Facebook!

I have never had any issues with facebook, but I logged into it tonight and found that I had sent "fake" messages to all of my friends about a get rich scheme. Sorry if you got this.

I am PISSED. I keep reading all of these articles about how Facebook is not secure, yada yada yada. I didn't believe the hype. But apparently it is true.

Well, I am DONE. I deleted my account and am not going back. No more knowing who is going to the grocery, who is sitting at home watching tv, or who is sitting at home thinking random thoughts to impress their friends.

I will miss pictures of friends that I have made over the years, but hopefully they have my other contact info. If not, so long. Facebook is highly overrated and NOT secure. If I think about the other things that it might have hacked, it makes me sick.

Thanks for letting me rant!

18 Months Old

Abby - You are 18 Months Old!

It is hard for me to believe that I have an 18 month old daughter! Seems like only yesterday...

• I would guess her to weigh 22 1/2 pounds. She likes to stand on the scale in the bathroom and a few weeks ago she was 22.1 pounds.
• She is still wearing her 12 month clothes, but we also have some 18 month ones that fit as well.
• Currently a borderline vegetarian. She loves fruit, tolerates veggies, but rarely eats any meat.
• I know all parents might say it, but she is so smart!
• She loves to play dress up and trying on our shoes, sunglasses, hairbows and anything else that dolls her up.

Trying on Daddy's house shoes (not quite sure why they are so dirty)

Mommy's sunglasses

Mommy's shoes

Lately, her obsession has been socks. We sat by her sock bin the other day and she insisted on trying on EVERY pair of socks. This is her with two pairs on each legs and one pair on the arms. Then, she determined that she had no fingers and wanted them OFF.

But she loves those socks!

• Abby can also count to three. We turn off the lights every night before I put her to bed. One in the hallway, one in the bathroom and one in her room. She counts, "Un, Ooh, Ree" as we turn off the lights.
• Her favorite book is still My First Book of Numbers. She loves for me to trace her fingers through all of the numbers. Then she takes my finger and traces the numbers as well.
• She has really started indicating what she wants. I can ask her any question and she will say "Yea" or "Nah".
• Of course, we are still working on "Want to change your diaper?". "Nah" Even though I can smell the nastiness a mile away!
• Refuses to wear bows. Her daddy somehow got one in her hair the other day. We went to dinner and I casually mentioned to Stu that I could not believe that she had a bow in her hair. Little gal looked me dead in the face, reached up in her hair (right where the bow was), pulled it out and threw it on the ground. Glared at me again and kept on eating. Such the personality!
• I think my "new" favorite part of her is her love for me. She is not a very affectionate person and never has been. But I was out of town for a few days this weekend. I went to the MIL's house to pick her. She started bawling as soon as she saw me and clung to me the rest of the night when we went to my parents. She wanted nothing to do with them, only wanted her mommy.

All in all, I could not imagine one day without her. She is such an awesome person and I love seeing her personality shine more and more every day!

WE LOVE YOU ABBY!

Catching Up/July 4th

It has been FIVE days since my last blog. I know everyone is in shock about it (although I have no comments from the past few blogs, so I am feeling un-read). I have been sick. Deathly sick. Calling in to work sick. And I am still miserable. I cough like a body part is coming out (to the point that I have thrown up from it). I am out of mind on cold medicine.

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With that being said, I still managed to make a 14 hour round trip to Charlotte this weekend.

I met this little Angel.....

Audrey Shea. Isn't she precious?

I got to witness her first dip in the lake.


And hang out with her wonderful parents.

There is nothing more precious than a sleeping baby. Her mom learned from me with the bows and is starting her early with head gear.

But (in my humble opinion) it is a struggle!

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I am completely in love with Ms. Audrey and glad I made the trip to meet her. She is so tiny! Abby was 7 pounds 11 ounces when she was born and 8 pounds 3 ounces when she left the hospital. Audrey is just 8 pounds at 6 weeks - what a petite little gal!

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Ms. Abby and I did not make it to the fireworks last night. I felt horrible and Abby was exhausted. We went to bed early and she slept until 9 AM!!!

