Rob and I no longer have a calling!

Yep, Sunday we met with our bishop and he released us from being language missionaries. I feel really bad but we are excited. We just haven't felt like we have been contributing much lately. Plus 1:00 pm church is the worst time in the world to have church. It has been really hard with Abby because she takes her nap around the time we go to church. Because of daylight savings she has been taking her naps at around 12:30. That put her in her crib when I am suppose to be getting her ready for church. Rob and I personally think that the best time for church is at 9:00 am. At least when you have a family. Anyways, back to our calling. They didn't give us a new assignment. He told us he was going to give us at least 2 weeks to rest. Sounds good to me. Not that we really did a whole lot to need resting.

Ribbit!

I taught Abby how to jump like a frog. She loved it so much. She doesn't do it very good. That's ok though she tries. It's cute to see her do it .

Abby's new cousin

Matt and Amy had there baby on Friday. Rob and I took Abby on Sunday to see him. She loved him. She wanted to hold him and kiss him. So I had Matt take a picture of Abby with Preston. I should have turned Preston towards the camera. I didn't think about it until now. Oh well.

CHOCOLATE!!!!!

So last week was Abby's real taste for chocolate. I am sure she has had a little sliver when she was little but this was the first time that she actually could hold it and eat it on her own. Anyways, she was a chocolate freak!! All she wanted was chocolate.
Tahnee came over last Friday and we put candy in Easter eggs. Tahnee gave Abby a piece of chocolate and that was the end of eating real food. All she wanted was chocolate. She would point to the chocolate and say Mama Mama over and over again. She has radar for chocolate. She could see it even if I couldn't. She definitely takes after me in that area. Rob does not like it.
Everyday for about 4 days she requested chocolate when she saw her Easter basket. It was tough to teach her she can't eat chocolate ALL DAY LONG! Well all the chocolate is gone and she doesn't ask for it anymore, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I was getting tired of dealing with a fussy kid about an hour or two after she ate chocolate. She also loves candy. I honestly thought she didn't like sweets. I was so excited about that because I am addicted to sweets, mostly ice cream. Then Easter came and now it's candy this and candy that. She will not be getting an Easter basket from the Easter bunny this year. I am writing him a note to make sure. Rob says I am a mean Mom when it comes to candy. Oh well I am just looking out for her health.

Finger painting

So I bought some finger paints for Abby. I thought she would enjoy finger painting. Nope, she hated it. She usually dislikes most things at first though, then they grow on her. Here are some pictures of my first attempt to get Abby to finger paint. The very first thing that she did was scream and show me her hands because she didn't like the paint on them. I had to get her out and clean them off in the sink.









I then got out a paint brush and showed her how to use it. She played with that for a while. Then finally she was willing to try it again. So I put her in the booster seat, slid her up to the table and showed her how to do it again. As you can tell in the top right picture she still didn't enjoy it much. Basically in order for her to paint I had to have lots of wipes on hand. She would paint then notice that she had something on her hand. She would then hold it up to me and I would have to wipe it off her hands. Then she would start the process all over again. This happened about 8 or 9 times before she finally just gave up on wiping her hands off and just played for a little while. As you can see in this picture to the right she just held her hands up as to not touch the paint.
I let her paint for about 5 or so minutes then I just cleaned her off. I am sure she will enjoy this in the future it's just so new and she is a clean freak. She has to have things in places they are suppose to go and if something is in her way she will just chuck it behind her. For example: Rob for some reason stacks his or my belongings that are suppose to go upstairs, on the stairs. It drives me crazy. Anyways, if Abby is trying to climb the stairs she will just pick the items up and throw them behind her. Some of the items that Rob stacks on the stairs is mail (such as bills). Yep Abby just throws them down the stairs. It's actually funny to watch her do this.
Well back to the painting. I decided to show Abby finger painting because I read online that it's good at this age to start teaching them art skills. They said that if it's possible to do an art activity with them everyday. So I'm starting to do this with Abby. They also talked about doing puzzles with her and building things with her.
I read during Abby's nap time on the internet about what things I can do to help Abby learn. I have newsletters sent form different websites. Some of the websites I visit or have emails sent to me are: Huggies.com, Pampers.com, whattoexpect.com, familyeducation.com. Fisherprice.com My favorite link is
http://www.whattoexpect.com/toddler/index.aspx
I like it so much because they have stuff for all ages. It's nice to read month to month about what things your child will like and learn from. Anyways, enough said. This might possibly be my longest blog entry. Anyways by for now.

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Abby and Kempton

My brothers little boy Kempton is 2 mths younger then Abby. He just turned one. Here are some way cute pictures of the two of them playing with his birthday present.




Also Abby found one of Kempton's cowboy boots and put it on. So I found the other one and put it on her other foot. She was so excited. She kept looking at her feet and stomping because they made noise when she walked. So we put her on the pony and she just went to town. Here are some cute pictures of her on the pony and the boots.




Aren't these the cutest pictures ever? Maybe I just like them so much because I grew up around horses and my Dad is a cowboy. Yee Haw Abby.
It was so funny. She was about to fall of the pony because she was rocking it so hard. Go Abby!!

Easter Egg Hunt!!

Make a slideshow - it's easy!

just some more pictures.

Make a scrapbook - it's easy!

Abby had a bad fall!!

Well yesterday Abby had a bad fall. We were playing at the play ground by our house. She slipped and fell off the side of the stairs. She fell about 3 feet then banged her head on the corner of the bottom step. She instantly had a goose egg. I put some antibiotic ointment on it then a band aide. It doesn't look as bad today, but its not pretty. She also has about 6 bruises on her knees from crawling up and down the stairs to get to the slide.
I have Abby's 12 mth Well child check up scheduled for tomorrow and Abby is going to look like I hit her. She has so many bruises right now. At least they are on her knees and forehead. Anyways here is a picture of her lovely bruise. I know this will be one of many more to come. I just feel so bad every time she gets hurt. I feel like I should have been there to catch her before she fell.
The one time that I wasn't standing right there to catch her is when she fell. Isn't that the way it always is.




This video is of her climbing the stairs and going down the slide. If you watch she doesn't climb to the next step she just kind of throws her body to the next step. This is why she has so many bruises on her knees. Blogger wouldn't let me do them as one video so I split them up. The top is the first half and the bottom is the second.

I didn't realize that the smilbox was not working. So I revised it. I also added more notes about the pictures. So enjoy

Revised post about Abby's stroller

Make a postcard - it's easy!

Jumpin Jacks

Abby and I went to a place called Jumpin Jacks. They have a bunch of blow up slides. It was a lot of fun. Abby didn't like it at first. She just cried. After about 45 minutes. She started to like it. Here are some pictures of our adventure.

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It was a lot of fun. Except I think I got the flu from going there. We went on Saturday after
noun and Sunday after noun I had chills and a fever. I am still sick so next time I will take some sanitizing stuff and wipe off our hands often.