Fourth Generation Rocking Chair

My Dad's mother, Louise Frampton Oliver, (Granny) had a childhood rocking chair that her father made for her. She used it, my Dad and his sister used it, his sister's kids used it, Michael and I used it, Michael's boys used it, and now Abigail is getting to use it. It's such a special family treasure and we have to document each generation that uses it.

 For starters... she was super tired... haha...

 What a cute yawn... 

 Giggly girl...

 Cutie Pie

Abigail at 8 Months

So I'm a little late in posting Abigail's 8 months photos, but we're on vacation so hopefully there is a little grace. ;-) (Of course, I totally missed her 7 month photos on here. Oops!) Abigail is growing and changing SO much! Here are some fun little things she's doing now:

*Crawling EVERYWHERE! (Since 6 months old!)
*Pulling up on everything and standing.
*Taking steps while holding onto things.
*She says "Da-Da" ... so adorable!
*She cut her bottom two front teeth about two weeks ago.
*Crawling up steps
*She loves to spit and do funny things with her tongue.
*She loves to hear her voice and squeal at the top of her lungs!
*She loves to play peek-a-boo and can place something in front of her face and then remove it... to play with us.
*She definitely notices when people or dogs have left the room and looks for them.
*She LOVES real dogs!
*She loves to laugh and giggle and is pretty ticklish!
*She loves to eat... especially whatever is on MY plate! haha...

So it was hard to get any really good pictures of Abigail because she was constantly moving. Haha... but here they are:

 Abigail absolutely loves my parent's dog, Ellie!

 She is always trying to catch Ellie's tail.

 She caught it!

This was her look of excitement when she caught the tail! However, Ellie was quick and you can see her tail in the bottom left corner of the picture as she quickly jumped down off the chair once Abigail grabbed her tail. Hehe...

 She learned how to crawl up my parent's kitchen/office steps. 

It's Been A While...

I can hardly believe it's been a month since I've blogged on here! Time is flying by so fast and Miss Abigail is keeping me quite busy every day! haha... She is definitely on the move now! She loves getting into everything! She is quite inquisitive.

Abigial loves to be near me basically ALL the time. Haha... this includes while I'm cooking in the kitchen. The other day she ended up sitting in our dish drainer that was sitting on the floor. :-)

Kyle's parents came for a visit at the beginning of the month and we really enjoyed hosting them for the Fourth of July weekend.

 Mimi bought Abigail some new blocks. They enjoyed playing with them together.

 Showing Abigail letters.

 Papa C playing with Abigail

 All ready to go out for the day.

 Abigail with her Papa C and Mimi

 Kyle with his beautiful Mama, Kay

 We took Abigail to a fun toy shop

We enjoyed getting fun drinks from Starbucks.

Our Second Anniversary

Two years ago today, Kyle and I said "I Do" and committed our lives to each other. These past two years have been so unbelievably wonderful and full of so many memories. By God's grace, our love for one another continues to grow day by day. I could not be more happy or more thankful to the Lord for placing us together as a family. Kyle is such a wonderful, godly husband who graciously leads our family and serves us in so many ways.

Water Fun

First time in the big pool!

We have been taking Abigail up to the Seminary pool this past week and she has been loving it! Here are a few pictures of her:

 First we took her to the little outside pool with a fountain.

The water was still cold!

We definitely preferred the indoor pool! :-)

Since we can't go to the pool every day, Abigail loves to play in her bath tub with toys too! Last night
I took some pictures so ya'll could see. She's wearing her swimsuit so she's modest. :-)

 Measuring cups make great bath toys!

 Abigail's fun new bath toy from Grammie and PopPop! She tries to touch the water.

Her favorite toy is her rubber ducky!