Abby had two favorite activities. Of course one was swinging by the lake.
Abby loves swinging:
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The second was also one of my favorite past times. Being lazy and floating in the lake. Abby is one good relaxer. We had a great time sunning ourselves. Too bad for Abby she got Byron's pale skin. I think we'll be buying stock in water babies sunscreen.
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Emily liked buzzing around finding things to do. She learned to set fires with Byron.
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Her favorite activity of the week was climbing up and down the ladder on the dock. She must have gone up and down 500 times that weekend. She would dangle in the water for a bit and then climb back up. It was super stressful at first but we got over it and learned to ignore the dangerous behavior that she was partaking in. What really cracks me up about this video is that she was willing to climb up and down and dangle in the water, but at the end of the video she was afraid to walk over a 1" gap in the boards on the dock without help. There is a serious lack of dangling in this clip, but I thought the dock part was worth it. At the end she also throws in a kiss. Sorry for the annoying hiss in the sound...I'll edit it someday.
Emily swinging by the lake:
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Emily's serious face:
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Abby digging:
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The whole trip the girls fought over this loon napkin holder. They loved to sing "rockabye baby" to it.
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Abby was always itching to get back out into the water.
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Abby getting ready for her first trip on the boat:
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Byron helping Emily get ready:
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Emily on the dock waiting for the boat
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Emily stuffing her face
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Emily helping Byron drive the boat
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Abby and me on the boat
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The girls looking a little nervous. Really there were ducks behind us and they wanted to get a better look and were not thrilled to have to pose for pictures.
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Here are the ducks (loons, but the girls don't know the difference)
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Abby helping Byron drive
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They have been working on manners lately. They say "please" and "thank you" very consistently. Emily has learned to use her "please" to get her way. She wanted to drive the boat so she stood next to byron and the sweetest voice said "up pleeeaaaasssseee" and of course Byron couldn't resist.
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Abby getting ready to go tubing for the first time
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Byron was very confident in Abby's driving skills so he let her drive while Emily and I tubed.
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Abby showing off her sick moves. She learned to stand on the tube.
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As I was packing Emily was very unhappy to be going home so she decided to empty the suit case.
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A couple weeks ago we were shopping and I let the girls walk instead of riding in the cart. While passing through the toddler clothes section they found bathing suits that had built in tutu's and they went crazy hugging them and trying to put them on, so knowing that we'd need to buy an extra set of suits for our vacation this fall I bought them. They're ridiculously funny. They love to wear the suits around the house even when there's no swimming involved.
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As you may remember, we've been taking pictures of the girls next to Bev and Mark Krans' daughter Lydia on the same blanket since the girls were just a few weeks old. Here's the original picture when the girls were 3 weeks old and Lydia was about 3 months old.
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Last year when Abby and Emily were 7 months and Lydia 9 months:
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Abby and Emily at 9 months and Lydia at 11 Months
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Here they are now. Abby and Emily are 21 months and Lydia will be 2 this week! I love that Emily still cowers and cries when lying next to Lydia.
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Lydia feeding Emily
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Lydia and Abby kissing
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This past weekend Emily found a bunch of pairs of socks and insisted that she wear all of them. She walked around the house SO proud of herself.
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One day we were at the lake and some kids were fishing and storing them in buckets. They caught a big catfish that the girls went crazy over. They stood over it mixing the water for at least 1/2 hour.
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I'm not sure what this pose is, but Abby loves doing it and I think it's funny so here it is.
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Of course an update wouldn't be complete without detailing the latest mischief that they've been getting into. These days it's climbing. They get on top of everything. No, not just furniture, counters too. A little while back I was upstairs getting dressed and heard banging that seemed way louder than normal playing so I went to see what it was. Of course the girls were standing on the counters opening and closing the cabinets. They definitely have a love for finding the most dangerous things they can do.
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To follow up the tales of mischief I'll throw in a little bit of cuteness (Emily kissing Abby)
Emily giving Abby a kiss.
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