Sarah and Jeff and Abe and Josie

Time flies. It really does. Abe is almost 9 months and has more than doubled in size since he was born! He is crawling all over, grabbing everything- the coffee table, books, Christmas tree, shoes, cat tails, toys- anything within reach. We quickly realized that Christmas decorations and baby proofing do not go well together.

Occasionally he’ll exhaust himself.

We’ve been gearing up for Christmas- putting up the tree and the stockings with care, getting ready for some family visits, and taking pictures that we can torture Abe with in 15 years.

This morning Sarah got out of the office and into the field to witness a helicopter logging operation. Quite the show.

More pilgrims made the trek to Marlinton to view the Abraham this month.

Abe was so distracted by the company, he didn’t notice us slip away to do some hiking.

But don’t feel bad for Abe; he gets out for an occasional hike now and then.

One of Abe’s firsts this month was, of course, his first Thanksgiving. He wanted to dress for the occasion, of course.

Abraham also started crawling this month. I guess he really is growing up.

Finally, a few parting shots from the growing collection.

Since our last post Abe’s sprouted a tooth, spikes, and a tail.

Thanks for the homemade costume Auntie M!

Of course, no first tooth would be complete without a variety of first foods.

A couple of weeks ago, Jeff decided he needed to take his ego down a notch, so Sarah and Abe humored him by accompanying him to Fayetteville, WV for his first bike race in twelve years. His plan backfired when he won the race!

And Fayetteville being so close, we couldn’t resist visiting the New River Gorge Bridge, the day after Bridge Day.

Kevin and Melissa came down for Halloween and got to help Abe celebrate his seven-month birthday.

There was much hiking about, a Halloween costume contest, a trip to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, and a lot of Abe-gazing.

It’s hard to believe Abe’s seven months old, because it seems like we’ve had him a lot longer, and at the same time, it’s like he just got here.