Abigail Pearson's Blog

Mommy’s friend Andrea made these really pretty hair clips and mailed them to me. I love getting mail and I love trying to put things in my hair and mommy’s.

Mommy says Andrea is making these for her brand new baby girl Ava and she is selling them online too. You can go right here to look at all the pretty things she makes.

I really like to look at the clips so I have a hard time leaving them in my hair. I don’t get to wear them to daycare because Mommy says I might lose them so I get to play with them and put them in my hair just when we are at home right now.

Mommy says my hair is growing a bunch and she puts a ponytail in almost every day. I really like it when Mommy does my hair.

Mommy & Daddy are really enjoying how much I’ve been talking lately. They like to see if I will repeat the things they say.

This morning they asked me to say “Happy Anniversary” but I said “no” because that is really long and hard to say.

Then mommy tricked me by asking me to say “happy” which I said and then asked me to say “anniversary” which I also managed but it sure does have a lot of syllables!

I don’t know what Happy Anniversary means.

I do know what happy means though.

Happy is when…

…I wake up after a nap and mommy or daddy is there to give me a big hug and

…mommy holds me when she’s cooking so I can help and

…daddy reads to me in bed at night and tucks my babies in with me and

…I get to wear my Dora socks.

Mommy & daddy got a new camera so they have been taking even more pictures of me than normal.

Mommy likes to take pictures like this

Daddy likes to take pictures like this

Today Abigail took a nap in her real bed for the first time. She has a bunk bed set from IKEA that doubles as a fort and a story time area. But today, it is serving it’s original intended purpose.

Before I put her down for her nap today, I talked to her about the bed, and asked her if she wanted to nap on the bed or the crib. She pointed at the bed.

So I grabbed a few stuffed animals from her crib, and loaded them into the bed. Next, I pulled back the blankets. Then I told her that she could lay down on the bed for her nap. She laid down and I reiterated that she would be taking a nap. I told her goodnight and walked away.

For about 10 minutes, I could hear her making noises once in a while, but then she fell asleep! I’m so proud of her for doing such a good job!

We did try this several months ago, but she got out of bed and cried standing next to the crib. I think it helps that she sees kids in daycare sleep on cots for naptime, even though she still sleeps in the crib.

Next step, potty training (but we’ll take our time with that)!

Cross-posted on JessicaDPearson.com.

Our sweet Abigail is 10 months old today.

In the last month Abigail has become increasingly mobile.

• She now crawls, climbs & cruises on the furniture.
• She can get off her toy car by herself.
• Go from crawling to sitting to standing in a matter of seconds.
• She walks along our new furniture and the kitchen chairs at daycare, even getting stuck under the table one day this week!
• She discovered the “circle” in our house and has taken to doing laps with daddy in the evenings. On Wednesday night she made it around 7 times before getting tired (or was it daddy that got tired? )

Cross-posted on TerryPearson.com and JessicaDPearson.com

Abigail turned nine months old yesterday. We are very excited that she is growing so fast.

The last three months have brought many exciting changes in her life, including:

• New Daycare – She began going to a daycare in Eagan, and she loves it. There are two other kids that are close to her age and she adores them. One of them is older and one is younger. Everyday she comes home with a smile on her face (As a side note, she often also comes home with dirty clothes from some pretty amazing diaper blowouts!).
• Solid foods – Not too long ago, Abigail had barely eaten solid foods. Three months ago, solid foods were somewhat of a novelty for her. Now, she has three meals a day that are solids. She loves the pasta baby foods like “Lasagna in meat sauce.” She is also a big fan of Pizza crust (she shares with her daddy), Pancakes, Kix, and Crackers.
• Crawling – Yep, that’s right. She is now moving around the house. She began crawling like a normal crawl on Wednesday, February 4th. Before that, she opted for the “scoot and roll method.”
• Church Nursery – Abigail is now spending Sunday morning in the church nursery. Now that she is becoming mobile, this is a great location for her.
• Weekend away from mommy and daddy – She got to spend a whole weekend with her grandma (Kathy Pearson) while her mom and dad went up to Two Harbors. This was the first time that both of us were gone overnight from her. She did great.