Boogie Baby

It doesn't feel like it's been 9 months since we first laid eyes on our special girl-  but she'll be turning a year old before we know it!  She recently had her 9 month check-up and she's healthy-  she's in the 30th percentile for weight (didn't get that from me) but in the 75th percentile for length (didn't get that from me either, haha).  She's such a good natured baby, she laughs alot, and is very active.  It literally is a two-person job to get her diaper changed or get her dressed-  she wants to move around all. the. time.  :)     

Since the last time I wrote-  Abigail has graduated from Army Crawl to full on Sprint Crawling-  she's fast and loves to explore.  Her guilty pleasure, of course, is touching our shiny kitchen trashcan and garbage bags...I have to separate her from them several times daily. She also can pull herself up on objects-  and falls often, but she's a tough cookie and rarely cries about bonking her head.  She now has 6 teeth (although two are only about a quarter of the way out) and often charms people with her toothy grill.  She's just started to wave bye bye (or hello) as she demonstrated to the Dentist Office Secretaries a couple of weeks back.

We recently went to the wedding of one of Felipe's cousins and Abigail wanted to dance all night long.  She'd cry if we tried to sit down with her.  She gets that from me, I think :)     

Sweet Cheeks

Abigail has been all over the place the last week or so, she's really getting around and exploring all corners of our teeny tiny casa.  We've really had to keep our eye on her because she's also perfecting her fine motor skills and her "hand to mouth"-  not only can she pick up cheerios and put them in her own mouth ever so carefully-  but she can find any piece of paper, orange rind, or whatever other speck of dirt I've failed to vaccum up and stick it in her mouth.  :)  She's now got a fairly toothy smile, she's got two top and two bottom chompers and is working on another one up top.  She's as sweet as can be despite teething and suffering from a lousy cough.  I can't help but kiss her cheeks everytime I pick her up, she's just my perfect girl-  what can I say?!  I caught her signature beach-beauty pose on video last night...it's at the very end of the video so you'll have to watch the whole thing :) 

 Abigail's first Chuck-E-Cheese Party (Ava and Noe's Birthday Party) 11/15/10

 Those sweet cheeks and sparkly eyes

She's wearing shoes for the first extended amount of time :)

Baby likes to Move it Move it

The past few weeks Chiquibaby has been rolling all over the place!  She can roll in big circles, little circles, diagonally-  you name it-  she can roll to it.  Just a couple of days ago, I was checking facebook from my IPhone.  The IPhone is her favorite toy, followed by the TV remote.  She launched into an army crawl to reach it.  So we backed up, and she followed-  belly on the floor, but moving forward :)

She's definitely getting into more "stuff" these days-  She likes to pull her books off the shelf, and tries to pull her toy basket down to see her toys inside.  Felipe has suggested we baby-fence EVERYTHING.  I think we should just stick to one little fence blocking off the living-room/kitchen area from the rest of the house. 

On another note-   She's working on her 4th tooth up top.  She'll be a carrot-eating honey bunny in no time! 

Here are a couple of videos of her improved mobility.

Baby Prodigy

I think this may be Abigail's cutest video yet-  She's a great trumpetor but she's an even better foot-pianist!

Six Months and On the Move!

Abigail is officially 6 months and 2 weeks old!  Felipe and I looked back through her birth and newborn pictures tonight.  It's amazing how much she's changed in just a half a year!  We recalled how unbelievable her birth was, we were both in utter disbelief and shock that our perfect princess had actually arrived!

She had a rough couple of days this last week, it looks like one of her top teeth is coming in (which would make 3 chompers).  She's been doing the Army Crawl for a couple of days now and particularly goes after my cell phone or the TV Remote.  I think I'm going to get her her own cell phone, so she can can stop chewing on mine, and her own TV Remote-  so she can quit changing the channel while Mommy and Daddy are watching something!

She had her six month checkup last week.  She now weighs 16 lbs., she's 26 inches long and her head is in the 75th percentile :)  There are lots of brains in there!

Guess what I have for you?  A video of Abigail doing her Army Crawl!  Lucky Day!
 

Holy Roller!

Sunday Abigail started to roll- and ROLL!  She's been rolling over for a couple of months now, but now she's on the move.  I've put out a cotton blanket for her on the floor, you know the mother in me, trying to protect her from the "dirty carpet", but she really likes to roll off the blanket and onto the carpet and touch it with her hands.  I think she likes that it's scratchy like her daddy's goatee!  :)

I've been really trying to work with her on developing fine-motor skills.  So far she really prefers to explore things with her feet :)   She plays her piano, touches me and Daddy's face...with her tootsies. 

Today I wiggled my fingers, and made my hands big and small and she was moving her fingers too, so I think she'll catch on soon :)  We'll be making Patty Cakes and Tortillitas in no time! 

Tortillitas - the Mexican equivalent to Patty Cake

It goes like this:

(Clapping your hands in a rhythm like you're making hand-made tortillas)

Mommy like Tortillas

Steaming Hot and Yummy

Make them round

and nicely browned

For Daddy's hungry tummy

As it is right now, she really like to eat her tortillas before we get to the Steaming Hot and Yummy part. :)  I keep telling her she'll get sick if we don't cook the tortillas first, but she takes no heed.  Good thing they're make believe, or else she'd have a tummy ache.

You can see her new teeth in this one!

Getting Started

Only a week until Abigail officially turns 6 months.  I can't believe it's been that long since that miraculous day she was born-  however I also can't wait until she becomes more active and communicates with us more!  I'm already seeing so much of her personality and can't wait for her to be able to express that fun personality even more!

Just this last week she got her 2nd tooth, and once she got over the pain of it coming in she started "talking" more-  lots of gaaaa gaaaa kaaaa kaaaas and squeals.  All of which are super adorable.  She's rolling around, and is really good at kicking.  She popped Daddy in his eye this afternoon.  Maybe she'll be a champion Mixed Martial Arts fighter, who knows.  The options are limitless!  Speaking of Daddy-  she totally digs him and smiles big when he comes home from work each day and blushes when he gushes over her-  telling her how much more "chula" she's gotten since the last time he saw her. 

Chula=Cute

I've been stocking up on books for her, I just hope that as she grows she has an interest in them!  I've collected books in English, Spanish, and Bilingual English/Spanish books.  I'm a follower of the blog:  Latin Baby Book Club, it's given me a lot of good recommendations for Bilingual and Bicultural books.  The books that I really enjoy reading with Abigail are "Fiesta Babies" which has the cutest illustrations, and is mostly in English but with Spanish words thrown in.  My favorite part goes:  "Fiesta Babies love fiestas!  Almost as much as they love...(turn the page)  Siestas!"  All the fiesta babies are at the fiesta sound asleep.  Too cute!  The other book I enjoy reading with her is a flap-book, where you lift up the flaps.  It's called "Donde Esta el Ombliguito?" (Where's the Bellybutton).  Super cute illustrations and I get to tickle her belly button when we get to that part.  I wish it had a "where's baby's cheeks" page...I adore Abigails kissable cheeks and can't keep myself from giving them a kiss everytime I pick her up.

Okay I think that's all for now-  Hasta la proxima!