Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Under Construction





My mother's day present from Matt was new floors. He ripped out the carpet and tile with Chris on Saturday and has been working to get the floors in. In the meantime we have been hanging out upstairs since the downstairs is under construction. It is so dusty and the furniture is all it the garage. Gotta love renovations! Luckily Abby is a great sleeper and it hasn't bothered her yet that Matt is sawing and pounding away after she goes to bed. The floors look fabulous so far I am so excited!
To add to the fun yesterday in our renovation state of mind we thought we would paint the whole house since all the furniture was moved. We spent some quality time at Home Depot picking out the perfect color to come home and realize it was hideous! I made second trip and found out that you can get samples and not buy a whole gallon of the wrong color. Genius idea..I just wish I had known this on the first trip. After painting a whole wall with 3 different colors I realized the color I actually liked was only a shade darker than the current paint. The 15 foot ceilings looked way too daunting for a tad darker color so...back to square one and keeping the original paint.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Abby is Sitting




After starting to sit tripod style on Mother's day, Abby has learned to sit on her own now. She loves to sit in the grass and play with her toys.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Lemon Pucker


Matt really wanted to see how Abby would react to lemon juice on his finger. Well here is her reaction..as you can see I am about as horrified as she is.

Friday, May 8, 2009

Abby's New Toy


Abby just got an exersaucer and at first wasn't too happy about it. She wasn't sure what to do and just kind of slumped over but within a week she figured it out. She now loves it and bounces all around. She is finally able to start working off some of those rolls on her legs! The bottom video clip is of Abby "talking". She has quite a voice and loves to "talk".

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Love these two!!

Celebrating Life


It was such a blessing to be able to celebrate my grandparents' life with the family. This is almost all the cousins and the next generation.

A Classic Photo- My mom in 1st grade


Going through all my grandma's old stuff we found many great pictures but this is my favorite. This is my mom's first day of kindergarten saying bye to the family. Such a classic 50's shot!

Monday, May 4, 2009

Starting Early


Abby loves books but more often they are in her mouth than actually being looked at.