Link up!

So I was sitting here trying to catch up on my blog reading while little miss is napping and I came across a link up hosted by Ali at Chasing Moonlight and Roses. Since I hardly ever post anything on here anymore and when I do it's about Abi, I decided I would like to try to participate. For now there will only be my answers (mostly since I am posting on the day of the deadline!) but I will try to add hubby's later. Here goes!

How did you two meet?

Hubby and I met on Yahoo! personals. Yup, not super exciting but I like where we ended up! ;)

What were your first thoughts when you met your other half?

"Oh wow, he's got a great sense of humor! I love a guy who can make me laugh!" -he said he wanted to learn to knit. I thought he was joking, but he really does! lol

When did you know you were going to marry your significant other?
I knew from about the third or fourth month of dating that I wanted to be with him for the long haul. We were having the best time together and had already talked about all of the major things that tend to break people up when they discuss them... money, politics, marriage, kids... nothing seemed to scare him so I knew he was just as serious about me. 


What is the one thing you will always disagree on?
(Or likewise, what is something you will always agree on?  Whichever way you prefer to answer!)

Religion. Hubby doesn't believe in organized religion and I'm a catholic. It's hard for sure, but at least he's not always rubbing it in my face like some people might. I appreciated that. 

What has your other half recently done that made you love them even more?

He has been wonderful at helping around the house. He's been cooking dinner and cleaning a lot and I am so grateful for all that help! Not only that, he hasn't complained! It's so nice to have that help and even though I know he's been working hard, he acknowledges that I've been working hard too. 

Anyone else?

Does anyone elses kid throw tantrums? I want my happy baby back... I know it's from lack of sleep at daycare (at least partially) but they can only get her down for one hour (when she really needs almost 3 hours of nap a day) and I just feel like I'm missing out on all my little girl's happiness because she'll have a "great day" at daycare then come home to me a screaming, fit throwing ball of tears. I hate it (not her, the situation) and I'm still trying to decide if it's worth all this trouble for me to continue going to school. Ugh, I wish I had found this profession years ago.......

so it's been a while

I am here, and all is well but I have been so busy that I just haven't felt up to writing much lately. I'm sorry and I will try to get back into the swing of things soon! For now, here is an Abi update!

She is 15 months old, 21.5lbs and 33 1/4 inches tall. Into 18 month onsies but too skinny for 18 month pants/shorts. Abi wears a size 2 shoe still, but her feet are long and skinny (like the rest of her) so she's growing out of those but will not fit into 3's. Daycare has wrecked her nap schedule again, but she really seems to be enjoying playing at daycare so that's good. She has 7 teeth that we know of, four top front, two bottom front and one molar poking through on the top left. That was the WORST teething experience ever! She was so fussy and tylenol wouldn't touch her pain, she wouldn't sleep for longer than 40 minutes and it was just awful for about a week. I wish all those darn teeth would just come out at once so we could be done with this. Hmm... what else... oh! Abi is walking about 80-90% of the time now! She is doing so well, but she has really weak ankles so we had to have supports made for her to try to get her to keep proper alignment and train her ankles better. I'm not sure they're going to do the trick tho. But we're still trying them hoping to keep from having to buy 900$ braces someday. Abi is babbling a lot more lately, we still hear a lot of mama and dada's.. some baba's and so forth. I have heard her say "dog" more like da with a super soft g. We were at my aunts for a party and someone had brought a huge golden retriever. Abi kept pointing at the dog and saying "a da! a da!" with those soft g's Then at daycare they have a ball pit and the other day Abi pointed and said "ba" so I kept saying ball to her and eventually I heard something more like ball, but she's not quite there yet. She knows where her head, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, belly arms, legs, feet and toes are and can point to them if you ask. She will point out my body parts if I ask too, like my arm or eye or knee. She's so smart! But lately, oh the temper tantrums!!! I can't stand it, my sweet little girl reduced to a screaming, crying lump on the floor. She will literally throw herself face down and just cry, simply because I will  not give her something or had to take something away (that one I kind of understand) I know she doesn't get it yet, that I'm just trying to keep her safe but it still drives me crazy! I have a feeling the terrible 2's are going to be a year for the record books with tantrums. Then again maybe she'll surprise me. I just want my easygoing baby back. I do love to watch her explore and today she climbed up onto the couch for the first time (using a box) and was so tickled with herself. She's so funny and has the greatest facial expressions.. oh and her laugh is just out of this world cute! Especially when it's that full on giggle... or even when it's a sympathy laugh that she's mocking me with, lol. 

I hope you're all doing well, I'm trying to play catch up on everyone's blogs to see how you are doing. Have a great 4th!!