The daily life of Abby Baker...

Not much has gone on in the last week and I noticed the pictures on my camera were mostly day-to-day stuff at our house so here they are for your amusement.  I would like to note that 2 weeks ago I was sick for a week and the day I got better, Bryce got sick for 3-4 days and it was a miracle that Abby never caught our crud!  Consequently, my hands were extremely dry from the 20-25 times I washed them a day.  I did my best not to touch Abby unless I had to and after a few days, I could tell she was mad at me and I felt so bad but I did it for her sake!  Then when I got better, she was my sweet happy clam again and all was forgiven.  :)

Abby loves to eat jiao zhi (dumplings) and it makes me so happy!  She loves Chinese food and anything my parents make for her.  Woohoo - I'm so proud of her!  She knows how to say jiao zhi and when I ask her if she wants to eat ju zhi (oranges), she thinks I'm saying jiao zhi so she gets all excited!!  Luckily, she gets super excited about oranges too (her new favorite fruit du jour).

Here she is reading her Daddy's Beer Advocate magazine.  This picture was taken at an awful angle but you get the idea.  For any avid beer drinkers out there, this is a great magazine to subscribe to.

I love these Old Navy flip flops for toddlers.  I got Abby 2 pairs to play with at home and I just love her little toes in this picture.  Her feet are a spittin' image of her Daddy's so they both have short stubby little toes that don't do much more than look cute.  Haha!  She is definitely her daddy's daughter (just like I'm definitely my daddy's daughter)!

Every once in a while we catch Abby sucking on her doll's milk bottle so Bryce took it up a notch and to our surprise, she obliged!  In the end, we were only encouraging her so our plan backfired but it was fun to see how long she is now compared to her baby pictures where she's drinking her real bottle.  My, how time flies...

I just like this picture.  :)

This picture is for Bryce's benefit.  She's saying "Reach!" and for some reason, Bryce loves it when she does this (which is a lot because she can't reach anything now).  For those that watch Kai Lan, Abby says "Lulu!  Help reach!" when she is trying to get something on the counter.  It sends Bryce and I into hysterical laughter!  Does she actually think a pink hippo with a balloon attached to her horn will suddenly appear and help her?  That would be awesome!

Here she is making herself comfortable during lunch time.  We are almost at the weight limit for this clip-on chair.  It's so hard to find a wooden counter height chair but the search continues.

We definitely live in an Asian household.  She even takes her shoes off before entering her tent!  I love it!

We spent this past Saturday at Grandma and Grandpa's and as I've mentioned before, her favorite toy seems to be this old orange bowl and wooden spoon that Bryce actually used as a child.  This time, Grandpa got empty spice bottles for Abby to play with too!  So her 2 newest words are garlic and oregano!  And the bottles still smell so she knows them by scent now too - haha!  Here she is seasoning her wiffle balls and pelican.  Oh to be young again....  :)