The Newest Neville

So it has taken me the full 39 weeks to purposefully take a belly picture to share. Looking at it now I realize why! And of course Abbey is still included.

A family picture

And more pictures of Abbey

I thought this blog was going to keep friends and family a little more up to date with Abbey and our family. That is hard to do when it doesn't get updated! I would like to think that I will get better about this but I'm afraid it probably won't. Of course I will continue to try!

Here are some pictures of Abbey over the last couple of months. She is full of attitude and keeps us laughing. She loves to talk and is always telling us interesting stories in her own "language". Most of her pictures show her scrunched up nose as she is saying "cheese!" which she says any time she sees a camera. For Halloween she was olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson thanks to Nana. She has no idea that she will be a big sister soon but I'm confident she will be the motherly/bossy big sister. Sadly I have no belly pictures of this pregnancy but I will post one soon since it will hopefully be disappearing in the next week or two!

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We FINALLY have a name for our sweet baby girl...

EMMA JO NEVILLE

We should be meeting her in 6 short weeks!

No she doesn't have a name yet...not even close to one, but here are some pictures of our sweet girl

We had these done by a friend of a friend who is starting her own photography business. I was pleased with the results! Of course how can you mess up any pictures with this cutie in them!

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Girl! We are so thrilled to be adding to our family! We will keep you posted!

(this is a picture of her face...i know it looks a little alienish)

Its been a year already! We had Abbey's first birthday party a couple weeks ago. Its hard to believe how quick a year has gone by. We had a ladybug and sunflower theme party with lots of friends and family.

I made Abbey's cake a ladybug and then baked all the kids' cupcakes in terra cotta pots and decorated them like sunflowers. It turned out really cute!

Nana made Abbey's birthday outfit.

Nana let her get in the pool fully clothed. I guess you can do whatever you want on your birthday....especially when you are so darn cute!

Abbey didn't dig in to her cake like I thought she would. She was too distracted by all the people watching her.

Abbey was blessed with many gifts. She enjoyed reading her card that Avery made for her.

I realize this is a very late post but here is our ultrasound from 6 weeks ago. We will have another one done July 1st to find out if its a boy or a girl....

I forget that people actually read this blog. I am quickly reminded though when there are no recent posts and then I start receiving comments. I'm glad that there are the few of you out there who do enjoy keeping up with our little one!

She is almost 1 year old! I can't believe how the time has flown by! She started walking last week so she is everywhere now. She has 8 teeth and loves eating! Her favorite food is mandarin oranges and whatever mommy/daddy is eating. While we were back in Alabama visiting she learned to say no since we had to say it so much regarding the stairs and non-childproof cabinets. It is rather cute though watching her shake her head and say "no" as she continues doing whatever she is that she's not supposed to be doing. She waves bye-bye and cries when anybody leaves her....she is quite the social butterfly! She loves to be outside and is a little fish in the pool. If backdoor opens to let the dogs out, she wants to go too. If she sees a pool, she thinks she needs to be in it, or any body of water for that matter.

Clint quit his job at the beginning of the month to focus on getting the music store open (www.themusicexperience.net). Abbey has really enjoyed having him around more and is definitely a daddy's girl.

Oh, and I guess its time to tell everyone that we are expecting again! November 18th is the date! We are almost 4 months along now and should find out the end of next month what we are having. We are very excited!

Well here are some long awaited pictures of our princess!

Here is Abbey's newest face! She loves showing her almost toothless grin every time you say her name. I think she has learned very quickly that her cuteness gets her pretty much whatever she wants!

She will be 10 months on Monday. She is very mobile, crawling everywhere and walking along furniture and toys when its available. She has become quite the daddy's girl lately. Of course Clint is loving it!

She is a great eater and wants whatever you have. Anything off a big person spoon tastes better. She has given up on sippy cups ever since she was sick and I was forcing fluids of every kind in her from a sippy cup. Hopefully she will get over that soon!

She is a great little girl and such a blessing to our home! She makes us smile every day! How can you not smile at a face like that?