Abigail: Month 6

At 6 month check-up:

• 16lbs 15.26oz
• 26.57in
• 17in head circumference

She’s meeting milestones and such a happy and alert mama’s girl 

• She played peek-a-boo on purpose
• Tried peas!
• Still blonde (I guess technically light brown) straight hair and bright blue eyes!
• She has a VOICE. She likes to spit, chat, laugh, and scream (she straightens her arms very dramatically when she screams).
• We are trying lavender on the feet.
• She snuggles and gives good kisses!
• She got a pretty bad cold and can't sleep.
• Claire was playing under her while she was in her jumper, and tipped it over. Thankfully Andrew was close by and scooped her up quickly.
• Still so happy and chatty! She wakes up with the sweetest little coos after a good rest.
• Meme kept her while we took Claire to the doctor and she refused a bottle, but was still in good spirits. She did take a bottle the second time. The milk had not been frozen, meme got it pretty warm and it was in the latch bottle with size 2 nipple.
• She was loving some green beans in her boon feeder. Puréed some, and I think they’re her favorite.
• She's working really hard on sitting up.
• Her poops are starting to solidify.
• She tried avocado again and really liked it, she also tried blueberries.
• We’ve started he cry-it-out process at night. It’s made for 3 extremely long nights. She just really wants to be held 24-7.
• She rolled from her back to belly on 10/22!!! Takes a lot of encouragement for her to do it, but she’s rolled a few more times! She doesn’t do much rolling from belly to back.
• Staring to do really well sitting up unassisted.
• She’s an aggressive grabber (read: clawer) when she wants something.
• She lays her head on our shoulders to snuggle!!!
• She’s done several 4 hour stretches between feedings during the day.
• I swear she says “Mama” when she cries.
• She was pascal for Halloween (trunk or treat). She just wore warm clothes for actual Halloween because it was cold and rainy. She slept on daddy’s shoulder while we trick or treated!
• She very intentionally grabs Claire’s face and pulls her in to kiss her.
• She loves to hold straw cups and suck on the straw.
• SURELY she will get s tooth soon with all the chewing she does!

She loves: blankie, being held or just around people that are paying attention to her, claire, Claire’s toys, green beans, and blueberries

• 3-6, 6 month clothes
• Size 3 diaper
• Nurses for about 10 minutes

Schedule:

• Wakes up any time between 7-7:45 (comes to our bed between 5:30-6:45)
• 8:00 nurse
• 9:00 try a solid
• 9:30/10:00 nap
• 11/11:30 nurse
• 12:00 solid
• 12:30/1 nap (good nap!)
• 2/2:30 nurse if she wakes up
• 4:00 solid (if she didn’t eat in the morning)
• 5/5:30 nurse
• 7:00 bath
• 7:30 nurse and bed

Abigail: Month 5

She loves: slapping her arms, grunting and stiffening her body, still favors cloth toys over hard plastic, hand towels, she grows more and more infatuated with Claire, chewing, eating, and still loves her blankie and paci

• has her first little cold
• We started heartburn medication to see if it helps her to sleep during the night. She's been spitting up quite a bit since she started.
• She went to the nursery for the first time while I did bible study
• Slept a straight 7 hours on 9/7 (8pm- 3:30am)
• Her naps are getting more predictable, and she's wanting to lay on a flat surface more for them.
• Went to her first tailgate
• She has violent burps. She gets very tense and can't continue eating. Sometimes I have to lay her in her tummy or squeeze her real tight while holding her up on my shoulder and do big squats.
• She's started squawking and stiffening her body when she does it.
• Working on rolling and tummy time!
• She tried my banana and loved it, but her poop was super weird afterward.
• I found out that I was giving her 0.1ml of her meds rather than 1ml. Hoping to see a difference in nighttime now. We've stopped giving this to her.
• A friend suggested leaving a light on in her room after hearing that she sleeps perfectly fine during the day, so we are trying that. (Didn't make a difference)
• We started putting her in the Merlin's magic sleepsuit.
• She loves to have the little kisses on her face (like we do for Claire), and has started giving kisses
• Andrew made a good point in saying that she no longer gets sad when left alone, she gets mad and wants us to respond to her!
• She tried sweet potatoes on 9/20, has also tried banana, apple, and butternut squash
• Apparently it's impossible to sleep well 2 nights in a row...
• She's a morning pooper
• At night she typically goes down around 7:45/8, and wakes up in the 12:00 hour, 3:00 hour and 6:00 hour. Sometimes several times within those hours. We "start" our day at 8.
• Eating schedule is around 8, 11, 2, 5, 7:30 with a solid food around 3:30
• She naps around 9:45/10, 12:30/1, and 4/4:30
• 3-6 month clothes and some 6 month
• I can't say it enough how SWEET she is!!

