Memorial Weekend

Abigail, You celebrated your first Memorial Day weekend this past weekend. We started the weekend off right by going to Mexican with the whole gang on Friday night. Everyone was finally there, all at the same time. Of course, that caused a bit of commotion at first, trying to figure out who sits by who, but we got it figured out and you got to sit beside Ryan. Both of you were in highchairs and you loved playing with his toys! We kept trying to get you to do your "light" trick, but you just laughed at us the whole time. See, we can say "Abigail, where's the light?" and if no one is watching, you point up to a light, wherever you are!! Daddy and I get so excited about it, and you do too when you see us clapping, but for some reason you have performance anxiety. We're working on that. That should not be in your blood at all - your mommy LOVES to be the center of attention. You did end up clapping a whole lot for everyone, but I think it was because it was way past your bedtime. You stayed up late that night, but to our surprise that was just the beginning of the late nights! There wasn't too much problem getting you to sleep that night, though...So on Saturday, we went to Cookeville to see Auntie Amy and Uncle Martin. We cooked out chicken and shrimps and all kinds of yummies, and you were the life of the party. Papa was there and you finally let him hold you, or I should say, he finally didn't scare you! And Auntie Jill and Alexis and Carly came too! And brought you the cutest present - you will notice your Auntie Jill is a bit like your Mimi - always giving you something! After a good day of playing, we had no worries with bed time, but 8 rolled around and you were having none of it. Then 9 rolled around and Mommy was having none of it. It's been almost a month since I have had to rock you to sleep, and I have to say, I don't miss it. But I let it slide because we spent the night at Auntie Amy's and it was a strange house, and lots of noises, especially your Uncle Martin who decided to turn the radio up way up within seconds of me being back down stairs from finally putting you to sleep. He got one ugly look, and perhaps even an ugly saying that I won't repeat. Anyway, it was a tough night to get you to bed, but you woke up happy as can be the next morning. You even showed us another trick! You are standing up all the time and are now letting go and standing on your own for like 3 seconds or something! We all saw it and got really really excited!! You are going to be walking very soon - such my overachiever! Once we got back to Nashville, Daddy decided to mention the party at the Grugett's house, so mommy went into turbo mode and got everything ready, or tried. I ended up forgetting your pajamas, so you got to borrow a pair of Ryans!!! It was very strange not seeing you in pink, much less in boys pj's! They were mighty cute though, and you were such a pretty little boy! That must have been what your daddy looked like as a baby! Here's a picture from Sunday night.

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You and Ryan and Ellie had such a good time. As soon as mommy can figure out the new camcorder I will post pictures of the 3 of you playing together. Ryan even let you share his jumpy seat!! All three of you went to bed around the same time, and we let the boys play corn hole and sat around talking babies! OH, and you finally showed them the "light". We were so proud. Or at least Ms. Leigh saw it!! Then there is Monday. Daddy and I were looking forward to a day of relaxing, not going anywhere, etc, etc... Negative ghost rider. After waking up and cleaning the house because the painter was finally through (I'll post a blog on your new play room when it's officially complete), we decided we needed a new TV stand b/c the current one decided to break during the renovation. Well, picky mommy couldn't make her mind up so we drove around to a million places. Finally I decided, and we got home and daddy started working on it. Yes, we bought a TV stand that required assembly. Big mistake. Very big mistake. Daddy went to work on that and I decided to take you for a walk. Seconds after walking out the door, your Uncle Martin called and they were headed to the emergency room in Franklin. Poor Caroline did something to her foot at the Renaissance Fair (at this point we didn't know, but she had broken her ankle!!) So the boys wouldn't have to roam the hospital floors, you and I went and picked them up and brought them back to our house, for what we thought was a couple hours at most. Daddy was still struggling with the new TV stand, I was still struggling with you, so I did what the boys love most, put them in front of the Wii!! This is what they did for the next 4 hours:

Oh, it was a long long day Abigail, and after you went to bed, the boys got showers, Daddy finished his TV stand, Caroline got a cast, and Mommy finished her blog, I am exhausted!!!!! Good night sweet baby girl. We keep you busy, but you seem to love it. Get excited, we go to the beach in 5 days!!!