Pool Time

We bought Abigail and Kaden a kiddie pool last week. The water in the big pool is too cold right now, and I want to get Abigail used to the water before I put her in it. They had a pretty good time. Kaden kept putting his face in the water and making a face like "oh, that's cold!" It was cute! He's so rambunctious and moving all over the place and she just sat there playing so quietly. Sometimes I can't believe how opposite they are. She is starting to move around a lot more though, so maybe she'll be able to hold her own next to Kaden. She's definitely going to have to learn to defend herself!

Blogging is the Devil!

That's right.....it's the new devil. I used to think Myspace was. I rarely get on it now, but I could spend countless hours on that think looking at everyone's page and pictures and so on. Now I've been sucked into the blog world. Don't get me wrong, I'm loving it! But now I'm finding myself looking at everyone's page and spending what little free time I have seeing what everyone else is up to. I like it though because most people on here have families and children and it's great to see what new things other kids are doing and how they're growing. Anyway, here's to wasting time looking at everyone else's lives and enjoying it!! If you don't have one you should get one!

Bath Fun!

Last night Abigail and Kaden had their first bath together. They actually did really well. Nobody fell over ( or should I say pushed each other over), no bumping heads or clawing out eyeballs. Kaden does this a lot to her, but he's really just trying to play. He's a boy thru and thru and he can be pretty rough with her even though I don't think he's meaning to. They do kiss each other on the mouth all the time, which is so cute. I need to get a picture of that and post it. I think bath time together is going to come in handy this summer. I have a feeling they are going to need bath's more often than usual with them playing outside, in the pool and eating messier snacks. We may have to invest in some bumper pads for the tub though. I'm not sure it's always going to be as nice and easy as last night.

Neither of them are huge fans of water in a sippy cup, but they will suck their wash rags dry!

6 Month Pictures

I just got Abigail's 6 month pictures back. I thought they turned out really cute. I don't get them done by a professional photographer because that's an outrageous amount of money. I think they turn out great this way and it's Much cheaper! Anyway, I'm proud of them and I think she looks like such a big girl. She made it so easy too. She smiled the whole time, never fussed and we were done in probably 30 minutes. Oh, and she's wearing her Easter dress. So adorable! I love them!

This one was just for fun!

We're back! New pictures!

We made it back to Texas. We had a great time in Oklahoma visiting grandma, aunt Gabri, uncle Luke, aunt Candice, uncle Mark and Will. We miss you all so much already! Abigail had a bunch of 'firsts' while we were there. Here are several pictures of those fun moments. Warning...there are a ton of pictures because it has been so long since I blogged. Hope you enjoy!

Uncle Luke & Aunt Gabri feeding Abigail for the first time

Abigail just being beautiful

First sponge rollers and curly hair..too cute!!

And yes that's vomit on her shirt, she did it right before I took the picture

This one is just funny

First haircut..I did it myself. You can tell in some places :)

First Easter..She's so beautiful in her dress!

More postings to come soon!

I have been a terrible blogger lately. We came to Woodward to see my mom, Gabe and Luke and we've stayed a little longer than expected, but we're having a great time and grandma is definitely loving it! I don't have a way to get my pictures loaded onto the computer here, but we will be back in Texas this Sunday and I will get some new pictures of Abigail posted asap. It seems like a lot of things have happened while we've been here...first Easter, first time for sponge rollers, first haircut. Anyway, I took pictures of it all and you will get to see them soon. Can't wait to get them on here for everyone.

On another note. You all know that Abigail's father, Rigo, is over in Baghdad right now. Things are getting pretty dangerous there right now, so if you could say a prayer when you read this that he stays safe we would appreciate it.

Pigtails

I started really playing with Abigail's hair recently and it goes in pigtails! It's the cutest thing ever. I can't wait until it gets longer and thicker and I can start putting rollers in it. She just doesn't seem like such a baby anymore.

Abigail's ears are pierced!!

This last Sunday I finally got Abigail's ears pierced. I have been talking about it forever. I couldn't figure out where I wanted to get it done because there was no way I was letting some teenage girl at Claire's do it. So, we went to the mall and saw this place called the Piercing Pagoda. That's all this lady does there and she does about 100 babies a month. I watched her do a 6 month old before Abigail and she did one right after her, so she's really busy. She seemed really knowledgable and did a great job. I was so nervous because I knew it was going to hurt her and I knew it was going to make me cry. Sure enough...we both cried. I think I cried longer so I guess I'm the bigger baby. Abigail did great and she looks like such a little doll now! Even more precious than before if that's possible!

Doesn't this just break your heart? :(

Here's 1 ear. It's hard to get them both in the picture.

Happy Birthday Erica!

Erica turned 24 today! We have a tradition in our family that we always make the same round chocolate cake with milk chocolate icing for everyone's birthday every year. So that's what I did today. I made Erica her cake. It was going great until I finished icing it. I thought that I let it cool enough. It felt cool to me anyway. But after I iced it I let it sit there awhile and when Erica and I walked back over to it it looked like an earthquake hit it. It cracked right in the middle and started sliding all over the place! I must say that has never happened to me before. Maybe I was too eager to eat it. Although its appearance was abysmal, it still was pretty tasty! Happy Birthday Erica!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

My godson is also 1 today! I was unable to go to the birthday party in Oklahoma because plane tickets are so expensive. I wish I could have been there though. Happy 1st Birthday William Mark Hyde III!!!!! Your fairy godmother loves you!