Abigail: Month 4

The month of no sleep.

She loves: blankets, paci (sometimes), talking, blowing raspberries, standing, Claire, peek a boo, singing, and being around people

She doesn't love being alone or her car seat.

• She did really well on our drive home from the beach.
• I don't really know where her first three months went. I blinked. I'm trying really hard to savor every ounce of her!
• Has started pulling her head up doing a kind of sit-up position
• She's grabbing onto more things, but still mostly keeps her hands in fists. She still only grabs onto fabrics or my hand, no toys. She's grabbed her paci a few times
• Since the beach, she's been waking up 3-4 times during the night.
• She slept in her crib for the first time on 8/9 and in a sleep sack. It was a rough process. By the weekend she was doing better!
• 8/16 was the first morning in her whole life that I haven't brought her in bed with us.
• She still kicks a flails like crazy!
• She has finally started purposefully grabbing things.
• She rotates around if I put her on her tummy.
• She learned to blow raspberries and drools a lot!
• She doesn't have a great poop routine.
• Started giving an ounce of milk with oatmeal on 8/27.
• Took a 2 hour nap in her crib 
• Found her feet
• Got hit in the head with a flashlight thrown by Claire.
• Follows Claire with her eyes anytime she's around. She just smiles watching her.
• Has started playing with the toys on her sit me up chair and her play mat.
• When you give her the paci while she's tired, she takes it immediately, closes her eyes, and turns her face to snuggle with a blanket.

At 4 month appointment:

• 15.3lbs
• 25in
• Meeting milestones and very strong!
• Didn't sleep well all day after her shots
• Wearing 3-6 month clothes
• Size 2 Huggies and 3 baby dry at night

I was talking to a friend about how much it physically hurts me to hear Abigail cry. I just can't do the cry it out method with her just yet (even though I'm so very tired). She said that she felt the same way with her second. Her thought was that we feel that way because you understand just how little your baby is now that we have an older child. We know how fast they grow up, and are more understand of them just being babies! I loved these words of wisdom, and I'm writing them down to remember in case anyone else needs to hear them someday.

Abigail: Month 3

• So many blow out diapers!!!
• She's staying awake for much longer periods.
• We had her 2 month appointment at 9 weeks 4 days old: 13.1lbs (75%) 24in (95%) and she got 3 shots and 1 oral vaccine. She was so alert and happy. She's strong and healthy and meeting milestones!
• Very sleepy and seemed to be a little sore and feverish from shots.
• First trip to Bogg Springs!
• Slept from 10:30-7 on 7/10
• Trying to get herself into a daily routine, but we aren't quite sure what that is yet. She is awake for a very long time in thee evenings.
• She floated in a pool floatie for the first time.
• She's a talker. I swear she says "hi".
• She only grabs on to fabric and brings in to her mouth.
• She sucks on her fists a lot.
• She keeps her hands in fists most of the time.
• She's still a super efficient nurser
• On 7/15 she went from 7:00pm to 5:40am without nursing (I tried to at 10pm but she wouldn't wake up for it)! Im thinking she fell asleep around 8:30.
• She does the sweetest smiles and coos when she's finished nursing.
• Eyes are still blue
• She's starting to laugh! Did a big REAL laugh on 7/22.
• Switched to a sleep sack rather than a swaddle at 11.5 weeks (still sleeping in our room). She didn't sleep well, so we went back to the one arm down swaddle.
• Got constipated for the first time. Woof. She wouldn't eat because her tummy was so full!
• Started really half rolling from back to belly following sounds.
• She did well on the drive down to the beach!
• She was pretty out of sorts and fussy while we were on vacation.
• Turned 3 months old while at the beach!

