Brian: Gabby do you love cereal?
Gabby: Yeah
Brian: Gabby do you love Daddy?
Gabby: Yeah
Brian: Gabby do you love Mommy?
Gabby: >silence<
Brian to me: Crickets
I guess she loves cereal and Daddy more than me!! It is funny that she is saying "Yeah" now whenever you ask her a question. She also tells me when she is hungry by saying "Num Nums?" If she is REALLY hungry she yells angrily "NUM NUUUUMMMSS!!!!"
Her new word today is Cookie! I made granola bars and she is getting her grub on with the "cookies". Luckily they are good for her.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Spring Pictures
Alyssa's Spring pictures are in!! They came out SO cute. When I asked how picture day was two weeks ago she said "Mom I went like this (she gives me a America's Next Top Model pose) and the guy said No posing!" Me and my step mom cracked up. So needless to say I was anxious to see what her pictures came out looking like. I loved them! The only problem is that I got the middle package because if her pictures came out funky then I would be stuck with funky pictures I paid a bunch of money for. I hate the fact that you can't see the pictures.Anyway when I was looking at her pictures at home I looked at Alyssa's last year Spring picture. I was amazed how much she has grown in a year!! Check it out... last year she still had baby fat and was so much smaller!! I yelled to her to get in my room right away when I discovered this. She thought she was in trouble. I said "Alyssa you are no longer to grow up. I want you to be my baby forever!!" She said "No Mom!! I want to be bigger!!" So I showed her the two pictures and she said "I like the new picture better because I look older." Oh boy...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
What a crack up!!
Last night Alyssa said to me “Mom I was learning to skate the other day like Chaz Michael Michael!” That cracked me up!! I never knew Alyssa had seen the movie Blades of Glory. Brian and I have it on TIVO but I never thought she paid attention to the movie while she was playing with her toys in the room. I guess we have to be more careful about what we watch around her.Gabby is becoming more of a chatterbox. Here are the new words she has said in the past week:
Ball
Erika
Dora
Walk
Num Nums
Kitty
Meow
Baby - Nigh Nigh... she sings this before bed
Peeety baby - Pretty Baby
OW!! - When I brush her hair... she got that one from Alyssa!!
She is also pretend playing - she will tell us BYEEEE and give us kisses like she is leaving.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Walking Weekend!!
First and foremost the most important thing that happened this weekend is... Gabby is walking more!! Here is a glimpse of video that I took of her walking. She is very cautious while walking but she is finally doing it more and taking more than four steps at a time! I am so happy because if she didn't start walking by her 18 month appointment (May 16th) her pediatrician wanted her to start going to physical therapy!
Okay so on to our weekend. Friday I watched Jade. Corina and Kaile came over at around 11 and they stayed until 1. Kaile was pulling some WWE wrestling moves on Gabby while they were playing. I guess that is her way of saying HEY YOU PLAY WITH ME! Brian got home at around 4 and he took the girls outside to play. While they were playing Alyssa saw the neighbor who is 6 watching her. So they started playing. Then I saw Alyssa and the girl go into her house. Brian was outside with the girls mom. I was like OMG does she have a neighbor friend??? The Mom was laughing at me because seriously I was teary eyed. Alyssa has played with this girl before and she came to her party because the party was happening right in front of her house... but this is the first time they played together by themselves. So we invited the girl over for dinner and she stayed and we watched the Bee Movie together... and yes I was cheesy enough to take a picture of the girls when they weren't looking. This is the first time Alyssa has had a neighbor friend over!
Gabby giving Kaile her drink Friday... later Kaile put the smack down on her:
Saturday we went to Mariya's 10th birthday party at an ice skating rink. I went out with Alyssa while Brian looked on. We went out on the ice with Stacy and Amber. It was not easy teaching Alyssa how to skate. I don't even think that she wanted to learn. She just tried to beat Stacy and Amber by getting back to the entrance of the rink first. She is so crazy!! She would just move her feet all crazy and try to go fast. I thought I remembered how to skate but it was not easy. Finally after 30 minutes and three times around the rink Alyssa was done. I wanted to try and skate a little more so I took Amber out! That girl will be the next ice princess!! She was pretty good we almost fell a few times but we did pretty good. My ankle was killing me after that so we stopped. I asked Alyssa if she liked skating and she said "NO!" So I doubt we will be doing that any time soon again!!
Mariya the big 10 year old!!! I remember the day she was born like it was yesterday. Where has 10 years gone???
Me and Stacy trying to skate with Amber... Sorry for the poor quality. Brian should not be a photographer!
Me and Alyssa trying to skate... Alyssa not listening to a word I am saying!!