Then we enjoyed a relaxing day at the pool.

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Abby will be 18 months tomorrow, so look forward to a post full of her latest triumphs. And I have been saving some great pictures as well!

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My fur baby Ali was sick a few weeks ago and vomited all over her bed. We hadn't gotten her a new one for awhile, but we finally did get her a deluxe bed. It is big and fluffy and anything any dog would love!

This is what Ali thinks of it! This dog just cannot be pleased!

Messy Gal

The only way that I can cut Abby's toenails is to put her in her Bumbo chair with the tray. So I did that tonight. While I was at it, I thought it was time for an update on the toenail polish.

Pretty purple toes!

She was soooo upset! All she wanted to do was wipe her feet off.

Later, in the bathtub, she kept giving me her feet to clean. Funny gal!


We had spaghetti for dinner tonight. Since Abby was wearing a white shirt, I figured no shirt was probably a better option. All through dinner, she would grab a bite, then want her hands wiped off.

Girl cannot stand to have any part of her "messy".

Stickers

I don't know about you other gals with young kids, but clerks love giving my Abby stickers when we check out. She "loves" them, but doesn't really get the stickiness. Here is a short video of Abby with a sticker (taken by Jess).

I crack up every time I watch it. Note her disapproval at having the sticker on her! Also note her massive amount of hair on her huge head!!! Don't worry about sound, the only sound is the TV in the background.

Pizza Pizza!

We have had some troubles with getting Abby to eat lately. One day she likes one thing, the next day she hates it. Next day, loves it again. It is a constant battle.

But tonight, I had to do a Target run. I love Super Target. Love it. They have a Pizza Hut inside. I grabbed Abby and I a personal pan pizza. She ate 3 pieces of it!!!!

"Who Me?"

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Every night after dinner and a bath, we take Ali to the dog park. After she does her business, I yell "Ali" (usually multiple times as she likes to ignore me). The past few times, Abby has insisted on holding the empty leash and yelling for Ali herself.

It sounds like "A-Wee" "Aye" "A-Lee". She does it the entire time Ali is running around. Ali just shoots her evil looks like, "Let me freaking finish, you get to go in your pants". I crack up the entire time.

Melissa's Wedding

As I said yesterday, I had a BLAST these past five days. I wish now that I had taken more pictures. But I will share the ones that I have and the ones I "stole" from facebook!

I arrived Wednesday afternoon. After dinner with Melissa's parents (who were pretty much my parents one summer), we all went to a nail salon and got mani/pedis. Let me just say, my feet were loving it! And the first thing that Stu said to me when I got back was "Wow, you have paint on your nails". It is very rare!

Thursday night, we had the rehearsal at the church. After the rehearsal, we went back to Melissa's parent's pool for a delicious dinner. Please note Jared's facial hair. That poor boy has been growing it out forever. Melissa (and his grandmother) made him shave it for the wedding. He said that is the last time he is shaving - for Melissa's sake - I hope that is not true!

Friday morning - up early! (Ha - we didn't have hair until 10, but this week that was early for me). Melissa getting her hair done.

Haileigh was the flower girl. She is five and so freaking adorable.

Look how freaking sweet those ringlets are!

This is the back of my hair. I told her that I just wanted it off my neck. I ended up loving it to so much! I normally have straight hair, so it is fun to curl it every once in awhile.

Other than hating my arms......I love this picture. Melissa is such a beautiful bride!

The bride and groom!


Found this picture on facebook. I swear that I was happy at this wedding! And fully aware of my ivory skin!

Melissa and her dad. I cried through the whole thing. This was the only non blurry picture that I had. I was totally a mess at this wedding.

I LOVE this picture. Melissa is watching Jared and his mom dance.

Cutting the cake. Her theme was ocean/sea. Her cake had mini sea shells on it.

Getting ready for the garter.

We lost Jared! Let me just say that they are meant for each other. Her garter was camouflage with a deer on it.

Getting ready for the bouquet toss.

Not believing that I caught it on camera!

