Catching Up...

Once again, It's been awhile since the last post. So- it's time to catch up! Since the last post, in September, Abby has started walking. As of today, she can take up to 8 steps on her own. She does not care for having people help her walk. If you try to help her, she buckles her knees and starts crawling. She loves to just stand up- preferably with toys in each hand. Abby eats lots of foods, though her tastes are changing daily. As of now, she likes cheese, blueberry waffles with blueberry sauce (grandma does that), baked apples, grapes, and other fruits that she can gum. She loves cookies, and she signs for them often... especially while she's eating her dinner or lunch. Abby used to like beef and veggie burgers, but has since begun rejecting them. She'll eat chicken- if fried. She continues to enjoy yogurt- the old standby. Oh- and Cheerios. Let's not forget Cheerios. If Abby won't eat anything else, she'll always eat Cheerios. At the top of the totem pole-- we think even above mommy and daddy-- is the bottle. This appears to be the most important thing in her life. Whenever she sees it, she frantically reaches for it and pants as if she may never see it again.

Here are some pictures of a recent trip to the pumpkin patch with our friends Ben, Julie, and Ed. Ben's the older guy kissing Abby. It was a beautiful fall day. The sky was Carolina blue and the air was nice and crisp. Abby picked out her pumpkins, played on the hay mountain, watched the goats, chickens and pigs, and went for a hayride. Wardrobe (hat and sweater), courtesy of Grandma Waddell (nona tutta bella).