Words, Fits, and a Pink Purse!

Abigail Grace Update!


Abigail is turning into quite the talker. Within the last week, the words are beginning to flow. Now, these may be words only a Mom could understand, but they are coming! She does a lot of repeating sounds in words I say. She is OBSESSED with her book Brown Bear. She has been reading 100's of times a day since Saturday. She will say "Brown Bear" when she wants to read it. So far she will name "bear, cat, duck, and dog" when she's reading it. I'm working on "fish and frog" but the d and b sounds are much easier for her. She is also starting to get a hang of this sign language thing. I have been showing her the same 3 signs for 10 months now: more, all done, milk. She's been doing more for a while and has recently started doing all done. Yesterday she was getting a bath and I said "Abigail, are you all done" and she did all done and said it too! Then this morning I asked her if she wanted milk and she did the sign. I couldn't believe it...I gave up on that sign weeks ago! She also LOVES the word "hi". When we are out she says hi to everyone we pass. It's so cute. It's especially funny when we are checking out because she'll say hi and when they say hi back she says hi again...it goes on for a while! But she hasn't learned "bye" yet!


In addition to talking, Abigail also has a new favorite thing to do...throw a fit!!! I'm telling you, this girl is the queen of throwing temper tantrums! She will throw her body down on the ground and yell whenever she's frustrated. She also likes to throw her head backwards onto the ground. I am in shock of her fits. We had to stop at a store on the way to her dr's app't and she threw a fit on the ground. I was so embarrassed. She looks so small and younger than she is and I know everyone who was watching was in shock of the baby throwing the temper tantrum. Then we got to the dr's office and she didn't want to sit for the dr so she went to throw a fit, but she realized the ground was hard, so the little stinker walked over to the couch in the room and then threw the fit on the couch! Is she 16???? I hope these temper tantrums end soon...I have to admit, Rob and I laugh at her when she throws them because they are so funny...but we are going to have to get strict if they continue. Yesterday she wanted her "people" that she had stuck down a hole and couldn't get back, and she threw her fit. It went on for over 5 minutes!


Anyways, Abigail keeps us laughing every day. She is getting such a funny personality. Right now as I type she's walking around with her pink purse she has. She walks around and sticks random things in it (Rob and I love to check her purse after she goes to bed and see what she collected, it cracks us up) and she has to swing her purse on her arm like Mommy does. It's so funny! We just love this little girl to death and couldn't be more proud of her...or more in love with her!!!!


Word Count
Words Abigail signs: all done, more, milk

Words Abigail says: doggie, da da, ma ma, up, hi, brown bear (as one word), bear, cat, duck, all done

"Mom...for real??? No more pictures!"