Abby Lately!

Abby is growing and changing so fast that I can barely keep up with her. I should do a complete update as she is almost 22 months old, but ain't nobody got time for that...

I wanted to capture some of the funny or super smart things she has been doing/saying. Like how overnight she went from referring to Mickey Mouse as "Mimi" and started calling him "Mickey". (Majorly sad face.) Thankfully she still calls balloons "maynoons". In fact, the other day she drew a circular pattern with her crayon, pointed to it, and said "maynoon". OH! Speaking of drawing. Abby uses her left hand 99% of the time when drawing and also often when eating. Most things I read say that handedness isn't really determined until they are 4. So we will see, but it seems to me that she is a lefty! Strange because none of our family members are, except Joey's Grandfather who was a bit ambidextrous. 

Cuhyur-ing!

One of the funnier things that happened lately is we were driving out by our new house (we stalk it on the reg) and she starting Hooting like an owl.  Joey and I are like... wtf and start looking around.  Well sure enough, we are at a red light next to a Hooters. I basically died of laughter. It reminded me of the time Joey said the word "whore" and Abby started neighing (like a horse..). Love her.

Porch swinging with Dad

She's recently become obsessed with watching Disney Parks parades and shows on YouTube (thanks to her Dad) and now requests a "rade" nightly. Her current fave is the Halloween "Boo to You" parade, which she knows by heart. She tells me "Tick Tock coming!" and "Clarabell coming!" before you can even see them on the screen..... So she should be well prepared for our next Disney trip which, of course, is coming up this Fall. :)

Chillin, watchin a 'rade'

Abby is doing really great with speaking in (short) sentences and communicating to us what she wants or needs. She's not so great at understanding when she wants something and can't have it. Or understanding that just because you say 'please' doesn't mean you can have a "pop-it" (lollipop) before dinner or bedtime... Speaking of pop-its, they are so gross and sticky but I am trying to use them as special treats/distractions to wean her off of the pacifier. This is a somewhat terrible plan (but we do "bruh teef" every night!), but I'm trying my best so she doesn't go to kindergarten with a paci in her pocket...

Hanging with Grandmom and a pop-it

Last thing (for now), is that she recently took a liking to the book, "If you Give a Mouse a Cookie". I don't know if they read it in school but suddenly she wanted to read it every night. Which we did, and after a week or so, one night I decided to leave off the last word of every sentence in the book. And Abby filled in 100% of the words correctly. I immediately texted my family that she'll be going to an Ivy league school on full scholarship.... Kidding, obviously, but maybe we need to get some new books because after that she sat down with her pile of books and started "reading" them to herself.  "Goose Needs a Hug" is my favorite one. "Uh Oh! Goose sad!" I have also noticed she likes to point out when characters are sad on tv or in books. I'm glad she is aware of others' emotions but I really hope she is not a total empath like me. 

Side walk chalk!

Anyhooo..We are getting ready for a nice little beach vacay with my brother, SIL, and niece (and some Grandmom too!).  I'm excited to get to the beach for a little bit before things get crazy. Hope everyone is enjoying their summers!!!

~SG