morning activities

When you're Abigail and you're an early riser, there's nothing stopping you from accomplishing a lot before it's even 7am! Like reading a book while standing up . . .Rear-view.

And playing piano with Papa, a little residual bed-head thrown in for good measure.

Someone was excited to be tickling the ivories . . .

Focused . . .

And a big grin for Papa . . . "thanks for filling in where I missed a few notes!"

And, not really about our morning routine, but we are loving all of the Christmas cards that arrive this time of year . . . and in updating our own list this year and getting newsy bits from friends all over, we've realized that we know a lot of babies born in 2008. 16 (including A) to be precise! Abigail has a lot of buddies of the same vintage, some of whom she has yet to meet in person due to geographical challenges . . . here they are, in order of arrival: Jessie, Georgia, Sahana, Abigail, Lily, Maya, Sada, Kai, Eloise, Clay, Evelyn, Rohan, Charlie, Annie, Grace, and Emilia. Wow. That's 12 girls and 4 boys for anyone counting. And with more friends announcing news of impending 2009 arrivals, we expect another busy baby year ahead!