Abigail is 10 Months + She has a surprise to tell!

Abigail is excited to tell that she is going to be a BIG SISTER in the spring! We are all very excited about this new blessing that the Lord has given to our family! We are due May 5th, so that puts us at 8 weeks along. Nausea has been my daily companion for a while now and the exhaustion has really been increasing recently. However, the Lord is being gracious to give strength and grace each day. We went last week to our midwife's office and the baby has a strong, fast heartbeat. Praise the Lord!

Now, on to Abigail at 10 months. :-)

*She is becoming so verbal! It's so cute to hear her talk to her toys, in the car, or just wherever! :-) I'm sure she will probably be quite the talker when she is older!
*She says: "da-da" and "da-dee",  "ba", and "ma ma" (although not often, haha)
*Her biggest accomplishment is that she can walk! Slowly, but surely she is able to take a number of steps without help. She's not quite confident enough to walk all the way around the room, but she has been able to make it a few feet on her own, which is very exciting! It's fun to turn around and see her walking towards something.
*She still has two teeth, however, this past week she has been SUPER cranky, fussy, clingy, and crying a ton, with a draining nose and so I believe (hope) that more teeth are about ready to come through. :-) Yay!
*She pretty much eats everything we eat now... except grains, dairy, and sugar. This has really challenged me to make sure that every meal I cook is healthy and varied, especially without being able to feed her grains.  :-)
* This month we have begun to see a little bit of fruit from our daily training of her. She is finally beginning to understand and respond correctly when we say "no ma'am" or "no touch"... At first I wondered when she would ever understand. Yet after much repetition on our part, she is actually doing well with being more obedient! She does not pull up on the lamp, get into the trash, or unroll the toilet paper nearly as often now! :-) haha...

Abigail is such a blessing to us! Our love for her grows deeper by the day! She is teaching us so much about our own lives and hearts. It's amazing, wonderful, and humbling how the Lord uses our children to refine us!

Play Time

The last few days Abigail has had a little cold and yesterday she was really cranky! Today she seemed to feel better but we stayed inside and just enjoyed a "jammie-day." In trying to think of something fun and different to do in our home with her, I decided to make a little play fort. My brother and I used to make these as kids and would spend hours playing in them. I was amused to see Abigail's excitement at playing in ours today! I really want to help cultivate her imagination, even at a young age. This was perfect!

Abigail got so excited when I made our little fort in our living room.

"Is it safe to come inside, Mommy?"

"Ok... I'll come in!"

"This is so fun, Mommy! I love it when I have someone to play with!"

No fort is perfect without snacks!

Abigail enjoying her raisins.


I'm so grateful that I am able to stay home with our sweet baby girl and spend my days investing in her little life. She is such a blessing to us and her enthusiasm for life is contagious! She makes us smile every day and adds such life to our little home!