i am going to sound cheesy i know, but abby is such a joy lately to be around! maybe they are extra cute before the terrible two's set in.  hmmm.

 we had a good christmas.  abby got lots of nice stuff.  she got a dora kitchen from my dad & caren, a doll bed/bassinet & stroller from deanna (with a cabbage patch doll), some clothes from wayne & maria, clothes from nicole, and little people sets from us.   we have two little people sets that we haven't even opened up, in fact.  we opened the little people princess castle and howie set it up for her & the little fridge/stove toy. she likes both a lot! she is less interested in the keyboard toy i got at costco however.  oh well.

abby is very funny these days and has the sweetest personality.  she loves to come up to us and rub her face on our legs or headbutt us.  she also tries to headbutt the cats but they are definitely less interested, ha.  romeo is getting more tolerant of abby.  sasha still runs from her.

sasha was sitting on the edge of the crib  the other night while i was changing abby & abby said very clearly "sasha" so that was cool!

abby can now meow like a cat, and bark like a dog.

 progress! LOL

she says thank you when she gives us something. it is SO cute how she says it.

she refuses to let us feed her.  yogurt is a mess :(    i actually got her some gogurt tonight so we'll see if that works out a little better. she also likes danimals (the little yogurt drinks) and kefir! LOL

she is just a lot of fun.  she gets excited when we come to get her from maria's & she gets so happy when howie comes home from work.

i don't think her food preferences have changed too much.  she loves butter cookies and i gave her french fries tonight and she liked that!

still hates having her teeth brushed :(

we had her 18 month appointment before christmas....she is about 21 lbs and 30 1/2 inches tall, so not too much bigger than 15 month appt.  she had a fever for 5 days before her 18 month appt so i am thinking she may have lost some weight since she wasn't eating much when she was sick.

abby is such a character these days.  

we put up our christmas tree and she was thrilled the first time we turned the lights on! she was not expecting it to light up, so she clapped and stamped her feet. LOL.  it was so cute.

she does like the tree, she likes to take ornaments off it and shake the branches & she enjoys pulling the plug out of the wall. :/  she also likes to go behind the tree esp if the cats are back there.

so because the tree is up, we had to take down the playpen.  i have it in her room if i need it. we were going to end up taking it down soon anyway, but i felt more secure knowing i had a safe place to put her if i needed to leave the room for more than a minute. for example, doing laundry, taking a shower. so i guess we can set it up in the living room temporarily if needed.  

she was trying to climb INTO the playpen the other day, i guess she saw a toy in there that she wanted.  she about gave me a heart attack b/c she was hanging off the edge of it!!! crazy kid.

and yesterday she was sitting inside the hamper with her toys. she had her picnic basket with her little people, a bucket, and the tree skirt, LMAO.  btw, the tree skirt is not on the tree b/c abby keeps pulling it off. 

also, she pretends to put on lotion.  she "pushes" the pump or the top of the cap and then rubs her hands together. so cute!