Busy July...

Thought we'd start with a sweet photo of Abby taking a bath in the sink. She decided that she wanted to slide down and submerge her whole body in the warm water... Looks peaceful, doesn't she?

What have we been up to since the last post? Well- Abby has had fun playing with friends, swimming, hanging with mommy and Cosette during the day, playing with that silly daddy, and logging some QT with grandma. Here are some pics of her playing with her friends Emma and Chloe Dickerson. They call her Baby Abby (how cute!).




Abby crawls all over the place and she gets into everything. She especially likes wires and remote controls. She is also partial to books -the paper kind- and newspapers/magazines. Apparently magazines taste good. Abby does like her toys and other things she is allowed to play with. She is very good at pulling herself up into her toy basket and pulling out what she wants.



There is lots of talking going on. Mostly, Abby says, "da-da-da-da," and she also says "maaaa," "geeee," "gu-ga-ge-ga-ga," and various other musings. Our girl is brave. She likes to flip upside down, and dive on the floor toward toys or Cosette. She has learned that she can crawl all over the house now. So, she crawls down the hallway to get to daddy or mommy. Last night, she crawled to the bathroom door, and basically knocked while mommy was in the shower. Here is a shot of her getting away while her diaper was being changed.



We have decided that Cosette is the best dog that ever existed. She lets Abby play with her feet, pull on her fur and her ears, and crawl up on her bed with her. Cosy is incredibly patient with Abby. We are very fortunate. Now, like a normal dog, she did not really appreciate it when Abby knocked her bowl over to try and grab some of her food. She was gentle, though concerned about her food- the one thing that she can really claim as exclusively hers.

TBC- One Year and Glad to be Here!

Abby's daddy's brewery celebrated it's first anniversary over the weekend with a downtown Durham pub crawl. Grandpa and Grandma Tufts came up with cousin Delilah to visit and join in the festivities. We all had a great time celebrating this momentous occasion! Rick's business partner (Andy)and his wife (Nichole) also had some family in town to join the fun. There were lots of great folks at the pub-crawl, which ended at Alivia's Durham Bistro- culminating in an incredible evening of fantastic beer and some good-ole honky-tonk music by Joe Don Silvers and his band. Here is a slide-show, and some "showcase worthy" shots of the family visit and the one-year celebration.





Matt and Keebyn Pistel -our very good friends- will be moving to Arizona very soon. We are sad to see such great friends leave, while we are supportive and happy for them as they embark on this exciting change in their lives. Some good friends got together to wish them well at the Pittsboro General Store Cafe. We all had a great time together, as usual. Abby put her mark on the evening by grabbing mommy's [red] wine glass by the stem and dousing herself and both her parents in the process. That's momma's girl!!! (For those of you who don't know- I'm famous for spilling/dripping [red] wine.)



Last but not least- and for those of you who were there, yes, I am reporting in reverse-chronological order... Aunt Elisabeth's big 3-0 was also celebrated in the past week!

"My, do they change fast!"

At the risk of turning off readers with the over-used phrase for the title- that is nevertheless the theme of this post. Abby has changed so much since the last post. She now pulls herself to sitting position like it's her job. She can also pull herself to standing when she has a low prop. She hasn't pulled up on the coffee table or her crib yet. Here are some adorable pics from 4th of July weekend. We also wanted to share a short video of her "swimming," She loves the water!