Making Up For Yesterday

Abby decided to make up for yesterday's lack of napping by taking an early morning power nap. So, I enjoyed some personal time from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. I am trying to make Abby her own kitten hat, but I think the one I am making is going to be too big. We shall see. And this morning I did some customizing to the set of curtains we had for Abby's room. We bought pink sheers and then blackout curtains, so I had to sew the sheers onto the liners and then we put a butterfly ribbon to hide the seams (and match the sheet set Abby has). They are starting to look pretty cute!

We are trying out new Disney movies today. So far we've watched The Little Mermaid and we just got started on 101 Dalmatians. It was time for a change :-)

Only 2.5 days until Daddy gets home!

Crying In The Car

We didn't even make it into the church building this morning before Abby was crying and pleading with me to let her stay with me in service rather than go to the nursery. Ugh... Luckily, I got her distracted with food and was able to sneak out and join Steve in the church service. Unfortunately, he had decided to sit in the exact middle of the auditorium, which meant I was about 20 seats in from the aisle. Not a good plan for a pregnant woman to be so far from the aisle (and the bathroom). And Baby Sister was not on her best behavior this morning either, so it was a LONG service, even though we were out earlier than normal.

Baby Sister made the flip last night from head up to head down. There was definitely a foot pushing down at the bottom of my belly last night when I was trying to sleep (you could feel it - it was kinda weird). She used the same foot on my lungs this morning during church. I am so looking forward to the point in time when she is too big to do these flips and such. And even more looking forward to having my body back.

Tonight Abby decided to try out a new movie - Snow White. I am so, so, so glad that we aren't spending another evening watching Beauty and the Beast. We definitely needed a new movie for a change. As much as Abby loves Beauty and the Beast, Steve and I are getting to the point where we know all of the words. I'm hoping she'll continue to add new movies to the rotation so that we don't have quite as much monotony around here. And we've been trying to really cut back on the amount of t.v. she is allowed to watch, so that has been helping with our Beauty and the Beast addiction as well. Unfortunately, it doesn't help with the state of the mess in our playroom. Less t.v. directly equates to more mess...

Lion King Sized Success

They had one copy of The Lion King at Goodwill and it had just come in today. It is Abby's best day ever. She said sweet 27 times when we started the movie.

Lake Michigan Here We Come

Picture from the internet of Little Hog IslandWe are headed to the beach near Little Hog Island this evening. We can't wait. Last night Steve loaded up our car, so all we have left to do is wait for him to get done with work.

Abby did great with her second set of shots. She didn't get any fever and wasn't grouchy at all. The only sign that she had any shots is the red marks where they gave the injections. She is a real trooper.

And... tomorrow is the start of a very special season in this household - Michigan football season! Since we are going to be camping we have already set up the tivo to record the football game. We LOVE our tivo - it is probably the best piece of electronic equipment we have ever purchased. It is WAY better than the average dvr's that the satellite dish companies provide since I can access it from anywhere in the world as long as I have internet and tell my machine what it needs to record. And it searches listings for me based on keywords - which we are currently using to increase Abigail's collection of Disney movies. Yesterday we taped 101 Dalmatians from tv onto the tivo and then from tivo onto dvd with that dvd recorder Steve got us. We are having lots of fun with technology!

Abby and I are going to play and play today so she is ready to take a ride tonight. We'll update you again on Monday evening or Tuesday :-)

Could we have some whine to go with dinner please?

We've had 3 days of wildness and it is wearing our patience quite thin. Grandma Jennie better get here soon to snuggle Abby. She's been super tired, but doesn't want to miss out on any of the action, so rather than peaceful evenings with Abby napping, we get whines. Lots of whines. When she does finally go to sleep it's for long naps, so it isn't too terrible if you can get to the sleeping part.

Lots of sleeping... 15 hours between last night and 9 when we put her to bed and lunchtime today when I woke her up so she could eat. She did take a little snack break at 7 am, but went back to sleep within 5 minutes of finishing her bottle. She must be growing this week! We had to put away the things that were 3-6 months sized. The straight 6 months size still fit, but barely. Today Abby is wearing a pair of jeans that Steve had picked out for her to wear during football season. We are glad that she is big and healthy, but it is making our previously purchased wardrobe slightly obsolete. Lots of her cute "Baby's First Christmas" gear would fit her now, so I'm sure it won't be her size when December actually rolls around. Oh well... at least most of it still has tags on it and can be given as a gift.

We bought a dvd recorder to replace our dead dvd player and dying vcr. So far Abby and I have transfered 6 of our vhs tapes onto dvds. Still lots and lots to go. Guess we know what I'll be doing in my spare time for the next few weeks :-)