Spring Break 2009

Whoo Hoo! Vacation!! Everyone smiles big for Spring Break, right!? Well, first I should tell you that my nurse, Aida, was taking care of me for 2 weeks before Spring Break. She's so great. She is from Senegal, so she speaks French (and English, of course). But she talks to me in French, and calls me princess, and tells me I'm cute - all of which sounds so much fancier in French. She takes very good care of me - and she even seems to like (tolerate) Callie. Mom and Dad love her. I'm pretty sure I had her under my control by her 3rd hour with me... so I like her too.

After being back at work for 3 weeks (1 week with Grandma Howe - 2 weeks with Aida), Mom got SPRING BREAK!

Callie and I spent vacation catching up on sleep. When we work together - we can monopolize Mom and Dad's bed to such an extent that we kick them out!

More sleeping/resting after a long walk.

For part of Spring Break we went to Connecticut to visit Grandma and Grandpa Howe and Uncle Charley... and of course - my friend Lila! Look at us wearing almost the same clothes - again - without planning! That girl has such good taste. I've stayed peanut size for so long - Lila gave me a bunch of stylish hand-me-downs. Boy, will I (continue to) be good looking!

Lila's almost 1 now - so she's all about accessories. She wears this helmet now - they say it helps the shape of her head... but after spending a day with Lila and her brothers and sister - I think her helmet has many benefits. The way those boys play hockey in the playroom - everyone should wear protective equipment. They shoot as fast as the people on TV!

Once again, Lila couldn't get enough of me. Once again, who can blame her?

We went to New York City to meet my Uncle Charley for lunch. I didn't really like the restaurant he picked - so I screamed a good portion of the time. I'm not sure all those Wall Street people in their suits on their business lunches with their blackberries really new what to make of a baby screaming during their lunch. It was downright funny (to me - stressful to my mom).

How embarrassing! Spring Break gone awry. Mom said usually it takes until High School or College for Spring Break to end like this.

After that little "episode" - we went back to Virginia. I saw my cardiologist on Friday. I weigh 11 pounds! She said she doesn't want to see me get fat (seriously, does she get to worry about me gaining too MUCH weight?!?!) So she took me off high-calorie formula, and she said Mom and Dad could get rid of my food journal and I can just eat what I want when I want it and they don't have to record it every day. She told me my heart looks and sounds great - and that the chance of anything going wrong at this point is very unlikely. So the pediatrician is boss - and she doesn't need to see me for FOUR MONTHS. (I'm sure this had her all upset on the inside - because while she may not need to see me - I'm guessing she downright enjoyed seeing me every 2 weeks. She'll be in serious Abby-withdrawal come August.)

The Easter Bunny came to my house. I wasn't really sure what to make of this guy.

Everyone eats lamb on Easter, right?

Check out this sheer genius...

Up...

Out...

In. Child's play! Did you see me master those stacking cups? Don't think we're not sending that series of pictures to my physical therapist... not to mention Harvard. Harvard will definitely want to be saving me a spot...

Happy Easter, everyone!

(Oh - and for those of you who are thinking, "When Abby goes to visit her Grandpa in Connecticut, he always takes pictures of her and puts them on his web site - I'll go look at those so I can see more Abby"... Grandpa pulled a fast one on you and got himself a new website. Grandpa loves his toys... and he found a better website for his pictures. His new website is http://www.craighowe.com/ and yes, he took more pictures of me. But GRANDMA took the one of me smiling at the top of this post!)