A Pod of Peas

Future Prima Ballerina - January 2011

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I was out shopping and saw these cute zebra stripe ballet slippers. Early in the month we found this ballerina tutu at a store and got it for her, she has been in it ever since. So when I came home with the slippers she was super excited.

I love that smile!!!!
She asked if she could dance to some "ballerina music"...which is Pachelbel Cannon in D.....she actually has a little bit of coordination.
Dancing Queen!!

Stampin' Up! Swap - January 2011

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Here are the goodies that I created for this months swap. Our theme was Valentine's Day, it was a lot of fun. This box has a Ghiardelli's chocolates, mint patties, rectangle acetate box filled with Tootsie Rolls, a note book for love notes and a matching pen.

This is a mini post note holder that can be put on a keyring or purse. I love the Owl punch!!
This is a Valentine box with valentines and matching envelopes. I love the envelope die that goes with the Big Shot.
Our group used the shaving cream technique in our challenge for he month, this is how mine turned out. I love using glue and glitter, it so easy and add lots of sparkle.

Stampin' Up! Swaps - December 2010

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I am a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and I have the opportunity to be part of a monthly Swap Group. I like the opportunity to be creative every month. If I didn't have this group I am not sure that I would take the time other wise. Here are the items I created in December. I had a lot of fun.

This is a gift card holder, I love the glitter brads.....does anyone else get excited over things like this?

One of my favorite dies for the Big Shot is the Top Note Die....I heat embossed the sentiment in silver, embossing always adds a little style.
I found this idea and though it looked so delicate that I wanted to recreate it. I really like the color combination, it feels so sweet. The mini pearls are so beautiful to me.

More Snow! - January 12, 2011

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Here is Buddy belly deep in snow. Even though it was a challenging she still loved playing in the slow with Abby.

Buddy kept on sinking in the snow and then he would have himself a little bite of snow as a snack for his trouble. Tastes good and refreshing.
Here we are trying to clear off Daddy's car. This is after the blizzard that hit us a bit ago. Abby likes helping clear the snow and we found another use for her sand shovel!! It makes a good snow shovel too. I am learning how to efficently shovel snow, something that I never had to do in SC, GA, CA or UT for that fact.

Trip to the store with Daddy - December 31, 2010

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Abby wanted to go to the store with daddy but he need to go fast, she was dressing in her Fairy outfit so Andrew put a jacket on her, gloves and hat and off they went. He said that they had a few looks in the store but Abby had fun and that is all that matters.

Snow Day - December 28th, 2010

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Abby had fun "pulling" me around the yard in the snow. She loves the snow!!! And we are getting a lot of it here in CT. This is like 20x more snow on the ground now.

Buddy was getting in on the fun too! I was surprised to see that likes the snow too.
We tried to build Abby a little sledding hill for her to slide down, she had so much fun climbing and trying to build a snowman, didn't quite turn out.

More Christmas Pics - December 2010

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Here are our families little cuties. Daddy with our babies. We made family shirts for Christmas and wore them in on Christmas Eve.

Daddy bought these blocks for Abby, he had them growing up and thought Abby would love them. Well he was right. She loves them. She uses the small round long block as a bone to fetch as she pretends to be a dog crawling around the house.
She is so excited for Christmas morning. She really loves the lights on the tree and the Christmas star on top. And decorating the tree was so fun for us to do together.

Our Christmas - December 2010

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Grandma & Grandpa Hendricksen sent Abby a authentic Heber Creeper train whistle, train books and this train engineer outfit. She loves blowing the whistle and hammering and fixing things with her engineers outfit.

Grannie gave her this Hair Dressers outfit. She likes using the scissors to cut hair (only pretend of course), brushing and "styling" hair too. Then she will hand you the little mirror and say "how do you like it". So cute.
These are our neighbors, the Waters' family. They joined us for Christmas morning breakfast. Aren't they so cute.
The missionaries also came to breakfast. They help cook our breakfast buffet. Don't they look cute in our aprons. Had to protect their nice clothes.

