Tooth #15 & #16, Lao Nian Lao Yie time and Friends

I forgot to mention her bottom right incisor came out about 2weeks ago and the bottom left incisor just came out a few days ago.  We finally have a complete set of teeth!  I measured her height at home and she's already 34"!!  We weighed her at my parents house too - 29 lbs!  It's amazing - she's outgrown some shirts that she could wear just 2 weeks ago! 

We've had another whirlwind of a week!  Bryce was away for work again last week so Abby and I spent 3 days with Lao Nian and Lao Yie again.  Here are a few pictures from this past week.  :)

We had a little flashback when Bryce decided to swaddle Abby with the couch throw.  As usual, her little arms always found their way out.  :*)  Seeing this makes me miss my little baby {sniff, sniff}!

One day Abby decided to take her afternoon nap in her "house" tent so I obliged.  :)  I covered it up with a bed sheet so it was nice and dark and the next thing I know, I hear soft, sleepy breaths from inside.  So sweet.

Back at Lao Nian and Lao Yie's house, Abby didn't forget about the pail to water the plants!

Nevermind the fact that these plants are half dead from the cold - they still need water and Abby was more than happy to oblige.  :)

Yet another example of Abby's love/scared relationship with Zeus.  She gets sooo excited to see him yet always keeps her distance - even when there is a door between them!

I love that she has developed an imagination.  Here she is putting a blanket on Ruby's learning doll.

I always read the Sunday comics (which my parents now save for me!) and Abby saw it in the stack of newspapers and stopped dead in her tracks to just stare at it.  She loved it!  My dad started reading it to her and she was completely absorbing it in.  One of her new words is now "tartoon" (aka cartoon).

Ruby and Elliott spent one day with us and Elliott is just so big now!  He's such a BIG BOY!  Look at how good he is at standing now.  :)

We are still working on the act of sharing.  In fact, she was boxing poor Elliott out with her butt.  Where does she get these ideas?!?

One morning my dad took Abby out to see the ducks again but I didn't get a picture because I was too busy making Xiao Xiao some french toast!  My dad used to make this for us all the time and I love that Abby gobbled it up.

We just hung out on Friday and Abby found a super comfortable seat.  :)

Abby didn't mind cuddling while Lao Yie took a little afternoon siesta too.  It was a cute sight to see!

Yesterday was another St. Arnolds One Pot Showdown practice night so we had a few friends over for food and fun!  Abby just awoke from her nap and was being shy in the beginning but warmed up to her friends really quickly!

This is cutie K.  Eventually they will be in Kindergarten together.  :)

Big brother M was having fun pulling these two around.  These are two of the sweetest boys I know and they sure do love their mama!

These two boys aren't used to playing with girlie toys but they apparently liked the tent!  Cutie K looked confused by all the baby dolls everywhere.  :)

Abby loves to imitate her daddy so here they are relaxing in the evening while eating some pears I cut up.  Like Daddy, like daughter!

Another accidental candid picture that I really love.

Since Abby's vocabulary exploded like a huge volcano recently, I've been diligently writing them all down so here we go: cookie, toys, watch (as in TV), garbage, broken, zang zang (Chinese for dirty), hug, horns (working on LONGhorn now...), cartoon, turtle AND wu gui, skate, help, Zeus, key, noise, work, chicken, green beans, fish, froggy, bunny and the colors brown, orange and green!  Oh - and she can count to 3 in English now too!  She's not quite making sentences yet but she says 2 words at a time now (i.e. Daddy work.  Nite Nite diaper.  Da-dack hot (which means her jacket is making her hot).  Mommy down (when she wants me to sit with her on the floor).)  Oh, and she knows the letter "U" now too.  That's it for now!