Oh, and check out her fancy hairdo. It ends up like this no matter what we do, kind of like Harry Potter's hair. We don't really try to decrease the punk rocker factor anymore.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Tummy Time Improved
Oh, and check out her fancy hairdo. It ends up like this no matter what we do, kind of like Harry Potter's hair. We don't really try to decrease the punk rocker factor anymore.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Like Mama, Like Baby
Ever since I was a little kid, my mom would tell me stories about when I was a baby. One that I wasn't too thrilled about was that she said I'd pull my own hair. Not only that, she said when it started hurting, it would startle me and I'd start crying. Naturally, I'd pull harder and get even more upset.
So imagine my surprise when I caught our daughter doing this:
Look at that fist full of hair!
So imagine my surprise when I caught our daughter doing this:
Look at that fist full of hair!
What Soothes Our Fussy Baby
Gabriela is overall a very happy and content baby. But in the early evenings, she tends to get a little fussy. The other night we tried everything and just couldn't get her to settle down, that is until we put on The Beatles!!
She immediately quieted down and got back to her happy as a clam self! How appropriate, because in a few more months, she'll be fitting into this darling t-shirt from Auntie Cati & Uncle Noal:
She immediately quieted down and got back to her happy as a clam self! How appropriate, because in a few more months, she'll be fitting into this darling t-shirt from Auntie Cati & Uncle Noal:
Monday, August 11, 2008
The Latest on Gabriela Elena
We are loving the punk rocker bed head Gabriela is sporting these days (pictures coming soon).
She is a total wiggle worm. Somehow, she inches herself all the way to the bottom of her co-sleeper during the night.
Gabriela loves story time. We read three stories at a time and she sits attentively listening and looking at the pictures for all three stories. This week we are reading A Picnic with Monet, In the Garden with Van Gogh, and Miss Spider's New Car.
Despite her Rocky-esque Tummy Time efforts at the tender age of 4 days old (which you can view here), Gabriela has recently confused Tummy Time with Suck on Your Hand Time. We have to work on this.
Gabriela loves playing with her hands and moving those long fingers all over the place. Unfortunately, this morning they landed in her eyeball. Our poor sweetheart started crying and refused to open her eyes back up for a little while. She gave herself quite a scare.
She has gone on several more adventures lately, including meeting her friend Carter, whose parents were in our child birth class with us. Gabriela went to restaurants on Thursday AND Friday nights where she was on her best behavior.
She is a total wiggle worm. Somehow, she inches herself all the way to the bottom of her co-sleeper during the night.
Gabriela loves story time. We read three stories at a time and she sits attentively listening and looking at the pictures for all three stories. This week we are reading A Picnic with Monet, In the Garden with Van Gogh, and Miss Spider's New Car.
Despite her Rocky-esque Tummy Time efforts at the tender age of 4 days old (which you can view here), Gabriela has recently confused Tummy Time with Suck on Your Hand Time. We have to work on this.
Gabriela loves playing with her hands and moving those long fingers all over the place. Unfortunately, this morning they landed in her eyeball. Our poor sweetheart started crying and refused to open her eyes back up for a little while. She gave herself quite a scare.
She has gone on several more adventures lately, including meeting her friend Carter, whose parents were in our child birth class with us. Gabriela went to restaurants on Thursday AND Friday nights where she was on her best behavior.
Delicious Dinner
Last night Lane and I had one of our first delicious dinners that we actually cooked for ourselves. Up until now, we've had the pleasure of dining on my mom's fantastic dishes.
We had garlic and rosemary roasted red potatoes, grilled steaks with bleu cheese parsley butter and a mushroom onion wine sauce, and a spinach salad with raspberries, blueberries, goat cheese and honeyed pecans and walnuts. The best part of all was that Lane was the dinner chef. I'm so proud of him! I put together the salad, but who am I kidding - he toasted and candied the nuts and made the homemade salad dressing.
Yay for Lane (and me too)!!
We had garlic and rosemary roasted red potatoes, grilled steaks with bleu cheese parsley butter and a mushroom onion wine sauce, and a spinach salad with raspberries, blueberries, goat cheese and honeyed pecans and walnuts. The best part of all was that Lane was the dinner chef. I'm so proud of him! I put together the salad, but who am I kidding - he toasted and candied the nuts and made the homemade salad dressing.
Yay for Lane (and me too)!!
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Another Special Blankie for Gabriela
My Nana crocheted this baby blanket and gave it to me for Christmas in 2002!!! We have kept it safe and sound all this time. Gabriela brought it home with her from the hospital. We're so lucky to have this special blanket made with lots of love, even though Gabriela was never able to meet her Nana Eclarin.p.s. Gabriela was wearing this cutie-patootie outfit, complete with matching Mary Jane socks when someone in the elevator SERIOUSLY asked if she was a boy or a girl.
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