Daddy, Donuts and Dates

Dear Abigail,

The weekend after Easter, Mommy had to go BACK to Mimi's for a baby shower for our cousin Kim and Marc.  I decided that you needed some Daddy time, so you stayed in town with Daddy while Mommy and Kate ran to Munford for the weekend.  Daddy came home from work a little early to stay with you, while Kate and I scooted off.  He promised you a special treat if you let him work from home for a couple hours and, apparently, you did...

 That's insane.  Daddy's a lot nicer than Mommy when it comes to picking out toppings.  You two met Ellie and fam for dinner on Friday night at Mexican, and to add to the fun (and sugar overdose) Daddy took you for donuts Saturday morning...

He's clearly trying to win you over.  Or maybe you've just won him over already and he'll do whatever you want.  Hmmmm....

You had a soccer game that morning, too, so maybe that was his strategy.  I'm not sure what went down during the day, but I can only assume it involved more sugar and possibly a movie.  That afternoon, you and Daddy went over to Ryan's house for a slumber party!!  You even got to roast marshmallows and make a few smores! 

 By the way, Daddy was a little nervous on the 'hair' part of having you to himself for the weekend, but I'd give him a C+.  Last time he just took you over to Miss Leigh's house to have her do it for him, but this time he sent proof before he went!

You had tons of fun at Ryan's and even slept in one of his 2 twin beds all night!  From what I hear, it wasn't your normal bedtime, but that's what weekends are for right?!

So on Sunday, Kate and I were making our way back and Daddy posts this pic on Facebook saying "I hope my wife doesn't get too mad that I'm taking Abby for a haircut." or something like that...

 Mommy freaked.  For sure.  I immediately tried calling and eventually got you on the phone saying "WE TRICKED YOU MOMMY!!"  Ha.  Ha.  Ha.  You and Daddy are not to be left alone again.  And, no, you did not get a hair cut.  Daddy did, and had the lady AND you act like you were getting one, including the comb in the hair and scissors in the hand.  Not cool Abs, not cool at all.  You thought it was awesome though, and so did a lot of folks on Facebook when they figured out it was a joke on Mom.
Thankfully Daddy sent this picture to me soon after saying "She's waiting on you."

I think you missed me even though I'm pretty sure you had the best weekend ever with Daddy.
On Monday, we went to a play date at Jacob and Anna's house where the 3 of you (and sometimes Kate) ventured through the woods on hikes and stuff.  We finally had some beautiful weather and everyone enjoyed being outside.
On Tuesday, you had another date.  It was Donuts with Dad day at school.  You were super excited and not just because of the donuts.  Daddy doesn't get to go to your school too often, so he was super excited, too!

Daddy said you gave him a beautiful picture frame (that he took straight to work)...

 And wrote a little biography on him.  Most of this is true...

 You also had donuts, of course, and apparently had a donut "that was even better than the chocolate one!" but we can't figure out which one that was.  We think just the traditional Krispy Kreme glazed, but we're not for sure.
Speaking of Krispy Kreme (yeah, more donuts!), your friend Chloe had a little birthday party on Wednesday morning at the best donut place ever.  As if you needed clarification, you loved the donuts. Mommy even had to snag one.  You cannot go into that place without eating at least one!

 After donuts, Miss Carrie (Chloe's mom) made an excellent decision on choosing Pump It Up to burn off all that energy!

 And boy did you have a lot to burn!  People were a little shocked to see you climb the rock wall with no 'safety rope.'  People who don't know you, that is...

 Thursday was a normal day of school and recovery and on Friday, Mimi arrived!  She hadn't seen a soccer game and we had a charity event that Friday night, so it worked out perfect.  It was a low key Friday, I mean, for Mimi, and on Saturday you had your soccer game.  That afternoon/night, we had another charity event at Daddy's old high school.  Daddy has some high school friends who have children who are very sick, so they hold a celebrity basketball game every year, and we always try to go.  We met up with Caroline and her crew and Papa at the Perfect Pig before the game and then headed to Dickson County High.  You were super impressed that Daddy went to school there, but then you got completely wigged out by the Storm Troopers that were walking through the gym.  That's right. Storm Troppers.  We were warned though, not that that did any good.  Friday night was a more adult type charity event and Terry (the dad) mentioned that they would be there, so we started prepping you that morning.  No luck.  One look and you had your typical attack.  Even Anson couldn't calm you down with his dreamy eyes.  (Anson was one of the 'celebrities' but he's like a brother to Daddy, but, again, that didn't seem to help).  Eventually we found a seat and of course it was directly across from the Troopers, Darth Vader and Iron Man - yeah, random.  Princess Leila was there, too, but thankfully no Chewbacca.  And yes, I am aware I am probably spelling all these names wrong!  So as we sat, you stared BUT eventually, you did end up waving to one of the Troopers.  And even walked near one, close enough to hear him say "Don't be scared of me" or at least that's what you told me.  I'm still not sure on that one though.  Your friend Cater was there, too, and she was pretty much exact opposite of you.  She would have sat in Darth Vader's lap if she could have!  You two, and Caroline, had lots of fun, but the game lasted a little too long for us and we headed home very tired!
Sunday was funday for our family, with a yummy grilled out meal by Daddy.  We enjoyed the beautiful weather and watched Kate on the monkey bars - yep, she does the monkey bars, just like Sista!
A great week full of fun Sista!! Love you!!