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.
She has some crazy hair in this picture!
So Mom, you were wondering why Abigail was crying and shouting, "No, no, no!" yesterday when you called to wish Caden a Happy Birthday. Well, it's because I was trying to put jeans on her. Apparently she wanted to wear her white pants with black flowers to match her tye dyed shirt and pink socks. What was I thinking??
Abigail is getting at least one of her second year molars in. Luckily the fingers in the mouth seems to be all that she needs :)
I don't remember the last time I got a kiss from Abigail. Funny Bunny got a bunch two days ago.
If I had to describe Abigail in just one word, I would say caring. As you can tell from this picture, she takes very good care of her dolls and stuffed animals (although she does toss Funny Bunny (FB) over her shoulder while holding the ears, tries to "ride" FB, holds onto FB by the ears around her neck so it looks like a backpack, holds onto the ears and kicks it along in front of her, etc. - guess that's her way of showing love). Anyhow, Caden also benefits from Abigail's caring nature. She enjoys picking up his shoes/coat and putting them in the closet, cleans up his dirty laundry off the floor and puts them in the hamper, and also picks up his PJ's and puts them under his pillow. I love seeing her grab his water bottle and hold it up to his mouth so he doesn't even have to move. She picks up his bowl after he's done with his snack and takes it to the kitchen too. It's fun to see...but I think Caden might be taking advantage of it!
Every year Jason's parents write "The Boettger Story", a summary of what's been going on in the past year. When we got it, I taped it up on the closet door with the rest of the cards, and Abigail walked by and pulled it down. From then on she's been carrying it around along with her peach colored crayon. This is her favorite spot to sit and "read" it.
The other day when Abigail woke up from her nap, we had to bring EVERY stuffed animal down with us too. There's still another stuffed animal on the other side of Abby that you can't even see. She's also very particular with how we bring everything down. She will stand in her crib and hand me things one-by-one, and then expect me to pick her up when my arms are already full. I tried once to put the stuffed animals down on the chair first so that I can pick her up, and she threw a fit! She's a stink sometimes!
I guess when you're really tired you can sleep in any position!
Rachael and Joshua (taking a little lunch break).
Cutie Patootie!
Abigail was entertained with Rachael's water bottle.
Me and Joshua
Abigail is 18 months old today!
