Little patient

Baby girl's got herself a case of croup.

I took her in to the doctor today, and they prescribed her Prednisone (steroid) to help open up her airways. She's taken the first dose today before bed, and she'll take 2 doses a day for 3 days.

Seriously, aside from the "boogedy boogs" (which are in abundance! I don't think I've ever seen so many boogs before in my life) and the cough from time to time, she is a happy little Beeba Show. Well, and I should not forget the lack of naps. She has not taken a good nap since about Monday. But, that's not stopping our ShowCase.

Her favorite toys these days are a closed tube of Aveeno butt rash cream and her wipes. She will sit there and "squawk" in delight at these things forever and happily amuse herself. She also is hilarious in the bathtub these days. She's finally decided to let loose and splash (or, "sploosh" as Maddie and Faith call it-- and they think she is so much fun in the tub with them!) everything and anything, and just loves playing in the water. I think I'm going to have to bring back the glory of sink baths to show Abrie's big sissy's how much fun they used to have playing in the sink. My only fear is that they'll want to get in there with her too, and they definitely don't fit!

7 months old

Baby girl is 7 months old today.

Ridonkulous (as the pigeons from "Bolt" like to say).

Our girl is a small tank. The girl can eat. And, I mean EAT. She loves, love, loves, loves food! She doesn't have much of a taste for the baby jars. Nope. She wants our food! Maddie and Faith were always very content with their baby jars up until about 8-9 months or so, but Abrie would much rather have tastes of ours. She loved the little bit of shrimp corn chowder that I let her have last night.

She likes to sit up in her crib now and "fool around" instead of taking a nap right away. I walk in to check on her, and there she is sitting there and playing with her stuffed animals. Of course she starts smiling her sneaky smile the second she sees me!

She sticks out her tongue all the time now just like Faith used to do. Maddie thinks this is hilarious when Abrie does this.

She crawls in Maddie and Faith's signature low-crawl. She can cover much larger distances now.

She and Faith are pals. They're hilarious. And, Abrie just loves when Maddie tells her "are you scared of up in the clouds?!" and does a strange voice to it. Maddie had her laughing hysterically the other day at Target while she did that to her.

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On a sidenote, Maddie and Faith have been asked on three different occasions in the past 2 days, "do you like having a baby brother?" Hahaha. Dan and I have been complimented on our beautiful son, and have been asked how old HE is!

New things

I started thinking that Abrie is getting close to completing her first month of the 2nd 6 months of her first year.

Ridiculously stupid thought, I suppose, but still something that occurred to me and got me so sentimental today!

In the last week or so, she has mastered getting into a sitting position from a crawling position. She is doing log rolls, and she seems interested in trying to pull herself up to a standing position when she's seated. She just loves that IncrediBlock that was Maddie's first Christmas gift. That is her motivating factor in wanting to pull herself up so that she can see it and fiddle with it! And, she just loves these two toys that Donovan and Ella let her borrow. She and Faith play with the dinosaur together all the time. It's quite cute!

The girl also has her sights set on 'big people' food. She insists on sitting on my lap during dinner and "asks" (in her squawking voice) for whatever taste I will allow her to have. It's quite comical.

Just a note from Momma

Abrie,

You just fell asleep in my arms after eating, and I just put you down for the night.

I don't think I'll ever be able to explain to you how much I love your smell. I'll never be able to explain the distinct, and sweet smell that is you. I can't put into words the feeling that it is holding your little hand in mine, and feeling you cling to me.

These little moments that we have together are forever etched in my mind.

I love you,

Momma