Abby's 1st Fair & Rides!!

On Saturday we went to the annual Chesapeake Jubilee just down the road from us. Our friends Jen/Pete live in the neighborhood across the way which gets roadblocked to prevent people from clogging up their neighborhood with parkers, so we borrowed her vehicle pass and we walked together from their house across the way to the carnival!

We had the 2 Abby's with us, plus her 11 month old son PJ and Maddy too! Jen's husband (who is in Mikes squadron) was away working in FL, so it was great to have Mike there to help the girls on/off the rides so we didn't have to leave the babies in the strollers! Abby just barely made the 36" cutoff for the mini kid rides, but she got an unlimited ride wristband and had a blast! I was a little worried that she wouldn't actually ride anything, or it would just involve tears, but she blew me away!! She was super eager to go on everything! She must be growing up!!!

Swings! I loved that they had this mini version of the swing ride! Of course probably Abby's favorite!

This first ride in the race car was hilarious!!! I had NO idea it was a zoom-type ride. So at each end of the track, it whipped them around really fast! Our poor Abby got squished each time it zipped around, and surprisingly didn't complain until the last zip! My next post will be a hilarious video of it! Oops. Should have watched the ride before putting her on it! Lesson learned!

This is what Maddy did the first 1-1/2 hours we had Abby on the rides! Made life very easy.

The girls are in the bee at the top left of the photo! They loved riding everything together. Made it all much more enjoyable!!

DUMBO! Classic and easy!

My little love bug hanging out in the grass after she ate her lunch!

After the fair we got home, did naps, and then our first EVER babysitter came over to watch the girls so we could have our first date night post Maddy being born! We need at least 1 a month, so we will be making up for lost time once Mike returns the end of June. But we had a great time. We went to a "Cinema Cafe" where you get to see a first-run movie and be served dinner/drinks while you watch! Saved us time, and we got to see a movie in a theater.....something we NEVER do! And the sitter was fantastic! She came highly recommended, is 21 and a junior in college here. She brought her own craft kit to do things with Abby. Fed both girls and put them both to bed! She even cleaned up the house!! She is coming back this week and next while I do my show party's since Mike is gone. So it will give Abby time to really get used to her. But they had a great time!