Church History Museum

A couple weeks ago I took Abbey to the Church History Museum with my family.  She had so much fun!  There were so many fun activities for her to do.

 She got to make her very own rag doll!

 Here she is showing it off

 

 Abbey loves to see temples, and she'll always tell you that Angel Moroni is on top playing a trumpet.  She was so excited to see the Angel Moroni.

 They had a fun little car that kids could pretend to drive in, she loved playing in it.

 Abbey spent most of the time playing in the kitchen area.  They had a place where the kids could collect eggs from the hen. 

 Abbey got to color pictures too.  She thought she was so cool coloring big kid pictures.

 They had a pulpit there that Abbey absolutely loved!  She entertained all of the museum visitors by singing primary songs into the microphone.  It was so cute to watch!

Big Girl

A couple weeks ago Abbey helped my mom make her bed, she felt like such a big girl and was so proud of herself.  She made sure to show off the bed to everyone.

I think she did a very good job.

Crazy Girl

Just some crazy pictures of my little girl.

Little Miss Sassy Pants

 She LOVES this crown, she used to always wear it when she was watching TV and would get mad if you were watching TV without one.

 She wanted to play hide-and-seek, this is where we found her

 This girl loves to write her own songs, she'll sing about everything and anything.  

It's always fun to see what crazy things she'll come up with next!

Conservation Park

Ryan had work off last Monday and my Grandpa was in town, so we decided to go to the Conservation Park in West Jordan with my mom and sister.  If you've never been, you must go!  It's beautiful there, it's a garden that only plants flowers that grow well in Utah's climate.  It's so helpful to see flowers that are easy to grow, plus all the people there are so nice and knowledgeable. 

 Here's our little family at the park

 Abbey loved running around the park and looking at all the flowers.  She wouldn't even stop to pose for pictures, these are the best I got.

 She loved discovering new things by looking at the display's and flowers. 

We had such a fun day at the park and hope to do it again soon!

Daisy's Dance

Abbey loves to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.  She especially loves an episode where Daisy teaches you to dance.  Here is her doing it...

Of course Abbey was a little camera shy and it took a couple of tries to get her to dance in front of the camera.  This is my personal favorite blooper.  Keep in mind that it is noon, and no where near dinner.

City Creek

A couple weeks ago I took Abbey to the new City Creek mall downtown.  We went with my family and my Aunt and Uncle who were visiting.  Going opening weekend may not have been the smartest idea but we still had lots of fun.  We took Trax down to the mall, I thought Abbey would love it.  Lucky for me she did!  At first she was a little freaked out and kept yelling at the train to slow down, but after a couple minutes she loved it.  Every time the train stopped she would promptly tell the train to "go fast again."  After we got off the train she even thanked the train for giving her a ride.  It was so cute!

Abbey wasn't a huge fan of any store other then the Disney Store, but she still loved City Creek.  She absolutely loved watching the water show, she was mesmerized by it. 

 Abbey was so exhausted by the end that she fell asleep in her stroller!  This never happens and I was surprised that she could sleep with all the noise going on.

Making Cookies

 On Valentines Day, I was really sick.  So my mom took Abbey and they made cookies together!  Abbey had tons of fun.  It was so much fun to hear Abbey's little side comments while I was resting in the other room.  At one point Abbey even told my little sister, Jami, that the cookies were for me because I was sick and that they would help me feel better.  She's such a little sweetheart!  Luckily my sister is awesome and took a couple of pictures of Abbey making the sugar cookies.

Abbey stopping to pose for the camera.

 Abbey loved to repeat what they were doing. For instance when they would pat the dough together she would keep saying "Pat, pat."

 Rolling out the dough, Abbey loved to do this, she didn't see why Nana had to help her though.  She thought she could do it just fine herself.

 Cutting out the shapes.  Abbey loved doing this part, she also loved putting the shapes in the middle of the rolled out dough which made making the cookies a little bit harder and  made it take a little longer.

Such a good girl, she even helped with the dishes after she was done!

Thanks Nana for helping her make the cookies, Abbey had a blast!

Brush Brush

 Abbey loves to brush her teeth.  She loves to use her Care Bear tooth brush.  My sister, Jami, came and slept over at our house last week and Abbey was so excited to show Jami her Care Bear tooth brush.

 Getting ready to brush her teeth.

I wonder if that girl can get her mouth any bigger!

Pink Toes

 A couple weeks ago I wanted to paint my toes.  Abbey decided to pick out my toenail polish, so of course she picked pink.

 Abbey showing of the color she picked, she was very happy with the color.

My toes (sorry the picture is a little funky).  After they were all painted Abbey came up to me and said "Too cute mom!"  She is quite the confidence booster!

Who Needs Toys?

  

 I don't know why I bother getting Abbey toys.  She's perfectly content playing in the box her toys came in.

  

O Christmas Tree

Last night my family decorated the tree.  Abbey was so excited, she could hardly wait to put the ornaments on and to see the lights.

Abbey showing off an ornament

  Abbey loved putting all the ornaments on the tree.  She kept asking for more decorations, she couldn't put them on fast enough!

As soon as we turned all the lights on Abbey decided she didn't like the tree.  She told us to take all the ornaments off, and to turn off the lights.  She's such a strange little duck! Perhaps she will like them more next year!

My Daughter the Tree Hugger....literally

Last night my family went out and got a Christmas tree.  Abbey absolutely loves the tree!  She kept coming up to it and giving it hugs.  She would then tell the tree "I love you tree!"

 I didn't get very good pictures of her hugging the tree, but this gets the point across. 

