Monday, January 26, 2009

Good Stuff Happenin' With the Abbers

Hi Everybody,

So it's been a while huh? Ooops! Well, Christmas was a blast. Abby and Eddie got a kitchen toCheck Spelling play with and they absolutely loved it. They also got a million other things and it was a lot of fun to watch them tear through all their presents.
A couple of days after Christmas Eddie got croup, which is a cough that inflammes the airway. Then momma got some kind of a cough too and Abby started feeling crummy as well. As it turned out, momma's cough turned into bronchitis and Abby had pneumonia. I have no idea how, but I managed to steer clear of any sickness. Anyway, needless to say it was a rough couple of weeks but we got through it and everyone is doing great.
In fact, Abby is doing FANTASTIC! We decided to increase Abby's acupuncture treatments to once a week (from every 2 weeks) and I truly believe this has made all the difference. Abby talking like crazy! It's awesome. Here's a quick list of what she says:
When she wants you to sit by her, she points to the spot next to her and says, "Sit Down!"
When she wants to do something, she says "Abby do it"
When mommy is changing Eddie's diaper, she says "poo-wee! Stinky poo poo!" And she pinches her nose at the same time. (this one is my favorite)
She says "hi" and "bye bye" now too.
When we wake her up and she sees that Eddie's door is still closed, she know he's still sleeping so she says "sssshhh! Eddie...Sleeping" But the problem is that she says this really loudly.
And I think I mentioned in the past that she knows her entire ABC's and her 123's all the way up to 10 and is getting better with the numbers 11-20.
Abby is also doing very well with her left hand. The other day when we were driving I saw her in the back seat counting with her fingers! She said the numbers one through five using her right hand and I thought she would just close her right hand and use those fingers again for numbers six through ten. But she didn't! She lifted up her left hand and counted six through ten. I couldn't believe it. Of course she was having trouble lifting her fingers one at a time, but she brought her right hand over to help out. I love that little girls determination.
I know that so much has happened since my last update but I can't think of everything (and plus I'm pooped right now) so I'll stop here.
Ooohhh!!! I can't believe I almost forgot! Abby got GLASSES! FINALLY! She can see far away now. And yes, Kelly managed to coax the eye docs into getting Abby some glasses that are a bit too big for her, but they were by far the cutest pair so Kelly wouldn't have it any other way. Abby has always loved glasses so it hasn't been difficult trying to keep them on her. It's been great to watch her see the world clearly for the first time.

Check 'em out!







Note the bling bling heart on the side of the frame and then there are little hearts going down the arm toward her ear.


Abby was having fun sitting in the toy basket and Eddie thought it would be great to come over and sit on top of her. Abby didn't think that was such a good idea. About 2 seconds after this picture, Abby screamed and did her best to push Eddie out. It didn't work. Eddie just laughed.




"Eddie - Check out your new Tonka truck! Go push it around!"
"Naw...I think I'd rather get IN the truck dad! Now push me!!! C'mon dad! Push me!"




On Christmas morning, the only thing that Eddie really really got excited about wasn't a gift at all. It was raining that day and Eddie could not get enough of the puddles outside! He was jumping in them, stomping them and bending down to put his hands in them and splashing. And when that got boring, he decided to just sit right on down in the puddle!


Who's hungry?




Here is Abby in a bounce house at her friend Eva's birthday party. She couldn't get enough of it.


Check out the new boots! Is she cute or what?!


And that's all for now. With the holidays finally behind me, you all can expect more frequent updates.
The next thing I'm looking forward to is her foot brace. She's getting a new one made. The one she had didn't quite fit right. So I will keep you all posted on that too.
Have a great week everyone.

 
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