Clean Sweep

We did a little (okay, a lot) of cleaning and reorganizing today to make room for new things and put some old messes away after 6 months of laying around. It was hard work. Abby's room is now sparkling clean, toys on the shelves, clothes in the dresser, too small things in the box. Whew... She was a great helper! Not only that, we got our room clean too and Steve is working on a set of shelves for the bathroom closet that was empty (just a big open waste of space). Soon our towels and sheets will be moving out of my bookshelf and into the closet so that our books can move out of Abby's room and into our own. That's a lot of moving for a little place like this.

We are retiring the 1998 Buick LeSabre that I've been driving since law school started. It died in the driveway before we could leave for the Christmas holiday and the repair bill was to close to the value of the car to make it worth spending the money on the poor old thing. So it is on to the great car hunt for us. So far we've decided we like cars and suv's better than crossover vehicles, so I don't think a Ford Edge or Flex will be ending up in our driveway anytime soon (unless we get a great deal that is). We are going to have to plan some extra time to go out car shopping since there aren't too many options up here. And test driving things with a toddler carseat, which is harder to switch from car to car, is not going to be that fun either. Poor Buick... we were planning to keep her around for a few more years.

Tomorrow I hit 27 - no big plans for my birthday since there isn't anything all that exciting we can really do up here. Maybe a baby free trip to the grocery store and some chinese takeout. Have a wonderful Sunday :-)

When Are We Leaving?

Abby got mail today. She enjoys getting mail because she is too little to get bills. Today Abby received her very own U.S. Passport. We were amazed to receive it after only 1 week. And we didn't even have to pay for expedited service. Now we are ready to get vacationing. Maybe to some island in the Caribbean or Europe or Mexico. Hmm... lots of interesting options available to Abby now that she has a passport.

Abby has been enjoying her solid food feeder (see picture). So far she has eaten a slice of pear, a slice of frozen nectarine, a slice of apple, animal crackers, and a slice of pumpkin spice bread in her feeder. Based on that list she is sounding a lot like the very hungry caterpillar story. She really likes gumming up stuff in the feeder and giving her cold or frozen fruit seems to make her feel better and whine less, so we're going to keep trying new fruits, like bananas and honeydew melon. Yum.

We tried to get some cool fall pictures at the park by the Soo Locks today, but it was sprinkling and the ground was too wet. We'll have to try again tomorrow. But Abby did look cute riding around in her new pink hat in her big girl car seat. Now she is getting ready to watch her favorite football team - Go Blue!