3-6 month clothes

Size 2 diapers

My scale says 14.2lbs

Abigail Month 2

Products I've loved:

• Gerber soothe probiotic drops
• Mams pacifiers
• Huggies diapers
• K'tan and Ergo carriers
• Britax B-ready double stroller

• Papaw and Louise came up to meet her.
• Laughed in her sleep.
• Started lifting her head during tummy time!
• Baby acne has begun at week 5
• According to our scale, she weighs 12.2lbs at 5 weeks.
• She does a really good job of falling asleep on her own (when she wants to). Several times during the day and at night she will be asleep in my arms but wake up when I lay her down. She's done a great job of just laying there, looking around, moving, etc. until she falls asleep.
• She seems to have an "every other day" pattern at 5 weeks. She will be alert a lot one day, sleep a lot the next.
• No longer naps while Claire naps. Sad!
• Smiled really big at Andrew while he was talking on 6/11.
• She's had a few nights of 7-7.5 hours between feedings!
• Came to spend a few days at Meme and Poppi's.
• started smiling more at week 6
• Got in the pool for the first time
• Still eats about every 2.5 hours
• Really starting to love watching Claire
• She gets a death grip on anything she can., and claws us to death when there's nothing to grip.
• She is a big kicker!
• She's starting to love the play mat!
• Loudest burper!
• Started shaking her head back and forth like crazy
• Stayed with Cristy and took 4oz in a bottle
• She has the absolute sweetest coos.
• She's had two 8-hour stretches!!!
• Sometimes it's hard for her to eat from the right breast.
• She will hold on to blankets (or my shirt). If you give her a paci at the same time, she will probably fall asleep.

She's working on setting a schedule for herself: eat, play, sleep. She's pretty easy to get to sleep when she's tired. Just give her a blankie and a paci! She wakes up once in the night and then again between 5-6. After that I just put her in bed with me until Claire wakes up.

Thank you for being the best baby!!! Everyone compliments on how wide-eyed and sweet you are! If we could just get you comfy in your car seat, you'd be the absolute BEST! We are thrilled to see your personality grow and glow!

Abigail: Month 1

At one month, Abigail loves: being held, being wrapped in a blanket, bath time, big sister, she's starting to get the hang of holding on to a paci! She's still a great baby! We are struggling less with evening fussiness thanks to Gerber probiotic drops and going 3 hours between feedings now. She usually has one 5-6 hour stretch at night between 10-4, and then a 3 hour stretch. We are all so smitten with our baby girl! 

• It was truly amazing how different I felt bringing home my second child. I got in the shower the first night home and didn't even cry! 
• Starting to burp after feedings
• She HATES diaper changes! 
• At her 3 day appointment:     
•   • her weight got down to 7.13. The doc was a little concerned and told me to come back by Saturday if my milk hasn't come in to re-weigh. I need to absolutely feed her every 2-3 hours.                  
•     • her color, muscles, and other measurements looked great. She's so strong! 
• My milk came in by day 3. 
• Mama started getting emotional by day 4.
• We took newborn and family photos on day 4. We got some seriously sweet shots, but I had my first experience of frustration with Claire for not cooperating and then Abigail wouldn't sleep for her newborn photos.  
• Spit up for the first (few) times on day 5. 
• Her little voice and cry is kind of raspy. 
• Umbilical cord fell off the morning of day 9.  Also finished newborn pics with Claire.
• At day 10, she goes 2-3 hours between feedings during the day and longer stretches at night. (During her bedtime feedings, she gets a little fussy -cries, grunts, wriggles around- and doesn't poop like she does during the day. She burps well!) 
• Got her social security card on 5/13.
• She has a fussy period between 7:30-9:30 pm. She doesn't really want to nurse, she will take a few sucks and then start crying pretty hard. (Week 3 just ended up being a hard week. If she wasn't held, she was sad.) 
• She hates the car seat!
• Had a TERRIBLE spit up on 05/16. 
• Moved up to size 1 diapers at 2 weeks.
• Very likely to fall asleep if you put her up in the shoulder.
• At her 2 week appointment (with Dr. Swindle) she was up to 9.5lbs! She is very strong, healthy and smart! She's had a pretty white/pasty tongue for a while. Doc said it could possibly be thrush, so he went ahead and ordered some drops. If this doesn't help with her evening fussiness, she could possibly have reflux or some colic. 
• She's a grunter and a squeaker. 
• Took her first real bath with Claire at 2.5 weeks. 
• Down to pre-pregnancy weight, and pain is almost completely gone by 3 weeks. Still bleeding and still a major belly! 
• Fairly easy to get to sleep. Just bounce a little while and hold her arms if they're flailing.
• 4 weeks: still eats every 2-3 hours during the day, has had a 7, 6, and 5 hour stretch on different nights, and then went to 2.5-3 hours at night.
• I think she went through a growth spurt during week 4. She slept almost all day for 2 days and then the 3rd night and 4th day were rough. 
• At 3.5 weeks, we started Gerber soothe probiotic drops. Hoping it helps with her evening fussiness. 
• Working on 3 hour stretches during the day! 
• She went on her first trip! We saw all of Andrew's family in Benton, our friends out on Lake Degray, and Meme and Poppi on the way home. She did fantastic! 
• She's rolled several times from her belly to back (only because she hates tummy time so much.)

