New Friends

I have to play a little bit of catch up. Since I had to take the day off today I figure it is as good a day as any. For some reason my body has decided to crap out on me at the worst possible time. Joe is out of town again for business and for some reason every joint in my body is aching like an 80 year old. So I am trying to get an appointment to see the doctor today.

Before I had to go back to work Abby and I did quite a bit of traveling. We went to visit Joe in New Jersey one weekend. He actually put us both to work, so Abigail got her first paycheck at the age of 7 weeks!! Since he had to work all weekend the only way we could really see him was to go to work with him to. And since we were going to be there anyways why not get paid to stick labels on bottles?! It was really great to see him and it helped to break up the two week span. I just really don't enjoy driving up North by myself, primarily because of tolls. I just don't really see the point in SO MANY TOLLS!!! And of course the first one I come to I mess up and get in the wrong lane. It said cash only and E-Zpass but I guess it changed to E-Zpass only before I realized it and so I was stuck. I had all of these irrate people behind me and the only thing I could do was keep on going through. It's not like I didn't have enough to worry about with a baby, not knowing where I was going exactly, but I also had to know that if a yellow light was flashing that it turns the lane into an E-Z pass only lane. I had my $2 ready and my window rolled down and everything!!! Oh well I was so happy when we finally got to the hotel that night I could hardly stand it. I definitely did not want to get back into the car again any time soon!


Joe and Abby reuniting.


After NJ we went to NC to visit with my parents and family. My mom just had knee replacement surgery so Abby was there for encouragement and special healing =) We had a lot of fun. My mom had found a bunch of boxes that had clothes and blankets from when we were kids. A lot of the clothes actually fit Abby which is great because she is going to need sweaters and snow caps for the winter.

We also got to visit her cousin Sophia who turned 1 on October 19th. She is so big! She can walk all over the place and has the most beautiful smile =) She definitely LOVES her daddy, so when Eric held Abigail, Sophia was not too happy about it. She was trying to find a way to get on his lap too! I am sure Abby will be like that too with her daddy.




We finally introduced Abigail to Benjamin (you know, her future hubby ;)) He was really excited about it too. And Abigail would watch Ben to see what he was going to do to her. We were so happy to get to spend some time with Adrienne and Ben. It has been hard to try to get schedules and sickness worked out. It is too early to tell if there was a connection or not but we will see. We are going to be going to a fall festival with them on Halloween. Abby is a Giraffe and Ben is a Lion. We will fill you in on what the parents will be next week =)