Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Abby....


... Is 3 years and 3 months old.
... Is going to be a big sister.
... can dress herself
... can put on her own shoes (working on the socks)
... brushes her teeth every night
... goes potty in the toilet!!!!
... can ride her tricycle
... puts her laundry away in the proper drawer
... feeds the dog
... lets the dog in and out when she has to go potty
... loves to play computer games
... goes to bed at 8PM each night (with a few exceptions)
... loves to shop for clothes
... enjoys being outside as much as possible
... would prefer to wear her rain boots or flip flops over other shoes
... has a sweet tooth
... has to have a snack, milk and TV every morning
... takes off her pull up and puts on "wash cloth" panties every morning on her own.
... loves to do school work
... favorite food is french fries
... has to touch everything at stores (like her mom)
... still has her lovey
... has a great imagination
... almost wears a size 7 shoe
... can now officially wear 3 T. Some of the pants are too big.
... adores her dad
... is very independent
... loves to help cook
... throws the rope for bailey, her best friend
... would love it if I let her stay in P.J.s all day (who wouldn't)
... can now get her hair wet in the tub by herself
... climbs on her mini chairs to get things she needs
... plays with play dough
... loves crafts
... still learning about strangers
... is very social
I love you baby. I am so proud of how much you are growing and developing. You are such a sweet and smart little girl!

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Spring Begins

Yesterday (March 19th) we celebrated St. Patricks Day. Daniel had to work on the actual day so we saved it all up for yesterday. Daniel's mom made 3 delicious corn beef briskets, steamed cabbage, red potatoes and homemade rolls! Katie made Bailey's cupcakes, which were to die for. the guys enjoyed drinking and watching sports. Isn't that what they do every holiday?
Our now BIG one year old Colin, and Abby all Irish and being silly!
Irish Princess!
This hat was made by Daniel's grandmother Johanna, Abby's name sake. She made it for her husband. The Brown's call it the $25,000 dollar hat. It's a long story Abby, ask you dad.
Its just a little big.

Today Abby and I went to the Woodburn Outlet Mall. I needed to get her a white sweater for Easter ( holy cow are they spendy) and I needed to buy a few shirts to cover my growing belly! On the way there I talked to Abby about staying right next to me while we shopped. I told her about strangers, and how we don't talk to them. As we walked the Outlet she would point to each person and ask, "is that a stranger? Do we like him/her?" I am not sure she completely got it, but its a start. She is so social and unafraid it scares me to death.
When we walked into Motherhood there was a man with long hair and I guess it must have looked messy because in a loud voice Abby said, " Mommy, look at that guy with the messy hair. He needs a hair cut!" I just quickly directed her to the other end of the store. I didn't even have a chance to look at the poor guy. Pretty funny though!

So far I am spending my Spring break sick. I am getting better slowly. I hope this is the last sickness of the year!

Saturday, March 12, 2011

"Mommy I have a surprise for you!"

This morning was the first time in a week and a half I felt pretty good ( I have had a cold). I had a Lia Sophia Jewelry party at 2:00 so I took most of the morning to clean and get read for the party. I swept and mopped my floor, cleaned the kitchen and so on. I was finally ready for a much needed shower. As I was just finishing up my make up Abby comes running in and says, "Mommy I have a surprise for you." I said, "you do!" So she lead me out to the living room. This is where I find spots of milk covering my entire living room floor ( we have laminate that looks like wood). She had taken her sippy cup and spattered milk all over. Literally all over! I had to turn my head, because half of me wanted to laugh, the other half wanted to scream. I would have taken a picture of it, but then that would have glorified it to her. She was put in time out and then had to help me clean it up. I think she liked the cleaning way too much.

So then, I headed off to the jewelry party at my cousins house. I had to bring Abby, because my mom was sick and everyone else was busy. She had fun playing with her cousins though. As I am taking orders from people, she comes in soaking wet, from head to toe! We were all baffled trying to figure out how she got so wet. She finally said, " I was washing my hands." Amy and I went to the bathroom to find the counter and the floor covered in water! Poor Amy cleaned it up while I went back and took orders.

This has been a very busy day. The questions is...for who? Abby or Me?

Thursday, March 10, 2011

A Few Abby-isms

Yesterday:
Daniel to Abby: When is the last time you went potty?
Abby: Um....2,5

Abby calls her cloth underwear, "washcloth panties"
She calls the sit and spin a "nest"

Can't go to sleep unless there are " a lot " of books on her bed.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

It's A Girl!

Thursday, March 3rd I baked two cakes. One pink and the other blue. My dad came up with a fun way to reveal our new little one's gender. Friday, March 4th seemed to take for ever to end. I had my ultra sound appt. at 4pm. Daniel and Abby came with me. I thought Abby would love to see the ultra sound pictures on the screen and want to find out what "baby Brown" was. Well, I guess three year olds could really care less. She was more interested in the chairs that spun around LOL!

My Dr. reveal to us a little girl! I am so excited. She really made sure because we have a ton of pictures of legs and girl parts :). I appreciate the fact she wanted to be sure!

Family came over at 6:30 and we revealed the gender by cutting the pink cake. We are all so excited. Now its time to start cleaning out our "storage" room and finding places for everything. I am really not looking forward to that job.