Abby Lee

Well hopefully we can get get the stupid picture thing to work on the blogger website soon. We have a couple of photos to add to help with out description of our first Thanksgiving. The first Thanksgiving was Jason's Friends Thanksgiving. It is a tradition with Jason and his friends to get together and celebrate their friendship and the lasting connections that they have. It is always a great time. This year the celebration was at Jeff and Laura's house in Wisconsin. They are currently living in an old farmhouse. Our flight from NC to Illinois went well until we started looking for the rental place. Since we had gotten up at 3 or 4 in the morning, we were a little testy and didn't really get to the rental place in the most direct method. After a lunch with a camp friend, Nikki O. in Chicago, we drove up to Wisconsin. We saw our first snow of the season, which made us very happy. Is is pretty much the only snow that we have seen all year. We also saw lightning during a snow storm. I can't remember ever seening that happen before. Saturday was a great celebration, full of food and talking. Laura outdid herself with the food that was made and the conversation was great as always. After dinner and clean up, we had a time of sharing and joy. It is always a good experience to spend time with Jason's friends from college. It usually enjoys lots of laughter, singing and quick banter. Abby got to spend time with Elli, her friend from the summer, and meeting all of Jason's friends. Some of the best moments of Abby was her sleeping locations--in the backpack outside, on the floor next to the couch and the dog!! It was one of those times when she was playing and then she was out cold! The time seemed too quick and then we were back in North Carolina.

Ok, Ok, Ok, I get it. It is time for me to play catch up on the many different things that have happened in the past couple of months. I can't even remember if I have already posted this picture or not but it a good one, so it will be Ok if I have. This is the picture to remember Abigail's first steps. I believe it might have been like her sixth or seventh but it'll count just the same. Since the beginning of her walking days she has done so very deliberately and with focus. She quickly moved from a couple steps here and there to full blown walking machine. Actually within the last couple of weeks she has been asking to go on walks. She will find her jacket and go to the door and wait for us to get our stuff together for a walk around the block. Sometimes she is patient but not always.
Daddy and Abby reading on the couch sofa cushions in the middle of the living room. This has also become a daily occurrence. Abby will get a book she wants to read and bring it to you. Sometimes she goes page by page but more often than not she skips to her favorite part. In the book Russell, the sheep, her favorite part is when Russell decides to count the stars. She got some glow-in-the-dark stars from her Michigan Grandma, and when he starts counting the 6 hundred million billion and ten stars, she looks up at the ceiling. In her other favorite book, While Angels Watch, she likes the picture of the Owl because she says who, who in response to the picture. She used to say oodle-doo for the rooster but doesn't do that much anymore. Both of these are part of her bedtime routine, which she finally has. It only took us 15 months to figure it out.
This was the weekend of the Antique Car Show in Henderson. It was the largest amount of people that I have ever seen in this town. One of the closest restaurants to us is the the Wildflower Cafe. It is only open during the week for lunch and Thursday & Friday dinner, so we don't have a lot of opportunity to go to it. It is actually really good food and a great atmosphere. It was actually open on a Saturday just because of this show and they made some good money. It was packed with people!! Luckily we got a table outside and could people watch, while Abby walked around.Another picture I wasn't sure if I had posted. Abby got the most out of her costume. She got it in early September and there have been Abby Bee sightings as recent as last week. She had a good time trick or treating with Hazel and the boys at camp.