Abigail Morgan Slawson Hamann

i'm a big girl now!

2008-01-18T01:29:15Z

according to Abby just now "I'm not a baby, I'm a girl", and then clarifying, "I'm not a baby anymore, I'm a big girl!"

a watershed moment? perhaps. maybe this means she'll walk more and not insist she's a baby and needs to be carried. we'll see.

—riffraff

i've got a bed and i like it, yes i do. i've got a bed, how about you?

2007-07-19T16:31:57Z

Abby has her very own bed now, thanks to the generosity of one of my coworkers, and, as reported over in my journal, she likes it a lot and has slept through the night twice in it already!

also of note: Abby has an email address now, so she can, in her words, "check her emo". it's puffinsoup@gmail.com.

I realized that we don't post enough in this journal! I should get some pictures rounded up and post them for you all in LJ-land. and new user pics! this one is, like, so baby-era! she's a baby-toddler now, don'tcha know?

—the ever-proud riffraff

pee is exciting!

2007-02-11T23:44:04Z

pee! in the potty!
soon we'll be wearing underwear!

and as she walks away: "i peed in the potty. rock on!"

i love my daughter.

—riffraff, who's never been this excited about pee before

p.s. i think abby needs a new default userpic, this one is ancient.

this entry is brought to you by the letter y

2006-12-25T17:08:28Z

overnight, abby learned to pronounce y's at the ends of words. she now sometimes says "abby" instead of "abba" and "mommy" instead of "mama" and "daddy" instead of "dada". right now it seems that she uses the y form of the word when she's emotional about the thing, which is interesting. yay for enunciation!

rock on, abba

2006-12-12T02:00:21Z

abby just said "rock on".

aww

2006-11-10T02:41:39Z

abby just said "i love you" to poeticdream over the phone!

yay!

progress report

2006-10-06T00:58:43Z

abby now:

can walk backward (i hear this is a toddler milestone of sorts)
likes clam chowder

aww, yeah

2006-08-30T01:32:13Z

abby just said "aww, yeah!"

—riffraff

bottoms up!

2006-08-27T22:56:17Z

the setting: poeticdream and i are in the living room making out during a cleaning intermission.

*tonsil hockey*
*tongue twisting*
*robin gives a prolonged stare over my shoulder*
*i disengage my tongue and wonder if i've grown a second head*
*i turn around*

oh, it's just abby downing the last of robin's coffee, grinds and ass and all. mmm, coffee.

we're raising a little caffeine addict, woohoo!

—never afraid to start them young, riffraff

abigail_m @ 2006-08-15T15:37:00

2006-08-15T19:37:39Z

Dear Abigail,
Thank you for being the little tiny bit of sanity I have in my life. No matter how stressed or depressed I get, seeing you smile as you hold a shirt in front of your face and say "Aba? Aba?" will always make me smile. Thank you for that. I really need those Abby induced smiles.

Love, Mom

P.S. I love the fact that you spin when you dance to music. It really makes me think you are my daughter :-)

look Abby, "Ap-ple!"

2006-08-05T23:46:07Z

Abby, you now have your very own Apple iBook. when you are old enough to not poke at the screen you can have it. in the meantime i'll program you some educational software. (note to self: learn cocoa and javascript!)
—your geeky dad, riffraff

are toddlers elligible for the darwin award?

2006-07-28T03:08:35Z

tonight abby was running around with a large paper bag over her head. and giggling, a lot. i think she liked it because she could run around, only see things a little, and hide from us at the same time.

she kept bumping into things, and falling down, and giggling.

i told her i didn't want to see her in the darwin awards.

abigail_m @ 2006-07-25T11:40:00

2006-07-25T15:40:33Z

Abby: *eats blueberries and giggles*
Me: What? Are you eating so many blueberries you're getting giggly-ie?
Abby: A'yuh! *eats blueberries and giggles more*

-Mom

Just in case you were wondering...

2006-07-10T20:30:12Z

If you eat excessive amounts of blueberries, it will turn your poop a dark blue-black.
And, if you poop in your diapers, it will stain your butt a dark blue-black.

~ Mom

P.S it smells really bad too.

abigail_m @ 2006-06-29T17:23:00

2006-06-29T21:23:39Z

As I'm adding books to it, I realized I never shared Abby's Amazon Wish List. Might anyone have any books to add to it?

abigail_m @ 2006-06-28T15:19:00

2006-06-28T19:19:28Z

Today Abby had her 15 month check up. And, as soon as she saw Dr. Howard, she started to scream. Go figure. My poor baby had 5 shots today! Doesn't that seem rather inhumane? Regardless, she's napping now and has been pretty much a-ok since her appoinment (minus a little bit of crankyness, probably from soreness).

Here are her stats:
Abby is 35 inches tall (about two feet).
She weighs 27.2 pounds.

