Summer visit to PA

We traveled up to Western PA to visit Steve's family. Overall it was a good trip. It was nice to see Steve's family. Abbie had a blast playing her with cousins. The only thing that would have made the trip better is if it had not rained 3 days straight. We did get to go to a park and the Pirates game. Also, I got to travel to Ohio to visit with my best friend and her new baby boy, Ryan.

This is a picture of Abbie and her cousin Ava. Ava is 4 months older than Abbie.

It took a few days for Abbie to warm up to Aiden but then she loved holding him and touching his hands.

Abbie's 2nd birthday

Here is a picture of Abbie's friends that came to her second birthday party.
Sarah, Myles, Tripp, Parker, Anna, Abbie, Shelby, Madelyn.

We have a pooh party. Abbie loved having all of her friends at her house. They had fun playing pooh games and decorating door knob hangers. We are so blessed that Abbie has so many good friends.
After her party each time she sees a candle being lit she thinks it is for a birthday and she says
"Happy to you" . It is pretty cute.

All her friends sat around her while she opened her presents.

We got Abbie and Dora bike for her birthday. She is doing well learning how to peddle her bike.

You gotta love that girl!

Abbie has quite a personality. She is very silly and makes me laugh every day!

I hope this picture brightens your day!

Easter

Abbie had a blast with her first Easter Egg Hunt. She came out to the family room and saw eggs on the floor. Dad was sitting on the floor in a suit (had to run off to church right after the hunt) holding a camera. Abbie got scared and would not get out of my arms. We found the first egg together and I opened it up. She saw that there were goldfish in the egg. After we ate all 4 goldfish she got really excited. Jumped out of my arms and starting running around pickin up eggs. In the middle of the egg hunt she spied her Easter basket. She got really excited and started looking at all of the things in the basket.

In the afternoon my family came for Easter dinner. We enjoyed having the whole family here for Easter. Abbie had a blast playing with her older cousins.

Here is our Easter family picture.

Gymnastics Class

In February, we signed up for a month of Parent & Tot Gymnastics. The place we went had a huge trampoline, a foam pit to jump into, rope swing, balance beam, and obstacle course. Abbie loved the class. She learned how to do a rollover and began to work on a cartwheel. Mom and Dad loved it too except that we had to be out of the house by 8 a.m. on a Saturday!

This is a picture of Abbie & I jumping on the trampoline.

2 of Abbie's friends were in the class too! They enjoyed doing it together!

This is Abbie climbing through the bridge as part of the obstacle course. The obstacle course was Abbie's favorite part of the class.

We were sad when February was over and gymnastics class ended. But we were excited for the possibility of sleeping in till 8 in March. We just signed up for another month in May!

Snow Day

We were blessed with 2 good snows in January and February. Abbie and I enjoyed our days at home! Abbie was excited to go play in the snow. She loved hitting the pushes and plants to make the snow fall off.

Now if we could just get her mittens to stay on.

Her favorite part of the snow was being able to go play on her playground. She liked going down the slide and landing in the snow.

Superbowl Party

We hosted a college age Superbowl Party at our house. Abbie was decked out in all of her Superbowl gear. Too bad bedtime came before the end of the game. I am not sure she watched much of the game but she enjoyed hanging out with our guests.

One of the girls brought 3-D glasses for the half time show. The girls were all sitting in front of the TV waiting for the half time commerical. On her own, Abbie went into her bedroom found her sunglasses, put them on, and then came and sat down with the girls. We got a great pic. of everyone with their glasses on.

And yes, the Steelers won so Dad was happy. Although it was fun watching him during the 4th quarter when the Steelers almost gave the game away.