Lucky to have a friend....

...who is much better at posting pictures than me! I have completely missed the mark this month, and Abby's first birthday! June is crazy, but once school is out, I'll be better :) in the meantime, head on over to Andrea's blog, where she has a post of Abby's cake smash and birthday party pictures, because she is fabulous :) www.maddyishere.blogspot.com. Thanks Andrea!

Kylie's Communion

Kylie celebrated making her first communion this month! Daddy and Abby went to the church for the ceremony, and Abby was a very good girl in church.The following weekend, it was Kylie's party at Chateau Briand. We all had a great time! Here are some pictures, thanks to Andrea for some I stole from Maddy and Ryan's site as well!
Ryan, Kacie, and Nicholas had fun on the dance floor

Maddy and Nicholas

Abby showed off her new skill on the dance floor

Kylie and Abby Mommy and Abby

Maddy and Andrea

Abby gets cranky when people try to hold her for pictures, so a highchair shot with her godmother will have to do! Daddy and Abby

A Father-Daughter Dance

Eating dinner. Abby liked playing with all of the silverware the most.

11 Months

Abby turned 11 months, and We can't believe her big 1 year birthday is right around the corner! She hasn't had a well doctor visit to weigh or measure her, but according to our scale, she is about 22 1/2 pounds. She has started walking on her own, mostly just back and forth to mommy and daddy, but she does like to show off this new skill. She loves going to Gymboree on Saturday mornings, reading books, and playing with her toys. Her newest thing is cleaning up- she loves to dump things on the floor, and place everything one by one back into a container.


Our neighbors gave her their toy, now that their kids are much older. Abby liked to ride in it...

and push it around from the outside!

Abby's First Easter

Easter was the last of Abby's "first" holidays. I'm sad about that, but excited for future holidays when she can eat real turkey, leave cookies for Santa and open presents, and color easter eggs! We had a nice day at Nana and Grandpa's with the family, even though Abby was still getting over her first ear infection.

The Easter Bunny left a basket of goodies for Abby! (with some goodies for only Mommy and Daddy to eat)
She loves shaking the eggs and putting them in containers

Trying out her new cup and slippers

Looking pretty in her Easter dress

With Grandpa

and Nana and Grandpa

Spring Break in Ocean City

We headed down to Ocean City for a couple of days during our Spring Break. The weather was warm, but windy. We had enjoyable days at the boardwalk and playing at the playground, and goinf out to eat at lots of resturants. Abby behaved so well out to eat, and did great in the car both goin and coming home. Our nights were rough, as we figured out after we got home that poor baby girl had a double ear infection that was keeping her awake during the nights.

Sporting her new sunglasses on the boardwalk
She does not like the sand. At all. We're hoping we can change her mind in August.

She LOVES the swings

And the slides!

10 Months Old

We can't believe Abby is already 10 months old!

She started standing by herself this past when when we set her down. Her balance is pretty good.

And she loves to zoom all over the house pushing her walker!