Abby Meets Jackson

Last Monday our friends Dylan and Heather came out to Ann Arbor for a visit. That doesn't happen often since they normally live in Alaska. They've been in Minnesota for the last few months, keeping busy with their new son, Jackson. He's 12 weeks old now (I think) and oh-so-adorable. He makes the cutest grunting sounds. Dylan and Heather are pretty great too.

Their trip was unfortunately short--only 1 day and 2 nights. Most of the time we relaxed and ogled the babes. On Tuesday afternoon we hit the town and did our standard "visitor's tour" which includes food at ABC, a quit trip through Krauss (where my office is), a walk through The Diag, and a trip to the aesthetically pleasing Law School. We also went to Bivouac, where Alex used to work, to check out their 20% off sale. Sadly, Ann Arbor's famous Art Fair was not yet in full swing, due to start on Wednesday, so we were only able to check out the few tents that had been set up early.

Here are a few pics from the visit:







Addendum: Dylan and Heather's visit marked a very momentous ocassion in Abby's life. As expected, after several hours of galavanting around Ann Arbor, our dear Abby got tired. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find that she was able to maintain a happy demeanor despite her tiredness as long as I was holding and entertaining her. It used to be that tired Abby equaled fussy Abby depsite my best efforts. THEN, wonder of wonders, she simply fell asleep in my arms as we walked back to the car!! No violent swinging on my part, no violent protesting on Abby's part, no pacifier, no nothing. She just simply fell asleep on my shoulder. Wow.