Tennis!

I mean, just look at the size of that little racket!!  Isn’t that just sweet??

Abi has been very into the sport of tennis lately.  We’ve really had fun with it…as she is a stellar ball girl, and donald and I actually get to hit for a few minutes until abi realizes that being a ball girl isn’t nearly as fun.  Our main deterrent?  The darn texas heat.  I don’t like being super active too much in it.  I’m getting old or something.

Here she is in action:

Haha, look at that face.  Eyes closed, racket turned the wrong way.  Classic.  She does not give up though.  I will give our girl that.  She always gets quite a few good hits in until she is satisfied.  A few have even made it over the net!

On her 2nd birthday

What a special day!  We were so thankful to celebrate with our family to reflect on and be thankful for our dear abi’s life.  She is such a beauty and a gift to our family to be sure.  We love you, dear abi!

What would a birthday be without lots of yummy food for a birthday brunch!

Snippets of our lovely day…

Sweetest girl, you are a delight and a blessing to so many.  We are so thankful to be able to so intimately walk through your beautiful life with you!  LOVE!

Happy 2!

We are just so beyond words for the joy that this one brings to us.

More to come of our 2nd birthday celebration!!

And the baby went swimming…

 

We signed up for swim lessons through the Park & Rec department (awesome deal…$30 for 2 weeks) with some of our friends and fully expected our abi to be a mini female version of Peter Vanderkaay (we choose him b/c he went to high school with me and was on the gold medal winning relay with Phelps)…but alas, we seemed to have had our hopes set too high.  But, she does love the water.  And we’re working on the bubbles.  And one day she’ll love to jump in on her own.  And then…watch out!

 

(I was really trying to teach abi the art of bubble blowing here)

I mean, really??!!  The girl is too cool.  Love. Her.

Reflections of the Eternal: Summer Edition