It's Good to be Queen

Abby finished up her 5th month birthday by visiting her favorite Sault Ste. Marie restaurant ~ the Burger King two blocks from our house. It's her favorite place to go for dinner because there are lots of windows and two t.v.'s on her 3rd favorite channel (the Fox News Network).

And, Abby's head is finally big enough for her to wear the Burger King crown, so in honor of her 5th month party Abby got to be queen for the night.

Today Abby and I have to head down to the library to return some books, check out some new ones and renew the Lord of the Rings since we are not quite done learning about hobbits. We also have to pack our bags since we did all the laundry yesterday. I think we will have enough to keep us busy!

We did quite a bit of cleaning last night so that we didn't feel quite so cluttered. Abby can now play all over the floor again and was back to practicing her crawling after dinner. She can still only get one end up into the air at a time.

Just Another Good Day

Abby and I have been having a very normal, very good day. She is getting to be quite a clown and we have a great time. She just cracks us up and cracks herself up in the process. Today she really had a great time playing with her duck rattle. She chewed it, shook it, and chewed it some more. And the whole time I was making up rhymes for her or making silly noises, which only intensified the laughter. It is so nice to have a happy baby!

Other than that there is not much to report. We are waiting for the big rain from the hurricane to get here - it is supposed to start raining this afternoon and rain until tomorrow afternoon. Blah. Steve and I are on our post-Labor Day diet and workout plan. I am not sure how many more salad lunches I will be able to handle, but so far so good. I just want to get my waistline back into its pre-pregnancy shape so I can pull out all my old suits and fit back into them since I've lost almost all of the baby weight. We shall see if this works.
Here's another photo from camping for Grandma Jennie - it isn't exactly the camping tree, but it was pretty close. And, this girl just would not smile for us. Either she's hamming it up or she's ultra serious, there is no in between for us. Have a wonderful day - we are going to snuggle, read the Lord of the Rings, and stay dry!

Still Getting Bigger

Well, it is official. Abby is still getting bigger and at a good clip. She was in the 90th percentile for weight and the 75th for height. She's growing like a little weed! She had no fun getting the shots today, but a little pain now is a lot better than a lot of pain or illness later. She really did not like the shots or the poor nurses who had to deliver them, but she liked Dr. Mackie just fine. Unlike the last time she got shots, this time Abby's been pretty happy and playing afterwards. I was really worried we were going to have a whiny afternoon, but we are having fun instead and watching 101 Dalmatians together.

Abby is getting ready for camping. She is getting her bags packed up and ready to go and we got the tent and sleeping bags around yesterday. We are also reading our new library book - The Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring. Abby has learned lots of information about Hobbits and Wizards so far. She is going to be very smart someday and very well rounded (we hope).

Here are some Abby and Jack photos from yesterday morning. We did some rough measuring and weighing of Jack when he was here. Based on our very unscientific measurements Jack was about 22 inches - otherwise known as the same length as Abby was at birth. But he has grown 3 inches since he was born, so that's quite a bit of growing that he has done. Abby still dwarfs him for now, but by next summer he'll probably be able to wrestle with her pretty well.

And now... back to packing :)