Family Update

• Sam likes to put his blanket over his head and walk around. Most of the time, he has it draped around his face so he can still see. Abby cracks us up because whenever he does that, Abby calls him, "Mary". Yes, as in Mary of the New Testament.
• In our new house we have a big window near where we have a lot of toys. Sam discovered the windowsill about a week ago. He loves to line up tons of cars on the windowsill and drive them back and forth across. He could play there for hours!
• Sam is also very much of a boy now. He wrestles all the time, runs in for tackles, and uses everything for building. He balances the boy side with his infectious smile, his tackles that turn into gigantic hugs and cuddles, and his teasing. Abby called me daddy by accident and I started teasing her that, "my name isn't Daddy." Sam jumped in on teasing me and every day when we're at that park he points at me and says, "Hubababa Daddy!" (Interpretation: "Your name is Daddy") He of course says it with a big grin and repeats it for several minutes. It's so funny!
• Abby is growing up so fast. It seems like every day she surprises me with new words and phrases. She loves to be my big helper and load groceries up on the conveyor belt and even helps put groceries away when we get home. Of course, we may end up with the leaning tower of cereal, but she is proud to help.
• Friends and family are really important to Abby right now. She likes to be with friends all the time, talks about her friends, and turns babies and other toys into friends. She also loves our next door neighbor's new baby and considers her one of her friends. She also pretends to call various cousins on her phone and has elaborate conversations planning fun activities for when they get together.
• Abby has us busy with all sorts of fun activities each week. She has ballet and a co-op preschool each week, along with our music class and playgroup that Sam gets to enjoy too. She's really happy being this busy and doing a variety of activities.
• Baby Z is 16 weeks along, so it is about 5 inches and 2.5 ounces. Roy was able to feel a protruding head or bum the other night and I've felt some movement every few days. We have our ultrasound on November 1 and will find out the gender. And yes, I am very aware of how many weeks we have until that appointment. :)