The Mettlingers

Friday, April 15, 2011

What Abby Does When Gramma Visits

She gets lots of kisses:

She gets pushes on the swing:

She gets to help cook:

She gets to wear her glasses:

She gets LOTS of stories read to her:

Need I tell you that she misses her now that she's gone?

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Update

It's been a while. Rest assured, Abby is still cute (see above). And everyday she surprises me with something new (see below).

We went for a walk around the block after dinner tonight to get a little fresh air. We were looking at the lichen on the trees and watching some crows fly over head. Then I spotted a Robin, poking around in the yard next to us. I pointed him out to Abby and told her it was a Robin. She stared at it for a long minute and finally said "Christopher Robin!" She's constantly making connections that don't even occur to me.

On the same walk we saw a green subaru outback drive by and Abby pointed at it and said "Heather's car!" Wow. My child knows her car makes and models better than I do!

When we got back, we were sitting at my computer using AlphaBaby (an awesome little Application for Macs if you have a kid that just can't wait to get her hands on the computer). She was typing letters and for each one I was trying to recite from Dr. Seuss' ABC's. For example, when she typed A I would say "Auntie Annie's Alligator." She typed in B and I said "Barber, Baby, Bubbles, aaaaaannnnnndddd ..." I was trying to remember the last B-word, but before I had a chance to think of anything Abby pipes up with "Bumblebee!" What a smartie-pants.

Also, for the record, the last four nights in a row at 8 or 8:15 she has out of the blue said to us "Abby go bed." Whaaaa??? Maybe she's my daughter after all. According to my mom I used to ask to go to bed when I was little too.