Sandbox

Abe and I went to a park the other day that had sand. He was very interested, so I finally sat him in it. He loved it and surprisingly, didn't really try to eat it. There were a few little boys from our ward there and they had a great time "burying" Abe in the sand.

In Addition...

I wanted to add to this to my last post of his 7 month birthday. After I took his pictures, I put him in his chair to watch Super Why so I could download the pictures onto the computer. I heard him start laughing and laughing. I went in to see what was so funny and apparantly I had left a container of Gerber puffs next to his chair and he'd managed to grab it, open it, dump it, and find himself hilariously funny in the effort.

Seven Month Birthday!!!

Abe had his 7 month birthday yesterday! He is getting to be so big and SO busy! He's learned how to grab things and thinks that anything in sight should be his to put into his mouth. Let me tell you how fun that is! He is eating really well and loves any table foods that we sneak to him. We were at Chili's the other night and I gave him strawberry lemonade...it was so cute to watch his expression each time I put some in his mouth. We've had to retire a lot of his baby toys because he's outgrown them. He even flipped his bouncer chair completely over the other day. He was sleeping through the night, but after almost a week of being sick and waking up in the night with a high fever, we're back a square one. Last night I let him cry, again. He only cried once though and it wasn't even loud enough to wake up Ken, so I guess that isn't too bad. Abe loves to watch other kids and play on the swings at the park. Grandma Red gave him some Gymboree bubbles (the best ever!) and he really enjoys when we play with those. It is truly amazing and a miracle to watch our little boy grow and learn. We love him so much!

Barbie Food

So, I found this great deal. Harris Teeter had Lunchable Jrs. on sale for $1.09 and I had a $0.50 coupon (which they doubled to $1.00) making them $0.09 a piece. I bought 6, figuring they'd be a good lunch or something. On Saturday, Ken asked what we should eat for lunch and I, triumphantly, pulled out my very cheap Lunchables. Ken opened one, picked up a cracker, looked at me and said, "This is Barbie food. I'm a grown man." I laughed so hard. We did eat them for lunch (it took 2 to fill me up!). Later, I was reading a magazine and came across the advertisement you see below. I guess Ken was right.

I love to Laugh!

We have been wanting to get this on film for awhile now and are so excited to have finally captured Abe's freaky laugh. He will laugh normally, but when he gets really excited...the fun begins. The first one is the short version, only 6 seconds. The second one is a longer version and one for which I must apologize because my voice sounds really stupid.

Yes, I know what you are all thinking. I'd screech like that too if someone were talking to me in a wierd-o voice like that.

Raiders of a Lost Movie

Ken found out that one of his Young Men in the ward had never seen the Indiana Jones movies (collective gasp!). He couldn't live with that knowledge, so he became the Raider of the Lost Movie and we invited him and another couple in our ward (one of whom had also never seen the show) over for a night of Indiana Jones excitement. Of course, we had to go overboard...it wouldn't have been right otherwise...

Luckily for us, we were Eygptians for the Ward's Trunk or Treat a few years back and we kept our mummy and hieroglyphics from our trunk decorations. It saved us a lot of time in decorating.

Take note of the hat on the TV and the whip on the floor in front of the TV. Those are classics.
These are my licorice "whips". I had braided a whole bunch and left them on the counter. When I came back into the room awhile later and they had completely unraveled...so here is the 2nd best option.
These are the head piece of the Staff of Ra. They were pretty tasty too. We'd also made popcorn balls dipped in chocolate. The intent was to make a cake with a Lego Indiana swinging in front of the big rock on his whip...but we only got as far as making the popcorn balls. Oh well. We had fun and everyone enjoyed the movie. It made us excited for the new one to come out!

"Abraham's" Toys

The Saturday before Mother's Day we had a fun family BBQ. Mom was in town, so we celebrated Mother's day for her with Tami, Jared, Madison, Dallin, and our good friend Aaron Terry (a.k.a. Mr. Terry). Maddie had just woke up, so Ken, Mr. Terry, and I went downstairs to play some toys with her and try to get her into her usual chipper and expressive self. After a few minutes, Maddie and I returned upstairs. About 10 minutes later, my Mom asked where Ken and Mr. Terry were. She went looking and came back with these pictures. They were "bowling" with Abe's toys. I'm sure Ken can't wait until robots, super heroes, and remote control cars come into the picture...for Abe to play with, of course.