Jake's 9th Birthday

Jake had his birthday party at Poof's house. He loves baseball so we had a baseball game. The boys had alot of fun. Colton, Reeves, Bryan and Ensley spent the night. Jake is such a great kid and we love him so much. Happy Birthday Chip!!!

GO BRAVES!!

We went to an Atlanta Braves game with the folks from GE. Jake really enjoyed seeing Turner Field and cheering on his Braves. He got overheated and we had to go to First Aid and get into the air conditioning. Overall it was awesome to see the Braves in action.

Water Park

We went to the Water park in Charleston over the weekend. It was really fun. Abby loved the slides and Jake loved it all. We had so much fun. We went to the big one in North Charleston with Jonathan and Darla. Aunt Darla even went down the big slide with Reggie. It was a great weekend.

Big Blue Eyes

Water Fun?

Abby got a new water table today and she and Jake had soo much fun. At least I think she had fun. What do you think?

Officially a Toddler

July 26, 2007 Abby is officially a toddler. She doesn’t crawl anymore. She starts on her bottom pushes off her hands and away she goes. She can walk really fast now and not fall. She goes anywhere she wants and even up stair on her hand and feet. She says Dake all the time and calls him when she hasn’t seen him for a few minutes. She says Dadee and Mom. She says ba and bub which is think is bird and dog. She is very curious and is intent on figuring something out. She is the sunshine in my day.

Hilton Head July 2007

July 4 2007 We took two week vacation at Hilton Head. Abby has been practicing her walking but still prefers crawling. She will take about 15 steps now. She loves the beach. She crawls straight for the waves and laughs when they touch her feet. She loves to walk around the umbrella and our chairs. She has discovered birds and gets so excited when she sees one on the beach. She says eeh eeeh and points. She loves dogs too and makes the same noise when she sees one and chases it. She even says dog. She is a shoe diva. We cannot leave shoes anywhere because next thing we know she has them on her hands like mittens and crawls around.

One Year Old

June 26, 2007 My baby is one year old. I have a hard time remember the time between bringing her home from the hospital and now. She is so different today than last year. Amazing how a year in the life of a baby. Last year I could hold her all day and she would just lay and look at me, now she is a girl on a mission (to get in to something that is). She took her first steps in our driveway this evening. Our neighbor, Kaylee who is one month younger than Abby is already walking and when Abby saw her she had to do it took. She never stood alone but on her first birthday, she did it all at once.

Abby's Birthday Party

June 24, 2007 Abby’s first birthday party at Poof’s house. She got a Dora sit on rider from Nee it was her favorite. She learned how to sit on it in two days. She got lots of money and a few toys. She had pizza and Coke then the best of all, birthday cake. Jake handed her little cake to her. She put one hand in and put and handful in her month and from then on was hooked. She loved it and shoveled it in by the handfuls. Jake had to be involved in the fun and put his face in it twice. They were both covered in cake. Family and friends wished Abby and happy birthday: Pop and Nee, Jason Gena Savannah Jonathan Darla Grandpa Poof Aunt Linda and Uncle Ed Denise Aunt Exie Joan Grandmother Rachel Erwin Charles Debbie Elaine and Louie and Alexander. We all had a great time celebrating our miracle girl.

Walkers

Working at the Car Wash

Happy Birthday Abby Girl

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I made this montage for Abby's first birthday. I love how she changes over the past year.

11 months old

First Sucker
First Steps Holding Daddy's hand

The Many Faces of Abby

June 9, 2007 Abby is 11 months old and into everything. She can crawl fast and uses the push walker now. She waves bye and claps and bounces to her Tigger toy. She has to be close to me and crawls over often just to check in. She says uh oh and dada and hey and what we think is Jake. She crawls into the bathroom and unrolls the toilet paper roll. She is so cute. Last month we had to let her cry it out because she was waking up and standing in her crib. She cried for about 15 minutes then about 5 more then slept until morning. Now if she wakes up when I put her in the crib, she just cries for maybe 5 minutes the settles down to sleep all night. Not much of a napper though.

Good Night Good Morning

27 Home Runs in one season

2007 Fountain Inn Season Champs

Jake hit 27 homeruns in one season. Almost every plate appearance resulted in a home run and he had a .999 batting average. WOW!!!!!!!!!

Room addition

We have officially started the room addition.

What a week!

April 9, 2007 What a week we had- Abby got a two teeth for a total of six and she FINALLY started to crawl. She doesn’t’ really like to but she can if she sees something she wants. She can also clap which she is extremely proud of . She is really getting into everything now, I have to watch her like a hawk.

Abby's First Easter

We started our Easter Sunday with the most important part of the day. We went to church. We learned about how much Jesus loved us and that he died for us so that we can have eternal life with Him in Heaven.

Abby wore a pink sleeveless dress but we had to add a sweater because of course it was chilly - Easter in the South is almost always cold. You can count on warm days in April but come Easter Sunday, pull out the sweater.

We had dinner at Poof's house. The kids loved the Bunny Cake. We had an egg hunt in the backyard with Jake, Savannah and Abby.