A Few Of Her Favorite Things

Abby has fallen in love with a few things lately.  First, Barbie Dolls.  A guy Cam works with gave us his daughters old Barbie toys she no longer plays with and Abby has sure taken a liking to them.

 One night I went to bed and heard music and started looking for the source, and I found her Barbie cars parked under my bed in their "garage". (One of the cars has a working radio in it)

Second, "twirl dresses" as she calls them.  She wants to where them everyday, and will put them on over what ever clothes she is wearing.

Third, "church shoes".  I bought her some new sandals for church, and she also wants to wear these everyday, with everything, pj's, jeans, whatever.

Lexi, 4 Months Old

I was looking back through my blog, and I realized that I haven't posted very much about what's happening with Lexi.  Don't worry, she hasn't been forgotten or neglected, but there's only so much that can be said about someone that pretty much only eats and sleeps!

But, she is growing fast and doing new things all the time.  She just turned 4 months old, which means it's only 2 more months till that magical 6 months when things seem to get so much easier.  Recently she got thrush, and after two weeks of treating it, it still hasn't gone away.  Most of the time it isn't a big deal, but she does have days where she won't eat very well because she's devolved a few sores in her mouth from it. She also has an eye infection that just won't go away either.  Poor little girl, she wakes up with the grosses eye boogers, and she just rubs and rubs her eye till it is so red.  Other than her minor little ailments, she is happy and healthy.  Actually, extremely healthy, she is a BIG girl, so she looks about twice her age.  Luckily, on a baby, fat rolls are super cute!

My mom bought us a Bumbo, which she just recently has liked sitting in.  It's so nice because now it's easy for her to join us at the table for meals and stuff.  She also is transitioning nicely to taking her naps in her crib instead of in her swing and she is falling asleep on her own too.  Her newest achievement was to roll over, once.  I'm pretty sure it was entirely by accident, but, hey, they have to start somewhere right?

At her 4 month check-up the doctor said she was doing good, and to start solid foods when we wanted.  So I've tried a couple of times and Lexi is still unsure of the whole idea, but I'm sure with time she will LOVE it! 

She weighed 15 lbs 6 oz and is 24.5 inches tall.

Quick Trip to Colorado

We made a quick trip to Colorado this last weekend.  There were still a few family members of mine that had yet to see Lexi in person, so I wanted to get over there for a visit.  We flew over on Friday, which tends to stress me out a little now that I have kids, but Lexi handled it great, and I put a movie on my IPod for Abby and that kept her pretty occupied. 

We spent most of the time just hanging out at the house.  Of course my Mom and I managed to get some shopping in, and Cam just relaxed.  Abby enjoyed playing with Kenna, and asked at least once an hour if she could go out back and play on the swing set (and she usually convinced someone to actually take her out, too).  On Saturday, I had lunch with a few girls that I went to school with.  That was so fun, and so very nice to chat for awhile.  Cam came to the lunch too, but quickly bailed when he turned out to be the only male, which was fine, because that just allowed us to do some serious girl talk with no men present :)

It was such a nice trip, but way to quick, so I'm already trying to find a chance in the near future to return for a little longer.

 The girls loved for Grandpa to read them story, after story, after story

Who would believe that these two cute little girls could cause so much mischief!

Abby and Lexi on the beanbag chair.  Abby loves to hold Lexi's hand, it doesn't how many times we tell her that it can hurt Lexi if she does it to hard, she still holds her hand every chance she gets.

Tulip Festival

I went to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point with my friend Jolynne.  I decided to take Lexi and leave Abby behind to keep Cameron company.  It was so pretty, but it seemed that there were still quite a few tulips that hadn't bloomed yet.

