A Welcome Home Present

We made it home last night to a snow covered driveway, and the snow is still falling. It is so beautiful! Abby and I say bring it on, as long as we can watch it from the warmth of our living room.

We had a wonderful week down visiting in Hastings, but it was really good to be home. In fact, Abby did some of her best smiling and playing last night when she got her toys back. She can be quite a ham. While she was gone Abby reached one (and a half) milestone that we were really looking forward to. We now have a mobile girl, but only in reverse. Abby is a very proficient backwards scooter now and she is trying harder and harder to get going forward. Abby also almost has her first tooth (the lower right central incisor). It is just right there and you can definitely see the edge of it about to come through. Maybe by tomorrow we will no longer be parents to a toothless wonder.

We got to do lots of visiting in Hastings - Abby got to see almost all her grandparents (she only missed out on Grandpa Roy and Great Grandpa Duane who were in Florida and Great Grandpa and Grandma Gamble). She also got to see all her first cousins and her new second cousin Camree Kissinger. It was really fun. And we got to go shopping, to Aunt Emily's basketball game, and to Great Grandma Jennie's flower shop. As you can guess, we were super busy and now Abby and I are both ready to just spend a few days playing barbies and watching Handy Manny.

Abby also learned screaming this past week. Not the crying type of screaming - we are talking more about the Braveheart style shout of defiance. Oh joy... We have a lot more pictures to share, but you'll just have to wait until another day to see a few more.