Abigail, my dear....

Abigail, Abi, Aberdoodle, Turtle-

You are a dream come true for your mommy. From the time I knew women could have babies, I knew I wanted a little girl. I always dreamed of the day I could hold you in my arms, and the day I finally did was amazing. You were the easiest baby to give birth to. The nurse literally told me, as she was calling repeatedly for the doctor, not to sneeze because you would come out. When your brother met you for the first time, he was shocked that you really were a real thing, not just a huge belly. He has adored you ever since. You are HIS baby sister and he lets everyone know it.

You are now a 16 month old little girl with a passion for life. You wake up each morning with a smile and a squeel of excitement. I've been told a few times that you are exactly like me when I was your age. And from what I can tell, they are right. You can be the sweetest girl in the planet, but you sure like things YOUR way. To this day, you will not say Momma. You will say many other words but will NOT say Momma. When I ask you to say Momma, you laugh and say Dadda. This is now a funny game to you. I'm not amused (ok a little). We do a lot of sign language with you and you are so very proud of yourself at being able to communicate with us. We did this in hopes to help reduce the amount of whining you were doing (and boy do you do that!). At first you simply whined and signed at the same time. At this point we have almost eliminated the whining. You are a picky eater. Some days I can't get you to eat more than about 5 bites. You do however LOVE strawberries, tomatoes, cheese and bacon. Thank God for multi-vitamins.

You love your brother and your sister. You three are very loving and sweet together. Although you sometimes take your frustrations out on them by biting them. You aren't happy with the outcome of this because daddy usually tells you "no". When daddy tells you anything in a serious tone you look away, get very sad, stick your lip out, and CRY. This is quite amusing because you make it so very dramatic. But you wouldn't be your mother's daughter if you weren't dramatic!

We adore every ounce of you my darling daughter. You amaze us each day with new ways to love you. Continue veing you, because you are wonderful! We love you little girl!
Love,
Momma