Where has the month gone?

Ok...so my spell check isnt working so please pardon my spelling errors!
I havent been keeping up with the blog very much lately because we have been pretty busy. I was going back thru the pictures I have taken in the last month and realized I havent even posted the pics from labor day weekend! September has flown by!! Labor day weekend we spent at Michigan Adventure and with both sides of the family. Abby is now going to school regularly and just had her turn for show and tell yesterday. She took the birds nest that was under our deck. She had a great time showing her friends. it was also our turn to provide snack. I talked her into choosing Jello cups instead of yogurt. Apparently that wasnt good because she didnt eat hers. she said she didnt like it. Oops! I thought she would love it!
3 weekends ago we were at the CMU/MSU Game. It was awesome to be there since it was such a great game. We had a great time with our friends Steve and Jen. 2 weekends ago we went to the zoo with our friends Jason and Crystal and their daughters Addison and Alexis. We had a great time checking out the animals and the girls spent a lot of time playing on the playset while we had a picnic lunch. this past weekend was very low key as we were all tired and Jon was under the weather with a cold. So that is the short version of our month. Audrey is doing great and we are hoping she will start crawling in the next month or two. She loves sitting on the floor playing with her toys and will roll across the room to get to something. Its pretty funny to watch. She still has the 2 bottom teeth but by the way she is chewing on stuff and drooling, I cant imagine it will be very long before she gets one of her top ones in.
Here are some pictures of the last few weeks...

Michigan Adventure

Labor Day
School Hayride
Binder Park Zoo
Cute Audrey
CMU/MSU Game (pic courtesy of Jen and Steve!)

Fire Up Chips!!

Can I just tell you, that was the BEST CMU game that we have ever been to! And the fact that it was at MSU made the victory that much better. We were in the nosebleed section next to some other CMU people and I think everyone was about to have a heart attack when we were ready to kick the final field goal. Then, to do a kick off like that and hit the msu player in the back to get the ball was AWESOME!!!!! My throat hurts from yelling. Our friends, Steve and Jen, took pictures so I will post them as soon as they send them to me!
Go Chips!!!!!

Shots and School

We have had a very busy week thus far. On Monday, I messed up my back and watched Abby's friend Morgan for the afternoon. Tuesday I was feeling better so we went to get Abby's 4 year old shots in the morning. She was a brave girl but those things hurt so she cried a little bit. The rest of the day she was feeling a little out of it. We also went to give Mimi and Papa back their van that we borrowed to go camping last weekend. Wednesday was Abby's first day of pre-k. When we dropped her off, she looked a little nervous and I was worried that she would cry, but the teacher said that she did fine. There was a little boy crying when we got there and I think that didn't help. But she pulled thru and was very excited to tell us all about her day when we picked her up. She said her favorite part was going to the park (playground). I'm just happy she wants to go back! I did get a little misty eyed when we left. This is a new chapter in her life. She isn't my baby that stays home with me each day. Luckily, we have a new little baby at home! Speaking of Audrey, she just had her 6 month appt today and did great. She gained 3 lbs and is now 17lbs, 10 oz. She only grew 1.5", but that's OK...we think her chub is cute!! She is growing properly and is right on track for all of the developmental stuff. she got 4 shots today and an oral immunization. She cried, of course, but we were able to calm her down quickly. She's been a bit fussy this evening, but I would be too if they did that to me! So that was our crazy week up to this point. Oh, and we went camping last weekend which was lots of fun after it stopped raining! Pictures are below...
Abby's Party pics...




Camping Pics

"I dont want to touch the worm!"





The girls modeling the shirts that they painted!



Abby's first day of school...



She wouldn't let us take any pictures of her at school so that is all we have of her first day. (looks like we are already starting to embarrass her!!)