Abbey Sayings

Abbey is talking up a storm. Her speech is getting better on a daily basis. Abbey is also a very funny little girl; she says the funniest things. These are some of my favorite things she has said:

• Abbey loves to play Hide-and-go-Seek. One time she was hiding in the pantry with my sister Jami. They were in there for probably 3 minutes when Abbey turned to Jami grabbed both of her cheeks, looked straight at her and said "Jay, I don't think Grandpa going to find us." Poor girl is probably going to have abandonment issues.

• Me: "Abbey, whats your favorite princess"

Abbey: "Grandpa" I don't know where she came up with

that but it happens every time, it is hilarious. (Grandpa

doesn't find it as funny as the rest of us!)

• You want to be careful how you drive when you're with Abbey because she will critique you. My mom was driving a little fast when Abbey yelled "Slow down Nana!!" Abbey still talks about Nana and how she has to slow down.

• If you ever ask Abbey what her name is she replies, "Abbey Campbell Jean," she can't quite grasp the fact that Jean comes before Campbell.

• Abbey has a really hard time pronouncing my brother, Scott's, name. She always calls him Chuck. I don't know how she picked that up but it's pretty darn funny.

• A couple weeks ago I asked Abbey what she wanted for Christmas. She looked at me and said, "umm, cake." Well I guess Christmas is going to be cheap (and delicious) this year.

• We are trying to teach Abbey to say 'excuse me'; however, when she says excuse me it sounds more like "Shoot me." Hopefully that won't last long.

• On Sunday, Ryan sang in church, while he was singing Abbey kept pointing at him and telling everyone "My daddy up there!" Then she would say "Good singing dad." Afterwards Abbey told her grandpa, "My daddy is a good singer," it was so cute.

• One of Abbey's favorite foods is pancakes. I gave her a pancake one morning, and when I turned around I saw her hugging her pancake and saying "I love you pancake!"

• Abbey came in to watch my dad brush his teeth. He has an electric toothbrush that really hums. When he turned it on, Abbey jumped back and said with a startled expression, "Whoa!" Then as he was brushing for 5 seconds, she instructed Grandpa to spit it out. When he didn't immediately comply, she yelled in a panicked voice, "Spit it out Grandpa, spit it out!". "Take a drink Grandpa." "Spit it out, SPIT IT OUT!!!" Dad had to stop the teeth brushing, remove Abbey from the spectator gallery and return, with the door closed and locked, in order to brush for longer than 5 seconds without the help of his little Dental Assistant.

Abbey is such a cute little girl, I can't wait to see what crazy things she will say next.

Scooting Around

A couple months ago my dad came up to my house for the day.  While he was there he taught Abbey how to use a scooter.  Abbey had a blast riding around on the thing, she thought she was so cool and grown up.

Halloween

For Halloween this year Abbey was an 80's exercise lady.  I already had all the stuff on hand so it was an easy costume, and I must say it turned out quite cute.

Abbey loved her costume, and especially loved dancing around in it. 

Personally I think she looks like a little aerobics instructor showing us her skills in these pictures.

This year Abbey only went trick or treating at Nana's house. We were able to go over to my cousins, Ben and Sara's house where we met up with some of my other cousins. We had lots of fun hanging out with everyone.

Happy Birthday Mark!

Happy Birthday Mark!  Whenever we are at Nana's house Abbey always has to point out the picture of Mark and tell me who it is.  Abbey has Mark wrapped around her little finger, she always has a playmate when Uncle Mark is there.  It's so cute to see Abbey with him, because she loves to drag him by the finger so he will play with her.  We love you Mark and hope you have an amazing 26th birthday!! 

Happy Birthday Grammy!

Happy Birthday Grammy!!! We love you so much, and wish we were able to see you guys more. It's always so fun to hear Abbey talk about you. She loves coming to see and play with you. I was talking to her the other day and she even mentioned swimming in your pool and how fun that was, she also asked me if we were going to see you and was so sad when I told her no. I can't wait for the next time we come down to St. George so we can see you!!

Pumpkin Princess

On Thursday we went to a pumpkin patch with Abbey.  She had a blast, she loved all the running around she got to do.

 She loved picking the pumpkins.

Here she is showing off her pumpkin

 She is waiting and listening for the wagon to come back.

We did a lot more fun activities there, but we kind of lacked in getting pictures.  Abbey also got to see tons of animals.  Not only did she get to ride a wagon, but she got to ride a train too.  She also played in a big box of corn kernels (kind of like a sandbox).   

We had so much fun, thanks Emilee and Darryl for inviting us!

Happy Birthday Megan!!

Abbey sure does love her Aunt Megan.  Abbey loves to tell me about her Aunt Megan.  Abbey has to have Megan do everything for her, if you try to get her a drink when Megan is standing there Abbey will turn to you and say "No, Megan do it!"  It's so fun to watch them together, Megan can get Abbey to laugh so hard, its just so cute.  We love you Aunt Megan, we hope you have a lovely 21st birthday!!

Happy Birthday Grandpa!!!

Grandpa is always there to help Abbey enjoy the great outdoors. He takes her on walks, takes her to see the ducks, is always there to catch her at the bottom of the slide, and picks raspberries with her. Overall, he just spoils her rotten.

As everybody knows, Abbey has a huge Batman obsession thanks to this guy. This might be the first ever photo of them watching TV together.

What would we do without Grandpa? You were her first babysitter, and you continue to always be there when her parents need a break. We are so grateful for you. Abbey always lights up when she sees you. We love you so much, and hope you have a great birthday.