She can:

Walk.
Follow simple commands.
Drink from a cup sorta kinda. She's better with straws.
Climb on furniture.
Walk up and down stairs (with and without assistance, depending on her moods).
Eat like there's no tomorrow.
Nurse like there's no tomorrow :-) (Mommy note: Still going strong! Yea!)
Follow simple commands.
Take off her shirt. (Mommy note: She learned that one in Wal*Mart yesterday)

She can say the following words:

Ma'ma
Da'da
Home
Dog
Woof!
Meow
Crack!
Duck
Quack!
Boob
Please
Elephant
Elmo
Grover
Diaper
Hello.
Up!
Bye
Water
Flower

I've heard her say, "Hello Speedwell!", "This one" and a couple other phrases, but she doesn't say them often enough for me to say it's in her vocabulary. Abby also knows the signs for "please" and "more"

Like I said earlier, our nursing is going strong. Which I love. Even her toys are well breastfed. We're still cosleeping, I'm not sure how much longer. She's a bed hog! And, I still wear her in a sling or mei tai occasionally.

Abby eats near everything we give her. She LOVES pesto, grapes, olives and goldfish crackers. She eats just about everything we give her, which is good. I hope when she gets older she doesn't get picky like most toddlers.

She loves to swing, and walk along the boardwalk. She loves reading books, playing with her keyboard and piano. She had a couple of favorite toys, mainly Mingo (a flamingo that lives in our car) and a purple and white teddy bear (who is unnamed). She has probably 50 million rubber duckies for the bath.

I think right now, that's all I can remember to write. Dad, do you have anything to add?

<3 poeticdream

that's my daughter!

2006-05-29T01:41:41Z

abby just spent a half hour barking like a dog.

—riffraff

abigail_m @ 2006-05-27T22:19:00

2006-05-28T02:19:37Z

It's Memorial Day Weekend. Both Kim and I have the weekend off. The weather is beautiful, hopefully a preview of summer. Here are pictures from today when we went to Belfast and Camden:

Firstly, I put Abby in a pretty pink dress. She even had shoes to match :-)

We went to Belfast, to buy Kim some shoes and me some silk yarn (mmmm). Here's Abby playing with a pushing toy. I think this maybe the only way to get her to stand on her own, and walk on her own. She's too stuborn.

We then went to Camden, where Abby played on the swings for a good long time. She loves them! She giggles and swang and giggles some more.

After swinging, we went to go play in the water. Abby loved the texture of the rocks on her feet. And the water was pretty warm too. She went in to about her ankles.

Right now, Abby's passed out asleep. She had a busy day! She's been out since 6 or 7 and probably will be for the night. That's alrighth with me, I have school work that needs to get done :-)

X-posted to poeticdream , riffraff and abigail_m

abigail_m @ 2006-05-23T11:15:00

2006-05-23T15:15:24Z

Abby has this annoying habit of randomly comming up to you, shouting "EYE!" and jabbing you in the eye.

poeticdream

abigail_m @ 2006-05-19T11:09:00

2006-05-19T15:09:19Z

So, maybe sign language is working...

Now, whenever she wants something, she signs (and says!) "please". It's uber cute! I'm working on thank you and your welcome. I should introduce more signs....

Proud. Like always.
poeticdream
Mom

P.S. We really need some new icons!!!

bipedalism r0x0rz!

2006-05-17T00:05:32Z

hi everybody, long time no post.

p.s. abby can walk now!

—riffraff

I love my bebe!

2006-04-06T20:46:24Z

So, Abby's still scootching around. She really doesn't like walking. She can't stand just find. If she's in the mood, she'll cruise. But, no real walking.

Untill just now,

I showed her her walker toy thingy and she loved it! She walked from one end of the hallway to the other and back again tice! /yeah! This is a step in the right direction :-P

So proud of Abby. Like always.

<3 Mom

Just to note...

2006-03-18T14:28:08Z

1. Abigail can give high five.

2. If you say "Abby! Go to sleep!", she'll collaps on the pillow.

3. If you lose your nose, Abby can find if for you.

4. Abby can tell you where her vulva is.

5. And, if she's listening to music and really getting into it, she'll spin around in a circle on her bum.

- Amused, Mom

stairs are no match for the abigail

2006-03-14T22:09:41Z

today abby learned to climb stairs!

in the past they had thwarted her with their sheer vertical/horizontal complexity, but today, in a fit of hyperactivity, she proved that she is now more than able to climb up and down stairs at will.

go abby!

—riffraff

Since when did my baby get so wiggily?

2006-03-14T21:26:56Z

Seriously!

Right now she's laying upsidedown on my lap giggling.

Latly she's been flailing her arms and legs around like she's vibrating.

And OMG earlier, she was like "I can climb up the stairs!" And did! And then, she was all "and I can climb down them too!" And did. WTF! Where did this come from? I don't even remember her trying....

poeticdream