Day off = Mommy and Abigail day!

So today is veterans day and I have the day off. Unfortunately Joe does not so it is just me and the little munchkin today =) So I think she might have some teeth coming in. There are two little white caps on the bottom that look a little like her molars or something. She has been a little fussy last night and this morning but when I gave her the baby orajel and a teether it seemed to help her out =) So she is just an early bloomer it seems like. She is also grabbing and holding onto her toys. I had the day care lady, Stephanie practice some more with her yesterday and she said she got so excited that she banged herself in the head with it. She didn't cry though, she probably just layed there and thought about it. She seems to have this look of deep thought sometimes, which is hillarious.

I also decided to try out the bumbo chair since she is doing much better with her head control. And from the pic you can see she is doing pretty good on her own! Now if she could just find her thumb I think she would be a happy camper.



Hi daddy, we miss you!


"What?!" =)

Big Weekend!

"Ahhh a lion Mommy!"


Joe doing his duty =)


Mommy and her little giraffe!


Proud zoo keepers =)


The "Zoo Poo Crew" Check out those high boots =)

We had a very fun weekend last weekend. Joe and I were able to take Friday off and head down to NC early. Of course we hit traffic going down there in VA and when you are traveling with a 10 week old you kind of can't really hurry persay... On Friday night we went to a fall festival with Caleb, Adrienne, and Ben. Ben was a Lion and Abby was a Giraffe. So Adrienne and I were Zoo Keepers, she was a lion tamer and I was a giraffe keeper. We made shirts with their pictures on the back. And Caleb and Joe were the "Zoo Poo Crew" =) Caleb really got into it and him and Adrienne did a great job on their costumes. Joe was not too excited but he eventually came around! They wore white hazmat suits with "poo" (brown spray paint) flung all over them. They had Poo 1 and Poo 2 hats, Joe had thigh high fly fishing boots on and Caleb had on green rain galoshes. They looked hillarious and to keep in the spirit of things Abby even provided dad some poo to clean up =) We were waiting in line for the hay ride and she just let everything go! So we didn't make it on the hayride.



We will have pictures soon we just left our camera at the Pritchett's house so they are mailing it to us!

Saturday was Campbell's Homecoming and our 5 year "reunion". Campbell got a football team and this was the first year. We are going to have to give them a few years to get a little better. I don't think they have won a game yet and they definitely didn't come close on Saturday. I believe the final score was 42 to 0! Go Camels! ;) It was about 80 degrees outside so Abby and I didn't really make it too long at the game. They didn't allow strollers so I had to wear the Ergo Baby sling which has a quilted insert and she was in a long sleeve sleep and play. So we were both sweaty and hot. But we and all the other moms with babies found AC at the student center. It was so awesome seeing everyone and A LOT of people had new additions! Andrea, Joseph and Leela came all the way from Oklahoma! She was the oldest out of the group of babies. Then Megan, Mark, Maebry, and Clarke came from Charlotte. Angela, Jimmy, and Joshua came from Richmond. Beth and her husband John came from Mt. Airy, NC. So there were babies babies everywhere. I know I am probably missing people! After homecoming we went back to my parents house and they babysat Abby while Joe and I went to Jon and Katie's for a little get together. My mom and dad were so excited to watch Abby and everyone at the party with kids were so jealous that we could drop her off with them =) There were so many people that we had not seen in such a long time. It was great to catch up with everyone and to see familiar faces. Jon fried a turkey, cooked hamburgers and chicken and they had a firepit outside. We had a great time we just tire out much faster than back in the day. By 10pm Joe and I were holding our eyes open! This is another reason we forgot the camera =)










Sunday morning Joe and I drove back to MD. Abby did so good in the car. We only had to stop once and we made it home in about 5.5 hours!

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 =)

Day Care Begins

Well today was very hard for Christina and me. We dropped Abby off at the day care for the 1st time this morning bc Christina started back to work today. We were both able to do it through a lot of tears and trust that the day care with our daughter and show her the love we give her. Well maybe not that much love, bc no one can love our Abby as much as we do.

I swear every time we worry about something, Abby is there to cheer us up. We both have been pretty hesitant about day care and especially leading up to today. When we got Abby up this morning she was so awake and happy it just made us smile so big. We all prayed together in the car before we went into the day care and we know God will be watching over our little special lady during the day and we will show her so much love in the evening when we see her. We both can't wait until this 1st day is over so we can go run back and squeeze our little chubby-cheeked daugther.

Back from Work!

I survived!!! The past two weeks were miserable for me. I don't want to go into much detail bc all I did was work, work, work. I worked 95 hrs the 1st week, and about 70 this past week. I was able to see Christina for a little bit when they came down, however, I had to work both Saturday and Sunday so being the greatest wife in the world she is, she actually came to the warehouse I was working in and helped out as well. Abby was such a delight when they both came up to see me. While Christina and I were both working, she just was as peaceful and quiet as she could be Christina would send me pictures everyday to cheer me up and it gave me motivation each day to keep going and get this stuff done so I can see my family. I came home Friday evening and I didn't want to let go of my wife or my daughter. Christina was amazing with taking care of Abby the two weeks I was away. I am so blessed to have her as my wife and to have Abby as my daugther. These two women are to of the most special things to me and I cherish every moment I get to spend with them. I attached some of the pictures that Christina would send me. The great thing is Abby is developing her own little persona now and is smiling like crazy. It just lights up Christina and myself to see that big grin.

Bye Daddy =(

Joe had to leave on his business trip today. He is going to be gone for two weeks. That is the longest we have been away from eachother in 6+ years! Abby and I are going to make a trip to New Jersey to visit him next Friday in order to break up the time we are apart. So I know the time will fly by, it will just be hard on all sides to be apart for that long. Keep us in your prayers =)

Here is a picture of our cool chick at 6 weeks!

Amazing

So I have a theory that when you are on the verge of going crazy your baby does something amazing and you get over it (whatever it is). So last night was my night and Abby was being special showing both Joe and I how loud she could scream, which by the way is one octave below ear piercing! This went on for about an hour and a half. I had to pray for patience and also prayed that we would get some sleep =) She went to bed about 11pm and did not wake up until 6am! I was in shock when I got up to look at the clock at 4:30 and she was still out. So I just rolled back over and went to sleep. Thank you Abby!

Also my child is growing like a weed. She is already in 3-6 month clothes and she is not even a month and a half! So needless to say many of her 0-3 month clothes only got worn once and some not even at all =( Below is her Muhammad Ali shirt that I got especially for her. It is a 3-6 month and I was thinking that it would swallow her up but it almost doesn't stretch to fit. By the end of the month it will probably be too small!


She was caught off guard a bit but I thought she was funny =)

As you can see she has her pink Ali shirt and her camo capris. She is one tough chick =)