We assumed Abbi would devour her birthday cake. We were right. It just took her much longer to get going than we expected. Once everyone moved away from her after singing Happy Birthday, she took more interest in the cake and went at it. I think had we let her sit there until she was done, she would have eaten the entire giant cupcake. Here you can see her covered in frosting, and shoving more into her mouth! There are ton of picture online from the party, check them out here.

Cake

A few mornings back Abbi must have been pretty tired. Jenn and I were up and about and she was still snoozin on the bed. I took a couple of pictures of her doing so. I love how calm and relaxed she is. Just peacefully sleeping away, in a bed WAY to big for just her.

Snoozin'

The other night I was taking some pictures of Abbi being Abbi and in between playing with her ball and other things, she saw Max's tattered rope and picked it up. She immediately walked over to Max and offered it to him, which she gladly accepted.

Tug

Here's a picture of Abbi and Damien enjoying a slide ride together. Damien enjoyed helping Abbi go down the slide, even though she's perfectly capable of riding on her own.

Abs and D

Last week with the boys in town we went to plenty of playgrounds. One we went to had this tic tac toe you can see in the background. I played against Brandon and Damien, beating them both at a game I was confident could only be a draw. Abbi helped out by moving my pieces into place with a little help.

In Abbi news - we're now at less than a week to Abbi's 1 year birthday. Its amazing and her party is even closer. This Saturday we'll be getting together with friends and family to celebrate both her birth and the fact that we've made through a year as new parents. Jenn is hard at work planning and such, and we're both hoping the scheduled rain comes either really early in the day or late in the evening.

Tic Tac Toe

Ahhh sunglasses. Abbi has her own, and we've actually gotten her to wear them for like 3 minutes without pulling them off her face. One day (hopefully soon) she'll realize the benefit of them in keep the sun out of her face and won't pull them off so quickly. That however doesn't negative the humor of adult sunglasses on her tiny little face.

Shades

Abbi decided that she was going to try and go up the ladder on the playground. She didn't really get much farther than what you see here. It was cute though.

In other news - we have our first negative 'first'. Two of our nephews are staying with us this week and one of them, Damien, is celebrated his 7th birthday yesterday. Grandmom took the boys, Abbi and Jenn out to lunch and then took Damien to Toys R Us to pick out his present. This is where the bad part comes in.

Abbi apparently threw a nice little tantrum in the store, and just wouldn't stop. She didn't want anything in particular, she just didn't want what Jenn was trying to do for her, which at the time was hold her. So she cried and screamed until Jenn put her down to avoid embarrassment. I'm sure this won't be the last, but it is unfortunately the first of many.

Climbing