Aunt Amy's Visit

Here's Abby sharing her new top teeth!
Mommy, Aunt Amy, and the cutie

Mommy's night out.....

This past Saturday night, my spouses club had our "2/3rds Party" marking our countdown to our spouses returning home! We rented a limo for the night which drove us from base to dinner and a bar, and back home! Luckily Grandma Donna, Grandpa Ron, and Aunt Amy were on hand to babysit Abby and my girlfriend's son Tyler while we were away enjoying ourselves.

The two of them enjoyed standing to watch the dogs (Jackson & Roxy) run around the kitchen after each other!
Here's Abby with her squish face smile!!!!

Tongue, tongue, tongue

These days the tongue is hanging out in full force! To the left, to the right, straight down the middle, you name it, she does it!

The top teeth are arriving

Here's a half-decent shot of Abby's top teeth coming in! The top left one is about 1/3 of the way in, and the right is still breaking through the gum line. Her new spine tingling habit is grinding these new top/bottom teeth together!! Its soooo gross....but she's discovering new things with these teeth everyday!

New Basket Tricks

Abby's new favorite past time is sitting/climbing in baskets! Its like a challenge for her. And Grandma Donna bought her a new purple toy basket for the living room to keep all her toys in one place.

Yes, she climbed in all by herself....after 20 minutes of trying to figure out how she'd fit!
I swear, she sat in this basket of toys for at least 30 minutes! I had to remove her against her will in the end.
"Grandma Donna gives the best bottles" (NO! They didn't match on purpose!!)
First sip from a wine glass.....its just water!!!
Did someone say....."CHEESE"!!!! She's such a ham! This is her squishy face smile when she is being silly in front of the camera!

Beyond her boundaries.....

It seems she is eager to help fold laundry (I mean, pull it all onto the floor)! She just didn't understand why the dryer door kept swinging closed on her after she pushed it open!
And then her first trip OUT the doggie-door!! Success on the first try. She followed Roxy's lead of course.
And alas, she had to come back in!!

Stairs Stairs Stairs

Abby is now a stair afficionado!! She loves to climb, and getting to the top is just a bonus.....I kept grabbing her and taking her back down to do it again, and again, and again.....

14 Million Dollar Fountain and a visit with Great-Grandma Fran

The city of San Pedro recently built a 14 Million Dollar $$$ "Bellagio"-type water fountain by the waterfront that does a water display to music, and has the invisible water edge along the walkway that you can put your hands/feet in! So we took part in getting wet!
Those are the "flipper" water sprayers above "dancing" to the music.
Great-Grandma Fran & Abby
We went over to Great-Grandma Frans for a visit and Abby's favorite part was the antique wood stacker at the fireplace. She decided it was a good place to sit and relax! Just her size!!

Lunch with Great-Grandpa Jerry & Helen

Great-Grandpa Jerry & Great-Grandma Helen.....out to lunch for fabulous mexican food!
Mommy and Abby (the patio was red tile, so thats why there's a glow)
Silly Grandma Donna.......and silly Abby of course

Reiss House-Sept San Pedro Visit

Great-Grandpa Reiss & Abby spending time on the couch....with mommy's makeup bag!
Ahhhh....bottle time!!! Isn't it nice to have someone else hold your bottle sometimes!!
Abby was helping Great-Grandma Paulette clean out her kitchen drawer.
Abby and Pierre (the bird), making "conversation".....they both spoke different languages!!
Abby's turn at the ritual "deep-sink" bath in the Reiss house.

Our "Jamba" girl!

I grabbed a Jamba Juice while we were out today, and figured Abby would think it was too sour/cold, but she LOVED it! So we ended up sharing sips! I think she drank more though.

Sooooo tall!!

Guess its time to get some stove knob covers.....little miss curious is getting big and tall to reach EVERYTHING!! She is normally not allowed in the kitchen, but we were running out the door, so this was the first time she's pulled up on the stove......she probably thought the stove handle was made just for her!

Abby & Mommy

Out to dinner with my girlfriend Britany Ek......8/25/08

Taking toys around doggy style

Abby finally realized that in order to crawl/climb with toys from one place to another, you must carry them in your mouth!! Who knows, maybe she learned from Roxy!!

Best of Friends

Abby loves being outside these days, watching Roxy run around like a crazy dog....which she is! But they love each other. Roxy is constantly running over to Abby with toys as if she can play with her, but she does try, but Roxy always wins tug-of-war!! Abby just giggles at Roxy.

"Come on Roxy, drop the toy"
"Ahhhhaaaa....i've got it!!!!"
"Silly Roxy.....toys are always mine!!"
"Hmmmm....I think Roxy is eyeing that duck!"
They finally each got the toy they wanted! And shared......so cute!!

Half Way Party Picnic

We had a very successful picnic today at Point Mugu! We had a bouncy house, a face painter and a balloon animal maker there to entertain the kids! Abby had a great time in the bouncy house while the big kids were having lunch! Here she is with Micah, one of my girlfriends sons.

Abby & Lisa
Had to throw me in.....I never seem to be in photos these days....I'll have to teach Abby to use the camera!!

Daddy....this is how I eat chicken!!

Daddy...this is how I like to eat my chicken, cheese & broccoli!! Yummmmm

Behind Bars!!!

So my living room/dining room are now gated securely, and Abby loves to crawl over and pull up to standing on the gates. Now she's even learned that the locking mechanism "gives" a little rattle when you shake them, so she stands up and shakes back and forth. Licking them isn't half bad either apparently....So this is her watching me get dinner ready in the kitchen while she is locked behind bars!