Rock n' Roll Abby

Abby says, "Let's Rock!"

She woke up with a new hairdo this morning... I think she looks kind of edgy and rock n' roll. I think it's time she joined the Malley rock band 'Doodle Romp'.

Abby in Action...

We have been working on a nap schedule and it's cut into our social life, therefore, we have no real news to report or fun pictures to show off, but here are a few cute ones to show you that we still do have fun around the house even if we have been working on a nap schedule for 10 days with nothing to show for it! Who needs a schedule?!


Don't I have pretty eyes?

Abby and Sammy: A Match Made in Heaven

Oh, she feels so soft!

I like soft...

I wonder how soft tastes?

Mommy and Abby LOVE Sammy... and Sammy loves us!


Abby has only recently discovered Sammy and she is obsessed. I think tonight we got to the bottom of her obsession. As you can see in the pictures, Abby really just wants to know, how does Sammy taste? We were right there just in case, but we are relieved to note that Sammy was completely unfazed when Abby gripped her fur and pulled with all the strength a 5 month old can muster. Hopefully that won't change!

5 Months Old!

Today Abby is 5 months old. She is so cute and fun and we love her so, so much. Right now Abby loves playing on her tummy. If you place her on a blanket with some of her favorite toys (Rosco the race car dog, Belinda the brightly colored butterfly and Lola the hula dancing monkey are her favorites) then she'll just drool and pick up and drop all her toys over and over again. She also loves Sammy. Which is kind of hard to believe if you think about how you might feel if a giant dog kept liking you right in the face, but we're happy they are best friends so I try not to think about it. She loves her binky and exersaucer and spends most of the day smiling and making noise. She is more than I could have ever hoped for! We LOVE you Abby!

Good News, Bad News...

The good news is despite the fact that she has a really clumsy mom, Abby is 100% fine, the bad news is we had our first trip to the ER. This morning I was walking with her in the baby bjorn when I fell on our outside steps and Abby ended up crying hysterically and bleeding a little from a scratch on her head. She did not hit full force and if I was able to be objective (which I was COMPLETELY incapable of when it happened) I would have described her injury as more of a a scratch than a goose egg or gash, but still, you have to be cautious when it comes to precious babies and so we ended up in the ER. While we were there Abby smiled at the nurse, giggled while being weighed, and flirted with the orderly that spent about 20 minutes cleaning up my skinned knee and foot before the doctor came in and checked her out for what seemed to be about half the time that the orderly had spent on my knee. He told us he could order a CT scan but really that would expose our bundle of joy to about 20 chest X-rays when she had passed all his little tests without any issues, so we opted for going home and watching her closely and I'm so relieved to say 12 hours later she has remained her cheerful, sleepless self throughout the day. Here's a few pics of my little bruiser. It's safe to say that I am now terrified of causing anymore harm to poor Abby and only carry her with two arms wrapped tight around her, only drive 20 miles an hour and will never, ever leave her unattended with Sammy again (okay so maybe the last one is an exaggeration).

Uncle Pete!

Sammy was Uncle Pete's first neice and even (or I should probably say especially) Sammy gets excited when Uncle Pete visits...



So tired from all the fun with Uncle Pete....

Abby is lucky to have a very loving Uncle Pete. Peter is my little brother and he is everything you would want a little brother to be, silly, really hilarious, a little bit annoying (he's mostly outgrown that, but he will always be my little brother so there's a residual little bit annoying that just comes with him being a little brother) and the best fun-loving uncle that Abby and Eli could hope for. We love visits from Uncle Pete. Here are some pictures that show just how special a visit from Uncle Pete is...

Abby the little turtle

Some people have commented that Abby looks a little bit like a cartoon turtle (they've assured me that that they mean it in a good way). It's true though, she has a little turtle look and now that she spends most of her time desperately trying to crawl on her belly with her but up and neck outstretched she looks even more like a turtle! We received a special Italian bib from my dear friend Roberta the other day and look, it has a turtle on it! Abby loves it!