Life

Let me just say... I am really bad at updating these days. I miss you all, and am trying to play catch up when I can. But it's getting harder because I am just swamped with my clinical rotation and school this semester. Plus I don't see Abi nearly enough, so I've been spending every free second she's awake and I'm home with her. I don't even know what I wrote last time, but just to catch this up to speed:

Abi is 17 months old. She is walking and starting to talk better.. her favorite word is "up" and for some reason she's been saying "me me" but I don't think she's referring to herself. Ma ma and da da are still regular words and she can say ba (ball) and ni-ni (night night) pretty well. Abi is just the cutest, sweetest, most amazing little girl. She is climbing onto the couches and chairs, not to mention her toys. I was dreading this phase. But so far she's only fallen and hurt herself from the floor and not up too high so we've been blessed. She has 12 teeth, all 8 up front (tho one is not fully in yet) and 2 top and 2 bottom molars. It is so weird to see my little girl with all those teeth! I miss my little gummy grin sometimes! We've been getting kisses, and they're mostly closed mouthed, lol. Just recently, maybe the past week or so, my husband has been getting bed time kisses and he is absolutely thrilled! It's so sweet to watch them together, especially now that they're spending more time together without me (because I'm in clinic an hour and a half away 3 days a week.. ugh!) Abi won't nap at daycare, but naps very well at home. She's still going to bed between 7 and 7:30, unless it was a no nap day, then it can be as early as 6:30. I love that she loves her sleep and she sleeps until between 6 and 7 am... if I'm lucky on my days off she'll sleep in until 7:30 which is such a nice treat.

Abi likes to point to things and sort of ask "what's this?" She's so inquisitive and attentive. I love that she watches what I do and can imitate me. Although I have to be very careful what I do and say now! She's eating all sorts of things now, but we still have to be careful what we give her because of the food allergies. She hasn't had strawberries or peanut butter yet, though I have rubbed a strawberry down the back of her arm. Just to test for a reaction. There wasn't anything that I could see. We give her Plum Organics fruit pouches for some snacks and I've found that she tolerates them well even if they have lemon juice in them..... however, her back will break out a little. So I know we still have to stay away from citrus.

That's all for now, hopefully I can catch up on my reading and will be able to write again soon!