Rollin', Rollin', Rolling

That's right Abby is officially a roller! From both stomach to back and now back to stomach. Two nights ago I awoke in the middle of the night to find Abby as you see her below.  As it is not recommended for babies to sleep on their bellies I rolled her back to her back.  She clearly thought that her stomach was more comfortable and proceeded to flip back to the same spot.  I didn't sleep as well the rest of the night as I felt the need to check and make sure she was alright every so often.  I felt much better about her being in that position when I saw her flip back to her back on her own several times. The picture of Abby below is from a nap she took the next day in her new favorite position.

This video is from earlier tonight.  In it Abby flips all the way from her back to her stomach. She still continues to be a girl who loves to be on the move.  If she has it her way it won't be long before she can start to move herself around on her own. I'm hoping we still have a little bit of time before this happens. 

Pool TIme

It is HOT! The sad thing is it is only going to get worse this coming week. I have been trying to get out each day in the morning before the heat of the day sets in (90s with high humidity) and go for walks. During Wednesday's walk Jill and I started talking about how nice it would be to have a pool. Well after the 6 mile trek I stopped by Target to pick up a few odds and ends and I came across a blow-up pool on sale! After a bit of struggle to get a pump that works Jill helped me get the kiddy pool set up. The best thing about it is that there is a little seat making it quite comfortable, and with it being about 6 feet across which will make it a great place to kick back and read (if I can find the time....doubtful...but I'm hopeful) ! Abby was not so sure about the water it was still a little chilly. She was very content just sitting on my lap looking at the water.



Every other week in Fayetteville there is a free concert in the park. These have been a fun, kid friendly event. This past week we went with several other couples. Abby's boyfriend, Kyler, who is 5 weeks younger, was also there. Notice below the awkward moment captured when Abby tried to hold his hand and she was denied. Poor girl.

She just so darn cute! While waiting for Grant to finish up a few things at work I had the camera and started taking a some pics of Abby. Here are a few of my favorites.

This and That

We have been enjoying a busy summer.   Two weeks ago we flew home for Grant's HS Reunion.  We enjoyed getting to see friends and family although with it being such a quick trip we found we ran out of time, not getting to see everyone that we had hoped. Where does the time go?  

Abby is a fantastic traveler!  On our very first flight we were cutting it a little close (surprise, surprise), when flying Southwest this is not a good thing.  We were, I believe, one of the last ones to board the full flight.  So as I'm walking down the aisle with the baby only seeing middle seats I'm trying to scout out some friendly people who would be understanding.  As I'm looking people are diverting their eyes probably thinking, "Oh please do not let me get stuck next to a crying baby."  Finally I plopped down and got settled between a man who slept the whole way (taking up his seat and half of mine erg!) and a very kind lady who happened to be a grandmother and there for was very understanding. Abby only broke down for about 5 minutes take that sleeping guy who's intruding my bubble) the entire flight.  That actually ended up being the only time she fussed, for the rest of the trip's flights she slept her way through them.  This made Grant and I very happy.  I only hope it goes this smoothly when fly home alone with her for my parent's Jimmy Buffet party later this month. 

Below are some pictures from some summer events as well as our trip home.

Abby at her first baseball game...Go Naturals!

All clean after a bath

While home it was Flaming Gorge Days.  Like every small town festival they have a parade. Howard, who used to be a fire fighter, was invited to ride in the truck. He was up in front in the passenger seat while Grant was in the back waving out the window.

Abby, Sue, and I watched the parade. Abby was a fan till the fire truck came and scared her with the sirens....how rude :-)

The Fam enjoying 4th of July fireworks.

As I got out of control taking picture of this cutie I believe the flash scared her causing her to pull out the pout before breaking into tears. 

Abby has officially rolled over from her front to back by her self once. Of course the camera was nowhere in sight.  This video is of her somewhat rolling over with a bit of help from mom.  At the end of the clip she tells us what she just did, she is soooo talkative right now. I love it!