First Father's Day

Since I am posting about Father's Day nearly two months later...I am going to leave out a lot of the wonderful details that made this day perfect.  The most important is that we were together and that we celebrated Ben and all the ways he is a great dad.

We started out on Saturday at our friend's backyard party.  Abney is clearly Daddy's Girl.

But she is still Mama's Angel too!

This was a big week because Abney started crawling confidently with her belly off the ground!

We spent Father's Day up at PlanTy visiting with G-Diddy, Anne McNeil, and Sarah.  We thoroughly enjoyed the salt water pool and spending time watching our little water baby.  She LOVES the water.

Daddy, Abney, and G-Diddy
Or
Ben, Abney and Ben Abney

Tell me this man isn't in love. She has him wrapped right around her little finger.

Mommy is a triathlete!!!

What a way to celebrate my 28th birthday by completing my first triathlon! Abney and Nana joined me for the Sweetwater Creek State Park Triathlon. I was really nervous but felt like a champion after completing a 200 yard swim, 10 mile bike, and 3.1 mile run. Technically very short by triathlon standards but the perfect distance to get my feet wet.

Transition 1

One of the oddest parts to this non-USAT event was that they had two transition areas instead of the typical one. When we arrived I took my time getting set up and had everything laid out in perfect order. Of course twenty minutes before the race started they let us know we had to go "a ways" down the road, which turned out to be about half a mile. Nana trucked it with Abney over the hill and through the woods across the busy highway...to help me get everything squared away.

Abney doing her pilates while Mommy was cycling. She is in her John Deere T from Iowa that her Fairy Godmother sent to her. Nothing says day in the woods like John Deer on your shirt.

One hour, twenty four minutes, and 36 seconds later I cross the finish line!

First taste of fruit!

Tonight Abney had her first taste of the sweet stuff, fruit. YUM! She had a Carrot Tomato baby food souffle. I'm assuming it tastes better than it sounds because someone was very happy with each bite she took. It was so cute. She really enjoyed herself and spread it all over her bumbo tray and most of her face. It's okay because we cleaned her up with splishing and splashing in the bath tub-one of our favorite times of the day! I introduced her bath toys tonight as well, which may have been a bigger hit with Charlie than Abney. No, Charlie was not in the tub but he heard the squeaking noises and needed to investigate. When he looked at me I squirted him right in the muzzle! He tried to attack the water and went running in circles all around the house. My sweet little pooch.

Tomorrow is the last night we are on Mom only duty. Daddy is still gone until Sunday but Nana is coming to visit and to help me celebrate my 28th birthday. Egads, I'm getting closer to thirty something but still going to RELISH every day of my twenties because they have been AMAZING! I've met some of my best friends, built even stronger bonds with old friends, met and married my wonderful husband, moved a million times and experienced new places, and somewhat settled in Atlanta to have our beautiful girl. Yeah, life is good.

P.S. For anyone that actually "follows" I have two posts that precede this one but I need to upload some fabulous pictures before I can post. :)