A Fun Day at the Pool

Yesterday Abigael and I joined a friend of mine and her daughter at their neighborhood pool for a swim! It was only Abigael's second time in the pool so I wasn't sure how she was going to take it. The first time we put her in the water, it was too cold and she didn't like it at all. This time though was much better and she had a blast!!

Abigael was so cute splashing in the water. I put her in a little floatie and she was able to smack the water. The water kept slashing onto her face and she looked so confused as to why it was happening :) She also kept kicking her legs in the water trying to swim away! I think we may have a future olympic swimmer on our hands!

The other little girl swimming with us, Kaitlyn, was also in a floatie but hers had enough room to fit both girls, so we sat them together and they were adorable! They looked like future friends with arms around each other. So Cute!!

We'll definitely be going back for more fun during the rest of the summer!!

Trip to the Park!

Today, Abigael and I took a trip to the park to see Grandma Daisy, Aunt Robin, Great Grandma Omi, and Cousin Dylan. She had a great time looking around and watching all of the other kids climb the jungle gyms. We all had lunch there and spent some time walking around. We all had lots of fun. We'll have to go back more in the future.

First steps!!

Well today was a great day! Abigael has been practicing walking with everyone who will give her a hand to hold onto, but today she decided enough was enough and she could do it on her own! She kept fooling me into thinking she was going to sit down and she almost did but this time she stood back up and let go of the chair...here is the clip:

We also had a great July 4th weekend up in Round Rock. Abigael got to hang with her grandparents all weekend and she loved every minute of it. They have a lot more room to crawl around and a pool to swim in. I'm surprised she let us take her home :)

Shane and I went up to Waco on Saturday to she my brother Josh and his family. Michal was having a diaper shower for her little girl on the way, Eliana. She looked beautiful and got more diapers than they could fit in the car (almost!). It was so much fun, I won the "guess what's in the diaper game" and Michal was glad that her belly didn't measure as big as some of the ladies guessed it was ;)

Here are some pictures of Abigael's first July 4th and some of her with her new kicks on!

Abigael's present to Mommy is walking up the stairs!

Yep, that's right...Abigael can officially walk (well crawl) up the stairs of the house!! She first did it today at the sitter's house, and then Shane wanted to see, so we put her on the stairs and I was siting at the top and up she came :) It was cute to see, though a bit nerve racking :o/

Abigael has really gotten older it seems. Next thing we know she'll be walking with us bi-peds. And she has also started to throw temper tantrums! Lucky Mommy and Daddy! They are full body tantrums too...she arches back and her head goes side to side. A true DIVA in the making...

I am down to my last week at work now. It's very exciting thinking about staying with Abigael and playing with her all day...then reality hits and I understand that it's not all fun and games ;) But just being with her throughout the day will be special to me. I think she will miss all the boys that she sees every day right now. There is always something going on at the sitter's house! But now we'll be able to have more play dates and I'll get to spend more time with other mothers and friends of mine.

The wedding is just around the corner now too! The day is sneaking up on me very fast now. I feel like there are a million things left and I'm always behind on something. But I do have my dress all ready to be shipped up to colorful CO! We haven't been getting too many responses in the mail, so if you are reading this and either haven't sent in your response card or know of someone who hasn't, SEND THEM IN!!! :) hehe...I'm no bridezilla or anything...nooooo....;)

Moved in

Well we were without Internet for a while but now we have it back and are very close to being all moved in. There are so many great places to run around here and we're lucky to be near 4 nice parks. The drive is pretty good getting to where I work but its horrible for Jamie on her way to work by way of the babysitter but we only have a couple weeks left until Jamie can stay home. Abigael's babysitter has been really great but it will be nice to spend more time with her at home now and watch her grow and learn new things.

I am no longer working as a contractor for the Army which is bittersweet. My job was really boring but I am not sure what kinds of jobs I will get now either. I'll be back to working in the downtown office so we'll see how that goes.

Just an FYI...only 34 days until the wedding!!

Dead camera

It looks like we lost the camera for good after that little swimming incident. We do have another camera on hand though so have no fear! Everyone will still get their fix of Abigael photos!

Out of the blue

I got a call today from a Booz Allen recruiter in Colorado Springs who somehow heard I was interested in moving there. They are going to schedule a phone interview with me this Friday. I know we are in the middle of moving to a new home, but I'd hate to pass up this opportunity. I think Abigael will love Colorado... when she gets older.

I guess we will see how it goes. I have no idea what the job actually entails but I'd be open to a few different possibilities at this point. I was also just recently talking to someone who I used to work with in the Air Force and it seems Booz Allen also has some interest in having me work back in my old office again.

Time to work on the resume again!...

Pool Party

Today was Abigael's first time in the swimming pool! It was a little cool but she seemed to enjoy the short time we were there. When we put her in the pool at first she cried a bit, but she got used to the water and then actually was really interested in everything around her. But then SOMEBODY (aka Shane) dunked the camera in the water and it doesn't work anymore. Oops. Maybe it can be salvaged but who knows.

Abigael looked so cute in her new bikini and sun hat. She kept wanting to eat the hat though...she thought we were putting a toy on her head to play with :) We lathered her up in SPF to make sure no baby burns happened.

Once we get the camera working and the new pics on the computer we'll post them for everyone to see.

Look how pretty she is...

I know everyone knows, but I thought I'd put up some newer pics of Abigael because she wanted to show everyone her dictionary of faces! She's gotten so much "older" in these fast few weeks. Suddenly she went from low-crawling to actually crawling, and next she went from crawling to pulling herself up to standing on furniture!! It's just amazing how she's growing. Shane and I enjoy every moment knowing they won't last forever :) Now if we could just get her to say Ma-Ma!!

Abigael tastes like chicken...

Oh wait that was backwards...it's Abigael likes the taste of chicken. She had her first meal of chicken on Saturday. She wasn't too sure about it at first, she knew it was something different for sure! I think that she'll develop a taste for it :) but she is officially on to bigger and better foods.

Abigael is also crawling now. As most of you know she was low-crawling herself around the floor, but now she is up on her hands and knees. Now Shane and I will be eating dinner and we have to keep at least one eye on her or all of a sudden we'll look at each other and say "where did Abigael go??" She is a fast mover!!

This weekend we got Abigael a floatie for the pool. Shane is so ready to get her in the water and have some fun! Now all we need is for the weather to cooperate and the sun to shine...soon enough I'm sure :)