Cousin Kourtney

This is Abby Kate's cousin Kourtney. She and Aunt Audreia came to play with us this week. Abby Kate is absolutely in love with both of them. 

More Summer pictures!

This is my favorite face she makes! Makes me want to kiss her face off! 

Summer fun!

Well...it is offical. Abby Kate LOVES the outdoors. Swimming, going on walks, playing outside...it all brings her such pleasure! We were at Sweetie and Poppy's in this picture and we put wheels on her walker and off she went! She LOVED moving. She kept following Sweetie as she watered flowers and would find puddles of water and plant herself there. So fun! 

More please!

 

6 months!

Though this is a little delayed, Abby Kate turned 6 months on June 7th! She weighs 17.5 lbs and is 26.5 inches long (which means she has outgrown her carseat!). She is sitting up unassisted and is rolling over all the time. She is "crawling" which means actually moving in her crib but just rocking when she is on the ground. She is eating solids 3 times a day and is only taking 4 bottles a day. She is cutting teeth like a champ, though you can tell she is quite uncomfortable. Yesterday she ate her first meal in her highchair. You could tell she quite liked the throne but was not crazy about food due to the spoon hitting her sore teeth. She has finally found her "lovie" which is her snuggle bunny we introduced you to a few pictures ago. Last night she woke up and started chatting, I went in, put snuggle bunny under her arm, and she instantly fell back to sleep. Amazing. Time truly has FLOWN! I cannot believe she has been in our lives for half a year. I cannot imagine loving anyone more.... 

and more....

 

more crawling

 

Movin'

All in one day, we got our 6 month shots, cut a tooth and actually started moving when she got up on her hands and knees. Wow, she put in a full day. That is after keeping me up most the night last night....I hope because of the impending teeth. Pray it is better tonight...please. 

Word....

 

Memorial Weekend....

We had so much fun Memorial Day weekend. It all started 6 years ago when we started going to Sallisaw for the weekend with friend from Conway. The past few years, the Qualls and Howells were the only couples left. We always have SO much fun together. We swam at Neannie and Pops in Ozark and went canoeing while Sweetie and Poppy watched Abby Kate. AK had SO much fun with Uncle Trey and Aunt Kiki! We were making dinner Sunday night and looked over to find Trey playing dress up with Abby Kate. She happily went along.  

More Uncle Trey....

 

Hmmmmm......

 

Gansta Abs

 

More solids...

YUM! 

First Foods picture

Here is one of the pictures of her eating solids for the first time! Sorry so late! 

Taking a rest....

 

Crawling!

Well...boot camp begun yesterday at Camp Qualls. The night waking have gotten so bad and the naps, shorter. I finally decided it was time to go back to the basics. Putting her in her crib awake and letting her fall alseep on her own. Needless to say, I was surprised when yesterday morning, she cried for 5 minutes, went right to sleep and slept 1.5 hours and then cried 10 minutes in the afternoon, slept 3 hours!!!! Last night, went to sleep without crying at 7pm and slept until 5am, chatted for a few minutes, put herself back to sleep and slept until 7am! HOLY MOLY! I know she has just been saying, "Mom, quit rocking me...I am a big girl. Gosh." But after her afternoon nap, I heard her chatting but I was on the phone. I went in there a few minutes later and THE CHILD WAS CRAWLING! I started freaking out, and she looked up with me with her smile, SO proud of herself. This was later in the day as she was falling over.  

Cracking up at Daddy

Daddy gets to come home sometimes at lunch. Abby Kate had just finished her cereal and pears and Daddy came home to see us. She thinks he is hilarous. Has to be good for the ego! 

Snuggle Bunny

Her thumb found its home! This is snuggle bunny. Aunt Linda and Uncle Billy gave her snuggle bunny and she loves her! She squeezes Snuggle Bunny and eats her ears.  

The thumb....

We all crack up at this child who is obsessed with her thumb but can't seem to hit her mouth on the first try....ever! She not only does this to her face, but sticks that thumb everwhere...on the bottle when I feed her, on your arm that you are holding her, on her bed...really funny! She is absolutely fascinated by her hands. Mom swears she is either going to be an engineer or a surgeon.