One big update

It has been a long time since my last post. Not a whole lot is going on to be honest. Gabbie has been giving us a terrible time going to bed so we have been dealing with that. She was waking up super early but knock on wood she is doing better and has actually slept past 6:00am the last 3 days!!!

Easter was today. I think she got as many presents today as she did for Christmas. She is definitely spoiled.

Here are some pictures from the past few weeks and today.

I love this sweet face:)

Easter eggs at Maw Maw's house

Gabbie and Joe

Gabbie sure loves her Cousin Joe.

We took Gabbie to the park yesterday. I think daddy enjoyed this ride more than Gabbie:)

Here is what the Easter bunny left Gabbie

Gabbie loves clothes. Here she is getting her Hello Kitty shirt.

Her Barbie vet puppy

Easter egg hunt today

Gabbie and Maw Maw

Gabbie looking at her basket from Maw Maw

Chloe wanted her picture taken too

Gabbie opening up Air Buddies from GG. Gabbie loves the movies with the Buddies in them. So far she has Snow Buddies, Space Buddies, and now Air Buddies. Daddy was just so excited to add another one to our collection!

Finally Gabbie and GG

Easter Pictures

Friday we took Gabbie to get Easter pictures. I think they turned out pretty good considering I was afraid we wouldn't get any! Gabbie now loves me taking pictures but is very stranger shy. It normally takes her 20 minutes to warm up with someone she doesn't know. She hopped right in for these though and we even managed to catch several smiles!

I am really mad at myself because I did not take any pictures from the birthday parties this weekend:( We had a great time at both. Gabbie especially had a wonderful time with all of the kids.

Here are some of the pictures. Don't worry, we bought the CD and have the release!

Notice the boo boo on her arm. A little boy pushed her down on the playground, or so she says, and she got a boo boo. At first I didn't like this picture because of it but now it is one of my favorites!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAW MAW!!!

Today is Maw Maw's birthday. Since Steve and Cousin Joe are off for spring break this week Maw Maw and I decided to take off work today so we could have a fun filled day and that we did!

Steve, Gabbie, and I went and picked up Maw Maw and Joe at 9:15 and headed out for our day. We first started off with a trip to the City Museum in Saint Louis. It is this super cool place for kids of all ages. Gabbie had a blast. Such a big blast that after being there 3 hours she was crying when we told her it was time to go. She was not happy at all. She wanted to keep going down the slides and running like a wild child. Gabbie found quite a few areas of the City Museum she was fond of. There is an aquarium that had sharks that you could pet along with a bunch of other animals and reptiles. I also saw two ant eater type animals doing things kids shouldn't be watching. It was quite disturbing.

After leaving the City Museum we headed to have lunch and then back to our house to have some fun. Steve and Maw Maw went to a computer store and got Maw Maw a new computer. She is finally the owner of a computer at her house after all of these years. We all played outside with our cool new potato guns. We bought 2 at the museum. When Joe wanted them I thought he was crazy but to be honest we had a blast with them and I am wishing we would have bought more now. They made us all act like kids. Maw Maw was really into it until she wiped out in her back yard and was a muddy mess. Too bad I didn't have my camera on me for that! Finally we went to Maw Maw's house and set up her new laptop. Gabbie ended up only taking a 30 minute nap in the car on the way to Maw Maw's so we left there at 7:30 and Gabbie was fast asleep at 8:15.

It really was a fun day for all. Very active, but also very fun. Happy Birthday Maw Maw!!! I am glad you had a great day! Now for pictures.

Gabbie was really excited on the way to pick up Maw Maw and Joe!

Gabbie and Maw Maw - the color is off on this picture but I still thought it was a good one.

Gabbie and Maw Maw going down one of the slides. I love this picture! The look on Maw Maw's face is great!

Daddy and Gabbie

Mommy and Gabbie - I am so excited I had daddy actually take a picture of us! Not the best but it will work.

Gabbie going down another slide

Gabbie in the germ infested ball pit. Obviously you can tell by the over excited look on her face that she liked it!

Gabbie was quite brave. She climbed up this thing all on her own. A few times I thought we were going to have to rescue her but she did it. I kept worrying her crocs would get stuck in the bars though. I think mommy was more nervous than Gabbie! I was so proud of her though.

Gabbie, Maw Maw, and Joe in the aquarium.

Gabbie dragging daddy around.

Joe in the stinky suit! He said it smelled in there.

She sure liked this ice cream cone at lunch.

