Well, I can't believe it but Abbie is 18 months old. I don't know where the time goes. We went for a check-up this past Wednesday and she is doing great.
Here are the stats:
Weight: 26 lbs 9 oz (80th %ile)
Height: 31 1/2 inches
Abbie rarely stays still but I'll try to post more pictures of her soon!
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Cute Bunch of Kids
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| Kate, Harrison, Sophie, Scott & Camden |
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| Here, they're all waving as they get ready to walk down to the playground. |
This past Thursday, after a very rainy and cool Wednesday, we were able to get together with the Clifford's and the Walker's for a playdate. All of the kids had a lot of fun! Abbie missed out on the picture because she was inside the house at the time. It turned out to be a warm, sunny morning so we went down to the playground. The three older kids in the group are close to the same age and the three youngest kids are somewhat close in age too. I thought it was funny watching the 3 oldest kids because they were pretending to have a cooking show or something where they sold cookies. Each of the 3 (being oldest children) wanted to do it his or her own way and didn't want to listen to the other's ideas. It was kind of funny! Sophie can be really bossy (kind of like her Mama).
Thanks for hosting us, Angela! We enjoyed it!
Recent Zoo Visits
We've been to visit the zoo a couple of times recently. The first time was kind of rough because we met some friends there. They had already been there for a little bit with some other folks that they knew. Almost as soon as we caught up with the group, one of the little boys had fallen while running. His mouth started bleeding and it wouldn't stop! The whole group went to find a first aid station all while the little boy is hysterically crying. We get to the first aid station and once we tracked down the people who were supposed to be manning it, they acted like they had no clue what to do! The mom is telling them everything that she needs-ice, paper towels, etc. The first thing the women manning the station ask is for her to please fill out an incident report. Oh, thanks for the sympathy! The little boy's mom got kind of woozy after seeing her son's mouth bleeding so profusely and having to keep her cool the whole time. One of the other moms walked her out to her car. The rest of us were watching the other kids. Then, Sophie starts complaining that she has a blister on her foot and it's all I hear about from then on. Needless to say, I enjoyed seeing my friend, Suzanne, and her kids and meeting another mom and her kids (not the one whose child was injured) but it wasn't our best zoo experience. Suzanne and I have known each other since kindergarten. Both of our kids are close in age so it is fun to get together.
Fast forward to today. We went to the zoo for Ice Day. Sophie remembers how we went last year and had a fun time so she's been talking about it. Well, it was very busy! We got there in the morning but there was already a big crowd. Sophie and Matt enjoyed staying around while the meerkats received their ice treats-frozen Kool-aid with worms in it I think Matt said. Abbie and I moseyed on down to the petting zoo instead of staying for the keeper talk. Matt learned some fun facts about the meerkats. Since it was so busy we didn't try to see a ton of animals but we ate a picnic lunch there, tried to find shade wherever we could, enjoyed the petting zoo, and we HAD to get the FREE ICE CREAM! We got to see Gnash from the Predators, Snowbird, and the most hilarious thing I saw was a guy dressed as an ostrich running around! I wish that I had been able to get a picture of him.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Beach Bums
I'm glad that both of the girls loved the beach. I was a little concerned about Abbie beforehand because she hated it when we briefly exposed her to it on Memorial Day weekend when we were in Charleston. We all had a great time!! Abbie loved to play with the phone in our hotel room, as you can see. She also really loved being on the luggage cart. Abbie definitely knows how to find trouble. Thanks for a wonderful time at the beach, Paw-paw Tom & Mimi! It was fun being with Aunt Leia too but she had to leave to go to a wedding after only 1 day at the beach. We headed for home late Saturday night.
Virginia Beach
On Thursday (of last week), we headed to Virginia Beach (about 2 hours from Richmond). The cars were packed full of beach stuff. We made it to our hotel in the early afternoon. We couldn't get into our rooms at first, but immediately changed clothes and enjoyed the indoor pool with a lazy river. We also later went to the beach for a little bit. Abbie was really funny at first because she wanted to sit in her little beach chair. She just wanted to play with the beach toys from her chair without getting all sandy. After a few minutes, she got down in that sand and loved it!! She was also hesitant in the ocean at first but then she quickly learned to love it and got to where she would get really upset when it was time for her to go in. Overall, we had a great time. It was really fun to rent the big bike one day. Our girls didn't last in the front for too long. Mimi and Abbie ended up getting out and walking back. We all had an ice cream break too during the bike ride which Sophie loved. One day while we were at the beach, the high temperature was only 80 degrees so it was too chilly to go to the beach! Mimi and Paw-paw Tom were sweet to put the kids to bed one night so that Leia, Matt & I could go and check out the nightlife around us, do some shopping, etc. It was fun to have the indoor pools though! Sophie started going under water a lot more and seems to be getting more and more comfortable in the water. We were all excited about that!!
We stayed in a room with an oceanview. One of the funniest quotes that I can remember from the week was Sophie saying, "The ocean is too loud. I can't hear Mickey Mouse on TV. Can you shut the door?" It was something like that. We had the door to the balcony open. I found that hilarious!!
Hanging Out in Richmond
One of the highlights of Sophie's time in Richmond was visiting their Chuck E. Cheese which has more of a show with several of the animatronic characters still working. She has really been looking forward to visiting "Mimi's Chuck E. Cheese". All of the family went but I hung out with Abbie more so I'll have to get some pictures of Sophie from her Aunt Leia. Sophie had a great time doing the games & rides with Aunt Leia and they had several printed cards made with their pictures on them. Abbie had a great time going down the slide over and over (which was free) and riding the Barney ride.
We also went to a nice pool one day with a cool area with slides and spray fountains for the kids! The girls had a blast. Poor Matt missed out because he had strep throat but Matt's parents, Aunt Leia, me and the girls went on. The next morning, Aunt Leia went to the same clinic that Matt had been to the day before. She also had strep throat!!
The weather was really nice while we were in VA with low humidity. Another day we went to one of the local parks and walked around. There are several animals there and we were hoping to see the black bears but we didn't see them that day. I may have mentioned it before but Sophie loved playing with a play make-up set that had been Aunt Leia's when she was younger. She had a great time playing with it. We'll have to remember that when Christmas rolls around. =)
Monday, July 13, 2009
Fun on the Fourth
If you want to know what we've been up to, I'll try to catch you up over the next couple of days. We flew up to Virginia to spend the 4th of July with Matt's family and the following week. Both of the girls enjoyed spending time with their grandparents and Aunt Leia and getting to do some special things. Abbie loved the shopping cart that they had gotten for her as well as playing with the Little People. She also loved climbing up in the rocking chair and rocking independently. Sophie loved playing with a play make-up set that they had saved from when Aunt Leia was little. She took great care of her toys. She also loved doing craft projects and stickers with Aunt Leia as well as going to special places such as Chuck E. Cheese while we were there. This was the 1st year that we had taken Sophie to a fireworks display and she loved them. If Abbie hadn't been so little last year, we probably would have taken her then but I also think that Sophie was getting over sickness last year so we didn't want to overdo it. Abbie stayed home with Mimi this year which was perfect. More to come on our trip soon...
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