My sweet strawberry

If you remember, not too long ago, Abby was a strawberry for Halloween. Well, Gymboree has the cutest line out of strawberry clothes that was a must for my little girl. She was even given a strawberry swimsuit! How sweet :-) She wasn't the best picture taker when I was trying to capture this outfit. She's far too wiggly these days! This is what I got, though.
Here a few Easter pictures that I just took off my camera. I love the back of Abby's head. It's too cute :-) Mid-wave...most all my pictures recently are mid-wave or "How big is Abby?" She's so funny!
Enjoying her Easter basket...
Doesn't Peyton look like a miniature Abercrombie model? ha! Love it!

Just call us Senior Citizens

Tonight we went to IHOP at 5:30pm. I believe we were the only people there not over the age of 65.

That's all.

A little delayed

I've had 2 people tell me it's been 9 days since my last post, so I decided I better get on it! Unfortunately I don't have a TON of pictures to share with you at the current moment because 1.) My camera is in Josh's car, and he's still at work and 2.) My sister-in-law, Lisa, took all the great pictures at Easter, and I'm waiting on the CD she's sending to me of all the pictures. (She took 245 pictures in about an hour span!) We got some super cute ones of Abby and Peyton. You'll have to wait to see, though.

I will say, Abby has totally redeemed herself. Over Easter, we went out to eat, and the Easter bunny was there again. I was able to walk up with Abby in my arms, and she didn't shed a tear. She certainly didn't smile, but she didn't cry--so that's a plus for me! Then today, I went to a friends house (Hi, Kelly & Olivia!), and she has a bigger dog named Lupe. She didn't cry around Lupe either. She made a few "uneasy" noises, but no tears were shed over sweet Lupe. Hooray!

We went to Louisiana for Easter. We were about 10min. away from my parents house, and we heard this weird noise. I told Josh I thought he should pull over because it sounded to me like a flat tire. Sure enough, it was! What's so funny is Josh had said "Can you feel how windy it is?" When in reality, the tire had just blown and that's why he felt the car pulling. That made me laugh! Well, considering we now had this flat tire, I had NO where to go to the bathroom. I had been holding it for about the last hour because Abby was sleeping, and I didn't want her to wake up if we stopped. But NOW, we're on the side of the road, not close to anything, and I'm desperate. So we open both doors, and I squat in between them on the SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE to potty. My grandparents would laugh because when I was younger, I had to go when we were out in the middle of the woods, and I was SO proud that I had gone, that I kept telling everyone that "I had bushed it!"

For your viewing pleasure...

Me as a complete goober "racing" my nephew, Peyton.My angel on Easter--her favorite pose "How big is Abby?"

Y'know "that" kid?

I have "that" kid. I'm referring to the ones that cry the second the Easter Bunny even glances their way.

The scenario: We went to Chick-fil-a to eat tonight. The Easter Bunny was there, and we were going to have Abby's picture taken with the Easter Bunny. I decided we should eat first, then I would feed her, then she would be totally happy and good to go. However, the Easter Bunny decided to make her way over to Abby to wave and say hello. But Abby caught a glimpse of the Bunny coming down the row to see her. She immediately put that bottom lip down and started crying.

About 20min. later our friend, Hunter, and his momma, Kristi, came. They sat by us, so the Easter Bunny was now coming down the row towards Abby again, but this time to say hi to Hunter. Uh oh. Repeat scenario above.

I had to call my mom to tell her what happened, and all my mom said was "Payback, payback, payback." ha! I told ya'll...I was "that" child, too! Do you think there's a gene for that?

Abby takes cute and funny pictures, though...so I gotta give her that :-)

Did you wear GREEN?

WE DID!!! Since I (Josh) have Irish blood (as proven in "An Irish Stowaway") it is only appropriate that I show off the green machine that is our family. Abby slept last night in some clover pj's so she would wake up already wearing her green.

Excited about her Irish heritage! Showing everybody the "Kiss Me" clover on her foot!

When I got home from work we tried to take a picture together in our green. We all know I am not the most photogenic guy, while Abby seems to have inherited her mommy's photogenic genes. None of the pictures we took have both of us looking at the camera together so we ended up with the pictures below.

Abby looking at me while I look at the camera
and me looking at Abby while she looks at the camera

Ahhh, spring...

It's in the air, and Abby loves it, and I love it, and Josh loves it, and Sandy loves it! It's a beautiful, beautiful thing! Although we've already had some quite warm days (yesterday was 88.) A bit warm for the spring I'm actually thinking of, but today totally redeemed itself because it's 76 with an amazing breeze! 76 is completely perfect to me, and I'm feeling Abby and I will be going on a walk later this afternoon.

Abby still loves to swing, so we take ventures over to the park quite often.

Then I had to take pictures in her "spring-ish" outfit. It has sweet little birds on it--they remind me of her room because her room has the birdies on her valance, then above her closet door, and the door walking into her room. I have no idea why a few of the pictures turned out blurry. One of them would've been awesome because her eyes seemed really blue (and I'm posting it anyway, even though it is blurry!)
In other news, Abby is starting to become quite dominant with her left hand. When she eats finger foods, she only picks the food up with her left hand. We will even put little finger foods on the other side of her tray that is closer to her right hand, and she will reach across her body with her left hand to pick it up. In her weird way of crawling, she is mostly using her left arm. Not to say she doesn't do anything with her right hand...because she does. Waving would be her favorite thing to do with her right hand :-) But I feel she could be a little "lefty" like her Uncle Brad!

Lastly, here is a video compilation of all kinds of random things of Miss Abby.

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

She's gone country

**This post is a long time a comin'. I started it over the weekend sometime, and I'm just now finishing it up!**

Josh and I were able to go to the Houston Rodeo on Thursday night. Josh's mom came into town to keep Abby for the evening, while we managed to bear the elements to make it to the Reliant Center. The weather was horrible. Did I say horrible? Because I meant awful, miserable, horrendous, etc., etc. NOTHING irks me more than having to walk through HUGE puddles and the water going through my shoes and into my socks, and having to sit with cold, wet socks for a whole evening. That's just dreadful to me, but that's exactly what happened. Not only were my feet freezing, but my jeans were wet, too. I'm sure your thinking, "Didn't ya'll have an umbrella?" Oh yes we did, but when it's SO windy and the rain is coming in sideways, nothing can save you!

From one of the janitors, I ended up getting a garbage bag to put over my head. The garbage bag is long enough to protect some of my jeans from getting any more wet. Then Josh made a small "hand hole" for me to poke my little hand out to still try and hold my umbrella. I was quite the sight, that's for sure! I was SO cold and SO wet, that I really didn't care what I looked like if what I had going on was helping a bit :-) We felt the need to get a good 'ol turkey leg while we were at the rodeo. Yes, we look like goobers, but it was good!
I always love the girl that rides out standing up on the horse with the American flag...(kinda blurry, but obviously it's in motion)And Alan (we're on a first name basis...I feel like I "know" him because I read his wife's book entitled "It's All About Him." It was good, too!)
Then a few nights ago, we watched Caleb for a short little bit. But, of course, I needed to whip out my camera. (You'll notice Sandy in the midst of them at all times!)
Caleb lounging...What?!? (I think that's exactly what his face is saying!)

Friends

On Friday, Abby and I were able to play with Gracie (and her mommy, Karen!). Gracie is 3, and is so motherly to Abby. She plays with her hair, touches her cheek, pats her back--so super cute! Gracie is so chatty, and I LOVE that! She wants to show me all her toys and she gives me lots of hugs (and tells me I'm her best friend). Right before I left, Abby and Gracie both got in the chair with me, and we were looking at books.
Gracie giving Abby hugs...Showing Abby her stuffed animals...Then on Friday evening, Alyson and Zach came to visit. I got one picture out of their whole visit. Sad, I know! We went to the mall on Saturday, which turned out quite successful for me. I was desperately in need of a bathing suit, and with Aly's help, I managed to find TWO that I liked. Hooray! Aly--we had a great time! Thanks for coming to see us. Abby sends her waves (especially to Zach, hehe!)On a totally non-related note, I am going into the business of blog headers/blog makeovers. I got addicted, I LOVE doing it, so I decided I should see where it takes me. So, if you're in need of a new look to your corner of the world, come visit me at http://design139.blogspot.com/.