Chef Abby - December 2010

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Abby is really into cooking. On the bottom picture we put some noodles, rock salt, bulgar wheat and lentils in her blue kitchen bowl (this is the bowl that is in a special place for her in the kitchen) and she was just stirring up a storm. Soon she pulled her table into the kitchen and her little plates were set at the table and everything. She called it "Abby's Restaurant". Papa gave her this Chefs outfit for Christmas, she loves it - can't you tell, she wore it for hours cooking and making all kinds of pretend goodies.

Holiday Fun - December 2010

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Abby loved decorating gingerbread cookies. She has a good eye and was happy and proud to give them to her teachers at school.

This Christmas Abby tried her hand at baking. We found this neat little recipe for what we call pretzel cookies. She had so much fun being the cook and was so very careful to get the m& m's in the very center of the kiss. SO cute, can you see how proud she is.

She loves the Christmas tree. This is the first year that she really knew what was going on and really got in to the spirit of Christmas. She also loved delivering cookies to neighbors and making popcorn garland and ornaments for the tree. I love seeing the world through her eyes!

Abby's 3rd Birthday - November 11th, 2010

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Since we moved so close to Abby's birthday we didn't know anyone to invite to a party for her birthday here in CT. So she just celebrated with us. We took her to Chuckie Cheese's but those pictures are on my phone and haven't pulled them off yet. So our little princess received a princess, prince castle and all the fixins for her birthday. She s really getting into pretend play. She is growing so fast.....can't believe she is 3, just yesterday she was being born.

Madame Lady Bug - Halloween October 2010

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Abby wanted to be a Lady Bug for Halloween so we bought her costume in CA and brought it with us to CT. As you can tell we were still waiting on our furniture when Halloween rolled around. It gets dark at 5 pm here and it was pretty cold so she did not go out very long but she loved being in her costume and flying around the empty space in the house.

Where have we been...

2011-01-24T20:22:00.001-08:00

So it has been 2+ year since I have updated our blog, so I am going to try to do better at keeping up with life and sharing with friends. Abby is growing so fast and is changing everyday. Compare the pictures when I get them posted. We moved from CA in September and arrived in CT in October after a visit to family along the way across country. We are only here in CT till April and then we are being transferred to VA.

My Babies!!!

2011-01-24T20:09:00.000-08:00

When we were waiting for a house here in CT we were staying in the Navy Lodge. Abby wanted Buddy to sleep in her bed, this was the cutest picture of them together since she was a baby. Buddy loved it. My two little cuties.

Making Abby's First Birthday Cake

2008-12-11T00:15:00.000-08:00

Abby wanted to help make her Birthday Cake and was very interested in the mixer. She didn't know what she thought about the batter. After careful examination she decided to give it a taste.

What some chicken!

2008-12-10T23:54:00.000-08:00

We were having dinner one night while Grannie was visiting and she gave Abigail chicken bones to teeth on. She said this was what she used to my brother and I when we were little. She was so cute and looked so happy we just had to share it.

Some Pictures I Left Out!

2008-07-26T15:51:00.000-07:00

This is one big burrito and she has her little mouth open as big as it can get so that she can get herself a bite. She did not get as much of this burrito as it looks like but she really likes tortillas!!!Peek-a-boo I see you!

Abby loves to play with her Grannie when she comes to visit.
Abigail wanted to make sure that she said "Hi" to you herself.

Abby's First Away from Home Babysitter - July 21st, 2008

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Abigail stayed with her first babysitter way from home this week. Our friends and neighbors, the Teasley's watched her for us. I had a meeting at church and Andrew had to sleep since he had the midwatch at work. She had a lot of fun with them, they love her very much. They fed her snacks and chicken, which she loves! Abby is really working the lip in this picture. She was fine until she saw me and then she cried for me. It was after 8 pm and she was so ready for bed. You do get a little peak of her cute little teeth and her babydoll that Aunt Debbie and Uncle David gave her. Don't you just want to kiss and pinch those cheeks!!! It was a bit weird for me to be out and about without her with me, I missed her very much. I am glad that she did so well. She is growing so fast the last 8 1/2 months have gone by so fast!

