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... of a little friend


"Yea!!!"

Our close friends, Danny and Abby McReynolds, are expecting a baby in the middle of July. I was kinda hoping that their baby would be closer to Abram (I think that Danny and Abby were hoping, too...), but God's timing is perfect, and little McBaby will come exactly when he or she is supposed to! And, besides, 8 months is not that much in the scheme of things.

We went to their shower this weekend. It was a co-ed shower, so Quinn and Abram got to come, too :) Here are Danny and Abby:


Danny

Abby
I should have gotten a picture of them together, but alas, I wasn't thinking.

Abram did surprisingly well and didn't fuss at all! Considering he was long overdue for a nap and Abby's brother, Nathan, was playing with him in the backyard a lot of the time, that was amazing. He really is getting to be much more fun and easy going... knock on wood. He was also entertaining himself by chewing on his rattle toy.


I made McBaby a "cuddle blanket" (a small one that is more for snuggling with than covering). I did not get a picture of it, but I did also make a pillow monster in their room colors.


It was a little bit of a spur of the moment gift idea. I've never made one before, but I think it turned out pretty well. I got the idea from this picture on Pinterest (of course):

To give credit, they are available at little bit funky on etsy.

So we can't wait to meet and play with Little McReynolds!

Abram continues to grow every day and gets more and more curious.

Fascinated by the bush.
Fascinated by his toes.

He also loves flapping his arms and smacking himself. Also, standing up is a huge Abram-like. If he is ever unhappy sitting down, we just have to stand him up and he is all good. Here is a video of him before bed, with a full tummy, enjoying his arms.


We can always get him to smile by clapping or just saying the word "peekaboo" He doesn't even need the actual peekaboo act. He is also getting to where we can just say the words "clap clap clap" (as you can see in the video). So that's why I sound like a crazy person.

He also loves riding on Daddy's shoulders. Quinn likes it until his neck starts to hurt from leaning forward.



And with that I will say good bye so that I might get to take a shower before he wakes up from his nap.

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  1. KatieMay 23, 2011 at 11:06 AM

    love love! and Siena keeps telling me "I want to do it again" to the video!

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  2. DannyJune 4, 2011 at 11:20 AM

    Great video and we love our pillow monster!

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