Legos and naps don't mix ;)

Yesterday Leif and I put Abby "down" for a nap.  She had been snoozing in the car right before we got home so we knew she was ready.  The tricky little girl got her fingers on the container of legos in her room, however, by carefully working the lid off of the box and then sneaking legos through the rungs of her crib.  For the next hour, she played with legos in her crib, as happy as can be.  We kept expecting her to fall asleep but legos are way too stimulating, evidently.  :)  After an hour, I decided that the legos would probably need to be removed from the crib before Miss Abby would take a nap.  When I went in to remove them, she explained that she was playing baseball with the legos.  I couldn't figure out the logistics of her baseball game but was pleased with her imaginative world as the Red Sox are about to start their post-season journey this Friday.  Oh, and while I'm at it- Leif and I are going to the first game of the play-offs.  We have never been to a postseason baseball game and feel like Christmas has come very early this year.  Ok, back to the cute story.  ;)  I explained to Abby that she needed a nap in order to rest up to play with her auntie who was visiting for the day.  Abby explained that she needed her auntie, and then helped me put the legos away so she could take a nap.  She then sang for the next 30 minutes until finally falling in to a slumber.  She is unbelievably cute- like you-just-want-to-squeeze-her-cheeks-all-of-the-time cute.  ;)  I just wanted to write down this quick story before I forget.  The image of her playing legos in her crib kept me warm and fuzzy during the entire morning commute.  :)

Here are a couple recent pics of Miss Abby too :)

 Abby making sandcastles at the lake for my birthday :)

 Abby and her sidewalk chalk art in our front yard

 Abby's giraffe costume- we think it might be a bit too small for Halloween but we have another giraffe costume arriving shortly for trick-or-treating next month :)

Abby hanging out with Spiderman at the lake for my birthday :)

Abby in concert

Miss Abby puts on quite a concert, don't you think?  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRAEgUyiTA

That time we had two cats...

We had the sweetest kitty roaming our neighborhood last week.  Our neighbors Jason & Sarah took it in for a couple days and kept it on their deck.  It just so happens that I graduated High School with Jason- it finally hit the other day after talking with him during a walk- he looks so familiar because I went to school with him.  It is a small small world.  :)  They have a daughter, Calliope, who is 6 months old and destined to be a friend of Abby's in the future ;)

But...  back to this kitty...  Jason and Sarah are terribly allergic to cats and were looking for the rightful owner of this tabby- or anyone who was willing to take it in and give it a good home, either temporarily or forever.

I'll be honest, I wanted the kitty.  I want all kitties.  But we weren't sure if Orion would be ok with a new friend in the house and we wanted to be fair to him.  So, Mandy and I started brainstorming on possible adoptees as I posted pics of the kitty on our town websites.  We found a willing daddy for this new kitty and Leif and I offered to take the kitty in for the week until he was able to go to his new home.  Jason and Sarah showed up that night and were more than willing to give the kitty a new home.  This kitty was given multiple names- first it was Dusty.  Then Abby named it Fluffy, and then almost immediately retracted that name.  Then he was Duffy.  And we finally settled on Snowball II (a reference to Leif's favorite TV show, the Simpsons)

Snowball II spent two nights with us before we learned that he is a neighbor's outdoor kitty and we were instructed to not feed or take him inside.  During his stay, however, Abby greatly enjoyed his company and exclaimed "My house is full of kitties!" the first night.  We thought he was sweet too but Orion wasn't overly pleased with Snowball's company and we weren't overly pleased with Snowball's late night howling and shenanigans.

We've learned that Snowball's name is actually Rocky and we feel lucky that we get to see him around the block still.  He is very good was enthusiastic Miss Abby.  :)