Fancy Salon Treatment

Abby decided to give herself a fancy salon hair treatment today. Unfortunately she decided to try it at McDonald's and used a yogurt parfait for the treatment. And she really got it smashed into her hair very well. She got lots and lots of laughs from the senior citizens who were enjoying breakfast at McDonald's this morning too. So, it suddenly became bath day even though we were a couple days away from our scheduled bathing. And she had to wear the yogurt hairstyle to our Tuesday morning playgroup.

We signed Abby up for another swim class that starts this Saturday. I'm pretty excited to take her and even more excited that AJ and Baby Abby will be joining us at the class. We are hoping that Maddie will also be able to join us. Abby has recently decided that she loves swimming, so it should be a really good experience for us this time, unlike last class where we spent the first week crying and the second week clinging. And... since the class is Saturday mornings Steve will be able to get in on the fun (and save me the joy of wearing my now too short maternity suit into the pool).

3 Days Until Florida!

It is warmer here today, a whopping 23 degrees, but there is no sun. Personally, I'd rather have below zero and sunny. After all, I do spend most of the time indoors looking out, so it might as well look nice outside. We are all ready for a short break from the cold and snow and can't wait to wiggle our toes into the sandy beach. Hopefully Abby will enjoy her vacation as much as we will. And we are really hoping that she does well on planes, for everyone's sake!



Here is a short video of Abby's newest hobby - emptying our bookshelf. She pulls books out like a champion - either one at a time or in handfuls. What a silly girl! At least she also has dolls and other toys to play with once she gets everything onto the floor.

I just finished packing the bag that Abby and I are sharing. It is super full and barely under the weight limit, but it is much nicer to have one heavy bag to lug around instead of two. Plus we'll have a stroller, car seat, my carry-on, Steve's carry-on (which is going to be a diaper bag too), and Steve's suitcase. It was so much easier to travel when it was just the two of us! It's a good thing we love Abby so much or she'd be in trouble for all the extra luggage and work it takes to travel with her!

Thawed Out, Sort Of...

Our pipes are thawed out, but I doubt much else outside is with the temperatures we are having today! It made it up to zero degrees for a few minutes around 3, but it dropped right back to -2 degrees and it is still falling. Brr...

















Abby has a new favorite, and messy, activity. She really loves pulling all the books off the bookshelf in the living room. I had to clean off the shelves she could reach and put only her books and toys on them so she would quit eating our phone books and taking pictures out of our photo albums! She really loves tossing as many books on the floor as she can and then standing on them. What a nut! She has also figured out how to turn the humidifier off and on, but it has a fan she could stick stuff into so I've now moved it so that she can't reach the buttons or the fan. Just another thing she'd like to play with but shouldn't.

Steve's Mom & Dad and Grandma Joyce Obreiter are on their way up to visit. They should arrive sometime later tonight, so we are praying for good weather on their travel. It is snowing again here, but since it is lake effect snow it shouldn't be widespread. Happy Friday - hope you are all staying warmer than we are and that your pipes stay thawed :-)

Let's Eat Squash

Abby loves to eat squash! It was an instant hit. And she made a huge mess eating it - but since bath time was on the agenda for the evening, we figured a little shirtless squash eating would be okay.



We are going to have to go to the beach today if the weather man is right and it is going to be 86 degrees. That is too hot for us Yuppers. And I need the exercise anyway - after a weekend long sugar binge Steve and I are both going back on the eating healthy bandwagon. Maybe I can even get Steve to try some squash - the big people kind, not the Gerber variety.



And so it is before 9 a.m. and I was planning to sleep in while she took her usual nap right after eating, but Abigail decided to wake up and stay up this morning. She is getting sneaky and is now back to sleep, but it is too late for me. Oh well...