Daddy's Girl

Well it happened...someone turned into a Daddy's girl. Abby loves being around her dad. All I hear now is "daddy up," or "my daddy,"or just "daddy, daddy, daddy."  Its a little annoying....and maybe a little cute. Besides being a daddy's girl we have also been working on the potty. She is cognizant of when she has to poop, but doesn't always tell us. She also loves to kick us out of the bathroom when she is sitting on her potty, and slams the door on us. I also think that she just uses the potty as a reason to be able to run around with no pants on. Following are some pictures from this past February, I think there was one day when it was warm enough to go outside, and by warm I mean it was above 0, so most of our time has been spent inside.

Coloring on her new easel. She is a great scribbler. 

Putting in contacts with Dad in the morning. 

She also likes to run around with no shirt on.

Watching the bunny outside.

The bunnies just taunt Dexter from the window.

It's above 0!! Lets pay outside!

She cries if because she can't get her shoe on, and she cries because
she doesn't want you to help her. No-one wins. 

Dexter has a boo boo.

Feeding Dexter some breakfast eggs.

 I actually looked forward to Valentine's Day this year, and I'm pretty sure that was a first. Andrew and I still don't "celebrate" Valentine's Day, well really because I think it's overrated for couples and I would much rather get flowers some other random day. That being said, I loved spending and making Valentine's Day cards with Abby to pass out at daycare. We made special heart stamps to paint on cards and then finished off the cards by attaching a small bag of pink and red M&M's. I also made sure that everyday that week Abby wore something with hearts on it. It turned out to be a super cute week and we had a great Valentine's Day. Andrew even brought me home a $7 bottle of wine and bought himself a $30 bottle of Jack for the special day. 

It has been ridiculously cold this winter, which has prohibited us from being outside too much. So this past February has been spent mostly indoors and pretty low key. We finished up swimming lessons which Abby loved, and I see us repeating that class. We also spent this past weekend at the Science Museum which is pretty awesome. We walked through the new dinosaur exhibit and Abby spent most of her time trying to find any button throughout the museum to push. I see many trips back to the science museum and lots of learning opportunities!

Swimming Class with Daddy

Going all the way under and loving it!!

Science Museum

Playing with viruses and talking on the phone. 

Andrew learning how the heart works. 

What the vision of a 1 month old is like.

She was confused as to why it would not move.

I finally started my new job as a NP at the beginning of February. It's challenging, but the people I work with are super supportive and I think that I will love it there. Its also nice to work normal hours and not have to be trying to switch my sleeping schedule all around from working nights. Well that has been our February. On to March, although with subzero temperatures and 50+ inches of snow outside it doesn't look like Spring is coming anytime soon.

Splish Splash!

Well another year has come and gone. I am still amazed at how fast time goes, and how fast Abby grows and learns new things. Christmas was great and filled with many family gatherings. Abby as usual got spoiled by both her grandparents and aunt and uncles. I've learned over the years that Christmas is so much more than presents and living away from family makes it just that more special to get together with them. I guess it is also about the presents for the kids, and it is so much fun to watch them open their gifts and see their surprised and happy faces when the finally see what's inside. I love Christmas and this year did not disappoint. Maybe next year we can convince our families to make a Christmas trip out to Minnesota ;)

I did not take many pictures at Christmas, but did manage to get a good family picture.

I cannot remember the last time I was actually sick. I mean I get the occasional colds, sore throat, loose my voice type thing, but never sick enough for me to actually go in to the Doctors. As it turns out I caught strep throat. No clue where I caught it from, but I caught it and it is a miserable disease, especially if you decide to wait 4 days before going to the Doctor, because you continue to convince yourself that it is getting better because you have just taken the max dose of Tylenol and Ibuprofen and can choke down a 1/2 glass of water. Funny enough I sent this message to Andrew. 

Yup, I waited another day after this message to go get it checked, exposing my family to step throat some more. I guess not everything can be a viral infection. Andrew also caught this horrible disease, but went in as soon as he felt a tickle in his throat. We were both better after a couple days on antibiotics.  I encourage anyone with the above symptoms to go get it checked sooner, rather than waiting. If not treated Strep throat can lead to some pretty bad complications, so best to go in and get it checked, and not wait around like I did. 

Girl loves her cowgirl boots!!! She asks to put them on whenever she goes in her shoe bin and remembers that she has them. They are still a little big, but that doesn't bother her. She also loves her babies and takes them for rides in her car. She also loves to paint!

This past week Abby started swim lessons. Andrew took her to her first class, since I was still contagious with Strep throat. He said that she initially loved it, but after there was a suspicious object floating in the pool the swim lessons were moved to the lap pool, which is significantly cooler and she was not as happy. I took her this past week and I don't think I have ever seen her have more fun!! She loved putting her face in the water and blowing bubbles, loved kicking, and "jumping" off the side. She is the youngest in her class and does not know the concept of jumping so I just picked her up off the side and landed her in the water. She thought it was great fun and kept asking to do it again.We have 4 more weeks left and I think I see many more swim lesson classes in our future!

Floating on our back!

Her expression after sticking her face in the water. 

Blowing bubbles!

About to "jump" in.

Fun times swimming!!