Abby's 31 Today

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABBY ROSE,

What a fun year we've enjoyed with Abby and Mike. It was about a year ago that they told us they were going to have a baby! It was so much fun to watch the excitement unfold to feel it in our home. Finding out they were having a boy to make sure we had a basketball team was just another fun moment along the way. Seeing them prepare their home, and getting ready for the big event... waiting through the summer months..... and then as Jim and I were watching Boston win the world series getting the call that we could come over and see Jake. I love to watch as Abby has become such a beautiful mother. She is one of those women that glows. Not long ago, she was describing to me how she felt about her little boy. She said " she thought she knew what it was like to love little children when she was around her nephews, but it was a whole different feeling when you got your own..." I think the word was indescribable. And of course all mothers know that strange and wonderful feeling we have for our own children. I am so grateful to be the mother of this great woman. To see her accomplishing so many things. She is a wonder at business, has a creative mind, she is a loving and unselfish friend and daughter, a perfect mom and wife.......and she has a great husband who gets up with Jake every other night and works from home one day a week to be with their little boy. Have a Happy 31st year. Love, your mom (ps finally learned to scan a picture and thought our blogging crowd might like to see your wedding picture, because I don't know if anyone has ever seen it!)