Updates

I apologize for the absence of posts lately. I haven't had time during the day and have been too tired at night! So, here is what has been happening in our lives. We returned from Sacramento the Tuesday of Spring Break. I was going to spend the rest of the week playing catch-up at work but Thursday I got a fever. It was actually good timing. Since Eugene wasn't working I was able to rest a lot. Abby did really good on the flight home; the drive back to Salem was another story. When she wants to be done traveling, she lets you know. Not much happened last week until Friday when Eugene got the fever and chills. Sunday Abby played in the church nursery while I got to sit through service for the first time in a really long time - it was so refreshing! Sunday night Eugene's fever was still there and spiked during the night, so Monday we went to the urgent care. 3 hours later he was being treated for pneumonia. Our doctor's office is located next to a lake so Abby had fun watching the ducks and geese. Monday night Aunt Ellie was in town so she, Abby and I were able to have dinner together. Eugene's fever finally broke Tuesday and he is feeling much better now but still very tired. Dad Edwards arrived in town Tuesday night so we have enjoyed visiting with him the rest of this week.

Abby is now 10 1/2 months. She cruises around more and more and just never seems to stop moving! She enjoys turning the pages while we read to her, playing with push toys, playing outside, riding in the laundry basket and playing with daddy's homework. She has learned that she can put off bedtime for a few extra minutes by giving me lots of kisses! She is slowly starting to eat a little more. We are starting to pick out what we think are real words from her jibber-jabber. I think she says dog and duck. She will imitate many sounds including snoring!

Abby's hair is getting much thicker and harder to dry with a towel. So, I decided to try the hair dryer, but that did not go over much better than the vacuum cleaner.

Hair Bows!

Last week I took Abby shopping for Easter shoes. I had so much fun and I'm not sure which I think is cuter - the shoes or the little shoe box!

Abby loves rocking the dog. Sometimes I catch her giving the doggie a kiss on the nose - very cute!

One of her new favorite things to do is to help me "sort" the laundry. She loves flinging things out of the basket and then flinging them all over the room. Here she is worn out after her hard work.

Helping me decorate for spring

We went on a walk today and stopped to play with the daisies.

I love spring and our campus is so beautiful this time of year!