Andy & Jessica

Update on Abby:

• She’s 1!
• She doesn’t talk much, but appears to say “dada” (for Andy), “da” (for doll), “ma” (for mom).  One day we may call her “Gabby Abby.”
• She claps often, especially whenever she sees/hears others clapping.
• She crawls (not army style anymore).
• She pulls herself up to standing easily and walks while holding onto furniture.
• She loves her brothers and gladly lets them tote her around like a sack of potatoes.
• Jude gives her the giggles.
• Levi loves to hold her.
• Asher loves to play with her.
• She typically wakes up once a night at 3 a.m. to drink milk and go back to sleep.
• She’s still in our room, but she’ll have her own room when we think she’s old enough.
• She loves choking hazards and finds them and stuffs them in her mouth like a pro.  Legos, Beyblade tips, 3/4 inch size jingle bells, and marbles are among her favorite things to find and stow. She’s essentially lucky to be alive.
• We call her Grabby Abby.  Very occasionally we call her Crabby Abby.
• She hates getting into the car seat and promptly cries whenever we stick her in it.
• She’s getting my baby angel figurine and age 1 angel figurine for her birthday.
• She’s getting a 6-pack of socks for Christmas.
• She doesn’t appear to like reading.  When I attempt to read to her, she slams the book shut, as if to stare at the cover.  She recently destroyed the One Fish, Two Fish book.
• She’s weaning herself off the pureed baby foods and appears to enjoy table food or crumbs from the floor.  Among her favorite floor finds have been a chunk of brownie and a blue M&M.
• She wasn’t going to get cake for her birthday, but instead the rest of us were going to enjoy her My Little Pony cake while she ate a corn muffin or popover, but the Cub Foods baker offered me a free smash cake with my order.  I couldn’t say no to a free cake so I got her a vanilla smash cake.
• She still hangs out with me in the Baby Bjorn, but is getting heavy enough that those days are numbered.