Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Ten Months Old!
Gabriela's new favorite toy
BubblesGabriela is just as delightful as ever. She has officially sworn off the army scoot for full-on crawling. Gabriela continues to cruise and recently even started letting go and standing for a few seconds at a time before plopping down on her cute little bottom. She now has two bottom teeth, her top two front teeth are showing, and I think she's working on pushing a couple more out. Gabriela weighs just over 18 lbs.
She loves to read books and is an excellent page turner. Gabriela also is very excited about turning the lights on and off, and seems to say something that sounds like "on" when she does it. She is an expert hand clapper now, which means she no longer smacks herself in the face while trying to find her hands. It's so funny how babies repeat their new skills like crazy. Yesterday morning she woke up and immediately started clapping. Gabriela also likes "this little piggie" and starts to giggle and smile as soon as you start and she loves "the itsy bitsy spider".
She loves to read books and is an excellent page turner. Gabriela also is very excited about turning the lights on and off, and seems to say something that sounds like "on" when she does it. She is an expert hand clapper now, which means she no longer smacks herself in the face while trying to find her hands. It's so funny how babies repeat their new skills like crazy. Yesterday morning she woke up and immediately started clapping. Gabriela also likes "this little piggie" and starts to giggle and smile as soon as you start and she loves "the itsy bitsy spider".
Recently, Gabriela started making a funny new face. She scrunches up her little nose and purses her lips. I haven't been able to catch a photo of it yet. She figured out how to click her tongue, and makes her new noise as often as she can.
She's also started to get a little more opinionated. The other day I put a couple of things out of her reach before she could get to them, like you know, the blender cord. Gabriela was apparently thinking about getting into some trouble and immediately started crying, upset that I'd taken her fun away before it even got started. sheesh!
Since the weather's been nice, I've started walking home with Gabriela from daycare. I put her in the baby carrier and we stop at the park almost every day for some swing time. She usually has a blast, laughing and kicking her little legs. But yesterday she was reaching out for me like she wanted to get out. I took her out and didn't understand why she didn't seem to be having fun when she usually is just beside herself with joy. Then she put her fingers and thumb together and put her hand up to her mouth. Is that the eat sign?!?! I took out some sweet potatoes (with cinnamon and cumin), sat her down on the grass and she gobbled it all down! I think she just told her mama she was hungry!! I'm so proud of her!!
Gabriela continues to be a good little eater. Last night she had pesto for dinner with a side of cantelope, banana, and raspberry.
She's also started to get a little more opinionated. The other day I put a couple of things out of her reach before she could get to them, like you know, the blender cord. Gabriela was apparently thinking about getting into some trouble and immediately started crying, upset that I'd taken her fun away before it even got started. sheesh!
Since the weather's been nice, I've started walking home with Gabriela from daycare. I put her in the baby carrier and we stop at the park almost every day for some swing time. She usually has a blast, laughing and kicking her little legs. But yesterday she was reaching out for me like she wanted to get out. I took her out and didn't understand why she didn't seem to be having fun when she usually is just beside herself with joy. Then she put her fingers and thumb together and put her hand up to her mouth. Is that the eat sign?!?! I took out some sweet potatoes (with cinnamon and cumin), sat her down on the grass and she gobbled it all down! I think she just told her mama she was hungry!! I'm so proud of her!!
Gabriela continues to be a good little eater. Last night she had pesto for dinner with a side of cantelope, banana, and raspberry.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
What a Steal!
We spent most of Saturday shopping, shopping, and then - you guessed it - shopping some more. We just couldn't help all the fabulous deals we got. If you don't care about shopping deals stop right here.
First we stopped at Goodwill. We are going camping next week in CA with all the Grovers and Gabriela needed some clothes that she could get all dirty in. We found a couple items for super cheap, and even some cute non-camping dresses.
I've been wanting a subscription to the magazine Cooks Illustrated, but haven't gotten around to it. Imagine my surprise when I saw not one, or two, or even three, but FOUR hard bound copies of the annual collections of recipes. And not just the recipes, but each issue of the magazine in its entirety for the whole year. The best part?!?!? They were each $1.69!!! I can't wait to read them all cover to cover. It's funny because this book cost me nearly twice the price doesn't appear to be nearly as useful.
