Abby’s still full of smiles. I mean seriously, I have never met a baby who was as content as this child appears to be at almost any give moment. As long as you feed her, lay her down when she’s tired, occasionally give her a smile and a nod, she’s pretty much just happy to be around. What a wonderful way to approach life! May it continue!
She’s been rolling over for a while now from back to tummy. She hasn’t mastered rolling from tummy to back (which is one thing that occasionally frustrates her!), but she is working on it. She’s also got a pretty good tripod sit:

The child LOVES to eat. She is mad about rice cereal…can’t get enough. We started her on it a couple of weeks ago and she literally shakes in anticipation when she knows it’s coming. We ended up increasing to two times a day because she was begging for it with puppy dog eyes. That, and she was grabbing for whatever else we were eating in her presence. I guess she is looking for sustenance to maintain that 95th percentile in weight and height. I think she’s going to be tall like her daddy.

Due to the roll over, she’s sleeping on her side and tummy (yeah, yeah, I know) a lot. When trying to get her to sleep, if she is slightly over tired, she tends to flail a bit. We’ve found giving her something to hold onto helps. Today, she was most interested in her elephant (courtesy of her Nan) and I snapped this shot even though it was a bit dark in the room because it doesn’t really get much cuter:

While we’re on the subject of napping. Jack’s showing off his nap bed that he takes to school in this photo:

This week was his first week back after the summer session. Only one day of crying at drop off! He does explain to us very seriously that he is happy to go to school but that he will miss us. I’m not sure if this explanation is for our benefit or his! Apparently he has also taken to waving good bye to ALL the parents and has occasionally informed a crying child that “it will be ok.” Gotta love empathy.
And here’s one for the historical record:

And a proud papa shot:
