Happy Birthday Troy!

Oh Troy boy...

Bathing beauty:)

Video clips.

Chad calls this "Abby's Ghetto Crawl":) She started doing this mid-July, but she's actually got the true crawl down a bit more now.

Even though she's pretty good at scooting around, AJ still loves to walk around! Here she is with Gramma Shirley again! And yes, that noise she's making is actually kind of a laugh.

A long time comin'...

It's been awhile since I've posted anything, so here's a quick recap of the summer!

Over the 4th of July, all of the Nuests were at the cabin. Abby and Troy really started to check each other out and respond to each other!




We tried to get a picture of all the kids... this is the best we could do!

Troy boy after eating who-knows-what off the ground. Doesn't seem to phase him... he's such a happy little guy!

Abby's buddy Cooper from Peoria also came up this summer. He belongs to Zach and Jessi... Zach is one of Chad's best friends. Abby LOVED Cooper's soft, long hair and went right for it when we put them next to each other.

Poor Cooper!!

Don't worry, they're still friends.

Great-Grandma Shirley came up to take care of Abby one day when I was sick. Gramma helped AJ do one of her favorite things... walk around!

More of AJ's favorite things....

... eating her toes!

...practicing her gymastics skills. Check out those splits!

... watching Baby Einstein.

... sleeping with Daddy.

Some pictures from Troy's first birthday.

How cute is this swimsuit?! AJ absolutely loves the water.

Rub-a-dub-dub!

The ride home.

AJ did so well the entire ride home (which took about 13 hours when all was said and done!). She ate and played and slept... got a little antsy, but really was a trooper!

Holding her bottle all by herself!

Sleeping.
What a little lady... she crosses her legs at the ankles!

Indiana.

The third weekend in June, Abby took her first long road trip. I flew down and met Ashlee in Florida, and then we met up with the whole crew in Indiana for a wedding. It was great to have the whole family together, and we took some time between the ceremony and the reception to enjoy our little reunion!

Connie volunteered to take on the babies while the rest of us played mini-golf. She has Troy on her back and AJ in the stroller!

Dani is an excellent mini-golfer. She enjoys putting her balls into the water hazards.

I took full advantage of the fact that we were all dressed up for a quick family picture. It took a couple tries, but we got one!

What you don't see in this picture is the fact that Troy very nearly stabbed Shannon in the eye with a fork... hence the look on her face:).

Troy and Abby get along really well!

Maybe a little too well??

Happy Father's Day!

Abby and Chad's first Father's Day started off with a baby backpack from Grandma Connie. Abby loves it because she can see what's going on!


Great Grandpa Z came out to the farm for supper. He sure loves Abby!

The rest of these are from actual Father's Day.