Fun in the Sun!

I know that these are all pretty much the same picture, but I just couldn't decide and doesn't it look a little like she's dancing? Pool party at Abby's house tomorrow!

That's right, Abby's baby pool arrived today! We really wanted to try it out but it requires one of those fancy electric blow up things so we will have to go to Fred Meyers tonight to get one of those and we'll use the pool tomorrow (and take lots of pictures of Abby's first pool party). As you can see Abby didn't care, she was super pumped just to lounge in her "lawn chair" in her bathing suit and look cute.

New Favorite Salad

I've got the herb garden up and going and with all this summer-like weather all I feel like eating are salads, so here's my new favorite. It's from the Mayo Clinic cookbook and it's very healthy (only 109 calories a serving). I hope you like it too!

Tabbouleh
1 cup veg stock (although I used chicken)
1 cup bulgur
2 cups cherry tomatoes
1/2 cucumber, peeled, seeded, diced
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup flat leaf parsley chopped
3 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 green onions chopped
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 clove of garlic, minced
salt
pepper
1/4 teaspoon of allspice (I didn't have this on hand so I skipped it)
Boil the stock and pour it over the bulgar in a heat proof bowl. Let it sit while it absorbs all the liquid (about 15 minutes). Add all the remaining ingredients, mix, cover and chill or just serve it up as is. Tastes great as leftovers the next day!

Goodbye May!

Here's a look back at all the fun pictures we took this month. Abby is getting really good at holding up her head and she loves to sit upright with help and put weight on her legs. She still doesn't seem close to rolling over, but I'm sure it will come soon enough. She's sleeping a lot more too, 5 hours in a row or so on our good nights so we're pretty happy with the progress on that front too. Hopefully June will be even better!


Abby helping me celebrate my favorite Mother's Day ever.


Pappy comes by for a visit.


Senior picture.


Ahhh... kisses from the doodle.





She's getting so big!


She's a great cuddler!






Lazy Sundays with Daddy.




Abby's favorite toy - the monkey jungle.




Abby and Sammy love this Summer weather!

Abby's First Out of Town Guests

Charlie and Abby with Great-Grandma Malley (and Uncle Tony the poodle)




She's getting so big!


Abby and the "Grandmas"

Charlie's grandparents came to Seattle for a visit and to meet Abby last weekend. We were so excited that they were able to make the trip up here and that the weather cooperated for their visit. Here's a few shots of Abby charming the great grandparents at a BBQ on Sunday.

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day! I feel like the luckiest mom ever. I have a perfect baby, a loving husband and a great family! My Mom has provided such a great example for me to follow. She is funny, caring, nurturing and 100% there for you whenever you need her. I hope that I can be the kind of mom to Abby that my Mom has always been for me. Abby is one lucky girl and I know she will love her Meme as much as I love her!
For Mother's Day my mom had pictures taken of Abby and Eli. Here are some of the best shots... It was hard to pick just a few, they are all so great!

Growing up so fast...

Abby will be two months old on Friday. It has gone by so fast I can't believe that she is almost two months old... I think she might be spoiling us more than we are spoiling her. She is a quiet and happy little baby. She is smiling more and more and she very rarely cries. When she does you can usually fix it by picking her up and cuddling her or giving her food or her binky. We spend most of our days walking around the neighborhood and she gladly sleeps or gazes at the toys on her stroller as we walk. Take a look at how much she has grown, I had forgotten just how small she was when we first brought her home.


Days old Abby and the giant, doodle


Almost 2 month old Abby and her eager and extremely loving doodle sister


Me and my two babies...


Isn't she precious?!

Picnic at the Dog Park

Friday was a beautiful sunny day so we joined Kelsey, Eli, Peter and Rachel at the dog park. Sammy had a great time at the dog park and then the rest of us had a nice picnic at the playground next to the dog park. Abby slept though most of the picnic, here she is enjoying a little snooze on the grass with her new giant sun hat.