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*Henry Miles*

We were blessed to be asked to be God parents for a very adorable little boy, Henry. Henry is the son of some good friends of ours. We attended his baptism a week ago. I have some nice photos from the baptism and wanted to share them! We are lucky to have friends like them and are excited to see our children grow together. Hunter loves playing with his friend Edmund, who is just a couple months younger than him. Abby will love playing with Henry, just as soon as they both start to understand playing!

*Happy 6 Months!*

Wow! A half of a year already! I just can't believe it! It has gone so fast, but yet, it feels like so much has happened since she was born, and I can't remember life without her. Lets roll down the facts list of Miss Abigail at 6 months!

*Wakes up around 7am... usually with a big smile on her face, a stretch of her body, and a cute little toot to go with it :)

* She still LOVES her daddy! I find it frustrating when I'm trying to feed her and she catches a glimpse of him, she just forgets about what she is doing and focuses on him!
* She likes to have a 6:30pm cat nap, but is slowly getting rid of that
* Her favorite thing to do is interact. She likes toys, playing alone, but her favorite is when she can talk and interact with anyone.
* Sleeps through the night until about 4am or so, eats, and goes back to sleep
* She eats baby cereal for breakfast, two jars of food for lunch, and usually one to two jars for supper. She has milk when she wakes, after breakfast, after lunch and before bed.

* We will probably be switching her over to formula in the next week or so, I'm just not able to keep up with her anymore (and feel very guilty about this!)

* Size 3 diapers
* 17lbs, 5 oz (71%)
* 27.5 inches long (94%)
* Head- 92% (although it was measured bigger at first...)
*Size 6-9 month clothes
* Size 3 shoes
* Cute as a button (had to throw that in there...)

* Still has her dimple

* Favorite toy is her new monkey from Kalahari
* Her brother is really starting to pay attention to her. She likes to 'fake cry' and get attention from him. I find it hilarious!
* She will actually cry when a toy is taken away from her. It surprised me the first time she did it!
*A.L.M.O.S.T. to a full crawl.... It is only one quick thought away... I'm not pushing it!
*Can 'army crawl' pretty much anywhere she wants to go, unless if whining about it sounds like a better idea at the time
* Still sucks her thumb! (a great idea by the way... I never have to search for a nuk!)
* Favorite food is anything with chicken or vegetables. Weird kid.

*She loves to hang upside down like this:

HAPPY 6 MONTHS BABY! WE LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK!!!

*Overdue Update #1*

This exciting version of Overdue Update is all about our weekend to Kalahari!

Abby enjoyed the baby swings in the water!

This was the weekend of Labor day. It started out with our drive to Oshkosh on Friday night. We stayed overnight at Josh's house (Jake's brother). Early that next morning (and I mean 3am early...) Josh and John (Jake's dad) left for salmon fishing in the great lake. They had to wait out a few storms, but got on the boat and set sail around 7am. They were done around 1pm and returned to us shortly later. Meanwhile, Debbie (Jake's mom) and Jordyn and I stayed with the kids and played with them during the morning. Although all of the kids were generally really good, I do remember thinking I was glad that the guys were returning, but I can't remember the specifics of why we were ready for them to return! I think it was just a general, "Lets get to Kalahari!!!!" feeling! After the guys got cleaned up, we left for Kalahari. We spent that night in the game room and hanging out in our condo. The next morning, we headed over to the indoor water park. It was a great time had by all! Hunter is a timid type, and wasn't too sure about the water slides by himself. Gavin and Kylin had a great time running around playing in different areas. Abby liked the warmer pools, but found herself tired out by all of the excitement. As a family, Jake and the kids and I headed down the lazy river for some bonding time. We were then joined on a later trip by Gavin and Josh. This lazy river wasn't very lazy when it fed into the wave pool however! I think the true lazy river was part of the outside waterpark, but it was too cold outside to be out there. We spent that evening at the indoor amusement park. The kids turned in their tickets for some great prizes (Gavin-20 gliders and stuff, Kylin- Hello Kitty stuff, Hunter- Collectible tin and suckers). I the 'kids' (dad's) won some pretty great stuffed animals from the vending machine/claw machines as well... and they got pretty expensive... you know how it goes.

Kylin on the carousel!

Abby didn't want to let go of her new stuffed animal that Uncle Josh won for her!

On Sunday, Josh and the kids had to head back home, so we went to Buffalo Phils for lunch. At this restaurant, a train brings out your food, drinks, and some other stuff. Hunter had a great time, but the restaurant left a lot to be desired for. I would go again, but I will be sending in some feed back to them regarding some of their practices and the atmosphere. I hope that they are receptive to some feedback! I would say though, call ahead and reserve a table next to a train, it is the only way to go here! We had a GREAT location next to a track. I'm very happy where we were placed.

Hunter loves his Papa!



The bubbles on the train at Buffalo Phils... they kind of got Papa in the head!



The ride home was a quiet one as you can imagine! Both kids were zonked out for the whole trip. The parents as well had wished they were zonked out... but we survived, had a great time, and enjoyed spending these magical days with two magical children! Thanks to Nana and Papa for the great time that weekend, we made lots of memories that we will fondly look back on!

This photo cracks me up! It was suppose to be a picture of all of the grandkids... this is what we got. And I now display it proudly on our fridge :)

After a busy, busy weekend, and lots of lack of sleep later, I was so happy to hear these major laughs coming from the bathtub tonight! What a peanut!

Again... I promise to post more later. Off to bed for now. 

*Goals-Revamped*

I love goals. I'm a goal oriented person. Give me a task and I'll set the goals, this is how I work! But sometimes, things go on that cause you to need to revisit and revamp your goals in life. There are a few goals I've had to do this with lately.

• Running- I was going to do a 1/2 marathon in September, but after running my 10k I decided that I wasn't ready to 'just finish' a 1/2 marathon. I wanted to finish it in style, grace, and well, not at the end of the pack! So, I've decided to use this winter to run 5k's and 10k's and work on my speed. I'm excited for my new goal.
• Blogging- I believe my goal is 3x per week. Well, I just don't see this as feasible. But, I still want it to be a goal. So- lets keep it at 3x per week, but it is a flexible goal as I would rather see my kids at night than update blogger about them :)
• Graduating College- Still on track for this one :)
• Library- I think I need to return a book on CD, but besides that, I need to get Hunter there this week or next. With being busy on the weekends, it doesn't leave much time to get there during the week!
• Reading books- Still on track with this one! I love our family book time at night. We read 5 books together. I love it. Hunter loves it. Abby loves it. Jake tries to keep Abby contained while we read... but I think he loves it too.

I think that is it for goals right now. I have a couple more I want to add to the list. Budgeting is up next. I have plans, I just need to get the tools I need to complete it. It is all a work in progress though!

Lots more to blog about later... Kalahari... Abby's 6 month update... Buffalo Phils... Potty time... oh boy, the list can go on and on!

But... in the meantime... Happy 6 months to my baby girl!!!