Park Playdate

We went on a park play date with our friends today. Abby and Autumn (AJ) had a great time riding in Abby's wagon on the way to the park. I almost had a heart attack trying to pull two girls while wearing Olivia. They got a little heavy in the hot sun (it got to 79 degrees on my thermometer today - and the thermometer is in the shade).
Abby and Autumn ran all over around the locks. It's a good thing the whole place is fenced in and has only two exits. There were quite a few times when we weren't really sure where the girls had run off to, but since we could see the only exit available to them, there is nothing too dangerous, and no one else was around we figured we'd let them enjoy some independence for a little bit.
Olivia hung out in the shade of the wagon canopy, which thankfully is totally easy to pop on and off. She also checked out the newest foster child to live with our friends. He's a little boy who is almost two weeks old. It was almost like her first little play date too, since we let them play together after Patrick finished his bottle.

Abby has also been enjoying her little pool in the backyard and has been riding down the slide in her wet bathing suit. It has been beautiful outside. It has been close to 80 the last two days, which makes for some really wonderful outside time. Unfortunately it also makes Abby loathe nap time. She didn't even nap on Sunday or Monday. That is not something I am going to allow to occur on a regular basis.

Interrupted

So I got interrupted when I was posting earlier by a little person who needed a new diaper. She normally doesn't want a new one but this diaper "spilled" - or in big people terms it leaked all over the floor and her pajamas. Yuck!

We went to the park for Abby's playgroup and made it about 45 minutes before we were frozen out. It was 55 degrees out according to the car thermometer, but the wind was about 2o to 30 miles per hour, so it felt more like 40. Olivia was nice and warm in her car seat with the shade pulled up, but Abby and I were just a bit chilled.

Building Time

We have been busy, busy building Abby and Olivia's swing set. I think between Steve and I we have all of the major structures put together and now we just have to get them connected and staked down. Abby has been having a great time watching, helping, and digging as we put up the structure. We should be able to finish it up tonight, I hope.

Abby, Olivia, and I went to playgroup at the park this morning and had a great time visiting and playing with her friends. She may be a social chicken, but she still enjoys getting out and seeing other kids. Other than the building and play grouping, we've been pretty boring around here. Doing laundry, cooking, and doing the normal daily things. Abby wants to be outside all of the time. Olivia wants to eat practically all of the time. I want to sleep basically all day, but I don't get to. The normal stuff...

Catch-Up

Okay... so I'm behind. Quite a bit. We've had a busy few days. Abby and Olivia had a great time with Great Grandma Jennie and Grandpa Steve and Great Aunt Ruth. Abby even let Aunt Ruth stay in her room without putting up a fuss, so we were pretty proud of our little lady.

Olivia had her first trip to church Sunday morning. She did great. Abby did not do so great in the nursery. She had a little bit of a breakdown over being left, but she did make it the whole service without us being called back to collect her, so that's not bad after 5 weeks of missing church. I'm sure after a few weeks she'll be back into the routine and not freaking out when I leave her. Or then again...

Olivia also had her first stay with our babysitter Kitty. She and Abby did great - Kitty still had all her hair and was smiling when I got back. It's nice to have a baby sitter who can handle Abby and still think having Olivia around is a bonus (she called the night before to make sure I knew she was totally okay with having both girls since I had been considering taking Olivia with me to the service for Uncle Jeff's dad Bud Mansfield). Since both girls did so well I guess Steve and I will be taking a date night soon.

So all of that gets you through Sunday and Monday. Then we got to today... play group day. Abby and I were excited to get back to playgroup and to get outside at the park to play. We packed Olivia up for her first trip to playgroup and the park. We got into the car, which Abby has lovingly dubbed "Big Black" and took off. Then we got rear ended by a college kid who was running late for class. He got to be a lot later by the time I called the police out to make a report since my bumper now has two big cracks in it. Luckily no one was hurt and since he was going less than 5 miles per hour and I was parked the damage was pretty minimal and the air bags didn't deploy. Olivia slept through the whole incident and Abby didn't really care although she kept saying "that kid knocked down Big Black." She has a funny way of expressing herself sometimes. So we finally made it to the park after all that excitement. Abby had a great time and played all over the playground without being clingy. She was really excited to see all her friends and I enjoyed visiting with the other moms. I'm hoping our next trip out is much less eventful.

Not So Much A Swinger

Abby wasn't too impressed with the swings at the park the other night. In fact, she wasn't too impressed with the park in general. We'll have to try later in the summer to see if her opinion changes any.

Abby had her one year check-up and shots today. She is right on track to perfection. She was 22 1/4 pounds (75th percentile) and 30 1/2 inches (75th percentile). She also really impressed Dr. Mackie with her waving and smiling skills. If it weren't for the shots she would have had a great time at the office. She especially enjoyed ripping the paper off the examination table. By the time we left they didn't have any paper that needed to be changed over for the next patient. They were also 2 diapers heavier, since someone decided to relieve herself on my lap a couple of times. She must have had a few too many drinks of water before we left. Luckily the diaper didn't leak, but it was sure warm.

The Party Pictures

Here are a few of the pictures from Abby's actual birthday. The weather was so wonderful yesterday that we went to the park after having dinner and cupcakes. And today was great again, so we played with Abby's new bubble mower outside, but it wouldn't bubble. So we have to see if we can trouble shoot that mower when Steve gets home tonight.