Belated Christmas

I'm so behind on this blog. Hope you'll excuse the limited comments/jokes. Promise to be more funny in the near future (with plenty of videography).

Hope you enjoyed Christmas as much as Abbie enjoyed all of her Christmas presents from her grandparents, aunts, uncle, and others!

First golf club. Give her six months and she'll hit her

6 iron further than Grandpa's laser scope can see.

Brrrrrrrr

"Ralphie - I can't put my arms down!"

First Visit From Santa

Last Saturday, Abbie went to Aunt Ellen's and Uncle Jack's for their Christmas Party. There was a special visitor who came to check in on all the kids and hand out early presents. This was Abbie's first time seeing Santa Claus, and I'm not sure she knew what to make of him.

"You look familiar, Santa. You sure you're

not an Oakland Raiders fan in disguise?"

"And you there... Giant Elf.... don't you read my blog?

Any of you other kids onto this yet?"

Sunday Funday

On Sunday, Mommy, Daddy & Abbie had some friends over to watch football on Sunday Funday. Abbie napped through half of the Giant game but really enjoyed all of the extra attention and even made a new best friend named Andy (pretty sure he's 31 years too old for her, and already taken... but she was smitten nonetheless).


Here's Abbie & Daddy in their G-Men shirts waiting for the guests to arrive.

"And we're waiting.... and we're waiting...."

"Daddy, is it kickoff? Already?!?"

"Hey Mom, tell them to let themselves in.

I'll be on the couch with the old man."

Thanksgiving

Abbie's 1st Birthday Party

Belated pictures....

opening presents with help from Ella & Mommy (Carlyn also helped!)

Enjoying her new chair

There's Carlyn! Strike a pose!

Make a wish!

Delicious cupcakes (and a neat eater)

52 Weeks of Abbie

This video took 52 weeks to make (literally), and although at times Colleen and I grew tired of the process (and probably Abbie too)... in the end, I think it was worth the effort.

Enjoy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABBIE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABIGAIL CLAIRE!!!!!

Don't Call DYFS

"One for you..."

"And one for me"

Halloween at Grammy's Work

Trick or Treat

"Jackpot! These old fools will give me everything!"

Overdue posts

"Wait, seriously? I haven't blogged in 2 weeks??? Oh man..."

"Don't worry fans, I'm back. (Right after I check my fantasy team)"

Stay tuned... plenty of updates this week.

Proofs are in already!

A big thank you to Kim, our photographer, for getting these done so quickly! The gallery is available only until October 31st.

http://kimschmidtphotography.com/darkroom/share/?n=bewalder

Sneak peek of Abbie's Photo Shoot

We booked a little photo shoot for Abbie this past weekend. We haven't gotten any professional shots of her yet and I wanted them to coincide with her birthday. The photographer, Kim, picked out a beautiful park for us to go to - and it was a perfect fall day.

Here is a little sneak peek on her blog. More proofs coming up in about 2 weeks!

http://www.kimschmidtphotography.com/2010/10/ms-abbie-central-jersey-child-photographer/

Sunday "formal" dinner at Grandma's & Grandpa's....

a little dessert...

a struggle ensues....

and finishing off with an exorcism.

Ghost or Witch?

Pumpkin Pickin with Cousins

This past weekend, Abbie went pumpkin picking with her second-cousins. She did a little walking, slapped a few giant pumpkins, took her first hay ride, and watched the older boys run through the patch. She even picked out a little pumpkin for herself.

Abbie & Gentleman Jack

Apple Picking

On Saturday, Abbie went apple picking with Mommy & Daddy at Melick Farms in Califon. It was a nice crisp, fall day filled with confusing looks like this....

Anyway, here's some more photos from the day. We eventually got some smiles once she warmed up to things.