More Abigail Pics

I LOVE taking pictures of this girl :)

Abigail at 16 Months

Our little Abigail turns 16 months today (finally posting on the right date)! Her biggest new thing is all the walking she's doing now. She loves to walk and carry things, so much easier than trying to crawl and carry things! Fortunately, she's still taking 2 naps a day though sometimes skips one. She continues to be a great eater, eating just about anything. We used to call Caden our "yes man" because he would answer every question with a nod (except for a diaper change). Abby was answering questions correctly with a nod or a shake, but recently she's been saying no to everything. She continues to smile and giggle most of the time, but if something doesn't go her way, boy does she get mad! We love you happy, sad, or mad Abigail!

Philadelphia Zoo

On the 24th, we took a day trip to the Philly Zoo. We unfortunately weren't able to meet up with my sister-in-law this time. It really is a fun, nice zoo to visit, and very easy to get to. We got there around 11 and left around 3, so allow yourself at least 4 hours.

Holding hands on the way down.

Of course Abby has a big grin on her face while holding her brother's hand.

Caden and Abby (you can see her little finger pointing) both seemed to enjoy the naked mole rats running around. They are in cute in a twisted sort of way.

Abby was looking for some lions, but they weren't being very social.

Thanks Jay for looking! :)

Last year they had Lego animals everywhere. This year it was a Jim Henson puppet theme about extinct or almost extinct animals.

Taking a break for lunch.

After lunch, we discovered this really fun place called the Tree House. It's for zoo members only, but not sure how particular they are about it. I don't think they checked our membership either time we went...yes, we were there twice. :)

Abby met this cute little boy and they just kept smiling at each other.

It's very hard to tell, but if you look through that little hole in the root, you can kinda make out Caden. He was going down a little slide.

Caden checking out the bald eagles.

My favorites...I think that's Abigail in the middle.

A bit of a goofy picture of all 4 of us!

Abigail checking out the rhino.

This is a sloth bear. I had never heard of it before. The way it moved though, it looked fake, like it was mechanical.

I think this is part Michael Jackon's Thriller and part flamingo.

This is one of his new things, trying to stand or hop on one foot.

This nice lady was talking to him about different kinds of feathers.

Wondering what Abby's looking at?
Just this goofy kid:

What a pose!

Caden checking out the gorillas - somehow we walked right past them last year.

This was our second time back. Abigail was checking out this egg...

trying to figure out how to get in.

At the end, she was ready to kick off her shoes from all that walking she did :)

This is outside the zoo on the way back to the parking lot.

It didn't take long for them to crash!

Tomato Festival Parade

This past weekend we went to the Tomato Festival Parade and met up with our friends, Cheri and her son Jacob.

The kids sat very patiently waiting for the parade to get to us.

Once it started, Abigail pointed, waved, and "talked" almost the whole time. That's a big difference from last year when she slept through the whole thing :)

Stopping for a piece of candy.

Waving at...

a firetruck...and pretty much everything else too.

CANDY!! I think that was the boys' favorite part.

They have such a good time together...and are quite goofy!

I think Jacob is holding Caden back from getting some candy that went in the middle of the road.

Like I said...goofy :)

We went to the festival for some lunch after the parade.
Then we visited with some other friends at their place for some ice cream. It was such a fun day!