Princess Abby

Apart from filling our family and friends in on what's going on in our lives, I use this blog as a way to document the many milestones that our children reach. I am so bad at updating their baby books, so I hope that by chronicling their acheivements I won't soon forget the little adorable things that they do and say in these early years.


Abby has really grown so much in these past few months. It seems like she hit her second birthday and blossomed into this beautiful little girl. It was so funny because Jacob came downstairs the morning of her birthday and asked if Abby "would be able to talk now." Well, he wasn't too far off. She started adding to her vocabulary daily and it is so awesome to finally hear what she's thinking. So what does Abby think about? Princesses of course! Today I'll break down the many princesses that Abby knows and her thoughts on each of them. (Luckily I'm a certified Abby translator so I'll fill you in just in case you didn't quite get it right away.)

• Belle--Obviously this is Belle from "Beauty and the Beast". She's been saying Belle for as long as I can remember. She used to use Belle to describe anything that she thought was pretty but now it's mostly just reserved for the actual Belle character. She is also quite fond of the "Beasht".



• Ah-white--Second only to Belle, Snow White is a huge favorite of Abby's. She has two different Snow White books that we have to read every day before naptime.



• Seeping Bee--Sleeping Beauty. Abby seems to like her, but she's usually last in line when naming her princesses. She seems to be more taken by the wicked queen in the book. She often points at her and says, "Dat mean".



• Muwan--Mulan. She likes Mulan more and more these days since Jacob's been requesting that we watch it since he loves the fight scenes.



• Yo-wi-yo--Ariel from "The Little Mermaid." Abby loves her and today she pointed to her fin and said, "Yo-wi-yo no feet. Yo-wi-yo fish." It was really quite funny that she never seemed to notice that Ariel is actually a mermaid and not your typical princess.



• Ha-wa-wa--Cinderella. Similar to Sleeping Beauty, Abby doesn't seem to show much interest in Cinderella, but that might be because she hasn't seen the actual movie yet.



• Tinker-belle-belle--Though a fairy and not actually a princess, I thought this should make it onto the list just because it's so cute. I love that she says "belle-belle". I think she knows that her name is just Tinkerbell, but she always adds that extra "belle" at the end.

So now you're caught up on your dose of Abby vocabulary. Stay tuned for some of our favorite Jacob-isms.