Reinforcements

Before Abby was born Jim and I decided that we wanted to have a week alone with Abby. We wanted some time to get used to our new family. But...of course my parents were chomping at the bit to get here. If my mom would of had it her way she would have been here for her birth. Thank you for your understanding mom! On Thursday the reinforcements did finally roll into town. As you could imagine once my parents saw Abby they were completely in love... it is their first grandchild. And, as my mom kept on saying...my baby just had a baby.

On Saturday, my cousin Allison, her husband Scott, their kids Elizabeth and Freddie, my Aunt Mary and Uncle Fred all joined the baby viewing party. They all made the drive from Minnesota to meet Abby and it was GREAT to see them! Everyone got a chance to hold the new member of the family. Here are just some of the pictures...

Saturday night we had an "interesting" dinner out at Patrick's Pub in Aurora with cousin Joanne, Jim, and Jim's daughter Lauren. Patrick's is advertised as being an Irish pub but...they were out of Guinness and didn't serve Harp?!? Jim and I have decided that besides Walter Payton's Roundhouse we are going to avoid Aurora restaurants when ever possible! Just ask Allison if you want more info on why Patrick's was our final straw.

On Sunday we were all supposed to meet for breakfast before the Suhler/Hart clan drove back to Minnesota but unfortunately we had to take a rain check on this. It is sad that we were not able to visit more but we will see them all again real soon!

The rest of the week my parents and I did some errands around town, spent a lot of quality time with Abby, and visited our 92 year old aunt Kay.

Here is a picture of Aunt Kay from Christmas. Unfortunately, Kay was feeling under the weather on this visit so she didn't want to hold Abby but we will be back to visit her soon!

It was sad to see my parents go and I know it was sad for them as well. My dad said that there will a bit of a whole in his heart now that he has met Abby and will not be able to see her as much as he would like. Mom and Dad you are welcome to visit when ever you would like!!

Jim's BEST day EVER!

Sunday might have been Jim's best day ever!!

First, we were able to come home from the hospital. I had left it up to Jim to decide what we would all wear home and I am sure you will not be surprised when you see this pictures...

Then, when we got home...the Steelers make history! Pittsburgh Steelers became SIX-BURGH! They became the 1st NFL team to win the Super Bowl 6 times!!!

It was a great game for football fans with a score of 27-23 but...when you are a super fan of one of the teams it made whole game a nail biter! Of course...the right team won in the end in an amazing fashon!

Abby was definitely our Super bowl good luck charm!!