my wife is making me write this one

So, where to begin. We took a trip to Reno this month to say goodbye to Abby's Great Grandmother, Peggy. Grandpa Earl's mom. The trip was sad but also very uplifting. As my aunt Bobbie said, "our family lost one wonderful woman but we also gained a wonderful little girl." Our only regret is that grandma didn't get to meet the newest addition to the family. But on a bright note everyone else in the family did.
The trip was fun but perhaps a bit un-nerving for Christa. I don't think she got to hold her baby the whole time. It took the "jaws of life" to pry Abby away ffom Grandma.
Grandpa also got to spend some quality time with his grand daughter for the firt time. He baby sat for a while and she fell asleep easily in his arms. He also took her on a big game hunting trip into Cabella's. He's priming her for the real thing.

Last weekend we all took a trip to Sedona and watched a small, out-door wedding, and had a couple of beers. Abby is becoming a real bar fly between visiting me a work and what we do during our family time. Her first words are going to be, "make it a double".

This week we also began to read to her every night and we started to learn sign language for babies. I think Abby will catch on before I will. She is smiling a lot, playing with her rattles and she loves watching the Food Network. Sometimes if she is really fussy I put her in the baby biojrn and we fix dinner for Christa.

One thing we are truly grateful for, Abby is sleeping through the night on a regular basis. Yeah, really, she is. About 7 hours. After she eats she falls right back asleep until about 10. I may be a bit bias but she is way cool!
Check out the new pics and we will be posting more soon. Good bye and God bless.