Hurricane Abby

Our house is looking a lot like a mega hurricane hit and I'm not too sure where to start in attacking the mess. I'm sure I had this place pretty much spic and span Friday, so it appears we have one fast mess maker. I guess we will be spending at least part of the next few days cleaning up the messes.

Abby and I took a trip to the library today. She was very excited to be coming home with 3 books. Unfortunately, we were unable to find one of the things I really wanted to pick up - The Lion King. Abby has been obsessed with The Lion King ever since we let her watch some of the songs from the movie on youtube. Unfortunately for her our local movie rental store doesn't have a copy, the library said it has a copy, but it was missing in action, and the movie is currently locked in the Disney vault, so I can't even buy her a new copy. We are heading to Goodwill in a little while for Angel Food, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that they will have a copy there. If not I guess I will be hitting ebay and half.com later this week.

Abby wore her puffy, fur trimmed coat this morning to play group. She thought she was sure hot stuff. And she had a great time playing with her friends. I'm glad that we have the opportunity to get out and play with other children. It is really helping with her friendliness.

I Just Want A NAP!

But Abby apparently doesn't want one herself. She is on an afternoon rampage and only had a short nap this morning, so we are getting to the ridiculously tired stage. It's a very good thing her best friend in the world, Maize the dog, is feeling rather playful today and is enjoying Abby's petting and pulling game.

Abby is still working on her 4th upper tooth (it will be her 6th overall). She's been chewing lots of things that she normally keeps out of her mouth. For example, she's been trying out pacifiers, which she hasn't used since she was about 8 weeks old. Unfortunately, she wasn't old enough to read the instruction manual, which would have told her that she has the pacifier in her mouth upside down.

Tonight is library night. We normally go during the day, but Steve will be heading to Salem, Oregon in about 10 days and he wanted a chance to pick out some books too. Abby has been much more interested in reading books lately, especially with her dad. I bet they will have a good time choosing some new things to read at the library tonight.

Three Months Old (Yesterday)

Yesterday Abby turned the big 3 months. I had every intention of putting our pictures from yesterday up in a timely fashion, but the evening got away from us. Abby started her first day as an infant (apparently the switch from "newborn" to "infant" occurs at 3 months) by sleeping until quarter past 10. She did wake up around 7 am for her first breakfast and to see her dad off to work, but it was a very short burst of energy before going right back to sleep. We had a fun morning of folding laundry and learning about clothes and colors. She was especially entertained by wiggling socks in front of her. We had lots of laughing.

Yesterday afternoon was a particularly splendid day for laying around in the backyard. There was a good breeze, lots of sun, and most importantly no bugs. So, Abby and I took our playtime outside and relaxed under our new beach umbrella. We had such a fun time that Abby wouldn't take her nap (again). When Steve got home we took Abby to our local library. She got to check out two books this time. We are going to be reading Piggies (about our fingers) and Seven Blind Mice, since it has lovely pictures. I've also been working with Abby on learning to control her hand movements - we've been playing a lot of open and close hands games and songs. She still isn't getting it on her own most of the time, but I bet she isn't too far off.

Since we had an unproductive nap time, we had to take a ride to our favorite store (WalMart) to get some milk and pick up contact lenses. Abby stayed awake the whole time, but the ride at least ended the crying. On the way home we celebrated with Dairy Queen :-)

So now we have a very beautiful, very happy three month old little girl. We can't wait for Melissa and Glenn to have their own sweet little Baby H - only 7 days until he or she is due!

Our Napping Dilemma

Abby is now an official grabber of toys, hair, and anything else that gets within arms reach.

We have a slight dilemma on our hands up here in Sault Ste. Marie. Abby has decided that nap time is a great time to practice singing (happy songs for the most part). We have tried napping in several locations and at different times of the day. We have tried putting her down while she is awake and putting her down when she is out. Anyway we try it, within 5 minutes she is wide awake and having a great time. The only way she will nap is if she is laying next to me, on me, or is riding in the car. Obviously this is not going to work. Any great ideas would be much appreciated. Until then, Abby and I will be having nap time on my bed (she naps, I read or crochet or something).

I had the biopsy today for the lump in my breast. It was partially fluid filled, partially solid. Results from the pathologist won't be in until Wednesday or Thursday. We'll have to wait and see what they say and what our next step is. Until then we are going to hang out and try to have a bit of excitement. Tomorrow is library day again. We are going to have to get several kids books, because Abby is a lover of books. Yesterday she was mesmerized with pictures in the books Steve was reading to her. She didn't look away from the pages once during the two books they read.