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Chompers

Can you see Abby's teeth?  She's got two on bottom and two on top! 

So sad...

Recreating the Past

Pay no attention to the wet-nose-dog-smears on the window...pay no attention to the wet-nose-dog-smears on the window...

I keep trying to recreate a photo from when I was a child.  It's of me about this age, maybe older, and our family dog at the time, Ralph, staring out the window.  My dad has always commented that it's one of his favorite photos, so every time a baby or dog are staring out the window, I try to place the other without disrupting the first.  Very tricky...I really should give up posing and just wait for it to happen organically. 

So Peaceful

Isn't she just beautiful?  (Brent tells me not to ask questions like this to others as it forces people to say 'yes' when really they want to say 'no'.  In this case, however, the answer undeniably is 'yes'.)

I couldn't help buy snap a few shots as she slept so soundly. 

Climbing Stairs

This is the second time Abby has ever climbed the stairs!

10 months

Happy 10 months Abigail Jean!  This first year is just flying by!  You'll be one year old before you know it.  My baby will soon not be a baby, but a toddler! 

I think I need to go back to taking pictures in the brown chair as there wasn't as many distractions...  Unfortunately, these are best shots I got and the aftermath of my attempts to get a decent shot.  I also think I need a dry erase board or some sort of slate, so that it doesn't get crumpled up by our favorite paper lover. 

Abby is mad at Mommy for taking away her paper. 

Segway Tour

Like many of you, I get daily emails from Groupon about local deals.  Most of the time, they get deleted at the same time as the other gazillion so-called junk email.  Note to self: unsubscribe to those emails that I'm tired of deleting everyday without looking at.  On this particular day, the groupon caught my eye!  A segway tour of Cincinnati!  I thought that would be a fun thing to do when my parents are in town because 1. We tend to not go anywhere or do anything and this would be a way to get out of the house.  Sometimes it's nice to stay homebound, but when your house is only so big and you only have so many rooms you can go to for privacy, getting out and about sounds nice.  2. I knew none of us have ever rode a segway, so this would a first for all of us!  3. Great way for us to be tourists in Cincinnati and see the sights while the wind blows through the hair.  4. The groupon deal was so good, I couldn't pass it up. 

I chose to do a "sunset tour".  It was fantastic!  The weather was very pleasant, the views were spectacular and the segways themselves were a ton of fun!  It took just a little bit to get used to how they work, but once you figure it out, we were all zooming all over the place!  We stopped at the halfway point and had ice cream - I did not complain one bit about that!  The overall tour was over 3 hours long - money well spent and a good time was had by all. 

Grandma and Grandpa Davis visit

My mom and dad came last week  for several days.  Their visit was multi-purpose.  Of course, they came to visit Brent and I, but more realistic, they came to visit Abby.  They also had a bigger duty: to watch Abby for 48+ hours while Brent and I had a little getaway (you'll learn more about that later). 

(sorry for the out of order pictures - they somehow ended up out of order and despite my tries to put them in order, they get more out of order, so I'm leaving them alone and you're going to have to deal!)

Playing!