So I know it has been awhile since I wrote, so I am going to more than make up for it today! Abby has just grown so much it seems. She turns 6 months old this week. In the past few weeks she has gotten to where she wants to pick up her spoon and bottle herself. I gave her a spoon to play with while I was fixing dinner and she kept trying to put it in her mouth knowing it was usually filled with food! Below is my big girl trying to get her bottle from beside her Bumbo.
Last Wednesday, after work, Tracy, Abby and I left for Louisiana. We got to Baton Rouge around 10ish and stayed at my cousins house. Then on Thursday morning we got up early and left for New Orleans. Before leaving town Abby got to see her cousin, Lisa, when we stopped by her work. Lisa gave us the cutest little spring dress for Abby. It will be the perfect Easter dress. Then we were on to New Orleans. We spent the day walking around the French Quarter with Abby. She did so good and even took a nap while dad and I strolled the French Market.
Before we left New Orleans on Thursday we stopped by the hotel to see Rebecca and Parham (the soon to be bride and groom). Since they live in California, they had never officially met Abby. They were a little curious to see how Abby would react to Parham. They said 'white babies' generally do not like him. Well....Abby loved him. She was so mesmerized by him and his facial hair. We don't really hang around a lot of people that have facial hair so she just kept trying to touch it.
When we left New Orleans on Thursday, we went to Covington to my cousin Fran's house. Fran is so wonderful and watched Abby on Friday and Saturday for us.....this was why we decided to get to Covington early on Thursday so Abby could get used to Fran and her new surroundings. Tracy and I were really worried about Abby because she has had stranger anxiety lately. However, she seemed to LOVE Fran, which made it really easy on me.
The next morning Tracy and I said goodbye to Abby and Fran and headed back to New Orleans. This weekend was a blast. I have known Rebecca since Kindergarten. She was in our wedding and I was so excited for her and Parham and so happy to be a part of their special event. We had our rehearsal dinner at the Court of Two Sisters in the French Quarter and it was awesome. We got to see old friends and made new ones. We then had a lingerie shower for Becca and then Tracy and I went to Bourbon and ended the night at 3 am eating beignets and having cafe au lait at Cafe DuMonde. If you have never had beignets, well you have to love them....how could someone not like fried bread with tons of powdered sugar?!
Saturday was wedding day! They got married at the Columns Hotel on St. Charles street. It was a very neat affair. There were only about 60 of us at the wedding. It was a Christian/Persian infused wedding and it was so interesting to learn about a different custom.
We had a few hours before the reception so we had drinks in the hotel bar with a few of the wedding party peeps. Then it was on to the reception at the top of the World Trade Center on the river. The first thing we had to do was walk to the reception....it was way super windy! The reception had wonderful food and tons of dancing. Okay, I got my groove on to oldies that Becca and I loved when we were younger and who wouldn't get down to Can't Touch This?! I also tried my hand at Persian dancing. Parham's mom was a wonderful dancer. The reception ended at midnight and instead of going out, Tracy and I headed to the casino and then to the hotel for some shuteye.
When we got Abby the next morning, I was sooooooooooooooooooo missing her badly. I don't know if I was ready for 2 days away from her. When we got to Fran's, Abby just looked and smiled so big it made my heart melt. The cool thing about Sunday was that we got to Baton Rouge and met my dad, Lori (sister), Kevin (bro-in-law), Toni (niece), Christy (sis-in-law), Hailey (niece), Andrew (nephew) and Miss Bobbi for lunch at Zea's. It was the first time I saw Andrew since he was almost a month old (he will soon be 6 months). He was born a week and a half after Abby. Let's just say that Abby could beat her cousin up she is such a chunk! I will post pics of them when I get them downloaded.
We are back finally and go back to work tomorrow. Tonight we tried green beans for the first time and Abby ate a few bites, but did not seem to like them at all. I will try them again and if the same reaction I will start mixing stuff she likes with them.
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