Christmas (part 2), a birthday and randomness

It starts with Christmas with the Poes. Sounds like a movie.....
We had Mark, Megan and Clara over for a ham supper and then opened gifts.





Then, a couple of days later, we celebrated Clara's 5th birthday. Since Clara was all dressed up for the occasion she picked out a dress for Abbie to wear, too. We had pizza and brownies (soooo yummy! I had more than my fair share of the brownies, lol) and had a great time!





Abbie helped me put away the Christmas stuff and discovered she likes to climb on top of the tubs....








And just a cute shot of Abbie in the carseat. :)


I tried a new recipe today, which mostly turned out. Of course, I couldn't just follow the recipe.... which is probably why it didn't turn out. It's a dairy-free pudding using coconut milk and has bananas in it. It tastes good, it's just not as thick as I think it should be, so I will modify it again some more next time and see. I also have a dairy-free chocolate pudding recipe using avocado, which I'm anxious to try. I'll post the recipes once I have them perfected....

Christmas, part 1

Christmas has officially come and gone already. Wow, where does the time go? As a kid, it always seemed to take forever for a birthday or special holiday to come, but not anymore. We had Christmas with my side of the family this past weekend and will celebrate with Derrick's side this week. So, this is part 1.


Before we left for Eden, I took some pictures of Abbie in her Christmas dress. Please excuse the backdrop - it was a last minute idea and the backdrop needed to be ironed, to say the least!




Grandma Hubbard made two sets of mittens for Abbie, which are a huge hit, with both mom and Abbie! Thank you, Grandma and Grandpa for the mittens!





Eli loves hats and had to help Abbie with hers... and try it on for size! :)



Abbie is really starting to take off with walking, which is exciting and scary. Last night, after we got home, I got to see her, for the first time, go from a sitting to a standing position without using anything to help her up. She got on her hands and knees, pushed her butt in the air and then just stood up. I was amazed. And glad that I got to see her do it. She hasn't done it again yet, though.


Elijah got to play cars with Uncle Derrick.


And ham it up for the camera. This kid loves to have his picture taken!


Mom and dad were there, as were Caitlin, Amy and Josh and Grandpa and Grandma Dempsey.


Eli got Abbie this adorable tutu for Christmas!

and then had to try it on himself... lol


And then we put it back on Abbie...


In all, it was a great part 1 to Christmas. There was, as usual, lots of food and goodies and I ate way too much. Even for a pregnant woman. haha

Update

Yes, it's been since July that I've last updated the blog. And all I've got are pictures of Abbie. :) Life has been busy and I'm amazed at how much of my day is spent cleaning up after Abbie and doing general housework and just taking care of her. And on that note, seriously, how *does* a 2BR apartment get so dirty so fast? And why is it that kids grow out of clothes so quickly? I can't keep up! lol

Abbie loves to eat in her highchair, and daddy installed a restraint strap so now she can't stand up anymore. Yay!



Speaking of food, how about helping mama cook?


And while she still prefers to play with her books (gotta love those board books!), she does play with her other toys once in awhile...



but she loves to be outside!


and she won't keep her socks on...


And Eli's hand-me-down horsey is her favorite!



For Halloween, mom got Abbie some butterfly wings so we bundled her up and put the wings on her coat.


And the rest of these are all Abbie's "first birthday" pictures...









I had so much fun taking these!











And this is it. My favorite picture of Abbie, to date. I love it, even though I pushed my camera to the limits and it's grainy because of the low light conditions, but I still love it!


And that's all I've got for now. Thanksgiving is over with and the tree is up and decorated, stockings hung and I'm getting ready to do Christmas cards. It'll be interesting to see how Abbie does with the tree. So far, she only takes one ornament off and isn't overly interested in it unless I am near the tree, so we'll see.... lol