so much fun

This is video of Abby laughing at me pretending to sneeze. This is only less than a minute long, but it went on for about five minutes. By the end I had a horrible headache, but it was worth it! I can't think of anything more beautiful than a child laughing. Abby is growing up so fast. She has started army crawling and sitting up. She is all over the place, chasing both the cat and the dog. Yes, it is pretty much a three ring circus around here. She now has four teeth on the bottom and one snuck in on the top that we never knew was coming in.She continues to change and learn new things daily. Every minute with her is a constant reminder that God is awesome and His unfailing love for us shines through her smile every day.

These are the moments

Monday at 4am I wake up to discover that our ac was out. Naturally I wake Dave up so he can fix it. Well, come to find out, he couldn't. No biggie. We have friends that are in the ac industry, so I am thinking that this will be fixed by the end of the day. I pack up all of Abby's things and head to my parents(this was at 7 am) so that we are not boiling all day in our house. We are over there until I have to leave to come back to our house because the sprinklers are also broke, so I am meeting the guy at one. 1:45 comes around and that guy calls to tell me that he is running late and will be there at 2:30. No problem, it's not like our house is getting warm, I mean it's only the middle of summer in Texas! So he finally shows up and about ten minutes later it starts lightning out. Guess what...you can't work in the yard when there is lightning! So he reschedules for Wednesday at 8:30 am. Meanwhile my dad has picked up the parts for the ac and has them back at their house. I go back to get them and Abby so that we can come back here and Dave can fix the ac when he gets home. O, if only it were that easy. I would like to say thank you to the lady who gave us the WRONG parts!!! Come 7pm Abby is sleeping in her room, which at this point is probably close to 80 degrees. We have our wonderful friends Justin and Stephen outside trying to help Dave and on their phones calling around to get the right parts. Good news, we can get the parts, bad news, it wont be until tomorrow.Luckily Justin had a window unit in his truck, so we put that in Abby's room so she could sleep good. Dave and I quickly realize that there is no way were are going to be able to sleep in our room, so we decide that we need to sleep in hers. We gather up our blankets and pillows and head on in. Of course we cant just turn on the lights and see what we are doing, no, we are literally crawling on all fours in the dark. We get settled in and I can't help but laugh at the whole situation. As I am falling asleep I realize how lucky I am to have a husband who finds this just as funny as I do, and I get to fall asleep listening to our beautiful daughter sleeping and making those cute baby noises.After a good night sleeping on the floor, we all get up at 6:30. So, the parts were coming at 2 and then Stephen was coming over after work to put the parts in.Thank you so much to Justin for getting us the parts and a huge thank you to Stephen for putting the parts in! I know they saved us a ton of money. It's moments like this when you realize how lucky you are to have friends that are so unselfish and so willing to open their houses to us. We had so many people offer us a place to stay, Thank You all so much! I also realize that I am so lucky that this is the only thing I have to worry about. I know there are people out there with so much more on their plates that having no ac looks like nothing. I thank God every day for blessing me with such great friends, a husband whose love for me is endless and a happy healthy daughter whose smile makes everything better!




~ our sleeping arrangements ~

Watch out, she bites...

...and hits and kicks and pinches! What happened to my baby?!? I love my daughter more than anything, but Whoa! Someone or something has taken away my sweet and happy little girl and has replaced her with a crazy person! I know she is not feeling good because her teeth are in and are coming in, but wow, who knew it could be this bad. I am looking at a nine month old with the attitude of a 13 year old. Some say it's a girl thing, my dad says it's a red head thing. I say it's going to turn me into a drunk thing! Well actually more like a non stop chocolate eating thing. I am on cookie number....well numbers aren't important! Everyone will tell you that parenthood is an amazing journey, this is true. They don't tell you that it is also a constant roller coaster, and we all know how much I like those. Abby has been gaging herself, yes I know what you are thinking, but she won't stop. Yesterday she made herself throw up twice! When I try to pull her hands out of her mouth she bites me! I have a nine month old bulimic biting machine on my hands. Thank the Lord that my mom is on summer break, this has been a life saver! The good thing is, I know this is just a phase and next week we will be on to something else. In the meantime, if you see a listing on craigs list for a child for sale, don't judge me!