Leaving with the beer cans! They had sparklers as well, but all of the pictures were blurry.

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So, after the wedding, I went to a bar with my friends from Maine. Turns out the whole bridal party went as well. There is nothing to cap off a good wedding than the bridesmaids helping the bride use the bathroom.

Group shot!

I MAY have had a few too many complimentary mixed drinks/champagne.

Saturday, I drove to Newport News to see my friend Traci and her new baby, Ella. Ella is 7 weeks old and the spitting image of her daddy. I forgot what it was like to hold a baby! I was nervous at first, but it is like riding a bike. That little gal slept on me for almost an hour - I was in heaven!


Saturday night, we drove to VA Beach and hung out on the beach and ate dinner. After, we stopped at a bar on the boardwalk and had the best mixed drinks.

The newly weds!!

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In case you were wondering, Stu did not get to make this trip with me. I bought my plane ticket months ago. When I went to get his, the tickets had sky rocketed. We decided it was just not worth it, I missed him very much!

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Although I had a blast, the best part was obviously waiting for me in the airport!!! Doesn't she look like she has grown years!?!?

What a Week!!

I have spent the past five days either sitting at the pool, putting my toes in the sand, watching the ocean drinking something fruity, or watching one of my best friends have the greatest day of her life!

I have to say that it was AWESOME!!!!!

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But I am exhausted! Here are a few stolen shots from Facebook, I will do a complete recap tomorrow.

Me getting my bow in the back tied.

Here is the complete bridal party. Isn't that a beautiful bride? (Sorry so dark, I am on the far right).

Also wanted to share this picture of the shower that I was at last weekend. Isn't this a great looking group of girls. I am so blessed to have such great friends!

(Late) Weekend Recap

We had a very fun-filled weekend! Busy and exhausting. I was out like a light last night, so I didn't get to recap. So, here goes....

First, let me just say that no clasp is safe in the house with Abby. I have a "backpack" that I take to work with my laptop in it. Every day, before she even says Hi to me, she insists on clasping the straps. We had her car seat inside this weekend and girlfriend spent a good thirty minutes on it. I tried to get a picture of her actually IN the car seat working on it, but she got out before I could find the camera.

See the stroller in the background? After every walk, she re-snaps all of the straps. First few times, I didn't realize until she was in it. But now I know to unclip BEFORE I put her in it.

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My friend Autumn is due to have a boy July 25th. Check out this adorable cake!

I only took one picture of the mommy-to-be. But our photographer friend took some shots as well - I cant wait to see those!

Abby spent the night with her Gammy that night and wore Chris' Sponge Bob pj's. Here she is the next morning eating breakfast with Gammy.

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Sunday, we spent the whole day at the lake. My Dad turned 60 on Saturday so we rented a pontoon boat.

Jess and my Bro. I commented on his "white-ness". He said it is because Jess is so dark. Sure.....

Stu and Abby.

We figured out that this seat would work perfectly for her. But I will add that kid's life jackets SUCK! It is all up in her face, she is miserable.

We introduced Abby to the juice box this weekend. She did figure out to suck through a straw (Score!). But then was obsessed with taking the straw in and out of the hole for the next hour.

I couldn't get many pictures as I was trying to keep her occupied. But I got plenty of her crashed!

We forgot her pacy, so the only time she would sleep was when we were driving. As soon as the boat stopped, she was up and crazy!



Back to clasping the life jacket.

Abby will pass out in a second in the car. But the whole hour and half home, JD and Jess were in the backseat. Abby CANNOT sleep if someone is beside her. JD says, "What do you do when she won't stop crying?" Uh - you just deal with it. Buck up, man. But as soon as they were out of the car, 5 minutes later......she was out!

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Now, she is sick as a dog. Runny nose, eye boogies, the whole nine yards. She somehow bit the inside of her mouth and there was blood all over her crib. I was traumatized!

I am heading out of town Wednesday for a week. I am so excited to be in Melissa's wedding, but sad to leave my sick baby! I will not be blogging, but I am sure I will have plenty of talk about when I return.