Abby at 4

You still continue to amaze me every day! Four years old suits you well. You have grown so much and mature more and more daily. Recently you have started writing your name and ask for us to write other things on paper so you can copy them. The other night, you wrote Abby, Emma, Dad, Mom, Abigail and you tried to write Johnson! For some reason when you write your name, you use three B's. That's ok! You are doing an awesome job with letter and number association. I was struggling with how we were going to teach you these things and it seems you're picking it up all by yourself!

You still come up with some pretty crazy things and are really great at making us all laugh. Last night you told Emma that she was such a lucky girl because she got new Dora pj's. Everything you say is SO animated. You'd be an excellent little actress. Speaking of, you love to sing and dance and have your video & picture taken. You are just like your Auntie Jessie when she was little. And people still call you my little mini-me.

Your behavior has been improving and you've been earning fun rewards like a Twins game, Chuck E Cheese, the Park at MOA. As a matter of fact, we get to go hang out at Chuck E Cheese tomorrow after we finish painting the garage.

We got your school papers in the mail today. I can't get over the fact that my baby is going to start school! It seems like just yesterday daddy and I were making the trek to the hospital in a blizzard - for your arrival! I was thinking about that the other day. That ride was one of the scariest, longest, most uncomfortable rides ever! My water had already broken, so I was leaking. I was having some pretty intense contractions and I am such a baby when it comes to pain. I was terrified for what lay ahead and was super anxious to meet the little one who spent the last nine months growing in my belly. And to top it all off, there was SO much snow on the ground. None of the streets were plowed and daddy kept plowing through the snow and the truck bounced around the whole trip. NOT FUN!! You made your arrival a few hours later and made that long drive completly worth while!