Oh mama!

Sorry, I couldn't decide which one to post. They were all too cute!

Gotta love her wearing a necklace and her brother's flip flops. Not to mention that they're two different flip flops! Oh how I wish I knew what she was thinking in that little head of hers...

Showing my love at lunch

Austin has said several times that he doesn't like eating lunch at school because he doesn't like to use the trays in the lunch room. So, we I pack his lunch every morning. I keep looking for new ways to get him to eat more of his sandwiches. On this particular day, I used my heart cookie cutter and made him a heart sandwich.

Of course Daddy told me I should never do that again, it probably embarrassed him. (At least I didn't send a love note with his lunch too!)

So when Austin and I found a dinosaur sandwich cutter this past week, we put it right in the cart. He now only comes home with a head or a tail not eaten.

Too bad he won't switch anything up. He takes the same exact thing every day. A ham sandwich, doritos, some sort of snack (fruit snack or crackers) and a juice box. As long as he eats everything, I guess it doesn't matter what he takes.

Hats of the alphabet

Remember the alligator hat? It appears as though Austin is making a hat for each letter of the alphabet. I've decided to take a picture of him wearing each of the hats he brings home on Friday's.

A is for Alligator

B is for Bee

C is for Cactus

Anybody want to guess what kind of hat he's going to come home with for the letter D?

Little Miss "No"

Abigail wanted to go for a walk in the stroller earlier in the week. Of course, then she didn't want to come inside. I got this cute video of her saying one of her favorite words, "No".

I love the forced dirty look after she says "no" and slams the tray down!

Loving on Daddy

I think the picture says enough!

Grandma Ringman says...

"When she falls asleep on the floor like her Daddy used to, leave her alone, she'll sleep better. If you move her, she'll wake up and not go back to sleep."

So that's what I did this afternoon. After the kids had their lunch, I was cleaning up their dishes and getting myself something to eat. Austin was busy playing on the computer and Abigail was playing in the toy area. I heard singing for a minute and then she was out like a light. She slept for over an hour right on the floor!

Would you like some cheese?

They're in rare form this morning. Austin actually wanted me to take his picture, and Abigail was so cute saying, "cheese".

(And yes, she's diapering the monkey with the diaper she needs to be changed into!)

My new favorite picture!

So cute!

The big 2-8

If I had a ticker at the top of my blog for myself, it would say... Andrea is 28 years old today. Oh, another year closer to 30. Scary!

At least I can say I've fallen in love more than once. First with Michael, then with Austin, then with Abigail and finally my new purse...

The fabric is ACU fabric just like Michael's uniform. Pretty cool huh? Now I just have to find somthing for that second name tape section under my name!

My little alligators

Austin came home with an alligator hat he made at school on Friday. Of course Abigail wanted to wear it, so we whipped one up for her really quick. Austin kept saying he was the Momma alligator and Abigail was his baby!

19 Months

Another month has flown by. Our sweet baby girl is turning into quite a sassy little girl! She's a girl with attitude and will let you know when she's not happy.

Her vocabulary is growing at a rapid pace and is picking up new words daily. Her favorite word is "Daddy." Abigail eats, sleeps and breathes her Daddy. When she wakes up in the morning, it's all about Daddy. When we leave for daycare, it's all about Daddy. When I pick her up from daycare, it's all about Daddy. Even when we pull in the driveway, it's all about Daddy. She's a Daddy's girl all the way.

She still continues to eat like crazy. I really hope she's gained some weight when we go back to the doctor in a couple of months. At least she's getting a ton of wear out of her clothes since she isn't growing out of them at rapid speed!

It's hard to believe that she's going to be 2 years old in 5 months. My little baby is growing up way too fast!

(Can you say attitude?)

Our little Mommy

She's a multi-taking Momma!

(Excuse my hand, I was trying to get her to stop so I could get a good picture!)

I'm one of THOSE Mom's

Yes, this is a L.L. Bean backpack.

Yes, it has a matching lunch box.

Yes, they both have Austin's initials monogrammed on them.

Yes, I'm one of THOSE Mom's.

(But guess what? Austin couldn't be more excited about them! Can you say spoiled??)

Where is Abigail?

We have been blessed with good natured babies. It's really hard for me to say this, but Abigail is so much easier than Austin was. And he was a really good baby.

At 18 months, Abigail is content to play in her room by herself. Of course, not everything stays nice and neat when she's in there alone, but she will entertain herself for quite a long time. She will play with her babies, play with her Little People or empty the contents of the little drawers you see.

Yesterday it got to the point where she had been quiet for way too long. I went to check on her and found this...

She was pooped! I changed her diaper and placed her in the crib, only for her to wake up two seconds later and be ready to go at 90 mph again! No wonder this girl can't gain weight, she goes non-stop from the time she gets up to the time she goes to bed.