May 2015

Davis is teaching Abby his tricks on how to climb in & out of cribs. Uh oh!

Abby's birthday fell on a Sunday this year, so the night before, we took her out to celebrate. We went to Red Robin and Suzy and Ellie joined us. Abby was loving her ice cream and didn't stop talking about "Abby's birthday party".

Suzy gave her the cutest swimsuit and she modeled it around her neck while sitting on her little potty!

Sunday morning, on her actual birthday, Abby found a pool full of fun toys. It was like Christmas!

Note: Abby loves school buses and city buses, which she calls "city school bus"es. Her C is 'city' sounds more like "sh" though.

We also celebrated Riggs becoming an Eagle Scout on the same day Abby turned 2!

That night when we got home from the Eagle Court of Honor, Abby went right back to playing with her new birthday toys. She fed her baby doll and sang her to sleep with "All About that Bass"... which is Abby's current favorite song, titled "Abby's song".

I had to get a picture of Abby and I together on her 2nd birthday... I have one of us on her first birthday so I figured I should make it a tradition!

Monday May 4th, we had a picnic at the cemetery. Abby loved running around with Lucy and Davis.

Sweetest sleepy girl

Abby got sick a few days after her birthday... it was so sad. We washed lots of pajamas, sheets, pillowcases, blankets, and towels that day!

Cuddles are the best!

Mother's Day with my two cute kids! I decided this year to write them each a letter about why I love being their mom. It's tradition to celebrate mothers on that day, but I really do feel so lucky to be a mom... especially to these two! Hopefully they felt honored since they are the ones that make me a mom. The sign shown in the picture tells exactly how I feel about them!

This is Abby's best friend Kozie who lives right across the street. They are so funny when they play together and I thought it was cute that they sat themselves down inside the pool to play!

I took this picture to capture how horrible Abby's hair is when we don't comb it. Yikes!

This is much better! The back is barely long enough to fit in a ponytail but Abby's favorite way for me to style her hair is "2 ponytails".

More of Abby and Kozie playing in the pool! This time they're matching!

This was a funny set up Abby put together to work on her laptop!

This picture captures the queen that Abby is. The ball in her hand is Noah's. She wanted it and I made Noah give it to her, just so she would be quiet. Not the best parenting move, especially since it taught her that she just has to cry to she gets what she wants. Poor Noah!

We were a few weeks late celebrating Abby's birthday with the Sherwood family, but that just meant that her "birthday party" continued on for awhile. Perfect! Abby loved being spoiled and opening up more presents.

I took this picture a few minutes after Russ got home from work one day. He is the sweetest dad. I'm not sure who is more excited for him to come home each day between me and Abby!

We visited Noah's school for his awards assembly and to watch him perform in a play!

This is Abby at Noah's pack meeting... she LOVES dogs!

Our family has been working on memorizing 'The Family: A Proclamation to the World' and every Tuesday night for FHE this is what we do. This particular night, Abby was holding our poster and making sure everyone was participating. Sophie wasn't doing it and she pointed at Sophie and said "sing it!" hahaha! We all laughed really hard :)

Bahama Bucks on the last day of school!

Tayler's graduation from high school!

Ellie and Roxy joined us at the graduation and had a late-night dinner with us afterward at Chick-fil-a. These cousins love being together!

Abby loves her light-up Minnie Mouse high heels!

Abby loves the cozy coupe at Grandma & Poppy's house.

We went swimming at Grandma & Poppy's on Memorial Day...

We found some hand-me-down boots that Abby is sadly almost grown out of already, but she LOVES them. She calls them "grandpa boots" because she always sees Grandpa Price wear boots.

Abby still loves her blankies...

Boots, blankie, and binky... some of Abby's essential items!

Summer fun with neighborhood friends...

Making do with the only pool we have when it's hot outside!

We tried out the new Mesa High pool... lots of fun with a lazy river!

Alisse took these pictures of Abby & Davis in nursery... it was one of their last times in nursery together before the Baldwins moved to another ward.

I had to do a side by side of the top picture (their first time in nursery together) and the bottom picture (one of their last times together). So cute!