Bumps and Bruises

On Saturday while I was bike riding with a friend, Abby fell off the piano bench and hit her head on the corner of the piano. John had to take Abby to Urgent Care where three people held her down and the doctor fixed her up with some Dermabond (glue). She screamed the entire time until I got there. I got there when it was all over so we just needed to fill out paperwork and go home but Abby would not let go of me. She snuggled right in and stopped crying. Poor John! Here is a picture of Abby's head with some blood still in her hair. Of course she laughing and smiling for the camera.

In this picture Abby is covering all the blood on John's shirt.

Remember how my camera broke? Well the above pictures are from a friends camera and the ones below are from mine. It worked for a day then quit again. I definitely need to go shopping soon! Here is Abby taking a picture of herself today.

Saturday night, Abby scratched her nose. It's perfect line all the way down. Poor girl is just all beaten up!


Here is a little video of Abby and you can see all her ouchies. John and I still went wakeboarding on Saturday after her accident. Once we got home she started running around and climbing on everything so we told the babysitter it was a go. It seems like it never happened!

As an update, Abby now has 16 teeth and is talking up a storm. She says over 20 words and has 3 phrases. Her favorite is "I want more". She just loves her food and drinks! At her 18 month check up she weighed 23 lbs and was 32" long. The doctor said she looks perfect and couldn't be doing any better. That's my girl!

Broken Camera

So in May when we went to San Diego, some sand on the camera. It has been temperamental since then and for the last 2 weeks, the lens will not come out. I think it has finally told me to get it fixed or buy a new one. So what would you say? Is it worth it to get the camera fixed (economical) or just buy a new one? I'm so bummed because there have been so many picture moments with Abby. I'll just give an Abby update with no pictures (boooo).

Abby is just full of personality and doing new things everyday. She says around 15 words now (which you can really understand) and is getting 2 more bottom teeth. I bought the leapster ABC thing for the fridge and she LOVES it. Abby can now "sing" the ABC's through P. When I say she sings the ABC's I mean she gets the tune perfect. She even gets the vowel sounds right but no real consonance sounds. I need to get it on video and post it here but she breaks into song so randomly. Abby has been battling the 2 naps everyday and is now officially down to 1 nap a day. She will sleep from 7pm-8am though so that makes our nights and mornings great!

I bought Abby arm floaties for in the pool. She thinks she is the coolest thing ever now. She will jump right in and "swim" around with her floaties on. She will be in 4 feet of water and not want me to be with her. Abby kicks her legs while I hold her belly up to go back to the steps or she will just put her head back and float on her back for a while. She never ceases to amaze me.

Abby has turned into a great kisser. She gives me kisses and hugs for no reason. When she is naughty and knows it, she comes to me with a kiss and hug as if to say "Sorry". Disciplining Abby is hard right now because she is so close to understanding everything but still isn't quite there yet. When we raise our voices at her it hurts her feelings more than a little pat on the bum. She will start crying and run to me or John for a hug.

An update on me.... I have a new church calling. I was released from Relief Society Secretary to be in the Junior Nursery! I am both happy and sad at the same time. Abby comes to nursery with me and has the best time. She doesn't even get jealous when other kids sit on my lap or I hold them. The toys are too fun to care about Mom. If another kid pushes or hits her she acts like "okay, whatever" and just goes about something else. She is so good to not push or hit back. Abby is so loving and sweet that she tries to hug all her friends in nursery but most of the time they just push her away while she's trying to hold on. It is the cutest thing. Hopefully I will have some pictures to come in the future!