Abby's antics

Abby decided to walk in her bowls from her kitchen ...

Princess Abby

This is from "Princess Night" at Chick-fil-A a while ago, but it is
just cute ;). I love these two!

Abby just cracks me up

This morning Abby asks me:

"Mama want some orange juice?"  

Then replies: 

"No, Mama has wine."

A much needed update . . .

So, its been a while since I have posted, so I thought I would catch you up . . . 

Abby is STILL potty training.  I realized the other day it has been 3 months since I first posted we were starting to potty train.  That was kind of depressing, since we have only had ONE day so far without any wet underwear, but I am just going to not try and push her too hard ;)  I got her some big girl underwear and she loves to wear them, but constantly tells me she needs to potty just AFTER she has already peed in her pants.  AGH!  Oh well, she is 2 . . . no one has gone to college in diapers, right???  Luckily, she is really cute, so it's easy to forgive her.  

Brian got his first tooth last night!! (or today . . . I am not really sure exactly when, but I noticed it today ;) )  I hope he will sleep better - he has been waking up the last week or so to nurse during the night.  Maybe the tooth was the culprit.  Even though he has been doing great, the doctors still think he needs to have surgery, so we have scheduled him to have surgery at MUSC on May 7th.  I think it is (and will be) harder on Bruce and I than it will be on Brian.  I am very stressed about having him in the hospital, but I know it is in God's hands, and Brian will be just fine.  

Brian is also eating solid food now (well, pureed baby food) and A LOT of it.  That boy loves to eat!  He has his 6-month check up on Friday and we will see how much he weighs.  Abby was 16 lbs 2 oz at her 6-month check up, and last week at the doctor Brian was 15 lbs 8 oz - so they are pretty close in size!  They are both growing so much, I can't believe it!  Abby just loves Brian, and they are so cute together.  I think she was feeding him a lollipop today though, I am not sure, but I picked Brian up after I had been out of the room and his hair is suspiciously sticky . . . 

Anyway, both kids are FINALLY getting better.  We have no more runny noses and no more cough!!  Hopefully we can get through cold and flu season with no more sickness or ear infections (Brian has had 2 and Abby has had 3 in the last 3 months) but the pollen is awful right now and keeping me down :(

Bruce is out of the country working this week so I have the kids alone, but they are being very good ;)  Can't wait for him to come home on Saturday!!!

Brian's second haircut

Can you believe he got his second haircut at 6 months old?!?!

Sledding

We woke up to snow in VA this morning! Granted, it's not much, but
Abby had a great time making snowballs and sledding.

Playtime in bed

Abby loves when Brian comes with me to get her up in the morning. She
likes for him to get in bed with her and she gives him a toy to play
with AND one of her binkies. If you have ever spent any time with
Abby, you know that is a big deal! This is my babies this morning,
Abby is saying "cheese" BTW ;). I love them.

This weekend

So, I was going to post about our exciting weekend - it was Abby's second birthday and Brian was baptised - but Sarah did it for me ;)  Check it out here: sarahruth23.blogspot.com

Look how big she is!

Some pictures of Abby on her birthday ;)  

Abby's Second Birthday

Just had to let everyone know - today my baby girl is TWO!  I can't believe how fast she has grown . . . She is just so sweet and precious, I couldn 't have asked for a better little girl.  I am so blessed, my family is the best :)  Tomorrow we are having a birthday party for her (a pizza party, of course ;) ) and all the grandparents (and my brother and sister and Grandma and Clark) are coming in tonight and tomorrow to help her celebrate.  Unfortunately, we went for her 2 year check up today and she has an ear infection!  I gave her the first dose of Amoxicillin as soon as we got home, and hopefully she will feel like a new person tomorrow for her party.

On another note - it is FREEZING!!  It was 34 degrees outside at 11am this morning.  I know for some of you that is not all that cold, but for Charleston, that is crazy cold!  I need some more 75 degree days this month ;)

Cousins

All the Billian cousins got together for the first time this weekend!

Everyone needs a little domestic help

My maid is awesome!

Potty training time!

Two nights ago I told Abby it was time to change her diaper and she ran in and sat on her potty.  Let me add also, she has NEVER shown any interest in her potty before, although I bought it months ago thinking she would.  Anyway, I took off her diaper, she sat down, and she peed!  It was so exciting Bruce and I of course were all over her kissing and praising her - in fact, we may have scared her we were so excited!  So, I pulled the pack of Pull-Ups I already had waiting out of the closet, and we are off!  I have been trying to take her to the potty at least 1-2 times an hour, and she gets an M&M for sitting on the potty (although I think I may switch to stickers) and another M&M if she goes.  She has peed 3 or 4 other times since Monday night!  I am hoping she just gets it quickly and we can get some big girl underwear ;)  I might let her go to Target tonight and pick out some she likes.  A friend told me they just put their child in underwear and although they had a lot of accidents for a few days, their little boy got it pretty quickly.  I really have no clue how to potty-train a child, lets just hope it is easy . . . hahaha

Brian got a haircut!

Brian will be four months old next week, but boy did he need a haircut!  Sarah and I took him yesterday before she left.  He is still as cute as can be, but he looks so much older :(  I wanted to leave it longer so he would still look like a baby, but the rat tail/ mullet thing was getting on my nerves so I just decided to do it!

Some before and after shots:

Grandpa's Hunting Buddy

Just for Bullet

Brian in camo!

Christmas tree topper

Abby's class made these precious angels, ours will be on top of the
tree as soon as Daddy gets home to put it up ;)

Our house all lit up!

Oh, Christmas Tree!!!

We got our tree yesterday and Abby is so excited! I have yet to
decorate it (except for some candy canes and a few ornaments Abby and
Alana put on), but the lights are up ;)

Over The Hedge

In an effort to not be subjected to "Nemo," "The Little Mermaid," or "Cars" for a couple days I let Abby watch "Over The Hedge" a couple days ago.  I can now recite it.  I am just a glutton for punishment I think ;)

When do they grow out of this phase where they just want to watch/read/play the same thing over and over and over and over.  I swear the only words she says lately are "againt" (the "t" is important because it's really cute when she says it) and "Abby do it."  She is definitely turning into a 2 year old!  Oh, babies grow so fast . . .