Abigail is standing and crawling

Abigail began crawling and standing all in the same day!! She stood up for the first time all on her own while leaning on me in the bathtub on April 26 and that same night she actually crawled forward twice a few paces. Before that she was doing pretty well crawling backwards and could stand up with some help. Now we are in deep trouble because she thinks Mom is the human jungle gym and she is constantly standing up and has begun just letting go. So funny. She is also really eating a lot of solid foods and loves drinking out of a regular cup like Mom and Dad. She is an absolute riot and talks and laughs all day and night.

Viva La Mexico

Grandma and Abigail taking a siesta in the casita by the pool




The three of us right outside of Senor Frogs on the Playa del Carmen beach



Abigail and I with the Mayan warriors in the Playa del Carmen square



My mom and Shawn drinking their daily dose of pina coladas




We went to Mexico, Abigail, Shawn, myself, and my parents. It was fabulous and Abigail even had to get her own passport. We had such a wonderful time and celebrated my turning the big 30. We spent most of our time at a beautiful resort called the Mayan Palace. It was enormous and absolutely gorgeous. The resort is known for the world's largest pool and sits right on the ocean. Unfortunately the ocean floor is a bit rocky right at the beach so we did not spend much time swimming in it. However, we spent a lot of time at the pool. Mom and Shawn spent most of our days drinking pina coladas and we discovered that Abigail loves a pina colada as well. Luckily all of the staff were in love with her and would fix her her very own mini pina coladas. Everyone thought Abigail was adorable and the staff began calling her the princess. We went to a nice dinner at this restaraunt called Tramonto, which serves Italian and steaks, and our server, Guillermo made Abigail a special hat out of a napkin. So cute.



We also spent an afternoon in Playa del Carmen and went shopping. It was fun and nice to see some local scenery. The weather was very hot that day and the streets are all cobblestones and have very high threshholds to cross to get into the stores, so Shawn, Abigail, and I went down by the ferry that takes people to Cozumel and hung by the beach. It was gorgeous. My mom and dad shopped like crazy and my dad even tried on the traditional Mexican fighting mask.




We also went to his amazing place called Akumal. There you can just wade out into the waters and there are giant sea turtles everywhere. It was icnredible and the beach was absolutely gorgeous. We had so much fun and the town is this little artisan town with fun things to buy.

The next night we all went to a Mexican Fiesta. It was very fun and there was great food and a great show. Abigail was so hot and tired that she slept through almost the entire show, despite the fact that there was a live Mariachi band and loud music.



Overall we had a great time and cannot wait to do it again!!!!

Abigail is six months now

She can finally sit up and play by herself



I love Mommy



Talking away and playing with a bottle




So cute in her pink tutu bathing suit

Easter

Getting ready on Easter to go to church for the very first time




Abigail channeling the Easter Bunny from her Bumbo chair



Abigail had a wonderful first Easter. The weekend was very fun because Shawn's birthday was the Monday after Easter. Because of that we spent the entire weekend having friends and family over to celebrate Shawn's birthday and to party!! Easter was great. The three of us slept in and then went to the local Episcopal church for Abigail's first church service. She did really well and made it almost 40 minutes. The priest was enamored with Abbie and even pointed her out to the entire congregation in the middle of the sermon, explaining how Jesus gave his life so that we could all experience the gorgeous happiness in life, like the beautiful baby. Then we took a nap and went to Grandma and Grandpa Decew's for dinner. What a great day!! Oh, and Abigail got her first Easter basket. An Elmo basket filled with cute bath toys.

Eating my first ice cream cone at the zoo. It was wonderful and I could not get enough of it. I am just like daddy, I love ice cream!!




Watching the elephants with my Great Grandma Max.



We are going to the zoo!!!!!!!!!!!!

The zoo

I am sooooooooooooo cute!!

Drinking Out Of Her Cup

Happy St. Patrick's Day


On St. Patrick's Day Abigail went to the zoo for the very first time. She loved it!! We went with her great Grandma Max and she bought Abigail her first ice cream cone. Abigail devoured the ice cream and kept grabbing my hands and shoving the ice cream into her face. It was so cute. I do not think she really noticed the animals but she had a blast watching and listening to all of the kids that were running around.

In other news, Abigail can now sit up on her own. She needs a slight bit of help just to be sure she does not topple over, but she can sit up and even pick herself up if she slides over.Also, she can now drink out of a sippy cup and loves it. She is obsessed with crunching up paper and loves laughing all of the time.

Crawling!!

Abigail started crawling last night!!!! It was more of a slither but she moved about two feet across the living room floor to get to her daddy. She has been moving in her crib for about six weeks now but this was the first time she moved substantially towards an object. What an amazing moment. And Shawn's face was priceless and he was so proud. Abigail has begun talking almost constantly and loves to laugh and smile. It is wonderful and we love her so much. We can hardly believe that she is almost five months old. She loves to lie in her crib when she wakes up and just babble to herself and her fan. She is such a character and loves to play with anything that sings and moves.