram on me, without the pain medicine working, it was worse then having contractions! I am better now but I go to the dr on Tuesday to see what happens next.

We had our Hall family reunion so I will include some pictures of that. Abby likes Uncle Pat today!

The Hopkins family came for a visit last weekend. Kristy kept Abby and her daughter Mattie when I had to go back to work last year. Now remember when you see the picture that Mattie is four weeks OLDER than Abby. She even fit in Abby's car and was bouncing in the seat. Abby sits in it and when she leans forward, she honks the horn with her chest!

We also went out to a couple of museums for Educator's Evening. Abby enjoyed the Cowgirl Museum but not so much the Amon Carter Museum.

Teeth Galore!

2008-09-24T20:41:00.000-07:00

Hello All,
Sorry it has been a while since the last blog. School is keeping me busy along with a cute little chica when I get home. I LOVE how she smiles at me when I walk in the door. They are true about the endorphines that erupt in a mom when she sees her baby smile. I am sending pictures and a funny video I shot this afternoon. I started telling Abby she looked like Bertha Mae, my nanny, and she got tickled so I had to capture that on film.

We are good. The new actions are clapping our hands. Well, actually holding the left hand still and bringing the right hand to it. She started that last Thursday. She is now pulling up on things if she is close enough to them. We were practicing that tonight in the nursery. She has thunder thighs, might as well put them to good use!

Enjoy the pictures and video! Love Abby's Mom :)

another month has passed

2008-09-13T14:37:00.000-07:00

Well, Abby is now 7 months old!!! She began with two teeth at 4 months and now has 4, yes 4 teeth coming in on top. She will be eating Nana Burgers any time now! We are good. Sitting back and watching Ike roll in to our area.

School is going pretty well this year. I have some really good kids and they can seem to keep up with the new curriculum. Of course I have an Abby shrine around my desk and they get to watch her grow through all of my pictures.

Abby girl is growing like a weed. She can now get up on her knees but if I tell her to come see me, she flops down on her belly and does an imitation of Michael Phelps. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming... This weekend we started a runny nose due to allergies I think. The apparatus for cleaning the nose is funny because she fights us when it's time to suck out the icky stuff, but she stops to listen when I squeeze it out on a tissue.
She is always grabbing and leaning over to watch everything.

When she gets fussy, her babysitter Christy puts her in the stroller and walks around the house until she dozes off. It works!

the magical fruit

2008-08-23T16:04:00.000-07:00

Oh my word, our girl is getting so big and her expressions are priceless. I am sending a video of her eating prunes. We are having to use them to produce a poopy diaper! We have already experienced constipation once, and we don't want to go through that again, her daddy and I were crying while Abby was crying from the pain on that really bad day.

I will have to apologize up front for the movement but I couldn't stop laughing as you will hear on the video. Get some Kleenex, they will be needed, and this video will also help on a yucky day when you need a pick-me-up. I'm thinking I will be watching it every Monday after school! Please send comments. I usually do it anonymously because I can never remember my password and then I put my name in the message. Enjoy!

get your motors running

2008-08-20T21:29:00.000-07:00

I could not have imagined how hard it would be to go back to work after getting the opportunity to play with a baby for three months! I started back to work this Monday and it was awful! I had to leave my girl with a new babysitter, who I found on care.com and hoped and prayed she would be safe and have a great time. I cried to work once again, just like after my maternity leave. God has given me peace about all of that now. I have the chance to come home for lunch this week which has been great because I get to sit and visit with Christy and hang out with Abby. Christy is great. She comes to the house to take care of Abby, she's young and very patient, which with Abby it's just finding things to keep her busy and safe all at the same time!

As I promised from the last post, a video of Abby in her new car. Zoooommmmm!

drivin' mama crazy

2008-08-12T19:58:00.000-07:00

Well, today Abby turned 6 months old! She has a new action. She will stick out her tongue and keep it out. I need to train her to stick it out on cue for certain people we come across. That would be awesome!

Her Nana has bought her a walker that's a red car. It is so fun! I have pictures to send but you know video will come close behind that!
I am also going to send you a picture of my new do, the one Abby was laughing at in the previous blog.

All is well except for the fact that school, for me, starts Monday-YUCK!!!

