Oklahoma Aquarium

Now that Abby's back in Oklahoma with her Mommy, we decided to take a quick trip over to Tulsa to the Oklahoma aquarium and visit with her aunt, uncle, and cousin. It was a dreary rainy day, but I highly recommend the fish if you're ever in this part of the country. Michael's high school had their prom here...how cool would that be??

In the shark tunnel.....with a dirty camera lens??

Outside the aquarium with the alligator

Even Dave was intrigued....

Her favorite part.....the otters!


With the catfish that's bigger than she is....

Trying to touch the venom fish.....

The eel had a crush on Dave....

Watching the spotted sharks....



Catching the jellies.....


A little scared of the big red jelly....



Loving the starfish....

And a few extra of the most beautiful little girl inthe whole world!

(Doing her spiderman at Aunt Tammy's)

Her big booboo....when the spiderman didn't go so well and she took a tumble onto the carpet.

I'm so glad to be back home with Daddy AND Mommy!

The Farm, 2009

Abby and Dave took a trip the farm this past week (hence my lack of posts, due to no Abby and no camera). I uploaded all of these pictures, and then realized that they're out of order. But I've spent the last 20 minutes trying to rearrange them, and I didn't make a whole lot of progress. So, in no particular order......I present....The Farm, April 2oo9

And, I think no one combed my chid's hair or pulled her bangs out of her eyes while she was there...please excuse!

Miss Rie....hard to believe she's almost a year old!

Big and Little Richard

Rie and GrandPo

Abby, doing her best "There's Something About Mary"

They look so innocent here.....

Playing baseball, in a dress....so talented!

Swinging with Daddy

Wearing Richard's clothes.....I didn't ask why.

What, me?? Dirty???

The best bath in the world!

Playing with the big wooder spool

Ready to come home and see Mommy!

Hippo Happiness

One of Abby's birthday presents from her Aunt Tammy was this beautiful blue hippo pool. On one of the few warm sunny days we've had lately in Oklahoma she took a dip in the front yard. She loved the fact that she could eat the grass most of all!

Look at that cute little toosh!

Puppy Love

My friend Katherine's dog came to stay with us for a few days last week. And while the cats didn't too much care for Phie, Abby LOVED having a friend to play with. Phie's visit reminded me of why I don't want a dog full-time, but she's wecome to come back for visits.

While the baby's napping....

We thought the last of Abby's birthday balloons should go to good use. So, in a fit of poor judgment, we decided to play while she was napping tonight. I think Dave's is the best......

Pigtails, and other random stuff.....

I think I've gone a little crazy with the pigtails....but it's just too easy. We're at three and counting......

A few more random shots from the week.....

Her first time eating spaghetti by herself.....

Abby and her Mommy

I hope everyone's have a great week! I revelation for the weekend is that I only have four calls left in my residency career....it was a glorious revelation, indeed!

It's My Party.....

Here's the rest of the pictures from the party, including the cake pictures!!

She started off the morning playing with her gift from Aunt Whit....

From the actual party....

(I still maintain that Nemo's orange was faded and he looked like he'd been left out in the sun too long, but Abby didn't seem to care!)

Playing with her friend Callie L. (Callie was her first friend that visited when she was about 2 weeks old)

She was not terribly pleased with her birthday hat....

But her mood seemed to pick up when she got to the cake....

Abby and her friend Winowna (and my friend Aditi)

One year as a family of three!