Tomorrow is Halloween Already?!?

Ahh... where did our week go? Tomorrow night we are hosting a Halloween party for our small group and I don't even have half of my to do list done. For example, we need to get packed ASAP! Saturday morning is going to be busy enough, so we need to have our stuff together. And we need to clean. And we should probably decorate. And we should probably have a way to entertain our guests. Oh... and food. Ahh... What are we doing wasting time on the computer you may think. Frankly, I am thinking that too, but Abby wants to watch Little Bill and she was rudely awakened from her nap an hour and a half early by her dog, so she is nice and crabby. So she is doing whatever makes her happy until I can get her back to sleep.

We also have to make a trip into the office later today to see Steve and all Abby's friends that work with her Daddy. Plus she got the dentists some dental Halloween shirts for tomorrow and we need to deliver them. We will be glad to be in Hastings next week, where we don't have to host anything.

Let's Get Ready To Rumble

Abby assisted me this afternoon with the packing of her bag to go see her great family in Barry County. She was very helpful in making sure that everything from our last trip was out of her bag before we re-filled it with warm clothes to take with us. And, since she was being so helpful, she got to ride up the stairs in her bag, just so she could know what it is like to be a pair of pants or a shirt.

It is COLD here today! Brr.... I think we will be starting the countdown to Florida soon, but January 25th is a long, long ways away. Stay warm!

Snow Way

Abby met her first snow flakes this morning when we went to pick a few things up at Walmart. I don't think she was a huge fan of the cold, so it will probably mean she doesn't like the snow much either. Luckily it wasn't sticking to anything.

We are watching Bailey and Katelyn again, so Abby will have an almost 5 year old girl and a 6 year old girl to keep her company this afternoon. I am going to be tired tonight! And since they are coming, we are going to have to cut this short to get some things, like our clean laundry which I just folded, put away.

Still No Snow

We've made it all day so far with no snow. But we did get another seasonal treat - our absentee ballot. Abby was a big hit at the city clerk's office when we went to pick it up. She was being especially cute for the ladies that helped us out. She was not being so cute when she refused to take a nap this afternoon unless I was holding her or laying next to her. I got her to sleep two separate times, but both attempts to put her in her bed resulted in crying. Oh well... she got her two hour nap and I got to nap a little too this way.

Only 5 days until Debbie and Cody's wedding, so we are getting excited to see a lot of our Osgood family. And not too many weeks until Thanksgiving when we can see almost all of our Hodges family and Obreiter family too we hope. It should be a November full of fun visits and lots of new things. And speaking of new things, Abby has been practicing her tooth brushing form today. She still has no tooth to brush, but that doesn't mean she can't start learning good oral hygiene early.

No Snow Please

The weatherman just said to expect snow flurries today and tonight. We are voting no on that proposal, but if we do get snow anyway, we will let you know. Updates as the day continues...

Eating More Cookies

Abby sure loves her cookies! She doesn't ever turn them down, even after scarfing down a whole tub of baby food. She is sure a character :-)

Abby watched her first Michigan/Michigan State football game, but unfortunately it was not the type of game she wanted to see. Oh well, at least Grandpa Harley's team won. More importantly, Abby got her first light saber at Walmart today. Her dad told her to pick the red one, so apparently she is going to be Darth Vader for Halloween. But I have a feeling that she is going to be a little kangaroo instead and that the light saber will be used in the passing out of candy.

Abby and her dad did lots of other fun playing today and she also got to take a warm bath. Unfortunately our house is pretty cold, so the bath was cut short by shivering. But before she got wrapped up she did have a good time with the tub toys.

Dear Uncle Dan,

Thanks for the cookies!

Love,
Abby

A Safe Seat

Sometimes when we are getting ready to head out the door we have to put Abby in a safe place while we put our shoes on. If we had bothered to put our laundry away in the past few days we wouldn't have found this great safe place for Abby to wait for her turn to get bundled up. Yay for procrastination :-)

Pretty Pumpkins

We found another pumpkin when we were cleaning Abby's closet yesterday afternoon and we think it is much cuter than the one her Daddy helped her carve the other night. But, our new little pumpkin is getting too small for our big girl so we are hoping she doesn't grow too much in the next 8 days or she won't be able to wear her pumpkin suit on Halloween.

We also found lots and lots of clothes that we needed for Abby to wear since she is too big for a lot of the things we had out. She outgrew the size 6-12 months stuff from Baby Gap, Old Navy, and Gymboree, so a lot of the really adorable Christmas things we have she is now too big for. Bummer. Luckily the one dress I actually picked out and bought by myself is one size bigger, so she will be able to wear it this holiday season.

Abby has been doing lots and lots of playing with her dad when he gets home from work so that she can have more playmates than just me. Last night while I was doing dishes they must have been doing something really fun ~ there was a whole lot of laughing going on.

Caught!

We caught this zebra hopping around at our local children's consignment store. And since it was on the list of things I had planned to buy Abby for Christmas, we bought it (for like 1/4th of the price). She's a little small to use it now, but boy will it be fun in a few months :-)

It is COLD here today! The sun is out, so it looks deceptively nice, but when we went outside we were shocked by the cold weather. Brr... But on the bright side, the sun is warming up our living room, which is nice. We really need the sun to shine on our futon cover and dry it out since our very bad dog chewed up Abby's bottle on the futon. As if I needed more cleaning to do.

Abby still doesn't have that tooth. We know it is in there somewhere, but it just doesn't want to come out. One of these days we may have a tooth to report, but for now it is staying inside the gums where it is warm. Even without a tooth Abby managed to down her first cheerio yesterday. It was an orange Fruity Cheerio ~ which happen to be my favorite variety. I don't think Abby was quite as impressed with the cheerios as I was, but she's at least learning how to eat solid things.