Abbey Makes a Stand or Two...

Abbey stood up on her own today for the first time. Yesterday, she kind of half did it on her changing table, so I knew it wasn't far behind. But when I walked out of the kitchen this morning, she was standing all wobbly next to Adam in her cute little onesie. She sat down pretty quick, but I had that moment of awe. When you see one of your kids make a milestone, you feel so proud. And when I went to the eye doctor, my mom said she did it again. Little Abbey turned nine months on Wednesday....and has decided she hates baby food. Mostly, she either spits it at me or whacks the spoon when I try to feed her. But currently she has ONE tooth, so when she leaned over my arm today to try and take a big bite out of my sandwich, she just kind of gnawed it. Cute. She's been eating leftover stuffing all week and LOVES it!

Tonight we went to dinner at Bridie Manor with Todd's buddy Terry Potter, his wife, son, daughter-in-law and grandson Ethan who is four months younger than Adam. The food there is usually good....service laughably slow. At one point, Abbey was sitting in her Daddy's lap across from me and I was putting my hands over my face and taking them away "surprise" I'd say and she'd just laugh. Ah, what a sound. Adam, my boy, ate his fries, now sharing with Abbey who was introduced to them last week. He ignored his chicken, ending his meal with stealing some of my spaghetti. He drank from my water glass and Abbey wanted to do the same. I let her and Todd did, too. So Adam took my cup and insisted on giving her some, too. I love those moments. Love my kids...love spending time together as a family.