A little about Gabrie

I just wanted to do a quick post about Gabrie. She is just about 2 1/2 and does so many cute and funny things, that I wanted to make sure I recorded them somewhere.

-She uses the /f/ sound as a replacement in lots of words like "ferella" for Cinderella, ""forsie" for horse
-She loves to sing songs and dance
-After we sing a song together she says "Good singing everybody!"
-She will tell me (and Luke) "Good Job" after we do random things
-She says things are "tute" for cute
-She says funny phrases like, "not yet" "nope, no thanks" "just a minute Mommy" "maybe later?"
-She thinks she is hilarious and will ask "Was that funny?"
-She bosses around other kids who are much older
-She is scared of "the monkeys"
-She loves Barney
-She takes all the clothes from her dresser and folds and stacks them all over her room (drives me crazy!)
-She still loves babies and books
- She talks constantly and is always busy
-She is almost potty trained ( :
-When you ask her if she wants one of something she'll say "I want...2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9"
-She is the highlight of each of our days!

I don't know if you can tell but she drew on her face at church today and has salsa on her face.

She loves her Grandmas and cousins

Monterey (Our Summer -part 2)

In the middle of August we drove Spencer and Mayra's van to them in Monterey, CA. The trip started out great until 30 miles outside of Elko a tire blew out and I was driving! I think I handled it well though, luckily there were no other cars around so I just pulled over and Luke figured out how to change the tire (with the help of a highway patrol man). Then we spent 3 hours in Elko waiting for a new spare. All in all the drive took us 17 hours but it was worth it!

We had a lot of fun visiting Spencer and Mayra's family. The first day we went to Lover's Point (a rocky beach overlook), walked along the beach, went out to eat and got to see a lot of Monterey.

Luke and I on one of the many beaches we went to!
The views were amazing!
Me and Mayra, she is so fun!
The next day we went whale watching. We were really excited to go but sitting in the cabin of the boat while it went against the tide the whole way out left some of us sick, well most of us! Only Spencer and I actually threw up, which is funny because I never get motion sick and Luke usually does! But knowing that he purposely stayed out on the deck the whole time. Good advice if you ever go! So the first hour was torture but once I started to feel better we saw two whales jump out of the water, it was really cool! We also two different groups of dolphins, each group had 50 or more dolphins! I'm glad we did it and now I never need to do it again!

Gabrie and Luke! Gabrie scared me and just about everyone on the boat by running around on the unsteady deck, leaning over the edge, and sticking her hand out the little holes on the sides!
Me and Ali
Spencer and the girls
Mayra, Gabrie and Ethan
Luke and Anna, she wasn't feeling good and feel asleep.
So cute in their life jackets!
We were glad to be off the boat!

After whale watching we walked around the shops and got treats.
Two Snow Whites!
The Monterey Bay Aquarium, it was fun but a little over priced.Then we spent the afternoon at the beach.

That night we ate dinner at a cool restaurant overlooking the ocean. Gabrie loved visiting her cousins and Aunt Mayra and Uncle Spencer! She still talks about them all! Especially baby Ethan, which is always followed by "he's so tute!"

It's a GIRL!

We had our ultrasound today and this baby was much more cooperative then Gabriella was, and she let us know that she is girl! We are really excited, a boy would be fun and new but we both kinda hoped it would be a girl. I really wanted my first two kids to be the same whether boys or girls. I always liked having a sister close to my age, so now Gabrie will get one too! She will probably be as bossy as Miriam was ( : (just kidding Miriam- well kind of). And Im hoping having a girl will reduce some stress since I already know how to take care of girls. And of course it will be nice that we dont need to buy much new stuff!

Our Summer (part 1)

Luke found our camera! I was so excited and happy. It was in the trunk of car we rarely drive. So I thought I would do a quick recap of our summer, besides the few posts we already did. Here it is:

We ended the school year by going to Lagoon. Gabrie could only go on one ride because all the kiddie rides were closed but we still had fun. She would get scared each time we went on this one but she always wanted to ride it again. I love how she is holding on to Lukes arm. I think it is a cute picture. She loved her sunglasses and wore them all day.

Luke's Grandma Joan passed away shortly after, it was expected but still sad. We went to Arizona for the funeral and to visit his family. Gabrie was very interested in Grandma Joan and talked about her for the next month, she would even say "there's Grandma Joan" or talk to her. Who knows maybe she did see her.
Here is Gabrie and Luke on the plane enjoying their beverages. Gabrie did pretty well on the flight, much better than the last time she was on a plane. (She was 6 months and screamed the whole time!)

Gabrie and Parker at the church. She loves her cousin so much!

All the cousins.
Then Spencer and Mayra and their kids and Justus and Kyrsten and their kids came to visit for a few days. We had lots of fun.
Here are Gabrie and Anna driving the car.


Playing the fountains.
Cute baby Ethan!

I actually don't have many good pictures of all the cousins ) :But here are a few.
Izzy
AliAnna, Gabrie and Ali
Daddy and Gabrie, so cute!

Gabriella got her new toddler bed! This was here first night. She was really excited about it but it made me a little sad that she is growing up so fast!4th of July ( actually it was the 2nd )
Grandma holding Samantha, Ashlyn, Grandpa, and Gabriella

Grandma and Parker
She loved the fireworks just not the noise!Kellie and Luke

Gabrie, Darcy and Emilee
Samantha
Dianne, Kiley, and Parker
Gabrie and Ashlyn made Grandma and Grandpa take turns running toward the fireworks that Luke and Alec were doing and then running away when the went off. What good sports

No Camera

We missed placed (lost) our nice camera a month ago now and I have been in denial. I thought for sure it would turn up but we have looked everywhere and it is gone ) : Along with all the pictures I hadn't saved! So I guess I should do a post even though the pictures are usually my favorite part!

We have been having a fun time together. Luke has finally had some time off, so we've been taking it easy. Gabriella has entered a new phase of no naps, I do not like this phase! She isn't even 2 1/2 yet! But when we put her in her room she just plays with whatever she can find. Then she is grumpy the rest of the day because she didn't take a nap! She has dark circles under her eyes and will sometimes fall asleep between 5-7 pm just when you don't want her too! If anyone has suggestions I would love to hear them (: We also decided to try a little potty training, so we gave her some underwear to wear for two days and I don't think she ready. She will sit on the potty and get really frustrated when nothing happens and say "I can't do it."

We are really excited for August we will be going on a couple vacations and celebrating our 5 year anniversary! So it should be fun, hopefully we will have a camera to take pictures of it all!