Keeping up with our busy Navy lives....wherever we live :)

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Some recent Abby....

We met our friends at the zoo today! Here are a few cute pictures with Abby's friend Tatum!!

Some recent Maddy....


Sporting her new hairband/flower!
She loves to crawl under the chair to the dog's water bowl!
Enjoying a snack with Roxy looking on! She knows how to work the snap-trap! And Roxy knows how to clean up after her.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Tinkerbell!

I forgot to mention, Tinkerbell now frequents our house daily! Abby got this  as a hand-me-down from her good friend, and even took a nap in it the first day we got it. She puts it on/off all on her own and loves it. She woke up like this from her nap and put green pants on at some point during the nap too! We are in the "No- I do it" dress yourself phase! She won't let us help her at all.....until of course she gets herself tied in a knot with a shirt and screams for help....then apparently we are useful.

Gigglers!

They giggled and danced like this for 15 minutes straight! Self-entertainment!!!

Playdate!

I met my friend Lindsey and her 2 kids at the local mall to play yesterday. We haven't been there in a long time, and not since Maddy's been crawling. So Maddy had a lot of fun this time and pulled up on everything! Tatum and Abby are the same age, weight and height! They are goofballs together and had a great time! Cute video of them spinning around to follow!

Bottle Girls!

Abby got a little jealous the other morning that Maddy was on a pillow drinking her morning bottle......Cinderella had to come join us! Copying a 9 month old is apparently very fun!

Chicken Nuggets are YUMMY too!

Well she is slowly weaning herself off of pureed baby food and forcing me to find more and more finger foods to fill her growing tummy. Most days she uses her tongue to shovel the baby food back out whenver I try to spoon it in! Stubborn little girl! But even without teeth, she would rather chew/gum the finger foods now!

Snacks are YUMMY!

Balls & Babies

Maddy loves her balls & babies these days!
She still gets a kick out of the crawling/babbling baby!

Friday, August 20, 2010

Shake your head!!!!

Nothing is better these days than imitating each other! Maddy loves to copy her big sister!!

Bath time!

The girls take a bath together almost every other night! Tonight I caught Maddy standing up on the side of the tub for the FIRST time!!! She is getting stronger each day! No doubt she will be scaling along the furniture in the coming weeks! I almost forgot how quickly these stages/changes creep up on you.

Maddy and the volleyball

Auntie Sarah got Abby this mini volleyball when she was this age, and now it is passed onto Maddy!
And of course she loves it too! I need to dig up comparable photos of them with the ball at this age!!

Sunday, August 15, 2010

"Da da da"

Maddy Crawling

(I had a bunch of videos I've been meaning to post, so here you go!)

Maddy is now a full-time crawler!

Giddy Up Horsie!

I can CLAP!! Watch!!

Oh, and of all the places for a milestone, Maddy learned to clap at the bowling alley!!!
We weren't even prompting her (nor paying her any attention, she sat like an angel in the stoller watching us the entire hour we bowled). We were just clapping excitedly for Abby each time, looked over, and saw Maddy clapping too!

Bowling Video Clip of Abby

Bowling!!!

We took the girls bowling today! I've been thinking of having Abby's 3rd birthday with her friends at a bowling alley, but wasn't sure how much she'd enjoy it. I was reassured that it is a lot of fun, even for a 3 year old! They have bumpers that popped up just on her turn, and there's a cute green dinosaur ramp that pushes over for her to place and push the ball off of! She loved it! So yes, her 3rd bday in October will be BOWLING!!!! We didn't do a 2 year party for her, so I am super excited.....and she is CONSTANTLY reminding us that everything had better be "Cinderella" at her party.....cake especially! Oy!!!
Oh yes, did I (embarssingly) forget to mention that I only beat her by 4 points!!! How did that happen?? I guess I needed the bumpers too!
Carrying her BIG (8 pound) ball over to the ramp all by herself!
Daddy helping her get it on there just right.
Clapping for herself in excitement!
Excitedly awaiting her next turn.....after daddy!

Soccer Ball Fun

While at the park, Abby kicked around her friend Emily's soccer ball......really well!
So Mike is off to buy her a soccer ball today.

Concert in the Park

Saturday night we met our friends the Mitzner's at a park in Norfolk where they were holding a free concert! So we bagged dinner and went over to let the girls run around! Abby was a sweaty, tired mess by the time we left! Good fun!! Oh, and Maddy now prefers Bud Light!
"Hmmmm.....no one seems to care that I stole daddy's drink!
This is the kind of bottle I'm talking about mom"

Mike, Allison, Abby and Maddy Smith

Living life in beautiful........well, everywhere......US NAVY!!!