I love Florida

Well, Abigail and I have been in Florida for almost a week. It's so nice to be around the family. It was really warm when we first got here, but, now, it's so cold. I'm currently with the Blastos family staying in their cozy condo at the beach. Ahhhhh, even though it's overcast and cold outside, I love looking at the beach. It's so refreshing. Alex is rocking Abby to sleep, Katie is sleeping, and Aunt Kim is eating cereal. It's so nice to have people that you love surrounding you.

We got to finally meet Jake! What a cutie patootie...and what a full head of Irish red hair. I'm so so so jealous. Abigail will be four before she can wear one of those bows that I made her. Oh well....at least she has my husband's beautiful eye shape to wow everyone...they'll over look the absense of hair. Oh, and the claws that we call nails are also pretty distracting...I've got to clip her nails. The poor thing has scratches EVERYWHERE.

I've been bad...we went Christmas shopping the other day, and I went a little overboard at my favorite store for Abby. Let's just say...she's going to be pretty styling until this summer. At least I got some gymbuck's out of it. We are doing Christmas a little different this year. Instead of everyone getting everyone else a gift...the six cousins and sisters (Heather, me, Krissy, Lauren, Alex, and Katie) are getting each other a secret santa gift (not so secret...we stink at those) and then something for Giles, Jake, and Abby. It's kind of fun to be the adult and watching Giles having the excitement of Santa Claus and presents. I can't wait until Abby and the rest of our kids are in that phase. Really....I just can't wait until Christian is home to watch it with me. Any way, here are a few pictures from this past week and more to come later.

Abigail can roll!!

Yesterday, Abigail reached a new milestone. She rolled for the first time!!!! Then she did it two more times. She's a stubborn little thing, though, because she refused to do it today. I'm trying to get a video, but, my camera is dead...so, until it's charged (lost the charger) I can't post any videos or pictures.

Weekend with Obasan and Ogisan

Well, on Saturday Abigail, Tupac, and I drove up to Westminster to see the Grandparents before Abby and I flew home to FL. We went to a friend of Lynda's jewelry showcase and then out to lunch with Bruce at a yummy Thai restaurant. After lunch, I had to go buy Tupac a leash and collar (I left his at home, woops). After that, we went to Lynda's church for a holiday sing along. It was soooo crowded!!!

This morning, we woke up to A LOT of snow. I can't believe how much it snowed and how COLD it was. I'll be happy to go home to FL to warmer weather, hehe. Abigail wore her Christmas outfit from Uncle Arthur and Aunt Cindy to church. She was so cute! Now we are back at home in the warm apartment looking at the beautiful snow. It's so much better to see it than to be in it when it's this thick, hehe. Thank goodness I decided to drive up yesterday rather than today. I don't even want to imagine what the interstate looks like.

Christian is old

Hehe, okay, so, he's not really old, but, he's getting there ;-P. Yesterday was his 26th birthday!!! Yaaaaay. Also, last year on his birthday was the day that we found out that we were expecting Abigail. Anyways, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LOVE!

People think that I'm insane

Ahhh, finally some peace and quiet. I just put Abby down for her evening nap a second time. The first time I put her down was around five, and every telemarketer on the planet decided to call. Okay...so, it's an over exaggeration..but, it certainly seemed like it. Abby woke up and grumped for about an hour and I just put her back down, yipee.

I feel like today has been a successful day...I mean, I got the trash out...usually it takes about two weeks to achieve that. I dropped a couple of bags of clothing off at the Salvation Army, mailed a package off to Christian, did a load of laundry, took the trash out, unloaded and loaded the dishes...now I don't know what to do with myself. I guess I could clean the rest of the house, haha.

While we were at the post office, one of the workers thought that I was totally off of my rocker. He thought that I was strolling around a baby doll. I promised him that I was not crazy and that Abby was indeed real...just sleeping. I cannot count the amount of times that people have truly thought that Abigail was a baby doll. I hear this at least 5 times when I go out in public. Abigail needs a shirt that says, "I'm real."

Abigail has stolen my bed!

Well, it's time for me to face the fact that Abby really needs to be in her own crib. It's to the point where, the only way for this child to nap or sleep is if I take her into my bed, lay down with her and nurse her to sleep. I've put her in the crib a few times, and she'll sleep there for a few hours, but, I think I'll have to wait until after Christmas to really become strict about the whole crying, holding, sleeping in mommy's bed thing. There's no way that I'm bringing her pack n play with me.

She was good at church today, and, looked really cute. It makes me sad that she won't be fitting into this dress for much longer, but, oh well...at least she's growing and that means she's healthy! Yay for healthy babies.

Well, yesterday was an interesting day. I was nursing Abigail on the couch, and took my hand off of her for ONE SECOND. As soon as I started to put my hand back on her, she wasn't there. I looked down to see her fall on her head :-(. It's such a horrible feeling. She was quite alright, but, she definitely scared her mommy. I introduced her to some cereal, and, though she liked it, I think I'll wait another couple of months before continuing with it. I prefer the breast milk poop, haha.
So, I don't know if anyone knew...but, I have an obsession. It's quite sad. It's over cloth diapers. I just think that they are so stinkin cute. The kind that I use for Abigail at night are hands down my favorite, but, too expensive to have every one that I would like. It used to be that, once the owner stocked her store, they would be sold out in seconds...literally, thousands of these diapers were gone before you could check out with them. (Cabbage Patch memories, haha.). Well, they are finally an in-stock store, and, OMG(osh)...I'm totally lusting over what I'm seeing.
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If only I had $5,000 in play money, haha. Anyone want to buy me, ahem, I mean Abigail a diaper for Christmas? :-P

Abigail's first belly laugh

Today, in desperation to get into shape, I came up with a new exercise. I layed down on my back, bent my knees and layed Abby on them. While holding onto her, I rocked back and forth. It worked great not only for my tummy, but for Abby to let out her first ever belly laugh. It was so amazing to hear!!! She just loved to look down on her mommy's face. Though, assoon as I put the camera in front of my face to get a picture of her laughing, she would stop, as you can see in the last two pictures.