A Little Bit Smoky

Yesterday Abby, Steve, and I went over for dinner at Dr. Drockton's house. We had fun visiting with Steve's two dental partners and their families. Abby got lots of snuggling and made a very nice new friend - Sadie Drockton, who is in 2nd grade. We all had a good time and got to enjoy a nice fire outdoors after dinner.

Abby's been keeping me busy, busy, busy. She is really into playing with her pink pig rattle. She will hardly let it go. We have a great time with the little porker and Abby rather enjoys chewing on him. We also got a noisy bug toy from Virginia Jennings - an old high school friend. When I pulled on it so that it would make noise her eyes got SO big. This afternoon Abby and I need to make a trip to the post office for more stamps and to Wal-Mart for more invitations so we can get them sent out for Baby Jack's baby shower! We can hardly wait to see him and the rest of our family :-)

Keys Found!

How they ended up in the beach bag, I can't remember. Luckily Steve had the common sense to look in that bag - I had figured it wouldn't have any reason to be hiding my keys. Now... as soon as Abby is up we are off to shop for baby Jack :-)

Introducing Cousin Jack Hagberg

This is Abby's newest cousin Jack Hagberg, born yesterday. Obviously my sister Melissa is way better at having babies than me - she looks amazing (not like the zombie I was after having Abby). Congrats to the new Mom and Dad!

Stranded

I have lost my keys, and so tonight, instead of shopping and picking up groceries while Steve is out golfing I am stranded here in the house with a screaming, unhappy baby. Needless to say we are both unhappy at this point. She really needed the car ride. And the keys are no where to be found. I have ripped apart my purse, the diaper bag, the car, and everywhere else I can think of. I probably dropped them the other night when I was out with Steve and they are long gone.

Abby got another cousin today - baby Jack Hagberg. Jack was only 6 pounds 15 ounces and 19 inches long, so Abby is feeling rather large at twice his size (she was almost 16 pounds the other day). We can't wait to meet Abby's newest cousin :-) We are all super happy for Melissa and Glenn.

Holy Roller

We have had 4 successful attempts by Abby at rolling over today - her first time accomplishing this monumental task. She rolled over this morning and I thought it must have been a fluke or the way I laid her on her belly to play, so I flipped her back onto her belly and she rolled over again (the other way this time). Being a skeptic, I made her do it a third time just to be sure. And she is a roller.

Steve saw her do the new trick while he was home for lunch. Unfortunately Abby's been camera shy when it comes to rolling, so we having been able to film this new feat - but we will be working on that tonight. Right now she is napping to get her strength up for this evening's attempt. She is still in the novice rolling category - we have to put her arms in the right spot for her and she hasn't quite figured out what she is doing to cause the rolling, but she is sure catching on quickly.

Why So Crabby Abby?

She was happy for about 3 hours total today. A bit this morning for photos in her cute Sunday outfit (thanks to Great Grandma Joyce Obreiter for the dress and hat). Then she didn't take her morning nap at church like usual. It was all downhill from there...

Abby and I took a nap together this afternoon while Steve mowed our lawn. I had every intention of not taking a nap, but she kept waking up with big cries every 15 or 20 minutes. She was just way too tired. At least she was super cute today when she was happy.

We wore the ruffle bottom tights today and had to take a picture just for Auntie Meg. We always loved our ruffle bottom tights as kids :-)

If you have a weak stomach quit reading this paragraph now. We had another big blowout in her diapers today. I think it is about time to move up to size 3's before we need to bleach every outfit she owns. That's 3 blowouts in 3 days - 100% deadly accurate. Every dirty diaper has been a blowout.

The weather was cooler today, but terribly humid, so it was miserable and we had to go to Goodwill and K-Mart to get into some air conditioning. Tonight will be early bedtime.

Incredible Feats of Strength

Baby Push-Ups






















Standing and holding all her weight on her own - now we just need to work on balance

Where is the Beach???

We tried to go to the beach along the Saint Mary's River near Lake Huron today. The map showed a turnout where it seemed to go right along the coast. We stopped along the Munuscong River, which according to the map drained right into the big lake. The beautiful grasslands in the photo are the "beach" we were headed to. Obviously, we did not go to the beach. On the bright side, the campground there was big, with sites right on the river, and there were only 2 sites with people in them, so we are pretty sure it would be a great place to get together with friends or family just to hang out. The fishing may or may not be good - more research is necessary.

We did go to some yard sales today and got quite a few size 12 months pajamas for Abby. We also found a great play set for Abby - it is a ocean themed belly mat that turns into a tunnel for when Abby gets bigger. Now we are all a little tired from driving all around the eastern part of Chippewa County.

Dog Days of Summer

We hit 80 degrees again today. By my count that is 4 straight days. Finally... summer. Just in time for a great beach expedition tomorrow. Since Abby has now visited Lake Superior, we are going down the road in the opposite direction to try out Lake Huron. Should be perfect beach weather.

Abby attacked her piggy rattle today since it was the large animal auction at the Barry County Fair and her Aunt Hannah and Aunt Emily were busy selling hogs. We hope they remember to save some bacon for Abby, but it may be a while before she can eat it. Today she was very interested in the bowl of cereal I was having for breakfast, so I'm sure she'll be more than ready for rice cereal when we start that next month.

Happy weekend everyone - we hope it is cooler "downstate" than it has been lately!

Hallelujah!!!

Great news on two fronts.

First - we are 1 hour and 45 minutes into a nap (and counting). This means I got to work out, lift weights (thank heaven for the bowflex) and shower and I still have time to update the blog.

Second - my biopsy results came back with "no abnormal cells" which makes me non-cancerous. They still haven't figured out what is causing the lump, but since it isn't anything that is dangerous, we can just leave it be and see if it goes away on its own. The latest theory is that the lump is an abscess, but I have no pain, no swelling, no redness, and no tenderness so Steve and I are pretty skeptical about that diagnosis. But... cancer free is fine with us, so we will just leave it at that.

And... since Abby and Maize are still quietly napping, I had better get some cleaning done before my hands are full again.