It's Abby Time

I have been able to watch Abby for a couple of hours on two occasions this past week, and I have really enjoyed spending time with this little cutie. Last week we went to the Discovery Park, and swung together on the swings, and watched the ducks in the pond, and then came back to my house for lunch, and we watched some of Finding Nemo (her all-time favorite movie). Abby is so fun. I love her sense of humor. She loved playing with my water bottle, and taking a drink out of it. And she would just laugh! I love her cute smile.

Yesterday I took Abby to the Phx Zoo. It was a very nice day, and not too crowded. I have to say that Abby was sooo good! I had a great time. When we got to the zoo in the morning, it was time for Abby's breakfast. She loved watching the birds during her meal. I looked over, and noticed that the giraffes were right to the edge of the fence, so I turned her around so she could watch them. Abby seemed to enjoy seeing all the animals. Whenever I said, "Should we go see the Cougars?" or the monkeys, or the elephants she would say "Cou-gar" or "Mon-key." It was really cute. After the first animal or two that we saw I asked Abby if she could say bye bye to whatever we were looking at. And she would wave and say "bye bye." Then she started saying bye bye to each of the animals we saw all on her own, and waving. It was so cute, and she loves to say the sounds each animal makes. I love my niece!! On our drive home, Abby wanted to hear some music, and she said "Song! Noise!" So I put on the song "Catch a Falling Star," and we used our hands to create glowing stars, and she loved it, and was in the backseat dancing in her chair. And then she would say, "Gin! Gin" (again).


We were walking around a shaded part of the zoo yesterday, where there are close-up bronze statues of the animals around a pretend waterhole, and I looked over from the other side of this fence, and thought these were also fake peacocks, but then I did a double take, and walked around the other side to see these beautiful feathers!

It was such a beautiful day, and I just love this picture!

The monkeys are my favorite. This orangutan decided he wasn't getting enough shade, so he found a way to create his own.

I love this girl, and her smiles :)

This is Abby at the park in her darling hat.

I love the fabulous places there are to eat around here. Jenny introduced me to a place called the Wildflower Company yesterday. They have really good sandwiches and salad. And I love Trader Joes. They have delicious pizza and pasta, hummus, granola... I think that I'll have to stock up on some things to take back with me :)

I love these darling throw pillows I found at 'Cost Plus World Market' the other day. That's a really cool store. They have things from all around the world.

Fun with my family over UEA Break

I love October, and I love that I get a break to go do something fun. I couldn't think of anything I'd rather do more than visit my family!! So I made a visit this week to see my sister and her family. Thanks for such a great trip!

We went to the zoo while I was there, which is a beautiful facility! We had fun, even though the weather was HOT!
What a cute sister I have!