Dad's 30th Birthday

Dad turned the BIG 30 on April 23 and we had lots of fun celebrating. Tuesday night, we got together with his family for a fun meal. Then we took Friday off from work and headed to Charlotte for our first overnight trip with Abby and our new CR-V! We enjoyed using Dad's new "Navi" (GPS) to scoot around...she worked like a charm. Ikea was first on our agenda which was super cool. Needless to say, we bought a few things. After Ikea, we checked into the Hilton in downtown CLT and then scooted over to South Park for some shopping and a birthday dinner at the Cheesecake Factory! Abby loved the water fountains. It was so nice to get away and have some free time to sightsee! Abby was a sweet girl and slept surprisingly well in her pack n play! She also enjoyed playing on our bed! On Saturday we had lunch on the patio at a quaint restaurant called 300 EAST and then made our way to Belmont, NC to the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens which were beautiful! Here are some shots from our trip.

Easter!

We had a great Easter! We went to church with Grandmom and Pop for a change and then enjoyed a great lunch with them. It was a gorgeous day and we had lots of fun strolling around the neighborhood and playing in the yard. Abby had a blast playing with her Easter eggs...she prefers to hide them by scattering them all over the floor!


Abby's toes touch grass for the first time! I think she likes it! :)

4 Months!

Hello Everyone!

I'm a little behind keeping in touch with ya'll on the blog so I've tried to compile a little scrapbook so you can see how our sweet girl is growing! We've crossed the 4 month mark and she's growing like a weed! She went to the doctor for her 4 month old shots a few weeks ago and she weighed 14 pounds 6 ounces!!! Go ABBY! Naturally, she was in the 97 percentile for her height, too. The doctor gave her a good report card and said to keep up the great work!

She's busy these days checking EVERYTHING out and eating whatever she can put in her mouth -- except for her cereal. YES, we started trying to feed her. To our amazment, she did NOT like it. So we're putting it in her bottle at night for now and will try to spoon feed her again soon. Abby's doing great holding her head up so we're letting her sit in her little bumbo seat which is like a little tiny high chair, and she's learning to play in her excersaucer. Today, she fed herself while she was sitting in her carseat at church! We were both super proud of her! She's been trying to hold the bottle, but this was the first time she held it and drank lots! She hasn't figured out how to rollover yet, but will very soon. She's also started taking her paci out of her mouth and putting it back in! Total amazment there. Now if she could learn to NOT take it out of her mouth when she wants it, we'd be in business! Marshall and I are convinced she's started talking...she loves to say HEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYY and YAAAAAYYYYYYYYEEE! Now is that truely what she is saying?? I dunno, but I would like to think so! We won't mark those as first words yet, but I think she's on to something! Enjoy the scrapbook:

Make a Smilebox photobook