Months 23-24

Things I'm so thankful for: 

1. Her passion for her friends and family. She knows the names of people that belong to the various places we go. 

2. Her strength. Her little 2 year old body can do so much already! A worker in our church nursery said "she's the climbiest baby I've ever seen!" 

3. Her manners. She's very quick and doesn't have to be reminded often to say please, thank you or sorry. 

4. Her listening and obeying skills in public places. For the most part, I can count on her to do what I ask when we are somewhere other than home. 

5. Her lack of attachment to objects. I'll never have to worry about taking something away from her or getting her to stop doing something because she's attached to nothing! 

Things she loves: candy (specifically suckers), elephants and cows, sliding, playing outside, toodles

- She woke up with her first night of vomit in the crib. She was just whiney and it took me a while to get in there. Once we started cleaning her up, she got upset. Then she got a pedialite Popsicle, and got to watch frozen on the couch and was fine. 

She threw up again that night and again the next afternoon, and then it turned into a cold/croupe sounding thing. And Andrew got the stomach bug! 

- She finally put a puzzle together correctly on her own! 

- She says "fry" every time we drive by or through a fast food restaurant. 

- A new phrase I've been having to use way too much: "we don't eat books."

- She throws herself on the ground or hits things when stuff isn't going her way. 

- She doesn't like getting her nose sucked, so what night after I did it (she had a cold) she slapped the mirror. I gave her a stern look and she looked at me innocently and said "a bee". (She likes to pretend to kill bugs.)

- She has assigned seats for people at our table. She walks around and names who the chairs belong to (daddy, mama, Lolly, papa, claire)

- She looks for people saying "where are you" /sounds like Ariel/

- She's very good with colors now. 

- We have a shapes book and she can point to the correct shape on each page. 

- She's in a new phase where she wakes up at 11:30 and screams. The only thing that will get her to stop crying is an episode of a show and a snack. These are night terrors. 

- She says "no" and "yeah" in the most enthusiastic way. 

- She started saying "mine". 

- Now loves cheeseburgers 

- She has started saying "ummmm" sometimes when asked a questions. 

- All in the same day, she ate a bug, a flower and drank from Brody's water bowl. When asked about the bug she said, "a bee. Mmmm mmm." 

- She will willingly stick her whole face in the water. 

- She has started wanting a nightlight (projection of fish) on while she sleeps. 

- She runs like a normal person now

- She wants to hold our hand rather than just a finger.

- When she cries, she tells us "I sad" and points to her tears. 

- When she's throwing a tantrum, she spits and says "I spit". 

- She's a big daddy's girl right now. 

- Anytime we ask her if she wants a sister or brother, she says sister "Didert". She can say both of the names we like most for each gender. 

- We had a Curtis family vacation in Branson. Her attitude was definitely shining bright, but she had a great time. She LOVES rides at Silver dollar city! 

- We trick-or-treated at our church's trunk or treat and then around our neighborhood with Jack and Know. She never said "trick or treat" but did say "thank you". She mostly just wanted to sift through and eat the candy she had. 

