They All Fall Down

The leaves that is. We had a windy, rainy night and now our backyard is covered in leaves. You can't even see the grass in some spots. Yesterday we had quite a few leaves down on the ground, so we tried to do an Abby photo session, but she was all out of smiles unless Maize was around, and when Maize was around she was right in the way of a cute picture. Oh well.

Still no teeth, so Abby's still been having some random crying fits and ornery spells. But honestly, even with a couple of fits per day she is still the happiest and mellowest baby I've come across. She's pretty serious a lot of the time, but she also has a slight attention hound habit. We had dinner out last night and she was waving her arms all around and smiling at anyone who would look. That was accompanied by giggles and chatter. It was pretty funny. Abby also ate her first french fry. She is getting good at chewing so if something is pretty squishy she can manage it with some supervision. She's not quite ready for crispy McDonald's fries yet, but she can handle the steak cut ones. Although french fries are probably not going to be on her regular menu once she is big enough to crunch on real veggies.

Today is our moms and preschool playgroup and then AJ is coming to play, so we are going to be busy. Hopefully we will have a fuss free day. Yesterday was good except when she woke up crying during her afternoon nap. She wasn't even awake when I first got to her, so I'm sure it was a bad dream or something. She has a few of those where she cries out in her sleep. She must take after her dad who also talks and walks in his sleep sometimes. Maize barks in her sleep too. I am surrounded...



















18 days until we get to visit our friends and family in Hastings. Yipee! Abby and I are glad that Steve doesn't mind when we take extra time to visit family when he can't. He's the world's best dad.