Summer Fun

I will never be a good blogger.  End of story.  BUT I'll go ahead and do a short post about a few of our summer highlights.

The months of June and July basically sped by, and I can't believe we're already to August and our baby girl is almost six months old!  It reminds me of that song by Kenny Chesney "Don't Blink".  That pretty much sums up how I feel about this summer--I've done too much blinking! (or too much school...)  Anyway, our summer has been full of fun activities and the normal stuff too.

We had a family reunion at the end of June and got to see a lot of family that we haven't seen for a long time. We camped over night and just hung out with the Nuttall side (my mom's family) for a couple of days.  Matt and I really enjoyed it, and Abby didn't do too bad for her first time camping.  She LOVED being outside with everything there was to see.  The only problem was that she was so excited about everything and it was so hot that it was hard to get her to take naps.  She got a little fussy a few times, but all in all it was a fun little outing.  She also got plenty of attention from all of my little cousins which I think she enjoyed.

We went down to Manti again for the fourth of July and then took advantage of the long weekend and went camping with my family.  It was pretty fun!  We tried our hand at dutch oven cooking for the first time, and also got rained on.  We went on a short hike and played in a stream with pretty little waterfalls.  This was a little bit of a harder camping trip because we'd just gone camping the week before, and it was quite a bit colder for Abby.  It was still lots of fun though!  I think we've decided we'll have to make a habit of camping in the summer time.

My summer classes just finished yesterday, and I'm SO relieved to be done for a few weeks!  I'm nervous for next semester when I have twice as many classes, but thankfully it will be my last.  I've had two night classes on campus this semester two nights a week.  Matt and Abby have been making the 45 minute drive with me to Salt Lake and hanging out while I'm in class.  I'm excited to have more time to complete unfinished projects and play with Abby, not having to worry about school stuff during the day.

Little Abby wishes with all her might that she were mobile.  She can roll over from her tummy to her back, but she hasn't figured out how to go from back to tummy.  I'm guessing part of the reason is that she really doesn't care for tummy time so why on earth would she purposefully roll onto it?!  She much prefers sitting to laying down at all actually.  She's become quite the pro in just the last few weeks, and it's been so fun to watch her notice so many new things from this new vantage.  I have a feeling that she'll be more motivated to learn how to scoot before too long, because she's starting to get really frustrated when she sees something she wants that she can't get to.  She wants to grab EVERYTHING in sight!  She has earned the nickname "Grabby Abby" for this very reason. :)
Abby is also working on her first tooth!  We've been expecting it for almost a month now, and it's finally popping through.  Abby has been drooling and gnawing on things like crazy.  Now she'll have something to show for it!
I wish we had some recent pictures to show of Abby's new skills, but our camera isn't working at the moment and hasn't been for a few weeks.  So yes, unfortunately I've missed capturing all sorts of adorable candid Abby photos.  Oh well.  There will be more, and hopefully we can get our camera fixed and working before too long.

Well, we're looking forward to what the rest of the summer brings.  (Hopefully it'll bring some nice cool weather so Abby and I can go outside and play or take walks for more than 15 minutes at a time.  The heat is a killer lately!)  We hope you enjoy the rest of your summer too!

Beginning of Summer!

So, I just remembered that I've had this post written for at least a month now, and it's just been waiting for me to add pictures and post it! (Busy and distracted, perhaps?) Anyway, here it is...

We're so glad that warm weather and sunshine are here to stay!  We've had quite a lot going on as of late so I'll attempt as brief of an update as possible.

First, Matt is officially a Utah State graduate and has now not only completed his coursework, but has also had his day of recognition for all of the hard work he's done.  We watched him walk and receive his diploma (well the cover at least) the first weekend of May.  He looked very handsome and distinguished wearing his cap and gown with his hood. ;)  Matt's dad was also able to fly out from Florida for the special occasion which was lots of fun!

Matt's up there on the top row waving--not the best quality picture, 

but all of the other better ones are on Matt's dad's camera. 

Abby and Grandpa Carl--best buds! 
(until the fussing begins that is... ;) hehe)

For memorial day we went up to Logan to visit my aunt Heidi, her husband Jeremy, and their little 2 1/2 year old daughter Isabelle.  It'd been a while since we'd seen them and it was so fun to get together again!  Isabelle was especially excited that we were bringing "Baby Abby".  She even told me over the phone not to forget to bring her with us. :)

 We were all playing dress up.  Isabelle had fun putting her stuff on Abby. :)

The rest of the weekends in May we kept busy by going down to Manti for Mother's Day and going to a car show with my family to watch my dad play in his band.

Our little Abby is getting bigger and cuter all the time!  (Everyone is always telling us that too!)  She still looks pretty little compared to a lot of babies her age, but she's healthy and strong.  Here are some recent pictures:

 Sleepy girl--she loves that thumb! 

 Just woke up. :)

 Hanging out with Daddy during Mom's class and learning

 how to hold her own bottle!

She started eating cereal and LOVES it!