Months 21-22

She loves dancing in circles and falling down on purpose, Disney princess movies, Popsicles, being chased, donuts, covering her face to sleep

- She likes to play in her room with the lights off.
- Every night when reading stories, she plays a "night night" game with Andrew. He will say night night and close the door, and she will shout "night night" and he will peep back in. She loves it.
- "My Nannie" came to stay with us for a couple of days.
- We took family pics in August. Worst idea, but we did get some great pics!
- She referred to herself by her name. She pointed to me and said "my mama" and then pointed to herself and said "derr". Close enough!
- Anytime she dances, she falls down (on purpose).
- She got her top incisors (completing her teeth other than 2 year molars) by mid August.
- She startles easily. If she hears a loud noise, her eyes get wide and she runs. She usually shouts out the name of whomever made the loud noise. She loves to be scared.
- She interacts and laughs at appropriate parts in movies.
- She is getting very good at saying and identifying colors.
- When she says "I don't know" and "where did he go" she puts up her hands and says "no" or "go". So cute.
- She would play on our bed all day if I'd let her.
- There are several words that stand for multiple things. Bup: cup, book, block, bird, help, up. Mao/moo: Mail, spoon, balloon. Mimmie: Minnie, swimming. Ninnie: kelly Anne and ice cream. Baba or dede: universal word for anything she's unsure of.
- She says "yeah" in the cutest possible way.
- Her new go to is to say "owwie" or "Tay" after she does anything that purposefully falling down or splashing, etc. It's very important that her audience responds with "are you ok?" Or "I'm sorry!"
- She picked up a little summer cold (runny nose).
- She was sweet at Uncle Matt and Aunt Kristi's baby shower.
- She started saying "m'on" for come on. She will say "daddy, m'on" and signal for him to come with her hand.
- She wants to go to bed at night now. I'll be rocking and ask "are you ready to go night night" and she quickly replies "yeah"!
- We got to watch and play with Ethan and Macy for a day.
- She's going through a picky eating phase.
- She started KDO (along with Tuesday morning bible study, small group and church). She doesn't do well at all at drop off! I'm hoping she becomes used to it very soon!
- She can jump multiple times in a row getting both feet off the ground.
- On a bed or trampoline, she jumps really high, gets her legs in pike position and lands on her bottom.
- Her favorite game is "get you" where we play chase or tickle.
- She's going to be a big sister!
- She is not sleeping well if she goes to bed a little later
- She likes to sleep with her pillow on top of her, but doesn't want blankets. She's no longer in the sleep sack.
- She learned to do "knuckles".
- Her new most used word is "na-by-da". She says it with a very serious face when she wants something. I have no idea.

Months 19-20

She loves: Minnie, jungle animal YouTube video, bubbles, swimming, swinging, Ariel and Ana, the color yellow, her kitchen

I wish I had one word to sum up her personality, but I don't...maybe "unpredictable"? Sometimes she can be the sweetest, easy going, tender hearted little thing. Other times, she's so moody. When anyone new speaks to her, their instant reaction is "please don't cry" or "oh no, I made her mad" because she makes the face. She's so stubbornness can be rotten. BUT she is who she is, and LOVE HER regardless!

1 nap around 12:30
Bedtime around 7:30/8:00
Wake up around 7:45

18 month appointment stats:
- 26.6 pounds
- 33 inches
- Verbal and physical skills are right on track!

