Monday, May 11, 2009
Central Park
After a delicious Saturday brunch and a lovely nap -seriously, we ALL slept and we all needed it, especially David, Cynthia & Lane (I'm just sayin') -we decided to pick up some snacks and just chill at Central Park. We walked through the park, found a gazebo to snack in and talked and blew bubbles and just enjoyed each other's company.
This picture is just for Nana
On the way back we passed by the carousel. How could we just pass it up?!?! Gabriela had her first carousel ride. Uncle David, Auntie Cynthia and her Mommy AND Daddy joined her. I think we had more fun that Gabriela. She mostly just seemed to be wondering what the heck was going on. 
Goof Balls :-)
Auntie Cynthia
Here are a bunch of cute pictures of Gabriela's reunion with Auntie Cynthia. They hadn't seen each other since October. Gabriela asked if she could please not wait that long to see Auntie Cynthia again.
Yakitori Totto
Manhattan was gorgeous Friday night. It was a breezy-no-need-for sweaters kind of loveliness. Since Gabriela slept most of the bus ride up, we figured she'd be down for a late night dinner, New York style. So we walked a few blocks to Yakitori Totto. You know it's authentic when the menu and all the signs are in Japanese, and the place is full of Japanese people. There was no sushi at this restaurant. Lots of different grilled deliciousness on skewers. We had these teeny fried fish with green tea powder, grilled chicken meatballs in roasted jalapeño halves, grilled scallops, lamb chops, grilled skirt steak, cold udon noodles, asparagus wrapped in chicken breast, mushrooms wrapped in bacon, mmm.
oh yeah, and ginormous entire shrimp on a skewer.Gabriela had a blast. She was talking and talking and tasted almost everything. Her favorites were the fried fish, the chicken meatballs and the lamb chop bone. 
I'm not sure what she enjoyed more - the chicken meatballs, or chomping on the chopsticks. Okay, so Gabriela was going a little crazy in this picture. I posted it because you can see her cute top tooth that made its debut just the other day.
All tuckered out by the end of the night. Sunday, May 10, 2009
Where do I begin?!?
We had a whirlwind weekend in New York visiting my brother. Cynthia came down from Boston and we had a fab time all together. Tons of pics and stories on the way. I just don't know how long it will take me to chronicle it all.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Last Weekend & 9 Month Stats
I guess I better provide a report of last weekend since the new weekend starts tomorrow.
Friday morning Gabriela had her 9 month well baby visit, where it was determined that she weighs 17.75 lbs and is 29 inches long. The doctor says she's in the 10th percentile for her weight and 95th for her height. She's not worried at all because Gabriela is growing at a consistent rate. She's just a Skinny Minny, which is really no surprise if you look at her mama and daddy. Gabriela also had her blood drawn. She was very clear that this was not a pleasant experience. I think it was the red faced screaming with no sound because it hurt so bad she forgot to breathe face that really got the message through. Poor baby. As soon as that was over they pricked her other arm for a TB screening. Luckily, she quickly recovered.
That afternoon our office was closed so instead of taking Gabriela back to daycare, we spent the afternoon having fun. We took the metro to the Natural History Museum and explored the live butterfly exhibit. Gabriela enjoyed all the pretty flowers and multi-colored butterflies flying all around her. Before we met Daddy at work, she crawled around a little at the live insect zoo exhibit. We went out for Thai food with Daddy where Gabriela tried her first Tom Ka Gai soup and green and red curries. She especially loved the spicy coconutty soup. We were so proud :-)
Saturday was an exciting afternoon spent grocery and Target shopping. We finally watched Slum Dog Millionaire that night with a delicious homemade pizza dinner & wine.
Sunday, the boys went to see Wolverine. Sean & Jess and Alex & Matt came over afterwards for hamburgers and fries. Homemade fries. We had two different kinds of burgers - regular with grill seasonings and bbq sauce and greek - with fresh garlic, onion, fresh basil, dried oregano and mint and feta cheese all mixed in. yummy in the tummy.
When everyone first arrived, Gabriela acted shy for the first time in her whole little life. She immediately crawled right to her daddy's lap for security. By the end of dinner, she was clapping her hands and shrieking in excitement, loving being the life of the party.
Friday morning Gabriela had her 9 month well baby visit, where it was determined that she weighs 17.75 lbs and is 29 inches long. The doctor says she's in the 10th percentile for her weight and 95th for her height. She's not worried at all because Gabriela is growing at a consistent rate. She's just a Skinny Minny, which is really no surprise if you look at her mama and daddy. Gabriela also had her blood drawn. She was very clear that this was not a pleasant experience. I think it was the red faced screaming with no sound because it hurt so bad she forgot to breathe face that really got the message through. Poor baby. As soon as that was over they pricked her other arm for a TB screening. Luckily, she quickly recovered.
That afternoon our office was closed so instead of taking Gabriela back to daycare, we spent the afternoon having fun. We took the metro to the Natural History Museum and explored the live butterfly exhibit. Gabriela enjoyed all the pretty flowers and multi-colored butterflies flying all around her. Before we met Daddy at work, she crawled around a little at the live insect zoo exhibit. We went out for Thai food with Daddy where Gabriela tried her first Tom Ka Gai soup and green and red curries. She especially loved the spicy coconutty soup. We were so proud :-)
Saturday was an exciting afternoon spent grocery and Target shopping. We finally watched Slum Dog Millionaire that night with a delicious homemade pizza dinner & wine.
Sunday, the boys went to see Wolverine. Sean & Jess and Alex & Matt came over afterwards for hamburgers and fries. Homemade fries. We had two different kinds of burgers - regular with grill seasonings and bbq sauce and greek - with fresh garlic, onion, fresh basil, dried oregano and mint and feta cheese all mixed in. yummy in the tummy.
When everyone first arrived, Gabriela acted shy for the first time in her whole little life. She immediately crawled right to her daddy's lap for security. By the end of dinner, she was clapping her hands and shrieking in excitement, loving being the life of the party.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
A Couple More PIcs from CA
Group hug with Mina and Super Andrew
Snuggles with Nana
What luck! The week we came Grandma Grover was off work for spring break and Grandma Chaney was in town.p.s. Check out that awesome sweater Nana made!
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