And oh my goodness, I never fully appreciated the wonders of Ross. We stopped there to get some more baby clothes and I got things for like 99 cents, and complete outfits for less than $5.00. My cooking skills are only going to get better after reading Martha Stewart's Cooking School that I scored for $9.99! Watch Out! And I'm sure I'll find a recipe to use with my new Cast Iron Cassoulet dish.
Lane scored a ton of finds as well.
Since I'm already gushing about great deals, I may as well share that I recently purchased a pair of Nine West shoes. I found them on the Nine West website and liked them, but they were $79! Ouch. So I searched around and found the exact same pair of shoes on Amazon for..... TWENTY THREE DOLLARS AND SIXTY EIGHT CENTS! No shipping costs either! I was so proud of myself :-D
Sorry for my totally not so interesting post. Well, it's interesting to me, anyway. Right now I'm waiting for some brownies to come out of the oven from one of the Cooks Illustrated books. This guy tried like 50 different versions of a recipe before he came up with the one that's making my apartment smell so delicious right now. I am dying to eat those bad boys.
First we stopped at Goodwill. We are going camping next week in CA with all the Grovers and Gabriela needed some clothes that she could get all dirty in. We found a couple items for super cheap, and even some cute non-camping dresses.
I've been wanting a subscription to the magazine Cooks Illustrated, but haven't gotten around to it. Imagine my surprise when I saw not one, or two, or even three, but FOUR hard bound copies of the annual collections of recipes. And not just the recipes, but each issue of the magazine in its entirety for the whole year. The best part?!?!? They were each $1.69!!! I can't wait to read them all cover to cover. It's funny because this book cost me nearly twice the price doesn't appear to be nearly as useful.
And oh my goodness, I never fully appreciated the wonders of Ross. We stopped there to get some more baby clothes and I got things for like 99 cents, and complete outfits for less than $5.00. My cooking skills are only going to get better after reading Martha Stewart's Cooking School that I scored for $9.99! Watch Out! And I'm sure I'll find a recipe to use with my new Cast Iron Cassoulet dish.
Lane scored a ton of finds as well.
Since I'm already gushing about great deals, I may as well share that I recently purchased a pair of Nine West shoes. I found them on the Nine West website and liked them, but they were $79! Ouch. So I searched around and found the exact same pair of shoes on Amazon for..... TWENTY THREE DOLLARS AND SIXTY EIGHT CENTS! No shipping costs either! I was so proud of myself :-D
Sorry for my totally not so interesting post. Well, it's interesting to me, anyway. Right now I'm waiting for some brownies to come out of the oven from one of the Cooks Illustrated books. This guy tried like 50 different versions of a recipe before he came up with the one that's making my apartment smell so delicious right now. I am dying to eat those bad boys.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Hill Country BBQ
Sunday we had ourselves some serious BBQ at Hill Country BBQ. Feast your eyes on our pork ribs, beef ribs, bbq chicken, beef brisket, baked beans, corn pudding, cornbread, and bean salad!!! oh, and a bucket of beer. Did I mention it was 12:30 pm?
Here we all are. I can safely say that Gabriela is a fan of the ribs. See for yourself!!!
Otto
At Otto they start you out with brandied cherries, some crazy delicious honey, and another tray of apricots with red pepper flakes, breadsticks and lovely rustic bread. We immediately ordered a plate of Italian meats and selected several cheeses - a gorgonzola, a triple cream, a peppercorn goat cheese, you get the idea... Then you dip your bread and cheese in the sauces. Divine.
Here's a little sample of some of the side dishes we dined on - beets, muscles, green lentils, anchovies, octopus, shrimp and chickpeas, and one other dish that I can't remember. We also had some pasta and pizza.
Our amazingly fresh Caprese salad. It was heavenly.
Gabriela sampled all sorts of dishes after she woke up from her nap. She tasted the sauce from the muscles, the beets, the anchovy croutons, pizza, chick peas, lentils, caprese salad, and she may have even tasted the octopus! Gabriela is quite the little foodie!
But her favorite, hands down, was the gelato which Auntie Cynthia and Uncle David couldn't feed her enough of. They were her best friends that night!! I got sad puppy dog looks (from David) when I said she'd had enough dessert. Maybe I should have cut off dessert a little earlier because at bed time that night, Gabriela was standing up and shrieking in delight at I don't know what. I don't think she'd ever tasted dessert before then. We all had a totally fabulous time together that night.
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