Abbey 2009!!

Well, Happy New Year, everyone! We have pictures galore, so I hope you have some time to look at all of them... It's been a VERY fun past couple of months, and Abbey just keeps getting bigger, cuter, more fun, and LOUDER! Not only is she running around the house, and starting to talk, she's talking on the phone now. It's pretty funny to see her have a little "conversation", so I included some pictures of that as well. Happy viewing!

Amy, Katie, Sidney, and I at Christmas

This begins a series of Abbey "talking" on the phone...she looks shocked!

"I can't believe it!"

"Oh, I know!"

"So, let me get this straight..."

Freshman year in college (AKA, "Where it all began..."), Chris and I would eat at a sandwich shop on campus called Rumours, and I would get The Monterrey EVERY time...it's still there!!

Chris and Abbey outside of the KANM radio studio, where Chris was a DJ

Abbey and I, very excited for her to be at A&M for the first time!

Sidney and Abbey, once again dressed alike in Flit and Flitter! Sidney loved playing with Abbey and giving her lots of hugs and kisses :)

Abbey and Mommy "Christmas Morning" at Granna and Grandpa's

Tickle fight!

Sweet hugs

See how her feet are almost touching my stomach?? :( She's getting TOO big!

Abbey loved climbing the stairs at Granna and Grandpa's!

The whole Rhame family at Christmas

Sidney and I, having what looks like a very serious conversation

Abbey and I at Aunt Amy's graduation from Kansas State!

Abbey's parents

Check out those cute pigtails!

Abbey "teaching" Daddy to play his guitar

Granna and Grandaddy with the Jackson grandkids (and great grand-Abbey) at Thanksgiving

I think Abbey wanted to make this picture more fun by showing her tummy :)

Kisses from Mommy

Amy, Sidney, and I

Abbey and Mommy

Chris, Abbey, Monica, Spencer, Mimi, and Pops

Scary Christmas, everyone!

As usual, a lot has happened since our last post! Abbey has been to Arkansas, has taken pictures with Santa, and has been walking for over a month now! You'll see why the title is "Scary Christmas" in just one tiny second...

Abbey's first try at eating spaghetti

She loved it!

Abbey's new tutu...she would only let me take a picture if she was drinking her milk. All other pictures were very sad.

Abbey and her friend Zoe; it's hard to see, but they're playing with a microphone and dancing!

Mommy and Abbey at a restaurant in Fayetteville, Arkansas called LouLou's

Abbey's new guitar outfit

She wanted to be supportive of Daddy taking guitar lessons!

Abbey's new chair! This chair originally belonged to my great grandmother, Davis, and then to me, and now to Abbey! Mimi had it re-stuffed and recovered to match her room. Thank you, Mimi!

It's a little blurry, but as you can see, Abbey was VERY frightened of Santa. Like mother like daughter!

Scary Christmas, everyone!!

Fashion show at lunch!

Ok, the title was for you fans of The Office. There was a fashion show, it was NOT at lunch, and it was also only so I could get some clothes for Abbey on sale :)

This past month has been pretty fun! Along with cutting all but one molar, Abbey has learned to walk! She's also learned how not to take a nap anymore. We just have to fill our days with lots and lots of activities, and by early afternoon, she's kind of ready for a tiny nap. Or a "naplet" as her Mimi calls it!

As always, we have lots of pictures; start at the bottom and go up to see things in the order they really happened!

What a cute ladybug!

She wanted to be scary since it was Halloween

Abbey and I at our costume party play group (you can't see, but I'm wearing a Halloween T-shirt)

She refused to look at the camera (for once!). All of her friends were playing inside, and she wanted to play too.

Abbey and Tony Romo...look out, Jessica!

Charley-girl the cat! This is Abbey's friend Charley, who we hardly get to see. It was fun playing with you, Charley and Bethany!

One of our friends calls Abbey a "hard smiler"...what do you think?

Chris and I made a haunted house for Halloween!

The proud couple and their "new house" :)

Abbey in the outfit her Great Nana got her

She looks like a celebrity baby posing for the paparazzi!

Daddy and Abbey making the same face yet again!

Mommy and Abbey are runway ready!

In the dressing room

Look closely- both feet are coming out of the same leg hole!! She woke up from a nap this way!

Abbey being cute, and waiting to hear Ben Folds play at the Kiss FM studio

At Farmer's Market

She kind of liked the hay...it was a little pokey, though

Happy Fall, everyone!

Abbey Hope is One!

Well, it happened...our tiny baby girl has turned one year old! Despite all of the crying and fussing (from me...), she is starting to grow up. As long as she stays this sweet, happy, and healthy, she can get as big as she wants. It's been a fun year! Her first birthday party was a success, and we got some great photos! Before I show them, here's a picture of her the day she was born.Aww...so sweet and tiny!

Here are some of the big birthday bash!

The birthday princess before she touched her cake

Happy birthday to you....

I can't eat cake while I'm wearing a crown!

Big, cakey smile for the camera

Proud mommy and daddy

Abbey sharing her cake with mommy...very sweet girl!

Three generations of girls!

Frosting mohawk

Birthday kisses!

The bug cakes that I was crazy to make the night before her party
New pic of all of the cakes

Thank you all so much for the love, attention, well-wishes, prayers, and gifts showered on this little girl. She is so loved, and she is such a blessing to us. What a great first year!