12.13.2009
Family Portraits
Last year, my brother David took pictures of Abby for our Christmas cards during Thanksgiving break. This year, David went to Chicago for Thanksgiving with his new girlfriend Marisa. Therefore, we went to Sears Portrait Studio to take some family and Abby pictures that we could use in our 2009 Christmas card. Abby hated the big cameras and cried the majority of the sitting. The lady taking our picture worked really hard to try to get her to smile. I'm amazed that the pictures turned out as good as they did. Here are my favorites. All of them are located on our Shutterfly page.
December 4 - Snow Day
It snows in Houston about once a year. December 4, 2009 was the day that it snowed in 2009. Abby's school let out early, so we were able to enjoy it. Abby refused to put on her gloves, so she kept holding out her hands and saying 'brrrrrr'. She did walk around in the snowy yard a bit but she didn't like touching the fallen snow.
November 15 - Dewberry Farm
On November 15th, we met up with Becky, Michael, Aubrey, and Julia at Dewberry Farm to have fun for the day. We had a day filled with fun: pig races, slides, playgrounds, corn maze, flowers, and animals. Here are some of the fun pics:
November 14 - Zoo
On November 14th Jason, Abby, and I went to the zoo. We have really enjoyed going to the zoo in the past, so we got a membership and plan on going a lot on weekends that we are in town (and Abby is not sick). Here are some zoo pics from our outing:
11.09.2009
Little Fingers
Maclaren recalled a ton of their strollers today because a handful of toddlers lost their little fingers. This story makes me sad for those children and families that it happened to, but it also makes me mad. Jason and I went to the Renaissance Festival with Abby and this same thing almost happened to us. We opened our Maclaren stroller for Abby to get into, but when she started to crawl into it herself we noticed that it started closing on her (not locked open). We opened the stroller so that she wouldn't fall and immediately she started screaming. When we closed the stroller again her little pinkie fingers were pretty much flat. We were sure she we had broken her fingers or that she would have permanent damage. It was really scary and we felt like the worst parents ever!
We were lucky because after a few minutes, she was able to move her fingers and we were pretty sure she would be okay... but not all of the children were this lucky. Now I'm torn with whether I should feel mad at the stroller company or not. The thought had not even occurred to me until I heard this news report. Part of me thinks that the company would have had no way to know that this was going to happen... but I guess a children's company should do additional tests for things like this. And it turns out that someone that was mad at the company caused the company (and hopefully other children's product companies) to do tests like these and ensure that everyone that has the product with the problem would have a solution.
To be mad or not to be... that is the question.
We were lucky because after a few minutes, she was able to move her fingers and we were pretty sure she would be okay... but not all of the children were this lucky. Now I'm torn with whether I should feel mad at the stroller company or not. The thought had not even occurred to me until I heard this news report. Part of me thinks that the company would have had no way to know that this was going to happen... but I guess a children's company should do additional tests for things like this. And it turns out that someone that was mad at the company caused the company (and hopefully other children's product companies) to do tests like these and ensure that everyone that has the product with the problem would have a solution.
To be mad or not to be... that is the question.
11.01.2009
Little Angel
Abby was an angel for Halloween yesterday.
I would say that she was scared of Halloween the majority of the time. Jimmy's costume didn't help things at all.
We went trick-or-treating (sort of) around Chris and Kristin's neighborhood. Abby would only go up to one lady who had come out of her house to give out candy. She refused to go to any doors.
After trick-or-treating, we went back to Rochelle and Jimmy's house to hang out. Since Halloween was on a weekend, there were lots of parties, so some of our friends stopped by on their way to a party.
Halloween was a great night!
I would say that she was scared of Halloween the majority of the time. Jimmy's costume didn't help things at all.
We went trick-or-treating (sort of) around Chris and Kristin's neighborhood. Abby would only go up to one lady who had come out of her house to give out candy. She refused to go to any doors.
After trick-or-treating, we went back to Rochelle and Jimmy's house to hang out. Since Halloween was on a weekend, there were lots of parties, so some of our friends stopped by on their way to a party.