- At swimming lessons she learned to: stick her face and ears in the water, blow bubbles, kick, splash (needs to work on kicking and splashing at the same time), lay on her back (hates it), go under, kick up from under water, getting in and out of the pool safely.
- I'm bad about adding "ok" to end of phrases [put up your toy, and then we will go outside, ok?], so now Claire has taken to saying it "tay".
- Top left canine broke the skin on 5/25. Canine teeth are busting our rears!
- We went to Benton, Lake Degray, and Conway for Memorial Day weekend. We had the best time catching up with everyone. Claire tubed for the first time!
- She's been waking a lot more than normal and is almost inconsolable. It's before we go to bed, so I just bring her into the living room with us. If I try to lay her down she screams and says "wok" for rock. She had her fist night terror-like episode.
- She says "wowwie" when she's trying to get past something/someone or when she accidentally runs into something. (I take it for both sorry and excuse me.)
- On 6/4 I had the sweetest time rocking her. She was so still and was looking right up at me rubbing my face, and whispering her gibberish. It was like she was saying "I see you, mama. I love you." I couldn't help but cry and think of how much I love her and how thankful I am to be her mama. I hope she always looks at me that way, and I hope she also knows that I always see her, too.
- When she wants the phone, she holds her hand up to her ear like she's talking and says "ho?"
- She knows how to ask for things. She will say words and then "mama" or "daddy". She'll also get our hands and put things in them when she wants us to do something.
- I noticed the bottom 2 incisors broke skin on 6/8.
- She's been using a certain (made up) phrase a lot "baba,lala,mama,Tay?"
- She's very into imaginative play. Minnie and baby are her favorites and she likes to pretend to feed them, make them blow bubbles, change diapers, stir and eat.
- New words are toot, shirt, truck, Ariel (and the tune that she sings), stir, stick, "side" for outside, got you, tree, fish, orange, memelow (watermelon), "daday" for pancake, door, rain
- When you ask, "what do you say?" She says "peeeeees".
- She can recognize a star, every letter is "I", every number is 2 or 9
- She will only eat yogurt if she feeds herself.
- Hit a sleep regression.
- She calls both her milk cup and a chip a "bup".
- Swims like a champ in her puddle jumper
- Had a long weekend in Russellville with the girls! (Duffields, Carters and Coopers)
- The "no" attitude and the tantrums at bedtime are about to do me in.
- When she falls down or hurts herself, she says "Tay" for "I'm ok"!
- She dropped a sticker I gave her and I heard her say "oh no! Ariel where are you?" (In her own special way)
- Give her a spoon and something to stir and she's good to go for a while.
- We went to stay with Matt and Kristi for the first time, and made a trip to the Tulsa zoo. Claire loved the elephants, but it was SOOO HOT.
- She now calls Brody "bro bro"
- She has correctly identified the colors yellow, blue and orange
- We spent July 4th weekend at Bogg  Springs.
- She's gotten really good at saying "thank you" without being asked. She will sometimes say "please" without being asked.
- We finally got the swingset built and  put together in our backyard!
- Still working on the discipline thing...
- She loves putting things into other things. She puts Weebles in bowls, little people in her bus, snacks from one container to another.
- She sings "let it go" by hold her arms out and saying "gooooo"!
- While reading her First Words book, we got to the flower page and she said "wowie, lellow, dar" (flower, yellow, star).
- Went to her first movie. She lasted 45 minutes.
- Pooped in the potty!! 7/13
- She calls animals by the sounds they make.
- When she pretend plays, she talks in a really high voice
- Says "thank you, mama", said "mama bite nana"

Months 17-18

• 25 pounds
• size 4 diaper and 5 shoe
• size 2t shirts and dresses, 18m pants
• 12 teeth
• bedtime is 7:30/8 and she's up by 7:30, Naptime is 12:30

- She loves: talking, eating (broccoli and pancakes are current favorites, chips, fruit snacks and pouches, sweets, popcorn, breakfast foods and fruit), her baby, all her bedtime friends (puppy, piggy, pillow and blankie), Sesame Street, books, bubbles, being rough and tough (she falls a lot), tickling and kissing

This phase of life is so fun, but so difficult. She's testing every limit she has. She's getting frustrated with us because we can't always understand what she's saying. We will make it through!

- Said baby, trash ("jush"), shh, "dere (there's) papa", my mama, no, bubba (for Brody), ready-set, ball, mini, weee, she actually says "bye" instead of "Dye", Harlow, night night, Weebles, owl, "wa-wa" for water, oh wow, shoes, Minnie, "ah-ah" is monkey, "tippy tippy" is tickle tickle, chip, holds her hands up like a bible and says "bible" when she want to sing Jesus loves me, "dove" is nose, "ease" for ears, and "ice" for eyes, Says "memememe" for "hold me", bow, "wowie" is flower, "dedede" is Sesame Street (she got the 3 syllables), whoa (while putting her hands out), car, bowl, Annie, "urr" for bird, bean, "pee" is please, cracker, "owwy" after someone sneezes or coughs, Lolly (she's experimenting with the L sound), she says "nonnie" all the time and I have no idea what it means, Amen, "dee" is again, "doddie, doddie" is ring around the Rosie, "wawa" while doing the hand motions is wheels on the bus, "side" for outside

