So much personality.

Daddy dropped by the house this morning to pick something up and this is how he discovered Abra. I am not phased by this since I see it every day but he thought it was hysterical to see her dressed her in tutu and dancing shoes immersed in a pile of books. She actually only briefly looked up for us to take a picture. She is quite the little reader - and the little dancer. I guess she had been dancing hard to her "Jesus music" for long enough that she needed a nice long reading break.
Then, as I was making dinner tonight, she sat at the table and played with her magnadoodle. She announced that she had drawn a picture of herself so I came over to see it. I was amazed that her picture actually somewhat looked like a person! I have never explained to her how to draw people but she has watched me do it a few times. What a smart kid. I am realizing more every day how much she is capable of at this age. It is exciting to watch her grow.

Priceless

So Shelley and her boys came to visit for part of Saturday/Sunday this weekend. They had some awesome "cuzzin time" and we are glad to see more of them in the future.

When Shelley and I were trying to get the babies down for their naps, we left Abra and Ethan playing unsupervised for a few minutes. When we emerged, we found that Ethan had decided to try Abra's gold "ballerina" shoes on. He thought he was looking pretty good. We could not stop laughing.

At least he is holding a toy truck right?

These two had fun together as well although someone was always
after the other's paci. Neiv likes having someone else around to bully
once in awhile.

The Chicken and the Ballerina

So this year we just headed over to our friends house here in Atlanta for a fun gathering of little costumed people and pizza, candy, etc. for everyone. It was lots of fun and it took Abra 2 hrs to fall asleep that night despite our limiting her candy intake to just a few pieces.

Neiv might be the cutest Chicken yet.

Abra and Juliet were really into the M&Ms. Not into making them into shapes so much.

Juliet showing Abra her princess dress.

This suit fit Abra like a glove at 8 months but was really big on Neiv at 10 months. :-)