Love this Girl

Rite of Passage

Apparently all our babies must have an eye incident. Kate and Abby were playing outside when we saw Kate let go of her swing and it hit Abby on the back of her head. We were walking out to comfort her when she stood up and the swing swung back and knocked her in the eye. It was so pitiful. It got her pretty good in the eye and left a decent almost black eye mark.

So cute I can’t stand it

 

After a long day of playing in dirt and water, the girls put on their new t-shirts from Chad and we went to the store. Jason got this video while I was in line returning something.

I’m not sure who’s leading who :)

Taking the Plunge

I have always wanted to go skydiving. I never got around to it in my single years, then I got married and had a baby and was guilted out of doing it by my husband. However, Jason had a change of heart (more like no choice) and my friend, Melissa, and I decided we were actually going to do it. I’m not going to lie, as the day got closer my nerves got a little stronger. I was never worried about the safety more just the act of jumping out of a plane!

We had an 8AM appointment and we got there about 15 minutes early. When we walked in there was a mattress, yes a mattress, on the floor and a guy in his pjs. Apparently he sleeps there and when they say 8AM they mean 8AM. All I was thinking was that Jason would die if he could see this place. He was in AL helping with the recovery so he missed out on watching :( He really didn’t want to watch anyway so he was fine with not being there. Melissa and I sort of watched a video that was mainly about how we couldn’t sue them if we died, blah blah blah, good stuff. Then they harnessed us up. My guy gave me NO directions, so I was trying to pay attention to what my friend’s guy was telling her.

Luckily, I had a really nice “instructor” so he helped calm my nerves. A little crude, more like very crude, but at least he distracted me! On the drive up I emphasized that my sister had to go first because she got on the plane last so I had to make sure I didn’t get on the plane last… I’m getting on the plane thinking I’m in the clear, then the next person gets on and makes a second row. Of course!

I’m sitting right next to the clear plastic door as we were ascending and I really had no concept of just how high 14,000 feet was. It took longer than I expected to reach our altitude. The door opened and my instructor finally instructed me to hold on and that I could just swing my legs out of the plane if I wanted and he would roll me out. I was SO scared scooting to the edge of the plane and then sitting there with my legs hanging out. As silly as this sounds, I was actually worried about falling! I wanted him to force me out, not accidently fall when I wasn’t supposed to.

The falling wasn’t scary at all. It was fast and a little cold and really windy. I preferred the parachuting part best. You could really see around and he would spin us and other fun things. Honestly, it was so much fun and I highly recommend going skydiving! Seriously, you need to do this!

Look how high up we were! It was crazy!

Still free falling and about to parachute. I was having so much fun!

I did it!

Abby’s 1 Year Pics, finally!

We took these pictures forever ago but I’m finally getting around to posting them. Abby is so incredibly cute, funny, sweet, lovable… She makes us laugh ALL day long!

1 yr Stats:

Height: 28 1/2 in (50%)

Weight: 21lbs 12oz (50%)

Head: 45.6cm (50%-75%)

Apparently you can overreact with your second child too! I took Abby to the doctors recently, she was fine, but I got to see her current weight which is 22lbs 2oz.

We love this little baby girl more than words could express! She’s quite amazing.