Monday, May 19, 2008

There shall be teeth!!

After three weeks of trying we finally got a shot of Abby's two front teeth (along with a little bit of carrot)...SMILE!





This weekend was so great we had the chance to play outside in the pool...well, there wasn't any water in it, but the frog sure did create a lot of shade. It's good to be a baby :-)

Monday, May 12, 2008

Happy Mother's Day

May 11th, 2008

This year was my first Mother's Day and what a great day it was. Greg got up early (4:30am) to make my favorite pineapple-turnover breakfast muffins - he also had a great bouquet of flowers waiting for me and, because of my daughter's gift giving advice to her father, I get to spend a quality day of relaxation at a spa!!!

Abby dressed up for me and we went to spend the morning together as a family at St. Barbara's Parish. She slept through most of the mass, but I know her spirit was still in to it. Afterwards Greg made his mom and I brunch - and yes, he did clean up afterwards - what an amazing guy!

The day before my mom, Abby and I went out to lunch and spent our first three-generation Mother's Day together!!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day - either with your family or with your mom. Below are pictures of Abby in her cute little church dress (make note of the red hair coming in!), and of course Greg's mom and I with the little one. Have a great week.




Thursday, May 8, 2008

Greg finished the toy box!!!

Greg finished Abby's toy box last week - it's made out of purple heart and birdseye maple. It's his first major woodworking project since he set up his shop in the garage. The shop takes up about 3/4s of the garage, but with an outcome like our new toy box I can live with it.

First Trip to the Zoo

May 5th, 2008

Today was Abby's first trip to Woodland Park Zoo :-) It was also our 7th year anniversary, which we decided to celebrate together at the zoo and then with dinner at Salty's on Alki, which happens to be where Greg proposed at midnight on the millenium.

Abby didn't think too much of the animals, but we had a good time just hanging out as a family. It was a great day and we got to see the baby gorilla that was born only about five months ago! Greg really wanted to see the penguins and pandas, but they weren't in their cages for some reason, so I think we'll be making another trip to the zoo fairly soon.