Way to go Stuart!!!

For the past I don't know how many months, Stu has been working with a group of other Medical Students and Bio Medical engineers on a new medical device for this program called Bench to Bedside. Stu's group was working on a device to improve the surgical tenaculum. In this program there were 13 groups that were all working on something different pretty much competing to make the best device and the six top scoring groups got 10 thousand dollars to use to patent their device and to maybe help start in the production of it. They also had two 5 thousand dollar checks that were given to only two groups. (Different criteria were used when they judged for these two checks) They gave away the 5 thousand dollar checks first and Stu's group won one of them. We were so excited that they got something, but then they also won a 10 thousand dollar check too. Yahoo! It was so exciting! 15 thousand dollars to use to try and get this device out there. I am so proud of Stu. Such a little smarty pants. Way to go hunny!

The wives there to support our men! It was a really fun night. The food was so good. What could be better, good food, good company and two awards!

Mommyhood

I just love being a mommy! Lately Abby has become quite the mommy's girl. I love when we watch TV and she says "mommy nuggle." I just love snuggling up to her and watching Mickey Mouse, Nemo, or Tinkerbell. It just melts my heart to hear her say it. I love to make her giggle and chase her around and listen to her laugh and squeal. She makes me so happy. Tonight when I put her to bed I said mommy loves you and she said mommy, love mommy, daddy, toys, kiss? I just can't kiss her and hug her enough. Today when Stu got home from school she just walked over and gave him a hug. Then turned around and hugged him again then hugged me. Tonight the three of us went to dinner and the whole time we were tying to eat she just kept wanting mommy. Stu finished his meal and I kept tying to tackle her while I ate. There was nothing he could do she only wanted mommy. As big of a pain as is was I loved every minute of it. A friend of mine and her little family sat at a table near ours and half of dinner Abby kept wanting to go over and say hi to them. (Sorry Jessica for interrupting your dinner several times.)

I just love her so much.

Happy Easter!

Doesn't she look so cute in her little Easter Dress. Thank you Stu for taking these pictures since I was at work.

Yay! I run fast. That's probably what she is saying.

The Easter bunny came.

I had to work this Easter, not a great way to start off, but I got off at 2:00 pm. I was able to make it to some of Church and made it in time for all the festivities. Abby seemed to really like her Easter basket. She got two books, Flip, Flap, Fly and My First Bible Stories book. She also got some more animals to go with her Little People Noah's Ark. After Easter basket time with mommy and daddy we had dinner with Michele and Dan and family and Irval, Joann and Tonya. We had a yummy dinner, potato and ham then off to do another Easter Egg hunt. Abby had really got the hang of egg hunts now. She loves that all the eggs have teets in them.

MSA Easter Egg Hunt

Today we had an MSA Easter Egg hunt. This was Abby third Easter egg hunt this week so she finally kind of figured it out today. She opened one egg and found jelly beans and she just wanted to stop there and eat those, but I kept telling her that the more eggs she got the more candy she would get. That kept her looking for the eggs. Thanks to Grandma Jo she had this cute daffodil basket to pick up eggs in today. We had a great time. Abby thought it was really neat that she could "Coco" - Color on the side walk with side walk chalk.

When we were leaving I left my keys in the pocket of the back door when I was putting Abby in her seat. When I sat in my seat I started looking in my purse for the keys, then suddenly the doors locked and the car started to honk repeatedly. I turned around and Abby had found the keys. She was smiling saying beep, beep, Mommy beep, beep. She would not give me the keys. There we are in front of the house we were just in and Abby just keeps honking the horn. They were probably wondering what I was doing. I finally bribed her with a Starburst and was happy to trade. She is too funny!

Cute kids!

2011 Easter Egg Hunt

Last weekend we went to Emily's neighborhood's annual Easter Egg hunt. Abby wasn't quite sure what to think. She thought the playground might be more fun that finding eggs on the ground. She liked it a little better once she found candy inside one of the eggs. Daddy had to help her out a bit. After the egg hunt she played on the playground with her cousins Addie, Hallie and Josh and got a picture with the Easter bunny.

Abby and Hallie

Her loot!

Addie, Josh and Abby

"a side" as Abby would say

The Easter Bunny

Eatting candy with Mommy and Grandma Jo

Definitely a Girl

Abby is definitely a girl. The other day when she was playing she put on four necklaces, filled her purse and carried it around along with her baby. Look at how she is carrying the baby... she is going to be such a help when her little brother comes.