Its been a while!

Sitting at the table with her family on Thanksgiving!

Hi Everyone! Dan and I have not gotten internet hooked up in the new house yet & are dying without it! I am babysitting (Kids are asleep) and thought I would do a little update on what we have been up to :)

Thanksgiving was wonderful. We had it at our new house this year. It was the first time I have hosted and thanks to help from my Mom and Aunt Monica the dinner was phenomenal. Gabrielle tried her first taste of sweet potato & loved it.


We LOVE our new house. It is on a private street in the center of Raleigh and convenient to just about everything. We attended a neighborhood Christmas party today and got a chance to meet some of our neighbors. Every flocked to Gabby, which may have been our plan to make conversation ;)

On the way to the party!

Gabby is 4 1/2 months tomorrow! We absolutely LOVE being parents!  She is been hitting some big milestones and we are proud of her.. She rolled over for the first time in month 2, she is chewing her toes and hands, smiling, laughing, reaching for toys and putting them in no other than her mouth! My absolute favorite thing she does now is reaches for me when I go to pick her up. Melts my heart every time :) Two weeks ago when G hit 4 months we started introducing her to baby food. Originally, we wanted to wait as long as we could but with her being the small fry that she is, we were worried about her gaining enough weight and wanted to make sure she was gaining. So far she has tried bananas, pears, peaches, green beans, peas, squash, cereal, & carrots!! Here is a video of Gabby trying food for the first time.. Bon apetite!

Johnny Jump Up FAIL

Lately I feel like Gabrielle has been bored with me. I try to keep her stimulated all day but there are times when something needs cleaning & I have to let her sit for a while. We bought a jump up for the doorway months ago & the box recommends 4 months which is only TEN days away. Scary. I decided to give it a try..tested it with a few hard tugs & set her in it. Apparently the 4 month recommendation is solely about the weight of the baby because seriously, look at her. That thing gobbled her up! She did a few bounces before her body fell back and then forward bumping her lip. Poor baby. Mommy fail. Jump up fail. See you in a few months!

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Toesies

....are officially in the mouth! Gabby has been trying all week. She also loves to pull our hands/any objects to her mouth! Little stinker ;)

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First Mall Outing!

Today I was feeling brave (after Gabs 3 hour nap) and decided to venture literally across the street to the mall. Very imtimidating ;) With lights it takes 8 minutes and no lights about 2 minutes. Front the time we left the house until the time we got back there was not a fuss or tear. Success! I am sure this had to do with the billion distractions there were like.. The Christmas Section at Belk!! Yayy! Her eyes lit up so big when she saw the Christmas tree & loved watching the train go round and round in the picture. I even found an ornament with 'Gabrielle' on it, how cool is that?! Our next mall adventure WILL include Macy's Christmas section.. So much fun!

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Daddy love.

Gabby has been more managable during the day, hallelujah! She still fights sleep but I came home to this from work the other day. Melted my heart. He said she started to lose it and just kept pacing with her. After 10 minutes he felt her head lay on his shoulder and she fell asleep. Sweet little baby. Feels so good to know that someone else can put her to sleep after losing it of course.. But thats not the point ;)

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Happy Halloween!

We dressed Gabrielle as a puppy & spent the night at my Mom's. It was a bit on the stressful side getting out with a 3 month old but it was nice to let Gabrielle see her Mormor (my Mom) & Aunt (my Aunt.. A very wondeful Aunt & would like G to consider her an Aunt ((not Great Aunt)) & her Grandma (Dan's Mom.) They made a delicious swedish dish & we had about 20 trick or treaters. Dan & I even dressed up for the heck if it! After being put in a situation that G was fussy & tired.. & driving home would result in a scream fest & having a dentist appt near my Moms while my Aunt watched the baby.. We decided to stay. The ride home the next day was tear free after a long nap. Totally worth the other night stay IMO :)

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Tiny & Mighty!

You can see her dimple a little here

October (my favorite month) is here! The beautiful blue skies, cool breeze & sunshine are just what I needed after a long summer being hot and pregnant. I haven't blogged in a few weeks & wanted to share a few new things Gabrielle has been doing. She is 2 months now! How time flies. It is starting to really sink in that I am a Mom & we have a daughter & we are a real family now. The days are long, sleep is becoming less frequent, unfortunately. But we hope to start developing better sleep habits as soon as we can figure out a solution to Gabby only being able to fall asleep while nursing.


We went to her 2 month check-up last week & she is topping the charts at 9 lbs 6 ounces & 22 1/2 inches! Not the biggest baby on the block but the doctor says she is slow gaining and nothing to worry about. I'm not much for bragging but I am just so proud of the way Gabrielle is developing & how much she has done way before the suggested age frame. Her doctor says she is ahead for development, which we were thrilled to hear. She may be tiny but she sure is mighty!

Reaching for those toes!

Last week, Gabs shocked us by reaching down and touching her toes!! She has been so amazed by them we can barely get her to look at us anymore. I give her a few weeks and those little feet will be in her mouth ;)


Today we tried the bumbo seat. It's not recommended until the baby has good head control & I thought she has been lifting her head & looking around well enough to give it a whirl. She loved it! We can't get her to hang out in anything for more than 10 minutes & she gave us a whopping 20 in the bumbo! I think she found her new best friend (next to Ink of course!)

Bumbo win.