No Joke...

Logan has speech therapy every Friday morning in Cookeville. Trad took him today and decided to take Abby also. I received these 2 pics that he took during speech...

This one spells 'cake'...duh...

But...That message was obviously not enough...So there was another one...

PDQ...Pretty Darn Quick!!

Now, I know what you are thinking...Not bad for an almost 4-year-old...The only thing is...

Logan didn't spell them...

It was Abby!!!

She is obviously a 16 month old genius!!!

Abby's 1st Birthday Party

Abby eating her birthday dinner. Green beans that Grandma brought!!

Abby opening her gift from Aunt April (who now has a blog)

She got a silver bracelet with her name on it.

Abby with her 1st Barbie, from Uncle Jason

Abby with a whole bunch of swimming stuff from Grandma and Grandpa.

(I think they want her to come swimming at their house!!)

More pics of Abby eating cake.

She never did get really messy. She is too girly for all that!!

Abby even let Grandpa hold her.

(She isn't too sure about the male species.)

This is her big cake. I love it!! Joy Tubb outdid herself on this one!!

Guess who had a birthday!!

Today my sweet little baby girl turned ONE.

Happy 1st Birthday Abigail GraceAnne!!

Ladybug, ladybug...

This is a sample of Abby's birthday invitations. I wanted to do a ladybug party, but with softer colors. I decided to go with pink and yellow, because I like it!!

I made these using 2 big ovals in coordinating colors. The head is a smaller oval, and so are the spots. I cut the large pink oval in half, placed it over the yellow oval, and put the smaller pink oval (head) underneath. I secured it together with a pink brad.

This is the invitation opened up. I think it turned out so cute!! I don't know if you can see, but it says, "Our little lady is turning One!" Isn't that so clever?? (It wasn't my idea. I saw it on some ready-made invitations.)
I just wanted to share my sudden burst of creativity. I can't believe my baby is going to be One in a couple weeks!! I will post party pictures later.

Pasghetti anyone??

How long does it take one little girl to get this messy?? Evidently not very long. I gave Trad the chore of giving Abby her lunch while I went to pick up Braden from summer camp. I was gone less than 15 minutes and came back to this...


She is just too cute!! It was so sweet to see her like that. She loves spaghetti, but then she really loves everything!! Trad even gave her a bath afterward.

Ape for Bananas

We have been eating an unusually large amount of bananas in our house lately. Logan and Abby usually share a banana at least once a day. Abby gets both ends and Logan gets the middle. Why?? It's simple. Logan won't eat the ends and Abby could care less.

So here are a few pictures I took this morning of Abby eating her banana.

She is learning so much so quickly! For instance, she knows that bananas are slippery once they get slobbered on. She has also taught me a good beauty tip-Out of hair gel?? Run your banana-covered hands through your hair. Your style would last for days!!

Little girls are great!!

Divas in training

Here are a few pictures of Abby and her cousin Kaylee. They are about 7 months apart in age, although you can't tell it from where I'm sitting!!

You say this will make our skin soft??

Already fighting over the cell phone!!

I can't believe you just said that!!

What are you lookin' at??

Hmmmmm...

It's the strangest thing. You see these pictures here??

Well they mysteriously appeared on my camera.

I don't remember taking them.

Yet here they are.

They weren't there the last time I looked at my camera.

I just can't imagine how they got on here.

I guess it's just one of those unsolved mysteries!!

Rub a dub dub...

Today was Abby's first real-life, big girl, sitting up by herself bath in the sink!!


I thought that she would like it more than she actually did. Actually, I don't think she really liked it much at all. She has always loved the water, but she has never been "alone" in it before either. All-in-all, she did okay though.

She is getting too big too fast for me. You never really realize what little time that babies are actually little until you have one, or three, or six. I have mixed emotions of sad and happy because I know that she is my last baby. I am sad because she is my last baby. On the other hand, I am happy because I know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and one day I won't have to deal with teething, or baby food, or diapers.

"Where did all these bubbles come from??"

"Lets see how they taste!!"

"She went and got my hair wet!!"

"I'm all clean now."

And the winner is...

Abby started talking today. Her first word was...


Da-Da.

You know that made one of us smile. Actually, both of us are smiling. She will be 7 months old on the 21st. I was getting worried that she wasn't saying any words yet. With 2 autistic children, you pick up on things quicker. We won't know if she is on the spectrum until she is 3. We are hoping that she is "normal". She is definitely doing things that Braden and Logan never did. We can tell that she is very different from them. Hopefully all is well.

Baby in RED...

I just figured out how to switch the colors on my camera. I thought this was a great picture of Abby. I think my favorite is the Vivid Red and of course I like the black and white.

Which one do you like??

Original

Vivid

Black & White

Vivid Red

Sepia

Neutral

Peas?? or Carrots??

GREEN BEANS!!!!

Today was Abby's first try at baby food. She did AWESOME!! I wasn't sure what to expect. She is much older than the boys were when they first had baby food. I confess that I didn't really want to feed her anything! I LOVE nursing her so much!!

I didn't get to nurse Braden because of his cleft palate. I nursed Logan only about 4 months. He stayed so hungry I think we should have started him on baby food from day 1!! I am really enjoying Abby though. I know that she is going to be my last baby and I want to keep her little!! (Is that so wrong??)

She has been eating some things. We have given her bread, crackers, mashed potatoes, and broccoli and corn out of casseroles at Christmas. She has had some biter biscuits also. Her daddy also gave her some banana bread too. She loves to eat. She is so interested in food. She loves to watch us eat. We can just see the anticipation that she has, waiting for us to give her some.

Sometimes she even licks her sweet little lips!!

Now We're Cookin'

Isn't she so sweet?! This spoon is a little bit big for her just yet, but it kept her entertained while I got the dishes washed!

I can't believe that she is almost 6 months old already!! She is getting so big, so fast. It seems like she has always been a part of the family.

Trad says that if I had had a girl first that we probably wouldn't have had any more children! LoL!!

Sweet Love...

Braden just loves Abby. He is so gentle with her, even the first time he saw her. He would put his face up to hers so she could kiss him. He would leave it there until we made a "muah" sound and he thought she kissed him! He doesn't share anything with anyone, but her. As I stated in a previous blog, he has tried to share his sundrop and a chocolate cupcake with her. And anyone that knows Braden knows he loves his chocolate! I am so glad that he is such a good brother.

Braden gabbin' with Abby

He loves sittin' by sister.

This one is my favorite!! It is my desktop background.