Two New Favorite Things

I have two new things I could no longer live without. The first is my boppy pregnancy wedge pillow (http://shopboppy.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=17&zenid=798c8798fc3a3f9508743805eeaf8624). I'd been trying to alleviate my daily backaches by using a standard pillow, but this magic little pillow was the perfect shape to help support my back from the ache caused by the growing midsection.

The other great new purchase I made this week was a food steamer. Abby and I picked out the Rival model (http://www.rivalproducts.com/product.aspx?pid=2420) at our local Wal-Mart and have been enjoying yummy veggies and meats from it. It has two steaming trays, so we can fix multiple vegetables at the same time without doing the microwave juggle. And the food tasted so much better at dinner last night after a quick trip through the steamer.

Abby's new favorite thing is play-doh. She's played with it at playgroup before, but over the weekend she and Aunt Emily really got into it. Abby especially enjoys cutting and pretting things into the play-doh. We left the play-doh from the weekend at Grandma and Grandpa Hodges' house, but we replaced it with our own play-doh 4 pack. On the way home Abby counted the play-doh and then finished counting. I had no idea she knew how to count, so I was quite pleasantly surprised to hear "one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, two" from the backseat. We've since had to throw one of her new play-doh tubs away (I didn't think yogurt smoothie and play-doh mix would sit very well), but we are still enjoying lots of creative playing.

Favorite Things

I wanted to take a moment and write down Abby's favorite things at 18 months so that we don't forget how cute some of them were at this age.

Favorite toys: her Schleich farm animals, Penny the American Girl Bitty Baby, and puzzles

Favorite activities: coloring, chasing Maize, reading books, and getting her picture taken

Favorite color: pink

Favorite foods: chicken nuggets, grapes, carrots, milk, cheese tacos and string cheese

Favorite t.v. shows: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Olivia, and Dora the Explorer

Favorite movies: The Lion King, Pocahontas, and Monsters Inc.

Favorite books: Cuddle, Hop on Pop, Dr. Suess' ABC, and Tom's Tail

Best Friends: Maize, A.J. Hood, Maddie Dodge, and Jordan Doghmi

She also loves bubble baths, looking at herself in the mirror, putting on hats and taking them right back off, and playing "Super Abby" with her dad. She also loves getting her hair done into pony tails, but only if she can take them out immediately. She has lots of big person words in her vocabulary and a few words that only she knows.