Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Dear Abby,

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Today you turn 3 years old! That's right, 3 years ago today I got to hold my baby girl for the first time. You were absolutely perfect. I could not believe I finally had a daughter!

This past year, I have watched you grow up so much. You are definitely not a baby anymore, as much as I would like you to be. You know all your colors and shapes, you can count to 20, you know most of the words to countless songs, you have developed a love for dancing. You are so independent, just like your brother. If there is even a slight chance that you can do something on your own, you give it a try. I should've known you would be so independent. I can't really take credit for the delivery part of your birth because I only got to do half of a push. I remember the midwives telling me not to push because you were coming out on your own! You knew you could do it without my help!

As independent and mature as you might be, I love the fact that you still suck your thumb when you are tired, sleepy, sad, or scared. At these times you usually have to have your blankie, sheepie, with you. Although I know that braces are in our future, I can't bring myself to stop you. You are still our baby girl.

You love your daddy so much, and he loves to spoil you rotten. You ask for him several times a day when he's at work, especially if you're sad. He has a special way of reasoning whatever it is with you and I'm so grateful for that. And he's the first to admit that you have him wrapped around your finger :)

Right now you love anything having to do with princesses, since, if I do say so myself, you are one of them. You love to sing along to your favorite songs (your current favorite is Party in the USA) and need your primary songs on your cd player to fall asleep to. You love anything pink and really really wanted us to get you lipstick for your birthday. You love your brother so much, you two are best friends, and I would love for it to stay that way forever. Isaac told your daddy what to write on your birthday card last night and this is what he said:

Abby I love you.
I hope you like this (the presents we got you)
If you don't like it I'll buy you a new one.
Let's move to North Carlina together when we're big.
I want to play with you everyday.
Happy Birthday.
I hope you like your cake and your presents.
I love you.
That's all, Love, Isaac

You are still full of spunk, and honestly, I hope we can always use this word to describe you. You are full of energy, imagination, creativity, and love. You fit perfectly into our family and we are so very glad you are ours!

Abby, I am so happy that you will always be my daughter and my friend. I know how important a mother/daughter relationship is and I'm looking forward to all those moments we will share together in the future as well as the ones we share now.

Happy 3rd Birthday Abigail Mia! We sure love you lots!

Saturday, November 07, 2009

Halloween

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ImageThe Sun-Maid raising girl and Waluigi...the perfect pair, kinda :)
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ImageLexie and me; this was her first costume, her whole fam was zombies.

Image Lexie's second costume, the biker chick. She went all out!
Image Ariel and Super Mario
Image Ariel with attitude!
Image Sweet Abby!
ImageThe kids before trick or treating. They are all so cute!
I am so proud of myself right now. I am actually posting Halloween pictures BEFORE Christmas is here! Woohoo!!

This year we started celebrating Halloween early. Our ward Trunk or Treat was the weekend before Halloween so there was pressure to have our costumes ready early! Isaac knew he wanted to be Super Mario from the time he was introduced to the Wii. Abby knew she wanted to be some sort of princess, and when I took her shopping she decided she wanted to be Princess Ariel from The Little Mermaid. She was so cute when I asked her what shoes she wanted to wear with her costume. She stared at me for a second in thought and then she said, "Oh no! Mommy, I'm going to have a tail!!! I can't wear shoes!" She was seriously distraught by the thought of not being able to wear shoes!! I had to assure her that she was going to be Ariel when she turned into a human and didn't have a tail anymore!
Richie decided to go along with the Mario theme and was Waluigi, the more sinister version of Luigi from the Wii MarioKart videogame. Some people didn't know who he was and thought he was just dressing in purple for fun! Poor Richie!

I have had my costume planned for months. Everytime the kids watch a show on PBS, at the end they usually have a commercial for Sun-Maid Raisins with the Raisin girl. EVERYTIME, the kids point and say "Mommy, that's you!!" Do I really look like her??? Who knows! But I thought I'd be funny and dress up as her. The kids LOVED IT!!
Other than the trunk or treat, we also went to a friends house, the Jacobs, for a Halloween party. And everyone got babysitters so there were no kids there! It was a lot of fun to get a night to hang out with just adults!
Then on Halloween we went to Rob and Lexie's house to go Trick or Treating in their neighborhood and then eat the loot and lots of yummy snacks Lexie made. It was so fun to watch the kids trick or treat with all their friends! They were definitely pros at knocking on those doors by the end of the night! And once again, my camera was acting up, so Lexie took almost all these pics for me! I love her!