Feet and Bathtime Fun

Abby found her feet a couple weeks ago but up until this week she could not get them in her mouth. They are her new favorite toy!

Bumbo Fun

Abby loves her bumbo seat, she sits in it while we eat dinner and uses it as a teether.

Sweet Mornings

This is the sweet face we wake up to every morning!

Rice Cereal

Abby has been eating 5 times a day for a while now and the last few weeks she has been wanting to pick up an extra feeding in the evening so I called her doctor to ask about giving her rice cereal. While I was sad to call because that means she is growing up, she was obviously wanting more to eat. So for about a week now Abby has been having cereal for dinner, she absolutely loves it! She is usually wanting more when it is all gone and I must say she is very good about eating from a spoon, hardly any of her cereal is on the bib. She also wants to help put the spoon in her mouth along with some fingers. Her daddy is not so sure about the whole eating baby food thing and to be honest I am not either but that is only because she is growing up too fast and we want her to stay little. Here are a few pics of her first bites.

Ya, Mon!

So here is where our trip to Jamaica started. We have a sleepy baby and a 2 plus hour plane ride, this can only go two ways, she sleeps or she cries, well I am not going to brag (Yes I am) but we have the BEST baby ever to travel on a plane. She either slept or cooed the whole way there! We are very proud of our world traveler.

Once we finally landed Aunt Sarah could finally hold her niece! What a great first meeting.

This is beautiful Tensing Pen, the resort that we stayed at. We stayed in the " Long House" with Adam's Parents and it was a blast.

We spent our mornings by the pool or in the hammock's eating breakfast and reading books while grandma and grandpa watched Abby. It was so relaxing, we needed the break and couple time.

Abby got in on the pool action too but she had to wait until afternoon. The sun was soo bright that she would cry when we took her out at noon.

Adam and I went to dinner one night by ourselves to the Rock House which was another resort a little down the road from us. It was our second date since we had Abby and we decided we need to do it more often. The food was great and the sunset was amazing!

Grandpa Straw gave Abby a tour of the resort almost everyday, she loves to be walked around and look at all the colors.

Abby is a real ham she loves to entertain people and grandpa and grandma love being the captive audience.

Adam and his dad spent their time playing cribbage on the patio at our house and the view was just gorgeous.

When we originally booked our stay at Tensing Pen we did not know we were having Abby so I called them when we found out we were pregnant and asked about getting a crib. The lady said Ya Mon we have a crib, I said great we won't have to bring the pack n' play with us. This is the crib that Abby slept in, one afternoon I went in to check on her during her nap and this is what I found. Thank goodness cribs have improved since this one was made.

One of the big attractions was jumping off the bridge into the ocean, some people would not even go across the bridge. As you can see there are no hand rails and it is pretty far down.

Adam's Uncle Greg and Cousin Kelsey took the plunge.

Adam's Parents on the boat cruise.

Adam and his cousin Erica on the boat cruise discussing the meaning of life.

We had a really great house keeper named Sonya while we stayed at the Long House and after being there a couple days we asked her if she had kids. She said yes I have 6 ages 13 to 31, we said great, would you watch Abby for us while we are at the wedding? She agreed and it was nice to be able to enjoy the wedding and have Abby play with Sonya in the air conditioning.

The Bride and Groom.

Kelsey and Abby.

The three of us in our wedding duds!

Aunt Sarah and Abby.

We had such a good time in Jamaica, the best part was being with all of Adam's family. The wedding was beautiful and we are so glad we could make it. Jamaica gave us the relaxation we needed. We are trying to plan our next getaway now, we figure if we can take Abby to Jamaica we can take her anywhere!

Talk a little?

Abby found her voice a few weeks ago but until the last couple of days she has had to think really hard to get sounds to come out, now she talks all day long with ease. She has all kinds of stories to tell and her voice is so sweet. I took this video in the car while we waited in a line of cars to go see the fireworks on the 4th.

Happy 4th of July!

blog post long overdue

Hello! to all of you faithful readers. I know this post is long overdue, I am finally on the mend and feeling like a kinda normal mommy again. It has been one heck of a month but we are back from Jamaica and feeling refreshed. I don't think we have ever needed a vacation as bad as we needed this one. I have lots to blog about and I promise to get on that right away, next week! Since today is my birthday I can blog if I want to, blog if I want to. HA! So, I know what you really care about is that Abby is three months old and soooo cute, so here is a little eye candy for you to keep you checking the blog until I put up some more pics and stories from our last month.