Gabbie and Joe playing at our house. She is crazy about her Joe Joe!

One last picture of my big girl. She is so fun to take pictures of now that she smiles away. Tomorrow we get Easter pictures done. Wish us luck!

Finally Happy Birthday to Papa and Baby Jordyn too! They all share the same birthday! We have their parties this weekend.

Flu, potty training, and yoga around the house

These last couple of weeks have stunk:( Last Monday night Steve and I became ill with the stomach flu. It was horrible, nasty, gross, everything bad! Yesterday I finally started feeling like myself and today I am feeling close to 100% normal. Fortunately the good news is so far Gabbie has not gotten sick!!! We are hoping it stays this way!

Gabbie is doing great with potty training!!! We are still using diapers/pull ups at naps and nights but a lot of those times she is even dry then. It is amazing how easy potty training her was when she was ready. We tried around Christmas but it didn't work. This time it worked! Also, I love how I don't have to buy diapers anymore and can spend more at tar-jay on other things instead!

Now for a few pictures. Gabbie was insistent on taking a lot of pictures last weekend. She even made Steve take pictures of the dog food bowl and chair. I guess she saw art in them? Maybe she will have a career in photography. I will spare you the 'artistic' photos for now.

During this photo session Gabbie was going all over the family room smiling a huge smile for the camera. She is so funny now how she loves to get her picture taken. It is like a dream come true for me! Well maybe not that great, but it is nice!





This starts the stretch of yoga around the house photos. She seriously had me follow her with the camera and take 10-15 photos of her doing yoga in different areas of the house. I was laughing so hard.

More yoga - look at that cute booty:)

Yoga by the table

Yoga on the landing of the stairs - okay you get the point!

My sweet baby girl

One last big cheese photo

I gotta go potty weekend

Gabbie was sick with belly problems all weekend and it was not fun. We have noticed her belly has been hard and bloated. He bowel movements have been a bit odd (trust me you don't want the details.) Friday night around 10:00 she had diarrhea and she didn't go back to her bed until 12:45 and asleep until around the 1:30am. She was up promptly at 6:30am. It was not fun and we were all tired Saturday. She took a short nap only to be woke up by yet again more diarrhea. She is better today thankfully.

Now for the good news. Potty training is going quite well! Even with the terrible stomach problems she went every time (which was a whole lot) in the potty except for the 2 times in her diaper while in bed! That was quite impressive and quite appreciated by mommy and daddy! She is doing so good in her big girl underwear!!! The only bummer is last night at 11:30 she started saying "I gotta go potty mommy" over and over again so I got up, took her to the potty, she went tinkle, and back to bed. While I really appreciate her telling me, she had a diaper on, and I would have appreciated sleep more!!! Oh well as my friends said today, I can't have it both ways! We are restricting her right before bedtime drink so hopefully she will not wake us up to go tonight.

Now for some pictures. Even though she didn't feel good she managed to be playful and smiley.

It was a tutu weekend. She literally wore this thing all weekend. When she puts it in she spins and spins.

The tutu gives her attitude (not that it is needed)

We celebrated Joe's birthday at Grandma's house Saturday night and of course she had to wear the tutu there. She pranced around that house all night full of tutu-tude. I know what you are thinking. Nice outfit, right!!!

Of course she wouldn't cooperate for even 1 picture with Joe. Little stinker!

Instead of giving Joe a card with money in it my mom always gets him a can of ready whip, wraps it, and tapes money to it. Joe loves ready whip. Guess who else does:)

GG and Gabbie. GG had surgery on her feet about two weeks ago and Gabbie is so great with her. She is gentle and lovable. She just hopped right up into GG's chair and cuddled. She always knows how to make people feel better.

Today Gabbie mixed her Tinkerbell PJ's with basketball, and her tutu. What a combo!

She's got mad basketball skills! She loves to dunk.

Happy Valentine's Day

Tonight we went to a friend's house for Valentine's Day. We had 8 adults and 8 children. Let's just says there were kids running everywhere! As always Gabbie had a blast, especially because baby Jordyn, Will, and Jay were all there. Now for pictures.


This picture was actually taken yesterday morning before Gabbie went to school. She was so excited to get her picture taken in her new Valentine's shirt!

Baby Jordyn

Jack and Gabbie - Aren't they adorable!

My big girl! I love how she now poses for pictures:)

Baby Jay

Baby Will

Gabbie and Gabe

Will, Gabbie, and Jay

Jay and Will