 Jolynne and Tayslee

Lexi and I

It was so funny we sat the girls on the blanket and they were both unsure then Lexi started to cry

Then Tayslee started to cry

Picnic at the Park

(going down the slide, her all time favorite thing)

 (climbing, which always makes me nervous)

(Lexi in her car seat, her home away from home) 

Like most two year olds, Abby loves the park.  And with the weather being to perfect lately, we have taken her almost daily.  Yesterday, I decided to pack a picnic lunch, and go in search of a new park that she's never been to.  It was fun and she is so cute to watch discover new adventures.

Salt Lake Half Marathon

I decided to run the Salt Lake Half Marathon again this year.  I should have known it was going to be rough going, but I thought I could tough it out.  Each time I sign up for a race, I try to wait till the last minute because I'm always nervous that something will come up preventing me from being able to run.  So I waited, and about a month ago, everything seemed good, so I went ahead and signed up.  Well sure enough, about a week after I did, my hip started to bother me.  This is a recurring injury, so I knew I had two options: 1-run through the pain (which didn't work out very well last time I had this problem) or 2- rest and try to let it heal at the first sign of the pain.  I opted for #2 and rested, and rested, and rested.  I rested for about 2 1/2 weeks total and had very little improvement.  So, as the race neared, I decided to just take a few ibuprofen and go for it.

On the race morning, I felt good, the ibuprofen was working, and so I even had hopes for a PR.  Well about 6 miles into the race, my stomach started to get a little upset, by mile 7, I was desperate for a restroom.  And the rest of the race, I had to stop and almost EVERY water station for a bathroom break.  I honestly can't remember ever feeling so ill.  The most frustrating part was, I had tons of energy!  When I was running, I was cruising at optimum speed, but my tummy had other plans for me that day.  Grrrr!!!  So needless to say, no PR.  But I did finally resign to the fact, that this just wasn't my day, and there would be other races, and other opportunities to PR.  I still have no idea what caused the problem, maybe the pain med, or maybe my sorry attempt to "carbo load" the day before. 

(Finishing the race, I didn't see them, but they saw me)

(I look about as good as I felt, I was sick, and it HURT just to walk)

 

On a plus side, Cam and the girls were able to see me finish.  It helped me keep going knowing that they were waiting (and waiting and waiting) for me to cross that finish line.

Kangaroo Zoo and the Petting Zoo

I got in touch with Rayma, an old friend that I used to work with, and it turns out she lives in Eagle Mountain AND has a little boy that is about 6 months younger than Abby.  We got together and went to Kangaroo Zoo in Pleasant Grove.  Abby had a blast jumpin' around and I enjoyed the opportunity to visit with Rayma.

I took some pictures but right now every picture I take is blurry because Abby got a hold of the camera and touched the lens.  I haven't been able to get it clean enough to take a decent picture yet.

The next day, I met up with Are and Piper at Thanksgiving Point to take the girls to the petting zoo.  I've taken Abby a couple of time before, and she likes to look at the animals, but only from a distance.  Are was excited to take Piper on the pony ride, but I kept saying "there's NO WAY Abby will go on it".  Once we arrived and were looking at the animals, sure enough, Abby got scared if the animals got too close the fence, she wouldn't feed them and was pretty content to just stand back and look.  When we finished looking at the animals, we got in line for the pony ride, and I felt even more confident that Abby would not ride the pony.  As it got closer to our turn, Abby said she was going to ride the pony, but I figured she'd get scared when we tried to put her on it.  I had Lexi in the stroller, so I had to hang back, and Are took the girls to get on the pony's.  And guess what, Abby got on the pony, and was happy and excited! Never, would I have thought she would do it.  Those of you that know my timid little two year old, might understand my amazement.  I was SO, SO proud of her.  I know it seems silly, but I think that was one of the most proud moments I've had as her mother so far.  I still, just thinking about it get full of pride for her.  Abby is VERY shy, and can be VERY timid, and this was completely out of character.  I can only imagine what it took in her mind to convince herself to get up there and do it.  It's funny how the small, random things seem to remind us parents of the joy and love we have for our children.  GO ABBY!!!