Gabby chillin' at the ice rink. OJ (my godson) hooked her up with an Ipod and she was texting with Daddy's phone. She is so tech savy ;o)
Sunday we had church and afterwards Brian and I went out to Outback with Pastor who is also Brian's boss while Gabby and Alyssa went swimming at Papa and Grandma Tammi's house. We got back from dinner and Auntie Lety was there swimming with Gabby. I so wish I had a camera because Gabby LOVED the water and she looked SO cute in her bathing suit!! Next time I will take pictures. Next weekend we don't have plans but that always changes. We are thinking about going to the zoo... we will see. I am burnt out!
Oh I also wanted to share this picture of Gabby just because it's so funny. I love her hair do and she is trying to paint her toe nails with crayons!! She is so fascinated with painted nails. If I have my toe nails painted she always has to touch them!
Okay so on to our weekend. Friday I watched Jade. Corina and Kaile came over at around 11 and they stayed until 1. Kaile was pulling some WWE wrestling moves on Gabby while they were playing. I guess that is her way of saying HEY YOU PLAY WITH ME! Brian got home at around 4 and he took the girls outside to play. While they were playing Alyssa saw the neighbor who is 6 watching her. So they started playing. Then I saw Alyssa and the girl go into her house. Brian was outside with the girls mom. I was like OMG does she have a neighbor friend??? The Mom was laughing at me because seriously I was teary eyed. Alyssa has played with this girl before and she came to her party because the party was happening right in front of her house... but this is the first time they played together by themselves. So we invited the girl over for dinner and she stayed and we watched the Bee Movie together... and yes I was cheesy enough to take a picture of the girls when they weren't looking. This is the first time Alyssa has had a neighbor friend over!
Gabby giving Kaile her drink Friday... later Kaile put the smack down on her:
Saturday we went to Mariya's 10th birthday party at an ice skating rink. I went out with Alyssa while Brian looked on. We went out on the ice with Stacy and Amber. It was not easy teaching Alyssa how to skate. I don't even think that she wanted to learn. She just tried to beat Stacy and Amber by getting back to the entrance of the rink first. She is so crazy!! She would just move her feet all crazy and try to go fast. I thought I remembered how to skate but it was not easy. Finally after 30 minutes and three times around the rink Alyssa was done. I wanted to try and skate a little more so I took Amber out! That girl will be the next ice princess!! She was pretty good we almost fell a few times but we did pretty good. My ankle was killing me after that so we stopped. I asked Alyssa if she liked skating and she said "NO!" So I doubt we will be doing that any time soon again!!
Mariya the big 10 year old!!! I remember the day she was born like it was yesterday. Where has 10 years gone???
Me and Stacy trying to skate with Amber... Sorry for the poor quality. Brian should not be a photographer!
Me and Alyssa trying to skate... Alyssa not listening to a word I am saying!!
Gabby chillin' at the ice rink. OJ (my godson) hooked her up with an Ipod and she was texting with Daddy's phone. She is so tech savy ;o)
Sunday we had church and afterwards Brian and I went out to Outback with Pastor who is also Brian's boss while Gabby and Alyssa went swimming at Papa and Grandma Tammi's house. We got back from dinner and Auntie Lety was there swimming with Gabby. I so wish I had a camera because Gabby LOVED the water and she looked SO cute in her bathing suit!! Next time I will take pictures. Next weekend we don't have plans but that always changes. We are thinking about going to the zoo... we will see. I am burnt out!Oh I also wanted to share this picture of Gabby just because it's so funny. I love her hair do and she is trying to paint her toe nails with crayons!! She is so fascinated with painted nails. If I have my toe nails painted she always has to touch them!
Friday, April 25, 2008
Bittersweet
On Wednesday I registered Alyssa for Kindergarten. Where has the time gone? It seems like yesterday I was taking care of this newborn that would not sleep and now my baby is going to go to school in August. I just want my baby to stay my baby forever! I want her to always want to snuggle with me and give me kisses. I don't want her to drive or go to dances. Why do they have to grow up???
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Spring Cleaning Weekend
Friday started off with a text from America saying that she had to work all day so Jade spent the day with her Dad. So I went to the dentist to get Alyssa's Kindergarten paperwork filled out in the morning. Then Brian said he was getting off at around two so I said let's go to the mall because Alyssa put a hole in her jeans and she has no jeans to wear next week. So off we went (to the good mall Stoneridge!!) Alyssa does NOT care about clothes whatsoever she was more interested in fighting with Gabby on who got to sit in the stroller. All she wanted was flip flops... which of course I couldn't find in her size. She has small feet like me. So she got some jeans and shirts. I am pretty sure she will just need shoes for school because that girl is set!! I also bought a few things for myself since Express had a coupon out.
