Abby is 22 months old!

Only 2 more months until the big 2!  I feel like it's time for me to record some recent milestones/markers again.  I do this really for Abby's sake so she can eventually look back at this so please pardon all the minute details and feel free to skip down to the pictures below. 

1.  She is roughly 34.5" tall, 30-ish lbs, wears 2T or 3T clothes and size 7W shoes.  She is starting to slim down and look less like a baby and more like a toddler {insert sad face for mommy}.  She goes to bed at 9:30 PM, gets up at 8:30 AM and naps from 2:30 - 4:30 PM.
2.  A few days ago she learned her last name and says "Abby Baker" now.
3.  Her current obsession is playing with her baby dolls, swaddling them with "bankets," as she says and feeding them their milk/juice.
4.  She is an avid reader and looks at her books and magazines with intense concentration.  She asks me to read about 10-15 books to her a day.
5.  The infamous word has infiltrated Abby's brain and drives Bryce and I bonkers - "MINE!"  We are still working on the concept of sharing and have seen improvement {whew!}.
6.  Abby continues to love going to Gymboree classes and really likes her teacher Miss Joan.  Miss Joan can do no wrong and we love how much she has learned from class.  I highly recommend it!
7.  Abby's vocabulary and memory recall constantly astounds us.  No complaints here!
8.  There is no way I can write this without sounding bias but Abby is really a smart, sweet, shy at times, gentle, kind, goofy-like-her-daddy, huggy and kissy, typical little girl who loves hats, purses, shoes and flowers.
9.  I recently taught Abby to say "thank you" and "please" (aka 'tane-koo' and 'peas') so that's nice to hear around the house.  "Read, please!" sounds a lot nicer than "read!"  :P
10. We are really working on potty training now and have had a few successes lately.  Her reward is to get stamps on her hands, feet and belly (just like at Gymboree and she really loves it). 

That's all I can think of now.  It's only been 2 days since my last post but with the nice weather lately, we've been playing outside after she wakes from her nap and we stay outside until Bryce gets home from work.  Abby loves playing with the dirt in the garden and finding acorns in the front yard.  She calls them acorns or squirrel food - haha!  You can see the stamps on her hands from peepeeing in her potty earlier in the day.

I have no shame in buying her t-shirts that boast about me - haha! 

I missed seeing her chubby legs with all the pants she's been wearing lately.

Here she is playing in the dirt again.  I love that she knows to dust her hands off when she's done playing.  :)

I'm not sure what was funny but I'm glad I got a good smile in this picture!

She's in the middle of saying "rock" because that's what she has in her hand.  The next thing I know, she's saying "rocco" over and over and it took me a few seconds to realize she was talking about Zoe's pet rock named Rocco from Sesame Street!  Needless to say, Rocco is now her newest toy and was the hot topic of conversation at the dinner table tonight. 

Walking around and still holding Rocco (in her right hand)...

This time she is standing on a rock while still holding Rocco. 

Earlier today Abby and I visited a friend who just had a baby girl 5 weeks ago but the pictures are on her camera so I hope to get/post them soon.  Abby hasn't been around a newborn since Elliott was born and I'm glad to report that she's much more gentle with babies now and all she wanted to do was hold and kiss baby Maya.  :)