Not funny.

So I'm in my closet this morning getting dressed w/my sweet Gaby hanging out in there with me.

When out of nowhere, she ever so sweetly places her tiny little hands on my belly, looks up with her beautiful brown eyes.............and then gives my belly a good shaking & jiggling and starts cracking up laughing.

Ouch!!! I guess that means mommy might need to start doing some crunches ASAP.

*sigh*

3rd Bday Bash

Gaby's party was such blast! It was at The Champions Academy where she takes her gymnastics lessons and there was so much room to run and jump and play. Gaby was truly giddy from the moment her grandparents started arriving in the morning and was smiling until she went to bed that night. It was so much fun to have all of her (and our) friends in one room to celebrate her big day. I know she felt special and enjoyed every single minute. It was an awesome day!! Check out some of the pics below...

Birthday Morning

The birthday girl was very excited to wake up that morning to us singing "Happy Birthday" to her.

And what's better than a song?? A new necklace, of course.

And what's better than a new necklace?

Cake for breakfast, of course :)

The Big Day

Happy 3rd Birthday,
to my beautiful daughter!!!

Stay tuned for some pics
from this morning...

Big Girl Bed !!

Gaby's room before... And after... I just love my new bed :)You might have been wondering what Gaby was getting for her 3rd Bday. Well, as an official big girl we got her a big girl bed! And oh, how excited has she been! Truth be told, Gaby was still perfectly content in her crib. But it just seemed like the appropriate time to make the switch.

So last week it was delivered and she's been loving it ever since! It's actually made her sleep later in the mornings- yipee! I think it's because her mattress is so darn comfortable. We love laying in it with her. She hasn't gotten the concept that she could get down whenever she wants. She still calls out in the morning. I hope that lasts. Big thanks to Pito & Pita who bought her all the bedding for her birthday. It's super cute, isn't it??

Peanut's Party

Gaby and I made a quick trip to Houston to make it to our friend, Preston's, first birthday party. Peanut's (as we like to call him) mom, Patty, and I were college roommates. It was at the Children's Museum. That place is awesome! Next time we're in town, we are going to have to make a special trip there to really check it out. Happy Birthday, Preston! We had fun :)

We finally did it!!!!!

If there's one thing that maybe I have a teeny, tiny regret about is Gaby not getting her ears pierced when she was really little. I am Latin, afterall, and that's just what we do. I actually went to the mall one day when she was about three months old and totally chickened out. After that, it seemed like she was so much more aware of things and I just couldn't bring myself to cause my poor little child pain and/or discomfort. And of course, I believed she would blame me for her pain. So it just never happened.

For about six months now, Gaby has been saying she wanted earrings. I explained to her that they would have to pinch her ears to make holes in them and that it would hurt for a little bit. That didn't seem to matter to her. She's been pretty relentless and insitent on the fact that she wanted earrings. She is such a girlie girl!

So this past weekend, we actually went for it. It would be part of her birthday present. My niece, Suzy, came with us.
That's one excited little girl... Thank goodness they did them both at once... About three seconds after the pop, Gaby's face went from excited to OUCH!!!!! Poor sweetie did cry, but just for a little bit...
After that, we were all smiles and soooo happy to have big girl earrings!!! Way to go, kiddo :)
She looks too cute!

The Princess and the Frog

Once you see your first movie, there's no time like the present to see your second one, right? So last weekend, Gaby and her two buds, Ellington and Reese, headed to the theater to see The Princess and the Frog. It was a really cute movie although I don't get why the scary parts have to be soooo scary. What's funny, though, is when I asked Gaby what her favorite part was she said- "The frogs. And the scary part." Go figure. Maybe we have a future horror film junkie on our hands??

It's almost here...

Check out the ticker to the right......

It's so hard to believe that in one week she'll be 3 already!!!

Time flies, when you're having fun :)

You're my best friend.

We've been hearing this for a little while now. I think she must have picked it up at school. It is such an amazing thing to hear from your own kid- "Mommy, you're my best friend!". I love it! It melts my heart.

But on the contrary Byron gets "You're not my best friend, Daddy!". Uggggg. I'm sure that feels like a daggar to the heart everytime. But what we've come to realize is that only girls can be Gaby's best friend and not boys.

Which I can't figure out if that's a good thing or not. But it definitly shows how early the distinction between boys and girls begins.

Now trying to explain the concept that even though Daddy is a boy he can still be her best friend b/c he's her Daddy has been hard to get through to her. Sometimes she'll agree, most times not so much. I wish she could be a little more flexible in her rules.

In any case, I'll take it everytime I hear it because I'm pretty sure that if you ask her when she's a teenager if Mom's her best friend she would say something like- "Whatever, Mom". *sigh*

My boys.

Gaby has certainly taken to having pets. She adores her boys and is constantly loving on them. Now poor Ozzie (the black one) really never wanted too much to do w/our cutie. But it seems as he gets older and wiser. he realizes that it's much easier to play along and let her do what she wants with him, than to fight it. That includes patting, hugging, kissing, covering with blankets, and having necklaces put on. Of course, since Ozzie has been a little more standoffish with her, Gaby says that "Rosko is my baby and Ozzie is your baby, mommy". Which has pretty much been the story of poor Ozzie's life. Always playing second fiddle to the number one dog in the universe, our sweet Rosko. But seriously, both of our puppies really are the best and we all just love them to pieces!

First Movie

Over Christmas break, we took Gaby to see her first movie ever in a movie theater. We went to see The Chipmunks: The Squeakel. Gaby was super excited to see the girl chipmunks. "Can I have some M&Ms, pleeeeeeease??" The whole gang went with us :) It was a super cute movie and we all really enjoyed it!

2010.

My first official post of the New Year!

I'm excited for 2010. It sounds so futuristic doesn't it??

We already have alot of fun plans for the coming year.

But I'm mostly interested to see what life (with a 3-yr-old)

has in store for us.

As usual, I'll keep ya posted!

Happy New Year :)