First Sundays at Church

We brought Abigail to church for the first time when she was 5 weeks old, and we have miraculously managed to get there the past 2 weeks as well (and are grateful that it's not really possible to be "late" for church in our congregation!). Here are a few photos of Abigail at church.

Pastoral prayer for her first Sunday

Hanging out with Dad in the back on Pentecost Sunday

Church was tiring! Plus it was about 90 degrees...

Her adorable outfit from Auntie Nicole and Halle

Hanging out with the Allens

Clearly happy to see her godmother!

Bentley has the football hold down to a T, and Abigail loves it! 

Learning how to multi-task - eating and texting and holding the baby

Love this one

Hanging out with Adam, born a few weeks before her

Juliana noticed that the hand by the face is apparently the thing to do

Abigail is very happy to be with Auntie Dana

And Auntie Dana is pretty happy to be with Abigail too

Love this

Bath Time!

Abigail's opinion of bath time has thankfully evolved from screaming bloody murder upon immersion and all the way through to sometimes just a whimper at the beginning and sometimes not even that. She's not exactly smiley (though to be fair, she's not actually smiling at anything yet on purpose, though she will in her sleep) but doesn't seem to hate it anymore!

First Bath

 Blissful Bathing

Not bad!

I love these last few...

New Toys

For the parents, since Abigail is too little to actually care about toys yet!

Last week, my dad was visiting us for a few days on his way to work in Michigan, which was really nice. We had a great visit and were very busy! We had been casually looking at and talking about what kind of 2nd car we would be looking for when we eventually determined that we could no longer live with just our one, 2-door car. In the middle of May, Claude was hired for a great paid internship this summer in his field that will be pretty much full-time, so the conversations about a 2nd car not only became more urgent but also more possible with the extra income. So when my dad was here, we were asking him about it and getting his input and help with the research and decision-making. Sunday afternoon, we figured out that a Toyota Matrix would probably fit our needs best (4-doors, hatchback for cargo space, decent gas mileage), so Monday morning, Claude asked my dad to find us a Toyota Matrix. By 6pm that day, we test drove and put down a deposit on a 2009 Matrix with only 29,000 miles on it! We will meet with the seller to complete the sale on June 6, so Claude is counting down the days.

And the toy that I really wanted since being pregnant with Abigail, but especially since her arrival, is a good camera. I have enjoyed taking pictures and playing around with fun shots and I knew our 4-year-old point and shoot just wasn't going to cut it with a baby, but I also knew that I didn't have the time or brain power at the moment to figure out a DSLR, so we found one that was in between. So after lots of research, I got my toy last week too: a Panasonic DMC-GF3, which has an intelligent auto mode, so I can turn on the camera and it'll take great photos until I can read on how to use the cooler settings. It also has exchangeable lenses, so it'll be flexible going forward. Here are a few fun pics that we've taken in the past few days with it!

First time in the stroller

We got a really cool stroller before Abigail was born but I've been putting off using it because she just seems so small in it and she seems to really like (aka falls asleep and stays that way for hours) us carrying her with one of our carriers so she's close to us. We finally broke out the stroller yesterday for a walk at Lake Como...

Not quite sure what to think about this

Hmm...not so bad

Well, actually, I don't really like this - get me outta here! 

Ahh, much better!

 We'll try again, but will definitely make sure one of us has a carrier with us just in case!