We had a visit from some CUTIES!!!

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David, Debbie, Luke & Joshua came to visit today on there way home from vacation. It was very good to see them. Abby had lots of fun and was spoiled with lots of hugs and kisses. Here are a few pictures. I took some of them and Luke took some of them.

Uncle David fed Abigail some yummy berries and snacks today. Lukie took this cute picture.

Luke (he is sooo cute) decided to have a little rest lying on the floor with his fuzzy cousin Buddy.Joshua's (he is too cute too!!!) hair is so blonde and long. He is trying out the surfer look. Our nephews are so handsome. Abigail had fun and wish they could have stayed longer, maybe they will come back again soon. :)

YEEEE HAWWW for Andrew - July 16th, 2008

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Andrew had an Engineers Exam Interview in Washington, DC on Wednesday and he PASSED!! We are so happy that he did so well. It has been a long road and he has worked really hard and we are so proud of him. So it looks like it is off to Monterey, California for us toward the end of August so the Andrew can work on a Master's Degree in Operational Analysis. Up next is a move and a cross country trip with our little sweet pea. Wish us luck!!

Abby's First Airplane Ride - May 16th, 2008

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We flew to Washington, DC for Paul's graduation from medical school in May. Abby got to take her first airplane ride. We had to be at the airport around 6am and needed to wake up Abby early, early, early! But she did wonderful. She cried very little and was full of smiles. She smiled at everyone around us, she even peaked through the seat and smiled at the people sitting behind us. There were so many people who commented on how cute she was and how well behaved and happy she is. That is our little girl, always making people smile. We could not have asked for her to be any better than she was. Maybe this means she will be a good traveler when she gets older?

Piggy Tails!!!

2008-07-15T19:49:00.000-07:00

Abigail had her hair put in her first Pig Tails today and she was too cute to not to share a picture of her. She reminds me of a character on Fraggle Rock!! She is such a sweet little baby girl and we have so much fun with her.

Baby Bathtime - June 9th, 2008

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Here are some pictures of our sweet girl during bathtime - enjoy!

She is our sweet lil' devil!!!

Her hair is getting longer so it was fun to play with. Gotta love this sweet little face!!

She looks like a little cupie doll with her hair like this. She is so fun! Hope that you get a laugh looking at these. Before to long she will not be able to have a bath in the sink tub.

Abigail's 6 Month Update

2008-05-22T12:15:00.000-07:00

Abigail makes a great mascot for the USS Rhode Island wearing daddy's hat. I don't think there is anyone on the submarine that looks as cute as she does wearing this hat!!! Abby loves water!! Especially if it comes from a water bottle, cup or straw.
She still loves her bath time.

Since we have this blog we thought we would use it to update everyone on Abigail. So we thought we would share a little bit of what she has been up to the last 2 months. Well we can't believe that Abigail is 6 month's old!! She is our little sweet pea that is growing so fast.

Here a few of our favorite pictures of our kids (one fuzzy, one not).

I guess the diaper makes for a good pillow.

I have often wondered what they were saying in this picture!
This is Abigails first Easter. The dress she is wearing was my dress when I was a baby (it is VERY old :) and came from the Philippines. We though that she looked so cute in this super pink dress. Only some one as cute as Abby can pull that color off!

She has had a lot of first in the last 2 months. She has has tasted oatmeal, peas, apples, carrots, squash, bananas, peaches and pears all for the first time. She loves everything and if you are eating she watches very intently and wants what ever you are eating.

Papa & Abigail - April 30th, 2008

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Abigail had a visit from her Papa from Charleston, South Carolina this past week. Papa came and visited for a day but Abby loved him up while he was here.

He fed her rice cereal and did a good job of keeping her nice and clean. It has been a few years since he has fed a baby but he is an old pro at it.

As you can tell she was very tired during bathtime, she has that lip down pat and uses it to pull at our heart strings.
Abigail was sad that Papa had to head back home to help take care of Luke & Joshua. She hopes that Papa will come and visit again soon. I think that Papa had a hard time leaving little Abby, he says that she is precious.