Family Living: Abbott Style

On the plus side of spending hours recovering photos, I did find this one.  I had forgotten all about it.  This was taken the summer of 2006, the summer before my senior year....   To an outsider looking in....it is just a picture.  To me it is so much more... It's butterflies. It's falling even deeper in love. It's slow dancing to a love song. It's looking into his deep blue-green eyes and seeing my future. 5 years later, I sit cross-legged on the floor, looking into those same blue eyes of my baby girl and it hits me--the future is here.  The future is now.

Guess what I have been doing for hours today.... Besides feeding my monster every two hours (she usually eats every 3 hours and no more than 5 or 6 times in a 24 hour period).....Today she has already eaten 7 times and following the pattern, I have a feeling we have a few more feedings due before she sleeps tonight...IF she sleeps tonight.  Without a doubt, she is in the middle of a growth spurt. Besides the feeding marathon that has been going on in the Abbott household (I shamefully participated in a cookie eating marathon myself...) I spent hours trying to recover photos that I thought were long lost.   It all started Friday night.  I was planning on blogging, but I wanted to dig up an old photo from my external hard drive.  What I found was that a large number of my important photos were gone.  Vanished.  No more... I realized that I had a few of my photos plastered on Facebook, however they were on an account I had shut down last year......

I usually don't kiss and tell, but truth be told- I had a hot date last night. A family friend I've known for a few years has been asking to watch Haley since before she was born and I finally gave in.  Luckily I had a fabulous date to take my mind off the fact that my baby girl was not with us.   Let me start out by telling you about  http://www.restaurant.com/ http://www.restaurant.com/  is a lot like Groupon but better.  Sometimes they run a deal in which you buy a $25 gift card for the low low price of $3.00.  They have tons of restaurants in the area, many of which we discovered through the website and are now our favorites.  Saints Pub, Tailgators,  Freseros Mexican...just to name a couple.  Well last night, thanks to the website, we tried The Pick located at Johnson drive and 7 hwy.  It is a BBQ joint, and it was pretty good!  We started with the wings and a margarita.  Both were fabulous.  Hands down the best ...

Before... After...I don't have all the curtains and wall pretties up yet.... Overall, I am very happy with the outcome.  In person you can tell a much bigger difference.  It is much brighter.  Long story short, when we first panted the house it was a nightmare and when we would go back to touch up the paint, the paint did not match, so throughout the house everything was blotchy and now we are about to finish repainting everything, so no more blotches. Plus this is a less shiny sheen, which I like a lot more as well... Anyways..happy painting..

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Well another Friday is upon us! Yesterday, a huge portion of our day was spent painting.  Once I finish the final touches and clean up the mess I'll post some before and after pictures of the new paint color (that will be a little later today, so stay tuned..) Last night we watched the Adjustment Buereu--and I was thinking how this was in my top five dramas I had ever seen.  Then I got thinking about movies and those that I enjoy.  I am not a huge movie buff by any means, but I do have a handful that I have thoroughly enjoyed...So instead of boring you all with the daily details of my life.  Let's take a break from that and I'll share my top movies of all time. Top Comedy Movies of All Time  10. My Best Friends Girl  9.Billy Madison 8.The Wedding Crashers 7.The Break Up  6.Good Luck Chuck 5.Billy Madison 4.Big Daddy  3.Happy Gilmore 2. Anchorman  1.The Hangover (Vince Vaughn, Dane Cook, Adam Sandler, and Zach Galifianaskis are pretty...

Oh where to begin. I love bedtime.  Haley just does an amazing time going to bed.  I think she enjoys her sleep, but more importantly.... her bed.  I'm starting to realize she is a little fussy about where she sleeps, she wants her  bed.  The moment I lay her in her  bed she looks so at peace.  Today was the first day I saw Haley laugh hard.  I've seen a few giggles here and there, mostly in her sleep. But tonight, she was belly laughing.  I was at my parents enjoying some dinner and cake.  While sitting at the kitchen table, I started playing with their vitamin bottles.  Shaking them and making all types of noises.  She loved it.  She would get to chuckling so hard.  It was so stinking cute! Having a child is such an amazing experience.  It is beyond anything I ever imagined.  It literally changes everything.... I really need to start back at the gym.  I was great about going at...