Happy Father's Day!!

Happy Father's Day to me!  I guess that is a little selfish, but it is my day after all so I should be entitled to be at least a little selfish.  Happy Father's Day to Abby's two Grandfathers as well, Pap-Pap (we decided we can't go with Geezer) and Howard (who hasn't decided on what he will be called).  There, that should at least partially save me for wishing myself a Happy Father's Day first.

Abby has had a great week, getting to spend a lot of time with Peggy's mom, or as Abby knows her, Nana.  Peggy went to a week long seminar for school this past week, so Nana flew down to be a babysitter for the week week.  Everything went well for all parties involved.  Nana seemed to really enjoy having the one-on-one time with Abby everyday.  Peggy left around 7:30 and was back home by 4:00 most days, and she survived being away from her baby girl for that long each day for five days in a row!  Now things have returned to normal, Nana flew back home yesterday, and we are gearing up for the week ahead.  

Next week will end with Abby's first plane ride, as we are all flying from Tulsa to Salt Lake City so that I can go to my 10 year class reunion.  I was on the fence on whether I was going to go or not, but it will give Peggy and I a good chance to test our nerves and quite possibly have an entire plane full of people hate us because of our crying baby.  In the end, who could pass up an opportunity like that!

On to the pics!

Here is Abby giving me my first Father's Day card!  We're both pretty excited about it!

Here is Abby looking pretty cute. (Which is a pretty normal thing for her to do!)
Here's a nice, happy, smiling baby!

In this video, she is talking to her zebra, until she realizes she's on camera, then she gets a little shy.

I think she is trying to do some crunches here, but she doesn't quite have the concept down.

Catching Up

Much has been happening in the past several weeks.  First off Howard will be done with his radiation treatments tomorrow. He and Sue have been down in Salt Lake the past six weeks. So I know they are looking forward to getting back home.  Grant and I will be flying back west later this month for his high school reunion.  We look forward to seeing them soon!

After our friends left my dad was in town for a few days as he ventured to North Carolina to ride the Dragons Tail.  He also stopped by on the way back through.  It was good to have him visit. 

The day after my dad left my mom flew into town to watch Abby while I attended a math workshop this week. That's right, this was my first time to be away from Abby for more than a day. It has been very hard to be apart from her.  I am very glad that I still have about 2 more months before school starts back up. 

And now news on the Abby front....

She is still a wonderful little fuzzball.  Her hair continues to grow (still showing no signs of falling out) and she is getting to the point where she needs a hair cut.  She can hold her head up for the most point but it's still a little unsteady, this makes me nervous with scissors.  I believe we will be doing the hair cut while she is asleep. Stay tuned to see what happens.

On a very exciting note we have a great sleeper on our hands.  For about the past two weeks Abby has been sleeping through the night.  She will usually be out around 11 and has been sleeping till 7:00.  That is 8 blissful hours of sleep.  Grant and I are loving it. 

And to celebrate sleeping through the night here is a small collection of sleeping Abby pictures...

Passed out after receiving her two month shots. Poor thing was not feeling too good and just wanted to be held.

Sleeping in style with her pig tails.

We know she's in a deep sleep with her arms are up by her head. They usually start by her side and slowly make their way up.

Watering plants is hard work!

Peaceful bundle of cuteness.