Hilarious Ammon

Ammon has been saying some great things lately:

"Mom, I want a washing machine for Christmas so I can wash my own cwothes"

At the Case Christmas party Grandma and Grandpa were opening a massager that had a long handle, Ammon saw it and said "Hooray! A Toiwet scwubbew!!!"

Matt got this phrase from his dad: often when I ask Matt why he's doing something he'll respond by saying "making little girls ask questions, and you know what? It works every time!" The other day Matt took Ammon to the store with him for some Christmas shopping and Ammon somehow got a hold of some scissors and was cutting the air with them. Matt soon noticed and took them and asked Ammon why he was doing that, to which Ammon replied "making big daddies ask questions, and you know what? It works every time!" Just passing on the traditions....

Abbie is now crawling on all fours and has started using sign language for "all done" and "more" it's pretty much the same sign for both, but she knows she's trying to communicate, and we know and that's what's most important.

We're super excited for Christmas, posts will follow with hopefully lots of pictures!!!!

Abbie Update

A quick update on Abbie's 9 mos appt last week:

Height: 28 1/2''--------80%

Weight: 17lbs 9 oz. -----25%

HC: 42 1/4 cm------8%

Cute little head, ha ha!

She's doing pretty well. She's not babbling really yet which makes me a little concerned but she's such a contended little things and loves to play on the floor. She is a really happy baby and is getting a lot better at letting other people hold her besides mom and dad. She's "army crawling" she is mostly dragging her body with her strong arms...she's getting better at using her legs. I wonder if she'll start crawling soon because she likes to pull her knees under her a lot. She still loves rolling around and is an expert at sitting herself up from laying down. I have been more worried about her growth because she's not pulling to stand and not saying any consonants and a couple of other things. The Dr. said to watch her but that she's not too concerned because she seems to be a pretty chill baby in that she is content for longer maybe than some other babies so she's not in a rush to always be trying new things. I have to keep reminding myself that babies develop different things at different times and not compare so much.

She loves eating big girl food. She absolutely loves Ammon and he loves her. He is a great big brother. These kids are just the cutest. I'm loving being able to stay home and play with them everyday. Ammon protects Abbie by moving garbage cans that she scoots to and always is looking out for her.

Ammon is saying the funniest things. He is great to talk to. The other day he told my sister that if there are bad guys he will get them, and if they hurt him, his daddy will protect him. He and his dad are my protectors and I love them for it. He's got a stellar memory and loves reading books. We live in a musical at our house and it's awesome to listen to him go around singing all day.

We're all doing pretty well. Matt and I have made a debt elimination calendar and we're so excited to be out of debt and working towards our own home and another car. Matt has a huge deadline tomorrow at work, so he's been working 14 days. We've missed him a lot but we're so proud that he works so hard for us. Hopefully he passes his certification tomorrow so that he can come home and do fun Christmas things with us.