Keeping up with our busy Navy lives....wherever we live :)

Monday, July 6, 2009

Just for fun

Abby decided to wear her new purse as a hat....cousin Emily joined in the fun.
Boots and a hat! All a girl needs!
I am finally able to get all of Abby's hair in 1 ponytail! Well at least for a few hours until the whispy sides start to fall out!
This morning before our swim lesson....goofing around

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Oh....and the cake!

I almost forgot about the patriotic cake I made! Yummm!!!

More Smiths......

Emily, Jennifer, Dave & Matthew
Dave & Mike

Smith Family Visit

For the 4th of July weekend Mike's brother Dave and wife Jen and kids Matt & Emily came down from Pennsylvania to visit us at our new house! We had a wonderful weekend of swimming and eating and laughing!
Swimming with Daddy
Emily yelling at Matt to move out of the way
Emily & Dave taking turns jumping in
Emily, mid-air on a ball catch; she won the award for most time spent in the pool this weekend.....I don't know if she ever took her swim suit off....she actually slept in it at least one night!
Everyone in the pool!! Abby finally got warmed up to her "Panda Bear Floaty" that I bought when we moved in and let us push her around!
Laptop time with cousin Emily....they clicked instantly and had so much fun all weekend.
Reading books with her new best friend!
Slide time....With her new teddy bear that cousin Matt picked out for her while we were out shopping one day. She was loving on it the whole time in the store and was thrilled to get to bring one home! He made her day!

First caterpillar sighting in our backyard. Abby was amazed at the cute little fuzzy guy and not a bit afraid to get close to him!
Abby holding the caterpillar on the stick..such a brave girl!
Abby with her new "a" purse and webkinz Turtle that Auntie Jen bought for her!
Swimming with cousin Emily

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Baby Girl #2

Here she is!!! We can't wait to meet her....waiting until November will be so hard.
Name to be determined!! We will let everyone know once we decide of course!

Monday, June 29, 2009

Norfolk Zoo

We decided to take a trip up to the local "Norfolk Zoo" and became members, so now we can go back as often as we want to let Abby see the animals. Should be a fun activity for her and I when Mike goes back to work. Some of our friends have memberships too, so we can meet up for "free" playdates at the zoo!

Abby's favorite zoo attraction was anything that included water! She gets so excited over water these days. Here she is squatting watching some fish and turtles swim around.
The water fountain inside the zoo entrance....it was soooo exciting!! Too bad we had to rip her away to go see the real animal attractions! Too funny.
Abby's other favorite part was the "barn animal" section with the goats! She loved being able to feed them and had no hesitation at all to stick her hand out!


Yumm....eat up mr. goat!
Walking together! Holding hands is our new rule we try to enforce
Ducks and water! Great combination according to Abby.
This cute little meerkat ran right up to see what Abby was up to.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Recent cuteness

Abby sitting on her new "Dora" couch. Her new favorite spot to read books in her play area! And it folds out into a bed, so its cute and fun!
Abby was lounging around with Roxy last night before bedtime while Mike and I played a little Guitar Hero, and we caught her teasing Roxy! Roxy loves a chance to lick!! The part that made me laugh was how she used her left hand to guide her right hand over to Roxy's mouth!
While Mike played the guitar and I was on the drums, Abby was doing her own drumming to keep up with the act!

Unpacked House Pics

Now that all the boxes are out of the house, I took the opportunity to snap some finished shots of the house! The bedrooms are still in transition! Enjoy!!
My kitchen! One of my favorite rooms!
Our new kitchen table!

Our new family room with oversized TV and all! We've come to LOVE HD programming! It has blown us away to watch HD & BlueRay DVD's on our new TV!



Abby's zone in the living room
The other half of the living room

Our backyard! My other favorite part of the house! So far we've spent a lot of time out here, so its been very worthwhile. Yesterday the pool water temperature was 80! Heated only by mother nature of course.
And our new pool fence of course! Its 4 ft tall with a self-closing/latching gate!


Mike, Allison, Abby and Maddy Smith

Living life in beautiful........well, everywhere......US NAVY!!!