After shopping we ate at Val's Burger in Hayward for dinner. I swear those are the best burgers EVER!! The shakes are good too. There were some Hayward police officers eating there and I said Alyssa why don't you go say hi since you always ask about the police. She is fascinated because she sees their guns and their cop cars. She said "No Mom they will arrest me!!" So they pass by us as they leave and I am trying to get her to say hi... so finally she does and the cops give her and Gabby hi five. So we leave after them and they are in the parking lot and the cop says "Come here little girl so I can put handcuffs on you and arrest you!" She starts laughing and they give her and Gabby Hayward PD stickers. Oh she loved that.
Saturday I woke up and I had a cup of coffee and cleaned like a crazy woman. Coffee is like crack to me... I don't drink it that often but when I do... Watch out!! I am like a crack head cleaning!! I started at 10 and didnt stop until 10 pm. I wanted to get stuff together because the people that collect donations were coming on Monday. I ended up with four trash bags full of stuff that I gave to them. Which is nice because you don't realize how much junk you have. I also organized Gabby's room because even though she has been in that room for a year we still stick our crap in there. So that took awhile. Plus I got out Gabby's old clothes that would fit her and then bagged up her stuff to give away to my friend Ana and Corina. I put Brian to work too... he put together Gabby's toy organizer and cleaned out the storage closet and washed both cars inside and out. Then he went to his Dad's to play poker and didnt come home until 2 am... did I care?? NO... because he came home with 180 dollars that he won!! WOOT WOOT!!
Here is a pic with Gabby and her new toy organizer. She finally can get to all of her toys! We still have a LOT of work to do in her room but this was a good start.
Sunday Brian's brother Daniel came down from Redding to visit. We probably won't be seeing him for awhile after this visit... So right after church we went to Aaron and Abi's house for dinner. I made Apple Dumplings and they were BOMB. I will post the recipe in my recipe blog. Gabby had fun with their dog Sammy... I KNOW I am going to have to get a dog... maybe when the kids are older but Gabby's obsession right now is doggies. She says Doggie WOOF WOOF. Here are some pics from today:
Brian bought the kids ice cream from the ice cream truck and he was going to share his ice cream cookie sandwich with Gabby until she took things into her own hands.... I don't think she knows how to share yet ;o
Brian (starting on the left) with his brother Aaron, his Dad and his brother Daniel.
Gabby and the doggie Sammy:
After shopping we ate at Val's Burger in Hayward for dinner. I swear those are the best burgers EVER!! The shakes are good too. There were some Hayward police officers eating there and I said Alyssa why don't you go say hi since you always ask about the police. She is fascinated because she sees their guns and their cop cars. She said "No Mom they will arrest me!!" So they pass by us as they leave and I am trying to get her to say hi... so finally she does and the cops give her and Gabby hi five. So we leave after them and they are in the parking lot and the cop says "Come here little girl so I can put handcuffs on you and arrest you!" She starts laughing and they give her and Gabby Hayward PD stickers. Oh she loved that.
Saturday I woke up and I had a cup of coffee and cleaned like a crazy woman. Coffee is like crack to me... I don't drink it that often but when I do... Watch out!! I am like a crack head cleaning!! I started at 10 and didnt stop until 10 pm. I wanted to get stuff together because the people that collect donations were coming on Monday. I ended up with four trash bags full of stuff that I gave to them. Which is nice because you don't realize how much junk you have. I also organized Gabby's room because even though she has been in that room for a year we still stick our crap in there. So that took awhile. Plus I got out Gabby's old clothes that would fit her and then bagged up her stuff to give away to my friend Ana and Corina. I put Brian to work too... he put together Gabby's toy organizer and cleaned out the storage closet and washed both cars inside and out. Then he went to his Dad's to play poker and didnt come home until 2 am... did I care?? NO... because he came home with 180 dollars that he won!! WOOT WOOT!!
Here is a pic with Gabby and her new toy organizer. She finally can get to all of her toys! We still have a LOT of work to do in her room but this was a good start.
Sunday Brian's brother Daniel came down from Redding to visit. We probably won't be seeing him for awhile after this visit... So right after church we went to Aaron and Abi's house for dinner. I made Apple Dumplings and they were BOMB. I will post the recipe in my recipe blog. Gabby had fun with their dog Sammy... I KNOW I am going to have to get a dog... maybe when the kids are older but Gabby's obsession right now is doggies. She says Doggie WOOF WOOF. Here are some pics from today:Brian bought the kids ice cream from the ice cream truck and he was going to share his ice cream cookie sandwich with Gabby until she took things into her own hands.... I don't think she knows how to share yet ;o
Brian (starting on the left) with his brother Aaron, his Dad and his brother Daniel.
Gabby and the doggie Sammy:
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