Halloween was a great night!
10.11.2009
Jump Jump
Two weeks ago Abby was sick for a full week. It was the week after she had her chicken pox shot and she got a high fever which is a pretty standard side effect. Unfortunately, she also got a runny nose at the same time... which after three days led to an ear infection. I learned after the fluid had reached her ears that I can give her allergy medicine next time she has a runny nose... so hopefully she won't have to suffer through any more ear infections. Thank you Debbie for watching Abby two of those days!! Jason and I really appreciate it!!
Jason, Abby, and I went to the zoo last Saturday because we were all sick of being in the house. It had been about a year since we had gone, and what a difference a year makes. Abby was so excited about seeing the animals - especially the lions. She loves to roar at them. While she was sick, we introduced her to The Lion King movie so she was familiar with some of the zoo animals from that. We plan on going back to the zoo a lot while the weather is nice... it is such a fun and easy outing. I've been really bad about remembering to charge my camera lately, so we don't have any pictures from the zoo... just lovely memories.
That Sunday we went to church with Jason's parents and then spent the afternoon at their house with Mel, Randy, Megan, and Chase. Abby has been jumping a lot lately... it is one of her favorite new things to do. Below is a video of her jumping on the trampoline with Megan watching her.
This weekend we went to Angela and Steven's house on Friday to visit Levi and Dylan. Levi is such a sweetheart! When I held him the first time he was a little angel for me and it made me really want another baby. The next time I held him, I could not make him happy and it reminded me of those days when you had to run through a long list of things that could be wrong until you figured out what your baby needed. Now that Abby can tell us what she wants, it is so easy and I had forgotten the anxiety that I felt when I didn't know what she needed. But I still think it would be sweet for Abby to have a little brother or sister sometime soon. My camera was still on the fritz, so I only got one picture of our time there.
On Saturday we went to my parents house to visit... and borrow some babysitting time. Jason and I went to the Flying Saucer to celebrate my high school friend Kristin's 30th birthday. I'm so glad that I have reconnected with her recently because she is so much fun! We got back early and had a ton of fun hanging out with my parents. The next day Gigi came over to visit as well. It was so good to see her! I finally remembered to charge my camera... so I do have some pictures and videos from this trip.
Jason, Abby, and I went to the zoo last Saturday because we were all sick of being in the house. It had been about a year since we had gone, and what a difference a year makes. Abby was so excited about seeing the animals - especially the lions. She loves to roar at them. While she was sick, we introduced her to The Lion King movie so she was familiar with some of the zoo animals from that. We plan on going back to the zoo a lot while the weather is nice... it is such a fun and easy outing. I've been really bad about remembering to charge my camera lately, so we don't have any pictures from the zoo... just lovely memories.
That Sunday we went to church with Jason's parents and then spent the afternoon at their house with Mel, Randy, Megan, and Chase. Abby has been jumping a lot lately... it is one of her favorite new things to do. Below is a video of her jumping on the trampoline with Megan watching her.
This weekend we went to Angela and Steven's house on Friday to visit Levi and Dylan. Levi is such a sweetheart! When I held him the first time he was a little angel for me and it made me really want another baby. The next time I held him, I could not make him happy and it reminded me of those days when you had to run through a long list of things that could be wrong until you figured out what your baby needed. Now that Abby can tell us what she wants, it is so easy and I had forgotten the anxiety that I felt when I didn't know what she needed. But I still think it would be sweet for Abby to have a little brother or sister sometime soon. My camera was still on the fritz, so I only got one picture of our time there.
On Saturday we went to my parents house to visit... and borrow some babysitting time. Jason and I went to the Flying Saucer to celebrate my high school friend Kristin's 30th birthday. I'm so glad that I have reconnected with her recently because she is so much fun! We got back early and had a ton of fun hanging out with my parents. The next day Gigi came over to visit as well. It was so good to see her! I finally remembered to charge my camera... so I do have some pictures and videos from this trip.
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