7 Months

Last week, Abigail turned 7 months old. As with many of her peers, it's difficult to take a picture of her sitting still these days, but here are a few of our attempts...


She's not crawling quite yet, but she is very active. She lunges toward items she wants and barrel rolls on the ground to get where she'd like to go... it seems like she'll be creeping/crawling within the next month. As for verbal development, Abigail has started babbling with the "ba-ba" "da-da" "ma-ma" and "na-na" sounds. It's been quite fun to hear "ma-ma" several times, even if she doesn't necessarily equate it with me yet :)

Recently, Abigail has seemed less interested in her toys and much more interested in anything we have (glasses, napkins, paper, magazines, phones, hats, laundry baskets, etc.)
Another favorite game of hers is to put some of her clothing (or mine in the picture below) over her face to play peek-a-boo with us. We pull it off and then she smiles and puts it back on her face...

David has also enjoyed having Abigail help him root for his favorite team this summer

Independence Day + 5th Anniversary

We've been enjoying having David home during the week now that summer is well under way. It's been especially nice for me to have another helping hand with Abigail... David has graciously risen early with her many mornings to allow me to get a little more sleep (since Abby is not sleeping through the night yet and is quite an early riser, 5:30-6:30am, and we are not). On the 4th, we headed to the park to check out the festivities with Abigail.


After a relaxing day at home and at the park, we had some friends over to celebrate the 4th and continue the Smarts' tradition of viewing fireworks from the balcony (although no one climbed on the roof this year). The show was great, although quite loud, and we couldn't believe the two girls (Abigail and Kylie) actually slept through the fireworks! (Thank you, Lord!) Too bad we didn't get a good group picture!

Abby and McKenna hanging out

To celebrate our 5th Anniversary, David and I headed down to Dana Point for a night away while my parents babysat Abigail. We visited the Blue Lantern Inn, the bed-and-breakfast where we spent the first two nights of our honeymoon. We had a wonderful time which included a beautiful bike ride, a fabulous dinner, and gorgeous walk in a nature preserve overlooking the ocean.

Front of the Inn

Breakfast on our scenic balcony
Happy 5th Anniversary! Here's to a lifetime of many more wonderful memories!