Enjoy the pictures and video will be coming soon!

summer fun

2008-08-02T12:43:00.000-07:00

Hello All, I have been looking for babysitters this week and I am planning on a few interviews while Kyle is home from work. If I could, I would stay home in a heartbeat and play with this fun, crazy chick! I don't know if I can manage without my midmorning and afternoon naps! I am putting a video on that I did last week. I got a curly perm and Abby is trying to get used to it. I will send a picture of the hair once I get it under control!!! Enjoy the videos.

sponge bob

2008-07-28T14:43:00.000-07:00

OK. I finally was able to get the video off of the camera and onto the computer. Abby is watching Sponge Bob over at mom's house and I caught her reactions to some of the show. I am also including a video of her enjoying her swing. She did not like it when she was younger and a lot smaller. You can see how much room she is taking up. That nap was about a 30 minute power nap. This week should be a clam one. We will probably spend a lot of time playing and napping. I am a little stressed about finding a sitter for her. I pray that God will lead me to a trustworthy person that I can rely on to take care of my precious girl. Enjoy the videos! By the way, Abby's outfit says"can't resist a kiss with a face like this".

sweet baby girl

2008-07-25T11:03:00.000-07:00

It has been one busy week. I had three days of workshops while Kyle worked several hours of overtime. Luckily Abby's Nana wasn't too busy to hang out with her. They have a large flat screen television so the characters on TV really stick out. I was going to show her reactions while she was watching Sponge Bob Square Pants but I can't get the video to download. If I figure it out I will send it soon. She is so much fun! We went to have 5 month pictures taken. I will probably send those via email next week because they came on a CD and now I have to figure out how to get those sent also! We started on carrots this week. Mom and dad get excited when they think she has red hair but once I look at where they "see" the red hair, I have to inform them those are carrots, so mom missed a spot! She is now eating out of her high chair and when we go out we let her sit up in a high chair. She is getting so big! These are the pictures from last month when we did the four generation pictures.

Happy Friday!

2008-07-18T10:05:00.000-07:00

All is well at our house other than the oven being out! I have to get the baking element replaced so that doesn't allow Abby and I to bake any goodies or even some dishes for a while. Then we get to wait for the repair person to come fix it and he will be here any time from 8 to 5. We did get a lot of things done in the house, like laundry, playing in the nursery, great naps in the chair together and of course watching a little television!

Abby is growing like a weed! She is now able to sit up on her huge haunches and stay balanced for a little longer each day. We went swimming the other day so I will include a couple of pictures of her outfit and HUGE hat. She liked it, I guess. The hat was so big that I couldn't see her face but I was concerned about her getting burned. We lasted about 10 minutes in the pool and the we sat and watched other kids play. We will go in th evening time next week so we can take some pictures.

Abby has also found her hands and she loves looking at them. Her face is very serious and she looks like she is studying hard. I am including a few pictures from this week. Have a great weekend and enjoy the pictures!

green beans!

2008-07-14T15:51:00.000-07:00

Abby wanted me to send you another video of her laughing. Ajhvvj hffdrd vh. That was her helping me type. She can do it one handed also! The title is green beans because that is what she is eating this week. Enjoy!

just letting off some steam

2008-07-11T20:30:00.000-07:00

Before I head to bed with the rest of the family, I wanted to throw in a funny video of the girl. She is "sounding off" I guess. I had to make sure she didn't see the camera because then she stops "talking" and stares at the camera as you will see at the end. All is good. Enjoy!

A little time on my hands

2008-07-08T10:26:00.000-07:00

Don't fret, Abby is napping at Nana's while I did yard work. Her daddy won't let us ride the lawn mower together. She did sit and watch her dad do a little mowing the other day. She seemed impressed. What a week it has already been! We went yesterday and took a four generation picture with my nanny. We took one of our hands and then group pictures. It was a lot of fun. She is such a ham in front of the camera. We had a bad experience this weekend with too much cereal and not enough fluids so needless to say we are drinking a little pear juice and holding back on the cereal for a day or so. Thanks Pat and Lisa for the pear juice and advice! We may attempt veggies next week. I cannot believe she is almost 5 months old. Wow!
I am including a video of her eating her cereal, not neatly but it did get in there! Enjoy!

Happy 4th Yall!

2008-07-05T18:29:00.000-07:00

Thanks for the comments on the first blog. Now to find the time to keep you updated with pictures and videos will be the "fun" part! We celebrated the 4th with a family reunion on my dad's mom's side of the family. Here is a cute picture from that.
We also went to another party for the evening to eat and watch fire works. We ended up leaving because we were all hot and decided to watch fireworks from our back porch in our pajamas. Our neighbors had a great fireworks show so we sat and enjoyed it until bedtime. Look how patriotic she is!

I'll try anything once!

2008-07-01T11:46:00.000-07:00

Hello All. This is the first and hopefully not the last blog on my Abby girl. I hope to provide videos for you to watch as she learns new and fun things. I am going to attempt to send a video of her laughing. She sounds like a squeaky toy. It will put a huge smile on your face. The outfit she is wearing does say "Tax Deduction" it was a gift! Enjoy and please let me know what you think about it!