Happy Thanksgiving

Funny story for Thanksgiving.....Abrey sees us preparing the turkey to put in the roaster and she is saying bird....bird.....and so my mom and I say yes we are gonna cook it and then we get to eat it. Well she gets a sad face and sad voice and says.....oh no no no turkey bird......so then we tell her that we won't eat it and that he is just gonna get a bath....lol. Then she was happy and was saying turkey bath....turkey bath.....it was so funny because she was really anguished about the turkey getting cooked and eaten.....lol. Anyway, this was the first Thanksgiving that I can remember that I have gotten stay put in one house on Thanksgiving and it was really special for me and an added plus it was in our home. I have so much to be thankful for.....family, friends, loving and being loved and best of all God in our lives. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and recognized all their blessings.....even if they can't see them at the moment....doesn't mean they aren't happening. Here are some pictures...mostly of food....lol....because I forgot to take pictures when we sat to eat but in attendance was myself, Adam, Abrey, my mom, Don, Tina and Jeremy. Also take note of my cornicopa that I made......lol....and I made a yummy cherry pie that was the best pie this year if I do say so myself.......I also made a pecan and pumpkin pie and Tina brought a Chocolate pie that was yummy too. I made a cheese ball from Aunt Pauline's reciepe which was originally Karen's I think and it's so good and of course we had turkey, Grandma Jackie's stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, corn and croissants. It was all yummy and delicious and thanks to mom and Tina for helping make it great!

My three pies cherry, pecan and pumpkin
The table which we had to move to the living because our house is so small...lol
All the pies with the chocolate pie and cheese ball

All our yummy food
And last, the cherry pie......no run is the sign of a great pie!

Abrey's first pony tail...yes I said ponytail.

I can finally gather up enough of Abrey's hair to put in a full fledged ponytail, not a tree. It makes her look more like a little girl than ever. However, she still has one whole side that is still bald and when in the ponytail you can really see it....but hey...it's progress. Next feat, pig tails...lol




Abrey and Grandpa Don watching The Wizard of Oz....Abrey's new favorite movie

Happy Halloween!

Abrey was the white cat from Aristocats for Halloween. At first when I put the costume on she did not like it and cried.... Then we went to Margaret and Phil's house and put the costume on right before we went to the door and she just marched up to the door like she knew what she was doing and had the best time. She was just going house to house and loved the kit kats....they are her favorite candy now....haha. Even after she ate two of them she could barely keep her eyes open for the ride home. She went right to bed and was exhausted. It was the best Halloween yet and she was so cute in her costume. So here are some pictures.

Abrey crying her eyes out to take the costume off
But then we showed her herself in the mirror and she cheered up real fast...lol
Getting out of the car to go to Margarets


Margaret and Phil

Happy Abrey on our way to more houses
Abrey knocking on the door to trick or treat
On her way to another house....so cute!
Getting more candy...she had it down by this point...then she would tell everyone....BYE!!!!
She wanted more candy and I wouldn't give it to her....so she layed her head in her bag with all the candy....lol

Carving the pumpkin

Halloween is fast approaching and so tonight we carved a pumpkin for Abrey. Becca brought over a costume for her, she is going to be the white cat from Aristocats. It's too cute. I will post pictures of her in the costume on Sat. Abrey wasn't too sure of the whole pumpkin carving, she didn't want to touch the insides of the pumpkin...haha....she would only get near it once we took out all of the guts of the pumpkin. Then after we carved it and lit it, she held onto me for dear life....not sure if she was afraid of the pumpkin or that we were in complete dark with this thing glowing at us......she is so fearless and such a scaredy cat at the same time....haha. Anyway here are some pictures.

Abrey playing around

Abrey eating some chocolate ice cream....left her a ice cream mustache


Abrey got into my swim suit drawer again....and she wanted them on....so here she is in my one piece and my bikini top.....haha








Abrey was playing around in the backyard and just thought she looked so cute! Her shirts says 99% Angel, nobody's perfect.....haha...my mom brought her the shirt back from Branson Missouri.

New Pictures of Abrey

As most of you know Abrey started a dance class but we had to cancel her Wed class and do the Sat. class.....but we dropped out because the class was so big and it was just chaos in the room....haha. So we are going to try again in summer.




Here is Abrey playing outside......red checks and all like her mother, but she was running around and kicking the ball and just having a good time out in her backyard.





Abrey thinks she looks so cool with her hat and sunglasses, she went through a stage for awhile were we couldn't go anywhere without her sunglasses. She wore them all the time....it has since faded but here she is outside playing at her water table.


Abrey likes to help out and water our elephant ears for us......she already has a green thumb....look at how much the ears have grown from the 1st picture to the ones below




They are as big as Abrey now...haha




Daddy reads to Abrey every night, she yells for him from her room each night and so he goes in and Abrey will go get her blanket, cover herself up and give Daddy a book and herself one and they each read out loud together.....so funny


Abrey loves airplanes.....they fly right over our house all the time and every time they do she says airplane and points up to find them.....here she is doing that.....





And lastly, here she is doing her gymnastics on the swing set. She has learned to swing at gym class and whenever there is a bar or something for her to swing from....she does it. She is quite the gymnast now.....we will see....haha

Abrey's dance outfit and new bathroom!

I redid Abrey's bathroom.....I wanted to do it real girly and pink but then thought that if we have another baby and it is a boy....well he won't want a girly bathroom....so I did it neutral. Animals.....it turned out cute and actually made our bathroom look double the size it really is......so I really love it and so does Abrey because once I put it up....she ran in and was so excited and was saying bird, bird........so needless to say she LOVES it.
Then, Abrey starts dance class next Saturday. They have to wear little leotards and tights....so here is Abrey's first leotard and we tried it on her in the store to make sure it fit....and I have to say that my little girl is the cutest thing I think I have ever seen. there she was in Target with her pink leotard on and her little pony tail on top her head and pink bow.....too cute! Anyway, couldn't get Abrey in the leotard to get a picture when we got home....she was too tired...so here is just a picture of the leotard.