Gaby's newest, most favorite sentence: "Wha happennnned?"- I hear this one a few hundred times a day. And actually it is just so adorable and funny that I don't mind it at all! She gets this very perplexed look on her face when she says it, which is just too cute.
Gaby's newest milestone: "I"-Very simple, but actually a very important milestone. Gaby is finally using the term appropriately. Instead of the usual "Me want","Me hungry" or "Gaby want", "Gaby hungry" she's replaced it w/"I". Makes for much more grown up speech. Awwwww, less and less baby talk. *sigh*
Gaby's favorite song: I have this CD I made for us to listen to in the car w/half normal, adult songs (like Jason Mraz, Bob Marley, Jimmy Buffet etc) and half kid songs (like Old McDonald, Mary had a Little Lamb, etc) thinking it would be tolerable and make us both happy. But Gaby has found her all time favorite song which we have to hear everytime we get into the car and multiple times thereafter- "Pop goes the weasel". So now it is literally engrained in my brain and I catch myself singing it or dreaming about it all. the. time. I think playing the same song over and over again is how they torture terrorists. Help me.
Gaby's version of Ring Around the Rosies:
Wing awound de rosies
Pop goes de rosie
Ashes, Ashes
Fall-in down.Watching her sing this is just too cute for words :)
And this concludes the random tidbits of information I wanted to tell you about. Good day :)
My little sweetie was born two and a half yrs ago, today. Sometimes it's so hard to believe! The amount of fun and joy Gaby has brought to our lives is immeasurable! Her giggle makes our hearts burst with happiness. Some of her facial expressions makes us laugh until we cry. And holding her sweet, soft little hand makes us realize what a precious gift we've been given. A beautiful daughter who is healthy and happy! She's got a pretty great sense of humor. And on the flipside, her temper is something to watch out for! But mostly, she is a true delight to be around and it's such a privilege to be her parent. Sometimes, I just wish I could stop time and really soak it all in for what it is. The sweetest times of our lives... 
As unbelievable as it sounds, my mom turned 70 yrs old this weekend!! Marcie, Billy and I planned a little dinner party in her honor.
Our pretty table...
A few of my mom's closest friends joined us... 
The beautiful birthday girl...
Gaby helped blow out the candles... 
So we had a little surprise up our sleeves. Since Lulu turns 18 in a couple of weeks, we decided to plan a family trip to Mexico to celebrate these milestone birthdays. Here are the girls getting their surprise... 
Happy birthday to my gorgeous mom!! 
Then Tripp showed Gaby how to use a crane... 
The choo-choo train in the sky was pretty mesmerizing... 
We even built some cars... 
It was definitely interesting trying to keep up w/two kiddos who were running in different directions at all times, but I survived. Just mild states of panic everytime I thought I lost one ;) But seriously, Tripp is a great kid and we had a fun day with him!
Look it's me in a picture :)
It was a small, but fun parade to watch. There were kids on bikes... 
A marching band and dancers.... 
This guy cracked me up.... 
Being so cute, the girls got plenty of candy and beads thrown at them. Fourth of July is the new Halloween. Who knew?? 
And the grand finale? A fire truck of course :) 
Afterwards we headed to the park and actually got to see the fire truck up close... 
Gaby actually wanted to get her face painted for the first time...
She got a butterfly on one cheek and a ladybug on the other. And a couple of tattoos on her hands. Here she is checking them out. Can you tell it was HOT?!?! 
In the afternoon we went to two different bbqs. We went swimming and ate lots of good food! Somehow I forgot to take pictures. Oh well. Gaby had refused to take her nap earlier in the day and was pretty pooped by about 8pm, so there were no fireworks for her this year. Maybe next year? Hope your 4th was as fun as ours!
Remember the scooter Gaby got for Easter? It has definitely been getting lots of use. She has gotten so good at riding it and really has fun with it. We are certainly getting our money's worth from that toy!
