Christmas photo adventure

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Thought I would post the crazy time we had getting a decent picture. We tried all four of us but that was just ugly. Enjoy. Beware, some of these are fairly hidious. :)

Abby Update

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Isn't this a great photo?!! I see this smile all the time but have never been able to get a picture of it. Finally! :) We're counting down the days to Christmas. I know Gracie is. (I think she can smell the treats someone got her through the present under the tree. :)

Have a wonderful New Year and may God bless you this Christmas season!

- Bobby, Christina, Abigail and Gracie.

The little amusements in life

Some pre-Christmas crinkle fun!

Solid (well, almost solid) FOOD!

Abby gets a cookie, some squashed squash, and some cereal. Quite entertaining! :) Enjoy.

Family Night

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Tonight was family night out. We went to the "Northern Lights" lighting at a nearby outdoor mall. It was fun. We enjoyed some BBQ (KC style) and walked around a bit. And of course...I went a little overboard with the camera... ;) Enjoy, Bobby

Bathtime!

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She was hoping for a prince, but we told her she was too young. ;)

Church Halloween Bash

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Abby's first Halloween. She was a... pumpkin I think. Although she might have been a pumpkin inmate of some type...not sure. :)

Jar's of Clay Concert

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Jars of Clay in concert in Liberty. We had a great time.

Halloween or Easter?? :)

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Kind of reminds me of the Easter bunny...

She loves her Jump-a-roo 

Sleeping Beauties.

Sleeping Beauties.  

Vacation 05

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Actually 4 generations represented here...missing dad. This gallery of photos is from our long 2 week vacation to see friends and family along the east coast. We started off in Tenn, then to GA, then up to MD. It was a great trip. The first week I was gung-ho on taking pictures...but as you can see, as the trip went on the pictures waned a bit. Anyway, we had a great time. There are a TON of pictures so please be patient with downloading the images.

Zoo Trip

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This was from a trip to the Zoo with my team from work (Hey! They voted for it).

Abby does Bono.

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Abby does Bono. :) Mom and Dad gave Abby a Build-a-Bear monkey named "Schmoopie" (long story - I can explain if asked...). The Monkey came with the glasses. Personally I think they look better on Abby.

Cutey

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Cutey

Spread the word...

Tens of thousands...maybe hundreds of thousands homeless as a result of Katrina.

http://katrinahousing.org/

Baby Dedication

Abigail was dedicated 8-21. Check it out! Dedication

You may have to install the QuickTime player if you don't have it. It's the main video that pops up. After this week, you'll have to click on the 8-21 service. Fast forward to about 2/3 through. After the dedication is a song Bobby and I sang with some cute kids.

3 month portraits

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3 month portraits

First trip to the pool awake

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First trip to the pool.

First Giggle!!

Funny video of funny girl. :) We took this video tonight when Gigi, Merideth, and Great Grandma Glenda stopped by.

Uncle Dale and Uncle John come to visit.

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Uncle Dale and Uncle John come to visit.

NEW CAR!!!!!!

Well, our Concord kicked the bucket last weekend and forced us into the car market. We did our research and decided on the Volkswagon Passat. Love it so far! 

Tightwad, MO (no joke)

Only in Missouri. :) This photo was taken on our way home from Alyssa and Brandon's wedding (Alyssa, childhood friend of Christina). I wanted SO bad to stop at the Tightwad bank to withdraw a bunch of money...but it was Sunday. Oh well. Hee hee. :) 

College Savings -- Upromise.com

Anyone out there interested in helping to save for my college?? If you haven't heard of Upromise, you need to check it out. It DOES NOT require you to sign up for a new credit card. And, it doesn't cost you a penny because participating companies donate a small portion (1-10%) of your total purchase on certain things such as hotels, travel, groceries, gas, dining, etc. directly to my 529 college saving account. For instance, if you use any of the following SBC services: SBC Connections, SBC Long Distance, Cingular® Wireless, or SBC | DISH Network, SBC will donate up to $5/mo to my college fund. This is just one example of how you can help just by signing up. It's a small amount but every little bit helps.

You can also do this for multiple kids if you want. The program will divide the contributions however you choose between multiple future students.

Please check it out.

Thanks,
Abigail & Family :)

Papa Marc and Gigi come to visit.

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Ha Papa, I have more hair than you! :)

Drool Queen!

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Drool Queen!

2 month doctors visit

Sorry no pictures this week. Just wanted to mention the results of today's doctor appointment. Abigail is perfectly healthy and actually ranks 90th percentile in both height and weight for her age. :) She is growing fast!

She got her shots today too unfortunately :( She didn't like it and apparently has one of the loudest screams of any child they've ever heard. Hee hee. :) Poor thing.

Printed Pictures?

Parents and family (well..anyone actually - unless you are Gerber Corp. wanting to make Abby your next baby model), all of these pictures are available to be made into prints. The originals are mostly a high enough resolution that you could print pretty much any size photo you wanted. Just let me know which one you want and I will send you a link to the high resolution version of the picture.
Not sure how I want to do this yet...maybe I'll just upload the photo to a site like snapfish or something so you can order the print from there online and it will show up in your mailbox at home... Still trying to figure that part out. Any opinions? Please leave a comment!

Thanks,
Bobby

Our little buttercup

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Our little buttercup.

Aunt M and Grandma

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Aunt M and Mimi come to visit.

Rip Van Abby-winkle

Miss Abby slept 8 hours last night without letting out so much as a peep! She went right to sleep and I actually had to wake her up. We've moved her into her nursery, and she loves it. She's weighing in at a whopping 10.5 oz. now.

Told you she smiled!

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Told you she smiled!

SMILE!!

Our failed attempt to get Abigail to smile. :)

Beautiful Family

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She's got a good head on her shoulders...

And she can basically hold it up on her own now, when she is being held upright in your arms at least. One of the ways we spend "wake time" is by having "tummy time", during which she gets thoroughly frustrated with herself because she can't crawl or push herself up like she wants. Originally we thought she was pretty calm, but she can kick up a storm and loves to squirm all over the place, even out of your arms, if she was strong enough!

Suitable newborn headwear

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Early attempt to find suitable newborn headwear...unsuccessful. :)

Picture site updated.

Unfortunantly, we can't store all of the pictures that we want to on this blog. So I have a site that I maintain, http://www.bobbyandchristina.us/, that is basically a photo archive. Any photo's linked from this blog will be to that site.

To bottle or not to bottle...

Don't tell the pediatrician but we decided to try the bottle tonight. Christina went out with the gals (first time in a long while) but going out meant the baby would miss dinner. Not an option. So I went out and purchased Abby's first bottle (Playtex VentAire). Dad was babysitting and it was time for Abby to eat so I broke out the bottle. Expecting to have to call Christina back home I tried for the first time...and...NO PROBLEM! I didn't have to trick her or anything! She drank 2oz I think.

Huge success for mother and baby (Got breastfeeding figured out...now the bottle too)...bad news for dad. First thing Christina said when she got home and found out all went well was "Great! Now you can take a turn in the middle of the night with feeding the baby!" Sweet...

New blog and Abby's first week.

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Welcome to our blog! I know it (blog) sounds funny but so many people wanted to be kept up to date regarding the happenings of our family I figured this was the easiest way without clogging everyone's email (or costing me a fortune...this is free :). I also didn't want to disappoint those assuming I would have some high tech way of communicating to everyone. :)

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