Happy 2nd Birthday, Abigail!

Happy 2nd Birthday to our beautiful, silly Abigail Jean!

A Girl, A Balloon, & a Big Pink Ball

Good luck finding a happier almost 2 year old.

Special Message

To all our family:

(thank you for a great birthday)

(you might have you use your imagination a little)

Abigail and Caden's Birthday Party

They changed blogger on me, so sorry...all the pictures are in reverse order. If you start at the bottom and work your way up, you'll be set :)  I'll know this for next time!

Abigail and her "cheese" smile.  Thanks for the pink mower, Mammy!

Caden loves his new Spiderman umbrella from Mammy.

Abigail and Aunt JuJu

Abigail and GG

My side of the family.  We didn't get Jason's side this year.

The kids loved their individual Aurora and Spiderman cakes.

Four terrific cakes from my Aunt Peggy.  She never ceases to amaze!

Abigail learned quickly how to soak herself with her new water table.

Caden loves his new skates from Nana and Papa.  He didn't love it though when he shook my hand away and then fell.  He even had the nerve to tell me I shouldn't have left go! :)

Abigail is checking out her new Cinderella doll from Uncle Brooks and Amanda.

A new floppy pink hat!  Goes well with her new pink ball.

The kids had a great birthday party.  Thanks everyone for everything!

Opening Day of Tee Ball

This past Sunday was Opening Day for tee ball. It was a very long day with opening ceremonies at 1, pictures at 3 and game around 4:15. We had planned on going back home between that time, but I'm glad we didn't since the schedule was a little messed up. So we were gone from 12:30-5. The rain held off which was nice.

Caden and Jacob when we first got there.

Jacob, Abigail, and Caden
Fast forward to the game:

They never actually practiced running the bases, but the whole team did well with that. Except...when Caden was on third, the ball was hit towards him, and he chased after the ball until someone got his attention and he ran home :)

facing the wrong way...

facing the right way...glove not on right...

waving to Jacob's mom, glove on correctly (after I shouted to him to get his glove on, and he shouted back, "Is this the right hand, Mom?")

Abigail was perfect throughout the whole thing, even missing her nap. She had a great time playing at the park that's right next to the field.

Nana and Papa joined us for the game.

She got tired of sitting, so she just started walking and climbing in a circle.

Conversation

A little conversation I overheard the other day:

Caden: "Abigail, are you my friend?"
Abigail: "Yeah"
Caden: "My friend forever?"
Abigail: "Yeah"

Caden then gave her a hug. This type of sweetness is very rare in my house, so I have to document it when I see/hear it.

Caden at Bat

Caden had his first tee ball game today. My friend, Cheri, took this picture. I have many more to post when I'm not so tired. Opening Day of tee ball was one of the most exhausting days of my life in a good way I guess :)

Caden's Uniform

He was so excited to try on this uniform. He said he looked like a real baseball player. Everything is a little big...the socks go up to his thighs...but that's OK!

Forward Facing

This cool little girl has been forward facing for a few weeks now. She finally weighs enough, and she's close enough to two, so we flipped her. She was thrilled! She giggled and laughed the whole first ride. I bet it was nice to see more than just skies and the tops of trees.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter (a day late)!

Tee Ball Practice

Caden had his first tee ball practice on March 28th. His best bud, Jacob, is on his team too. Caden's not really a focused player...so we'll see what this season brings. He picked a dandelion for me at his last practice :)

All ready to go!

We went to the wrong field first where Caden and Jacob found a basketball. They had a great time with it!

We then found the right "field". Practices have since been on a regular ball field.

There's a big pile up when a ball is hit...every time!

Look at that concentration!

Abigail wanted to give it a try too! She keeps trying to sneak out onto the field with Caden.

She was occupied with this little guy most of the time though. She's on cloud nine whenever there's a baby around, especially little Brayden (Jacob's little brother).

Look at this sweet face! And that chin!

Not Freckles

I would've posted this closer to St. Patrick's Day rather than Easter, but I just found it in my car. Caden did really well with the eyes (and eyelashes), nose, mouth, chin, and what I first thought were maybe freckles. Nope! They are "scratchies" like what Daddy gets on his face when he doesn't shave :)

How Tall is Abigail?

I would say she's about two packs of size 3 Luvs diapers tall :)
She did all this herself.

She thought she was going to sleep on it, asking for a blanket and everything, so I let her go until Jason went in to her room a minute or so later. He said she didn't even move.