My Little Strawberry Shortcake

Beauty

Hamming it up for the camera!

3 months old!

(In this picture, she is actually in the middle of talking to me and getting really excited!)

I can't believe our little girl is three months old already! She is the sweetest...so alert and responsive. No doctor's visit this month. They skip a month and we don't have to go back until her 4 month checkup and 2nd round of shots.

Easter in Florida

Pingiczer family tradition is to spend Easter together at Mama's house in Florida. It's a time we look forward to every year. The weather is always beautiful and Mama's house is so relaxing. We have lots of quality time together (playing games, taking walks, sitting by the pool), lots of time relaxing by the pool and enjoying the sun (and in my case catching up on my reading...I read 3 books this trip and for me that is a great vacation!), lots of great meals together and lots of laughter (there is always roll on the floor laughing moments when Mama starts telling her jokes at the dinner table)! It is fun that Abby is now a part of it all.

This year, we drove seven hours from PCB on the last day of the conference to get to Mama's for Easter. We are so thankful that we were already in Florida because it made the trip possible this year. The car ride was pretty long for Abby, but she was a trooper. I'm glad we don't have to do any more long car rides until she is older.

Our first Easter family photo

Abby and her Papa (and Cody in the background getting a little jealous that his dad is holding another baby!)

Uncle Cory changing a diaper for the first time. (He made me promise I wouldn't put this on facebook, but I told him it had to go on the blog.) He's a natural.

Abby's first dip in the pool! She loves water.

"Mom...stop taking pictures of me!"

We finished off our trip with a night in Philly visiting Grammy, Granddaddy, Uncle Tommy and Tori. It was short, but sweet. We are looking forward to our longer visit with them in May.

Big Break

After a great flight with Abby and an exhausting day of travel, we arrived in Panama City Beach for Big Break. It was a great week with our students and friends. During the week we were there, 2,811 spiritual conversations were initiated with people on the beach. Of these, 2,206 spiritual conversations were actually held. 311 conversations were held about the Spirit-filled life and 72 people prayed to be filled with the Holy Spirit. The Gospel was presented to 1,619 people and 309 people prayed to receive Christ! What a great week...and what a great God!

Joe, Abby and I shared an apartment with our good friends Jarrod, Susie and their son Josiah for the week. It was a lot of fun. It was also a glimpse into what life would be like with a toddler and an infant! Wow! :) I spent the majority of my time with Abby while Joe had a busy conference schedule, but I was able to spend time with the students a little bit each day too. The week was a huge blessing!

Every morning we went for walks in the beautiful weather!


First time at the beach!

Josiah loved to say "ABBY!" and touch her little toes. He kept us entertained throughout the week by dancing around our living room to "Boom Boom Pow".

Enjoying our balcony

So tired after a busy morning!

My little beach baby. I love her so much.



Family time!


*Fun side note: The last time Joe and I were at Big Break together was in 2005. He was a senior and I was a sophomore. That is when we first became friends (though we kind of started out the first night of the trip as enemies!) Ask me and I will tell you the funny story sometime. We kept joking on this trip, "If someone would have told you five years ago when we were both students down here that we would be back in a few years married and with a baby, would you have believed them?" haha Needless to say, neither one of us would have believed it. Even though Joe had a big crush on that trip. ;) God is so good!

First airplane ride

Abby did great on the airplane! She slept through every flight with only some minimal crying when the pilot's voice on the loud speaker would wake her from her nap. We did it!

Wow!

SO...I know everyone is waiting for Florida updates and I promise to post pictures as soon as we get home, but I just had to share what happened last night.

We arrived in Port Charlotte at Mama's house and on her first night here Abby slept from 8:30 to 7:30 in the morning! Wow! It was so nice. Can't wait to see what tonight holds...