Fathers Day and Abby Cam

Time. There never seems to be enough of it these days. One day quickly flows into the next and before I know it another week has gone by. It's almost scary. I'm thinking that working five eight hour days a week verses three twelve hour days is a big part of it. I'm also thinking that working five days a week is no better then three. Oh well not working at all is not an option and I should be thankful I have a job.

Abby is doing great. Growing like a weed and talking a mile a minute. It's very cool that we can now have actual conversations. I'm also so enjoying watching her imagination flourish. She's too cute and I'm constantly surprised with the ideas she comes up with. While trying at times two and a half is also a very cute age :) We are keeping busy these days when I am off. Summertime is here and it has been wicked hot! 90 plus each day or close to it. Mommy really prefers cooler temps but sucks it up as best as she can for my girl. Were heading for a beach vacation soon. It will be the first time she sees the actual ocean with waves verses the Bay or river. I can't wait to see what she thinks of it. We have plans to meet up with Abby Two in September. Abby Two is Abby's china sister. They even shared the same Nanny at the SWI. We haven't seen M and C along with Abby Two since china. It will be wonderful to get together with these wonderful and very special folks that we will forever share a bond with. Now some shots from Fathers day. I didn't take many but some one got a hold of my camera and took some shots of her own :) The first several are Abby's :)


Getting warmed up with a ceiling shot.

Self portrait (almost)

A little better :)

Working the room :)

Pretty good that time Abby :) Uncle Pete and Josh.

She managed to catch Da and Uncle Chris too :)

Sissy and Meema!

Not to shabby :0 The next group were taken by Mommy.

A top ten day :)

The view at Uncle Hughie's

CJ and Abba!

She looks so sad in all these pictures? She wasn't though :)

Great shot of Uncle Pete and Josh.

Josh in action.

Abba

Abba and Auntie Waurie (Laurie).

Finally my favorite shot of the day :)

UMMMMM Chocolate pudding

I love my little chocolate face :)

Nauticus

Last weekend Abby and I had a play date with Mackenzie or Kenzie as Abby calls her. Kenzies brother and another one of my friends with her two sons met us at Nautic*us. The girls are buddies so I really only have shots of the two of them. It was also the museums 15Th anniversary so just a little busy that day but we still had fun :)

Looking out the window at the USS Wisconsin battleship.

Through the window

She definitely did not want to sit on the airplane.

Peek :)

I'm not sure who was captain and who was first mate? And yep! Kenzie had a wardrobe change

They had pirates walking around. "I scared of Pirates Mommy" is what she told me later that night.

Checking out the ......

Nurses sharks! There was actually a good 3 feet between the tank and the fence. It just looks closer. The guide told us that as long as the sharks stay close to each other they feel safe and are not hostile. They used to let people pet them but no longer because these sharks were getting ready to be released back into the wild.

Later we climbed aboard the USS Wisconsin and got to look around. I took advantage of the great photo opportunity.

Just plain cool! The history and what this ship has seen......

I love this one :)

And these two :)

And here she is with the fellas :)

So another cool place that has been here 15 years and yet I have never been there. Abby is really helping me branch out a little bit :)

Picture and post unrelated

Okay everyone who lives around me in the immediate Hampt*on Roads area.... There will be no immediate hurricane threats to us this year. Why do you say???? Because I just bought four 4 packs of D cell batteries to have on hand this season just in case. Everyone who lives in hurricane country knows these are very hard to find any time a storm approaches. Each year I say I will do it and each year I end up scrambling. I think we had one scare last year and I had to buy and expensive lantern that actually came with the batteries already in it. So this year I am prepared. I'm just saying :)

And now for the unrelated picture....

This picture was taken last weekend at the living museum last Sunday. Of course it's a fake snake. I thought she would be afraid of it but after a minutes hesitation she plopped right down with my encouragement.

Band aid mania

Abby loves band aids. She always has. She liked to stick them on her PJs when she first got home. Problem is band aids are like glue on clothing anyway. Impossible to get off. To this day I have to watch her close to make sure that she doesn't ruin any of her clothing. So anyways a half a box of band aids keeps her occupied for quite a while. So I keep several boxes on hand and when I need to do something without her help all I have to do is break out the band aids. Now all of a sudden they seem to be popping up every where.

The kitchen window,

sippy cup

Living room wall

Sliding door

Obviously this is her place of choice to place them. I will be taking this off in the near future so lately I have let her go to town. (Yikes now everyone knows I need to dust)

Yep she likes her band aids :)

A little messy after just being picked up from daycare.

How I do love this little girl!!!!

Beach Weather

Feels like summer around here as we have already had some scorchers. Little one still hasn't been to a real beach yet but I did take her to our local Yorktown beach. Actually it's more like a river but only about 20 minutes from our house verses 45 minutes for the real thing all la Virginia beach. I didn't get many pictures cuz it's kind of hard when there are only the two of you there. She liked it though. The seaweed freaked her out a little but as long as I moved it out of her way she was good. Once she was brave enough to get in the water I couldn't get her out so I only have a few pictures to post. (Really not very good ones either) When I look at them I realise just how small she still really is. Lately she has seemed so big too me with all her talking and yes her attitude at times :)