Abbey Never Stops

I started this post a few weeks ago but it got put off with all the craziness... I wanted to write a little about how crazy Abbey is...she's growing up so fast. She is so tall and energetic...her nickname is Abbey-zilla because she likes to destroy,,,she will rip books a part, knock over whatever Adam is playing with and just tear down anything you try to work on. With a twinkle in her eye, she'll run away as fast she can when she is caught!

By the time she was 15 months, she was crawling out of her crib and then she got out of her playpen...I ended up getting a crib tent at the pediatrician's recommendation and she finally started sleeping for the first time in her life! These pictures were taken in September. She had discovered her sunglasses and was having a blast! he loves the rocking horses in the dining room...sometimes she tips them over throughout the day...I haven't quite figured out why! This picture looks vintage to me... Abbey is such a Daddy's girl...she races to the gate when she hears him and loves to snuggle with him at night. Abbey has high highs and low lows....If she's happy, everyone knows it and if she's not, everyone knows that, too! Abbey had such a passion for things. She loves to eat almost everything...slow but steady and a lot of time I end up sitting with her after the boys are done because she hates to be left alone. She loves her sweets...she tipped over Todd's leftover birthday cake the other night onto the kitchen floor and I caught her trying to eat it through the crack of the container!! Later that same night, she stole the last two whoopie pies and ran as fast as she could into the dining room.

She is the best snuggler and getting a kiss from her is golden, though she gets a wicked grin on her face and makes you kiss her finger or this stuffed beanie baby bird she hijacked from Todd's stuff. She goes "MMMMM" with a twinkle in her eye, making a kiss noise and if you want a kiss from her ever, you better kiss that bird!

I love her enthusiasm for life...ready to embrace almost anything and I told Todd my biggest fear is that that will be taken from her. He said it's our jobs to make sure no matter what the outside world brings her, we make her feel loved and secure enough to keep her inner fire alive.

And those curls.