Captain Gabrie Grace

Our neighbor threw a Pirate Halloween Party the other day and I was excited because Gabriella loves to play with other kids (or so I thought) and it was her first friend party. Well we got there and she wouldn't let go of me! And even when she did she wasn't really interested in the other kids, the speech pathologist in me started to worry- "My child isn't socializing!" Well I wasn't really worried but I was surprised when she is with her cousins she goes and plays with no problem. As the party went on I realized she was in a new place with new people and I guess she is little shy (something she has never been before) she did play with one little girl but mostly she was interested in other things like....eating her cupcake and wearing her skull bandanna. Every time it fell off she would bring it to me to put back on!

And she loved the jewels from the treasure chest and the giant slide!
ARRG! To bad she wouldn't wear the eye patch!

18 Months Old

Today is Gabriella's half birthday so she is officially 18 months old.
Her favorite things are:
Pumpkins- She calls them "hunkins" and loves them! She thinks they are her friends, she tries to share with them, talk to them, and even give hugs. You can see her shear joy in the picture.
Elmo: We a got an Elmo sing-a-long from the library and now she loves anything Elmo and she will sing "La La Elmo's Song"
Books, Babies, and Balloons- She gets really excited when she sees any of them.
Food and Drinks: She will eat just about anything and lately she always wants a "shrink" in a different cup or water bottle.
Climbing, Swinging, and Sliding: All of which she does far too well for someone her age.
Pretties- This includes any kind of jewelry (usually if she sees me put on a necklace she needs one too) and hair accessory. Hence the picture-usually she takes her "pretty" right out once I put it in her hair but this morning she would say "pretty" then pat her hair and say "hair" and then once I put one in she would say "more" and we would start all over.
Singing and Dancing- She has done both of these since she was very little, she loves music.

All Gabrie All the Time

I had a bunch of pictures I've been meaning to post
so I decided to do a slideshow of them all! So
GABRIE ALERT!
There are 50 pictures of Gabrie so if you are not up
to it I understand. But I just can't help taking so
many pictures. Unfortunately she is getting to the
stage where she won't look at the camera and usually
runs away ( as you can see if you watch the slideshow).