Vote for Abigail!

We have entered Abigail into the 2015 Gerber Baby photo search contest!  We need your help to vote for Abigail's photo.  The child from each age category with the most votes will win.   Please go to https://gerber.promo.eprize.com/photosearch2015/ and click on "Vote Now".  Abigail's entry ID is 156458.  You may visit the site and vote for Abigail once per day through November 24th.  We've also post the voting information on our Facebook pages.  Please vote for Abigail!  And tell your friends, too!

18 Months Old

Abigail is a year and a half!  It has been a lot of fun to watch her grow and change this past month.  She is turning into quite a little girl.  She is continually adding new words to her growing vocabulary.  Her most recent new words are moon and Makwa.  Abigail also loves to play peek-a-boo and dance to music.

This has also been a month full of fun activities.  Daniel's parents spent a week with us and Abigail soaked up the extra attention.  She loved reading and playing with Babu and Bibi.  While they were here we visited the Topsfield Fair and picked apples at a local orchard. 

Saying "buh-buh" to Babu and Bibi

 Peek-a-boo!  I see you!

 Ridin' along in my automobile!

 Smelling a flower



17 Months Old

 

Vacation Fun

Abigail and I just returned home from a trip to Minnesota to visit family.  Daniel joined us for the first part of the trip, but had to fly home earlier to get back to work.  While he was with us we enjoyed time with his extended family and took a drive to the family farm in Esko.  Abigail loved exploring and Daddy loved showing her around!  After Daniel left, Abigail and I went to stay with my parents for an additional week.  We went shopping, played on the backyard playground, and visited a petting zoo full of deer, goats, sheep and ducks.  She even pet a skunk!

Going for a ride with Great Grandma

 

Climbing the slide with her cousin

 

Play Time Moments

 

She's got some moves!

Our 15 Month Old

Our first visit to the neighborhood park!

 

 

Happy 4th of July!



 

Snack time in my toy basket.



Our Busy Little Girl

Abigail is such a busy girl that it's hard to capture her antics on camera.  Either she has moved on to another activity by the time I get the camera out or she moves so fast that I only get a blurry picture.  She loves to toddle from toy to toy, pick on Makwa and roll around in his bed.  Her latest interactions with Makwa include giving him big kisses and then laughing.  She also loves to read her story books.  She'll either bring a stack of books to Daniel or me to read, or she'll sit down and look at them by herself.  And of course she loves to spend time outside.  She and I take daily walks to meet Daniel at the train station at the end of the day.


Happy Father's Day, Daddy!