Some 2 word phrases: "my daddy", "papa (or whoever) bye bye", "Sesame Street bubbles", "up/down please", "mama snack", "daddy swing"

- starting to pretend play by herself.
- following more simple commands like: push the button, wipe your belly, bring me "muddypaws" or "chick n' pug", pick the mess up
- Learned to push herself forward with her feet on riding toys.
- Went to Bogg Springs with the whole Curtis fam for Easter and had the best time playing. The Mark Goodsons even stopped by to visit on their way back from camping.
- We went to Russellville to visit Simpson's farm. At first, she was scared of the animals (especially the chickens and goats), but she quickly warmed up and had a great time! She collected a fresh egg, chased the animals, pet the animals, threw food at the chickens and goats and palm fed a mini donkey!
- She stayed at Meme and Poppi's house for a few days.
- I wish I could freeze time with her right now. Her curiosity is contagious. I don't really know how to explain it. She thinks she has really conversations with us (we don't really know what's being said), but she also listens very intently. She is very proud of the words she does know and the things she can do. (17 months)
- New favorite things she does: says "byyyyyyeee" while waving her hand, "no" means yes, and she's now a hugger.
- She has to grab something from her crib or room before we leave the room after she wakes up. It's usually piggy and puppy, but sometimes a book.
- The McClains came for a weekend and she loved playing with Perri and Zoey!
- She's starting to love babies and baby dolls. Especially "shh"-ing them and trying to change them.
- She vacuums while I vacuum.
- Her neck, feet, and inner thighs are super ticklish. She loves when we kiss her neck, she pulls my face down to do it.
- She loves doors and windows.
- Sometimes she will just chant "no no no", and then hit. Several times she's caught herself while trying to hit me and will turn and hit something else (like the couch).
- She asks to go night night now. She will give me a big hug before I lay her down and say "night night".
- Current favorites: "little mouse, red ripe strawberry, and the big hungry bear" and "the little white duck", twinkle twinkle little star, counting, climbing on anything she can climb on.
- Started to cry every time I drop her off at KDO or nursery.
- Likes to hold hands with friends and sing ring around the Rosie.
- We said "see you later" to the Duffields.
- We left her with Lolly and Papa while we went to Chris and Brooke's wedding in Dallas.
- She and I stayed home alone for the first time for a couple of nights. It was terrible. There was a tornado warning.
- One of my current favorite things is when she is waiting for something, she'll sit on her bottom with her legs straight out in front and ankles together with her toes pointed. She'll either hold her hands up for me to hand something to her or rest them in her legs.
- When she looks for something, she says "hmmm?" And puts her hands up
- Got her first skinned knees
- We are currently in a difficult week. She's just testing me and I'm losing my patience very easily!
- Started swimming lessons!
- When in a parking lot, she knows to "touch the car" instead of running around (thanks to Harlow).
- Drove to the beach with meme, splitting the trip with a night in Jackson. She took a 30 minute nap in day one which was all she needed, but was WIRED when trying to lay down in the hotel. She napper closer to an hour in the morning on the second day and was good to go until bed time.
- She loved playing at the beach with toys and Annie, and the water. She HATED the sand.
- She is obsessed with a bubble themed episode of Sesame Street. She says (6873 times a day) "Sesame Street! Bubbles!"
- She's very repetitive.
- loves to pretend to go night night (she snores) or bye bye.
- First haircut by me on 5/11.
- Had her last day of KDO. I
- She had 3 days of successful nap transfers from the car to the crib!!
- She's starting to use hand signals to describe what she wants.
- She got to spend time with Matt and Lyndsy, celebrate Amelia's birthday, and shower Ramsey Willard all in the same weekend!
- She is a kicking and bubble blowing fool in for he water. Still working on moving arms and kicking at the same time.
- When she gets hurt she will get a concerned look on her face and say "owie". She usually wants a kiss.
- She's starting to grab our hands or put things in our hands when she wants us to do something for her.
- She got bronchitis. Turns out she loves the inhaler.
- When I say a color she points to the object repetitively and wants me I sink the color song. She's said "yellow" and "blue" in her own and about the correct color.
- She's starting to  match puzzle pieces, but she can't fit them exactly into the hole.
- Lolly and Papa came for a visit, and we made plans to build a swingset.
- Anytime she says "bye" she also blows a kiss.