Recent photos of Abi

Abi (short for Abigail and pronounced like Abby.) She is one month old today. The photos are mostly from the last few days.

In looking back at the announcement of Abi's birth on this blog I see I left out a great many details. You may not know that Abi was born at home; well, her grandparent's home to be exact. Laura went into recognizable labor about 9:00 Saturday morning and Abi was born at 4:25 (give or take a couple minutes) that afternoon. There was one tense moment that passed quickly (thankfully). Abi arrived healthy and well.

Now, with a home birth, things can be a little different than what you may be accustomed to. I say that to prepare you for this... The mid-wife package the placenta and suggested we plant it with a commemorative tree or shrub. We froze it until we were ready to do that. Ben & Laura purchased a small Red Japanese Maple and yesterday we planted it.

As you can see, though the tree is small, it is taller than Abi. It will be interesting to see which grows faster (we know the tree will be ultimately the tallest).

SportsBarn Bocce party

Yesterday was the big Bocce party. The new court got it's inaugural kick-off party with the gang from the Sportsbarn. Larry counted 30 people - including ourselves who came and stayed for anywhere from a hour to six hours.


The fact that anyone came... and stayed, amazes me because it was hot, hot, hot! I believe it topped out at 99 degrees and yet people came (about noon) and stayed till 6:00, playing out there in that heat for six hours! And for my Las Vegas friends, this was not a dry heat! I think the humidity hovered around 53% most of the day. Not as bad as some areas get but certainly not the 15% we were used to in the desert.




Anyway, it was fun. We grilled hot dogs and had trimmings like chili and slaw. Some wives came and brought salad or dip. All in all it was a very good day.

Stupid cold

When Abi is only 3 days old I catch a cold. The ironic part is that I haven't had a cold - or been sick for that matter - in years. What timing. I hate having the cold for the cold's sake but I must stay away from Abi which is awful. It's been nearly a week already and I'm not any where close to well. Fortunately for me (and only me) she sleeps most of the day and has her waking times at night. How familiar is that?

Ben & Laura sent some precious photos today so thought I'd share a couple.