This past weekend Abbi discovered how to say "Uh-Oh". Its clearly her new favorite phrase/word. She says it well and usually with context. However, she is prone to saying it at random as well. So thankfully we're now able to add another word to her list of words. She also getting pretty good at a rendition of "mine" as well as "ock" for sock. There's also some form of "look" coming out in the form of "ook", we think.

Uh-Oh

Abbi definitely has an independent streak in her. When we went to the farm she went off looking around touching things. There are times when she doesn't want anyone, she wants it to be just her in her own way. And then there are times when she isn't satisfied unless someone (usually Jenn) is holding her. Ahhhhh kids.

Exploration

This picture implies that Abbi and Audrey were having some kind of standoff about the balloon last weekend. In fact they were just getting ready to chase each other up and down the hallway. Abbi was chasing after Audrey who was running around wild with happiness about her balloon.

Standoff

Abbi really seems to like the outdoor playset that Jenn picked out for her. She's playing on it quite a bit, and I'm sure once the lull of late fall and winter ends, she'll be very anxious to get out there and play on it some more.

I realize that I haven't really shared much in detail about Abbi in the recent weeks and its not that I don't want to share, its just that she is progressing like normal. Each day we work on new words with her, and try to reinforce the words that she already kinda knows. We're struggling to get her to consistently say the same things, but there are things she can easily say like ma or mama, da and dada, doggie, look and I'm sure a few others I can't quite think of.

Playing and Climbing

Jenn commented to me on Sunday as we headed home from church that she enjoys getting Abbi dressed up for church each week, something fun about having a little girl. She definitely looked very pretty on Sunday, pretty enough for me to take a picture of her! Here you can see her standing outside the building smiling at someone, not me of course, but at least she's smiling.

Dressed Up

Abbi was Cinderella for Halloween. Saturday we went to a kids party at Bulle Rock in Havre de Grace. The hookup was a connection with Jake's parents who live up there. Abbi seemed to enjoy herself and after the party, Audrey and Abbi had a ton of fun running around the house together playing!

Cinderella

In this picture Abbi is playing with the iPad we have. Jenn was probably showing her how to do something, which Abbi then negated by her obsessive use of the home button. She definitely knows what she's doing when she plays with the iPad, but when she presses the home button and exits whatever she was doing, she doesn't know how to get back to it.

I wonder as she gets older what her level of technology proficiency will be. I love tech stuff and so does Jenn. I mean we both have laptops for personal use, so its not that far off before we get one for Abbi. We've actually got a little netbook waiting for her! I get excited thinking about the ability to teach her things I know well and imparting that knowledge to her.

Technology