BAM! Abbie and Emeril Lagasse, part deux

Well, yesterday was an eventful day. Abbie had her nine months Well-Baby Check Up. She is doing great. She is "very well proportionate", said Dr. Cross (whom we love), and her teeth are coming in really straight.

ABBIE'S STATS:
Height -- 29 inches (92 percentile)
Weight -- 19 lbs 12 oz (80+ percentile)
Head Circumference -- 43.8 cm / 17.24 inches (80+ percentile)

Luckily, she did not have to have any shots, like I was dreading. She did have to have her finger pricked for some blood (to test for anemia), but she did not even flinch. She got out of the appointment with flying colors, wearing two cartoon stickers on her little dress, one for each finger poke! What a cutie :-)

Right after that, we went to Whole Foods. There, Emeril was once again shooting his new show, Emeril Green, for Planet Green/Discovery Channel. We were looking at some strange fuit on display in the produce section, when Emeril comes behind us (followed by his camera crew), and started talking to us about the fruit in question. I made a total butt out of myself, I was taken really by surprise, but that does not matter. What *does* matter, in all its cuteness, was how Abigail and Emeril had their moment: he complimented us on how cute she is, and then said "Hi there" to her. Christopher was holding her in his arms, so Abbie and Emeril were head-to-head: she waved at him, and when he started to wave back, she pushed herself forward, and slapped her little hand on his, giving him a totally unexpected, big, fat High Five. I had to hold myself from laughing out loud, but Emeril did laugh.  All that, on camera! It was funny. 

We had to sign release forms so that they may use the segments that they shot while we talked with Emeril. I hope they edit me out (as I am sure they will, they don't want silly sounding people in their show), but keep little Abbie. That would be a tender touch for any show.  We can only hope, and we will see.

Once again, Abbie had her brush with fame, but all she cared about was to make a new friend. They told us that the episode that they were shooting is Episode 130 of his new series. We cannot wait to see it!  Way to go, Emeril! BAM!