I can't believe how much Abby has grown up over the last 6 months. She is still in diapers because she refuses to potty train all the time. I guess I should be happy that she will ocassionally take interest in it. At 2 years old her favorite thing to watch was "The Little Einsteins." Now all she wants to watch are princess movies. Her favorites are "Snow White" and "Sleeping Beauty." She loves to dress like a princess, talk like a princess, and sing like a princess. She also loves to play with all of her princess dolls. She is definitely more girly in that respect than her sister was at this age. My all time favorite Abby moment as of late was during dinner one evening. She just stood up on her chair, clasped her hands together, starting turning around as she batted her eyes all while singing, "Someday my prince will come." The more we laughed the more she did it. I think the eye thing she did was the most hilarous part about it. She is just too cute for words.
Here is part of a conversation we had at the beginning of the month:
Abby: "Momma, what are you doing?"
Sara: "I am going downstairs to make dinner."
Abby: "I will make dinner with you. I am a big girl."
Sara: "Yes you are."
Abby: "You are a mommy big girl."
Sara: "I sure am."
Abby is always excited to help out. She wants to see what I am doing and be a part of it. She loves mixing things in the kitchen for me but usually ends up making a huge mess. She does not want to share the stool with Emma when we are in the kitchen but she does understand about taking turns and she will eventually give in.
Abby LOVES to sing and I am amazed at how many songs she can sing all by herself. Her favorite songs to sing are:
I am a Child of God
The Temple Song
Book of Mormon Stories
Five Little Ducks
The Monkey and the Alligator Song
The Rabbit Song
The ABC Song
The Birdie Song
The Wheels on the Bus
The Daddy Song
Popcorn Popping
Little Purple Pansies
In the Leafy Treetops
The Coconut Song
The Princess Songs
Abby loves to read books. Her favorite books are:
Going on a Bear Hunt
All the Curious George Books
A Bad Case of Stripes (she calls it the Stripes book)
Fancy Nancy
Little Bo Peep Lost Her Sheep
Goldilocks has Chicken Pox
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do you See
Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do you Hear
Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes
If you Give a Pig a Party
No David books
Go Dog Go
Abby has been known to hum while she is eating. It is very entertaining.
When Abby is not in a dress up dress she would rather be naked. It is not uncommon for me to find her in just her diaper laying by the window basking in the sun. When she does decide to finally get dressed she does not want my help. Surprisingly she is able to put on her own clothes pretty well.
When Abby tries to read a book to me she very seriously adds, "Amen" when she is finished.
Abby is always intrigued by our exercise routine. She usually jumps on in and does the warm up with us. I will occasionally catch her trying to do some yoga moves. She is quite flexible.
Abby is usually the first to volunteer to say the prayer and will just raise her hand and say, "Pick me, pick me. I want to pray." We usually let her pray often at meals because she loves it so much. She is always quick to bless the boys while they are at school and daddy at work. She is also quick to add in, "Bless Abby to have fun in ballet."
When Abby sees a picture of Jesus with the children she quickly points out who she is.
When Abby wakes up in the morning she comes into my room as says, "I woke up mommy." Then she crawls in bed and gives lots of loves. She loves to give kisses and lately she wants to give them on the lips.
Sometimes when I get in the shower Abby takes off all her clothes and knocks at the shower door to come in. I do love taking showers alone but sometimes it is fun to have her tag along. I just can't resist that cute little naked girl.
I love to see Abby's face as she jumps up and down on her bed. It is like she is having the time of her life.
When Abby doesn't want to do something she says, "No fank you." Oh how she is so polite. It is the cutest thing to hear her say.
When Abby wants to play a little bit more before going to bed she says, "I wanna play for second minutes...ok"
It's hilarous when Abby mimicks me when she is serious about telling me something. She puts her hands on my cheeks and says, "Look at me momma...do you understand?"
Abby loves to tell me stories. They all start like this: "Once upon a time there was a Abby princess...or...Once upon a time there was a Mommy princess."
When Abby senses anger or frustration in my voice she quickly asks, "Are you mad momma?" Her sweetness quickly reminds me to pull it together so I can tell her that I am not mad. What a sweet example she is to all of us.
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