Abby constantly amazes us with how much she changes. As an unintended consequence of her playdates with Salem, she loves to stand up now. She pulls herself up on her crib, her block, the couch, me, anything she can possibly grab onto.
We think that she saw Salem trotting around, especially being able to follow me wherever I went, and decided that this would be a pretty good way to get around. About the same time, she also started actually crawling instead of scooting around on her tummy. We're not sure where that came from, but it's been pretty fun to watch her crawling around the house. Poor Adam's knees are getting pretty sore following her around, though!
Abby's really gotten into the block she got from Grandma and Grandpa VanDuyne for Christmas lately. She loves to see the weasel pop out, and to look at herself in the mirror.
Our favorite, though, is the Old McDonald side. She's started singing "E-I-E-I-O" along with it. It doesn't come out quite right, more like "I-EEEEE!" but it's pretty cute all the same. She's also been working on her animal sounds. Her favorite is the sheep - everytime she sees a sheep she says "Baa baa!" but she also knows the horse and the cow.
Abigail's other new favorite trick is biting her spoon. She'll do it while she's eating and when she's finished, and just giggle and giggle. She also has a "joke" - she holds out a hand with a Cheerio or piece of bread like she's going to share, but when Adam or I comes in to take it she pulls it back and puts it in her mouth. She thinks that's just hilarious, and will do it again and again until she's out of food.
With Abby's birthday coming up next week, I've been working on getting things ready for her party. We're having all the family over this weekend for her party on Saturday and then her dedication at church on Sunday. I figured that since she's just going to be one, we don't need to plan too much craziness. Honestly, I thought that if we all just sat in a circle in the living room and let her be the center of attention, that would be her idea of a perfect party. But I did want to make a fun cake. I found some pictures online of a cake that I thought I could make, but just to be sure I tried to make a practice cake. Apparently it was a good thing I did.
When I tried to take it out of the pan, it broke into a million pieces and fell all over the floor. I tried to put it back together just to try making the right design, but the more I moved it the more it fell apart. So we'll have to try again. County Market has cake mixes on sale this week - I can just keep on trying until I get it figured out!
