big girl abby

After so many nights of Abigail calling us to say her feet are sticking out of bed, we have come to the conclusion that either: a) Abigail is having a growth spurt, or b) her toddler bed was somehow shrinking.  Enter twin bed.  Assembled today.  Being slept in tonight....very EXCITING!

Abigail is glad that her new bed looks "just the same as her other big girl bed".... which will find its way to the attic to wait for el Natester to grow into it.

Somehow, it doesn't seem that long ago that Abigail was just moving into the toddler bed out of the crib....

In other recent news, Abigail's fear of thunder continues though is a little more under control than a few months ago.  But thunder at breakfast time the other day made Abigail want to wear her winter hat so that she wouldn't hear the thunder....

Mommy is going to miss these munchkins this weekend when she's in New York for a meeting....

walter visits

Wow September, how is it that you are almost over??  We have been camera slackers, but a lack of pictures does not mean lack of fun activities!  Last weekend Uncle Dan and Walter came to visit!  We had a great time playing with them.  Already looking forward to seeing them again sometime soon (and Aunt Anna too!)... Here are a few pics from the visit, and Uncle Dan posted some fun ones too.

Nate does some sleepy swinging at the playground....

General silliness.

Super climbers.

Silly bunch.

Top view.

Triple bath! (Quadruple if you count old bath baby back there...)

Two guys, just chatting in the tub.

blurry breakfast bunch

A few blurry pics from breakfast the other morning.  And some cute shots of Nate's spiffy new haircut, which Grandma quickly did in about 2 minutes before Natester got fussy and decided he didn't want his hair cut.

Abby tries to stick a cheerio on her chin, a look her little bro often sports...

Mmmmm breakfast.

swingin'

Fun outing to the park this weekend...

Look at them go!

Wheeeeeee....

Abigail's favorite swinging mode.

Back at home, Grandma and Abigail wash the front door while Nate supervises.  This reminds us of last year at this same time of year when Grandma and Abby were washing the porch windows and Nate was just a few days old and too young to supervise.

g&g fun

Grandma & Grandad are here for a visit... it sure is fun to have them here.  Abby shows G&G how to make handprints from the fountain water...

First sunny day in a long time....

Butterfly chair!

With Grandma...

With Grandad....

labor day weekend

Out on the front steps with Papa's Peace Corps pals Dan and Dana ... these 3 are off to the beach for a mini-reunion, back tomorrow.  Nate looks ready for nap #1 of the day....

After our beach-goers drove away, Abigail noticed that Dan "forgot his Nikes" (in fact, they are Nikes...)  She wanted mommy to call Papa and let them know that "if Dan's flip flop falls in the water that he can come home and get his Nikes".  Message has been conveyed.  In the meantime, Abigail is enjoying wearing these shoes herself.

Nate checks out the stacking rings.

Then flashes a toothy grin ...

... and is off to the next thing. Chooo choooo.

almost friday

Tree branch was removed from our roof on Tuesday - yay!  Hope no more hurricanes come our way anytime soon.  

Nate tries on Abigail's pink John Deere hat.  We think he looks pretty sporty.

Abby remembers that this hat is hers.

Nate says, "Yo, I need a haircut."

And on another recent morning....Abigail catches up on her New Yorker reading.

Happy (almost) Friday!