Kate came to visit during her spring break and we had a blast with her! That weekend we took Abbie to ChuckECheese for the first time and she loved it. All she wanted to do was play the games she would becon us with her little hand wave.
On to the biggest news that this mommy has been waiting for since Abbie was born... drum roll please Abbie finally has enough hair to pull into a little pigtail! I LOVE IT!!!! YAY!!!
The girls and I made our first trip out without daddy 2 weeks ago to have Abbie’s tubes checked by her ENT and since we were out in the direction we stopped by Carter’s to see what was new in the store. The ENT went well which is why I decided to stop at Carter’s; how bad could it be? Well it was bad… the store is too small for our double stroller so I carried MG in her car seat and let Abbie walk while holding my hand. Abbie ran off to pick out her own clothes (just like her mommy) and would not stay with me at all. When I finally got her to stand by the counter and play with the toys they have there to play with some mean little boy came over and pushed Abbie out of the way and she fell and hit the floor she hopped up and ran off again. Needless to say we left!
This family of four also made its first long car trip to Virginia for my grandfather’s funeral at Arlington National Cemetery and Nana Crabtree’s 60th birthday… we did not have much time to visit with everyone because we had so many family plans. My grandfather’s funeral was very sad but amazing… he would have loves all of the military traditions (21 gun salute, horse drawn caisson led by the color guard, and military band). I felt honored to be apart of it… Grandpa we love and miss you!
After the funeral we drove to Ohio on Friday to introduce Miss. Mary Grace to her GrandNana who was eagerly waiting to meet her. We also we able to celebrate my Uncle John’s wedding on Saturday which was a beautiful ceremony.
We finally made it back home on Sunday evening after this whirlwind trip and after driving over 1300 miles. Both girls were super troopers… in the car Abbie would watch her videos and take a nap and about every 3 hours she would say Mama, Mama (until I would look back at her) then proceed to pull on her car seat straps and say out…out! We tried to give her a break as much as possible so we would combined the break with getting fuel or a nursing break for Mary Grace. Abbie missed almost every nap during our trip and she did fairly well without them… I just heard more nos and mines from her. (I have decided that I absolutely despise those two words no and mine that is). Mary Grace was completely off any schedule that we had for her and she was much fussier then normal… I feel bad that her family did not get to meet her cute quite self!
Now that we are home sweet home both girls are on their normal schedule… it is great!!! Abbie had been going to her day care providers house while I have been home for a few hours each day to keep some normalcy in her life (she loves going to Corie’s and playing with her best friends Ella and Noah; who she asked for our entire trip. Mama where Noah? Where Ella?) However this week Corie had a family emergency and called me yesterday to pick Abbie up. Today was great Abbie was Mommy’s big helper all day long… we even ventured out on our own today with out daddy to Target and Abbie was great! She asked to sit in the cart and she stayed there the entire trip! Much better outing then last time.
I hope you all enjoy the pictures!!
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