Christmas Fun

We had so much fun this Christmas. I have to admit, Christmas is a lot better with kids involved. Here is Gabriella's Christmas dress from Mom and Dad.

This was on Christmas Eve. Here a few of the grandkids and great grandkids in their Christmas pajamas from Grandma.

Here are the kids on Christmas morning. As you can tell, Gabriella was so tired. We finally had to wake her up, she wanted to sleep in!

Santa brought Gabriella a horse that jumps and spins for Christmas. She loves it!

She also got to have her first sleepover with her cousins. We went to boondocks and won a ton of prizes!!

Where is Gabriella?

You've probably been wondering where is Gabriella? It has been forever since I've posted anything. Well, she is keeping us so busy!

She is into lots of new things now. Such as her new addiction to solid foods. She had a sleep over at her great grandma's house this week.

She loves to roll all over the place now. She can crawl a little, but only in reverse.

I love this picture above, this is classic Gabriella. She loves to smile and have fun.

She got all of her Christmas shopping done yesterday. She loves to sing Christmas songs. One of her favorites is Santa Claus is coming to town.

Lastly, she loves her dad's hat! She's steals it from him any chance she can. It does work well when we don't have a toy to give her. She has also discovered a new favorite toy this month which is wrapping paper. If you give her a little, she will be entertained for hours!

Gabriella's Many Faces

Happy face

"Really mom you're taking of picture of me in the bath again" face

Sad face

Curious face

I'm so bored waiting in this line face

Seattle

Here are a few more pictures; these are from Seattle.

We got to meet my new nephew Owen. Isn't he the cutest?!

Our first Thanksgiving day picture of the three of us!

We rode the ferry to a small island while we were there. Gabriella loved it, she enjoyed feeding the seagulls!

We visited Pike's Place. Which was a lot of fun, Gabriella got to touch a fish, but they weren't throwing any while we were there.

Lastly, she got to sit on Santa's lap. She was so good, I think she liked all the other kids watching her more than anything!

Portland

Last week we took a trip to Portland and Seattle. We had a ton of fun, here are a few pictures from our time in Portland.We visited the Multnomah Falls; which were amazing. They gave Kauai a run for the best waterfalls we've seen!

The highlight of the trip was Gabriella got to meet her friend Luke. They almost the same age, only a week difference. She had so much fun playing with his toys. Although, she didn't let him play with any of his own toys; everything he had, she wanted.

Aren't they cute!!

Play Time

Gabriella has definetly discovered how much fun she has with toys. She has to have something in her hands at all times. It doesn't have to be a baby toy. Anything works, the remote, salt and pepper shakers, napkins, or anything she can get her hands on. She is so much fun!!

She still loves being naked. Now she will roll away from us while we are trying to get her dressed.

Gabriella has gotten so big this month! I can't keep up with her, every morning she looks like a new little person. We are enjoying every minute of her. It is so fun to see what she will learn each day. Every day is an adventure with her in our lives now!

Halloween & Other Stuff

Happy Halloween!!!
This was a cake we made to get in the Halloween Spirit. Oh, was it um, um, good!

1st time Trick-or-Treating.
Gabriella dressed up like a little Polar Bear. We thought it was going to be freezing, and we found out she has a double ear infection. So, we went with something extra warm. Gabriella with her 2 cousins Mackenzie-The Pink Butterfly, and Courtney-The Dead Bride.

The rest of her Trick-or-Treating Clan:
Parker-The Elephant & and Tyler- The Stinging Bee!!! Ella has so much fun Trick-or-Treating with all of her cousins. The Dead Bride made sure that everyone gave Ella candy.
1st Time to the Zoo!!!
We had a ball taking Gabi to the zoo. She loved looking at all the animals, but she had more fun flirting with all the other little boys in strollers.

"Here kitty, kitty, kitty"
Up close to a tiger.

So Long

I just realized it has been forever since I have posted any pictures. We have been having too much fun!!

We took a trip down to the cabin last weekend. Gabriella thought it was a blast because Dad let her drive while we were in the mountains.

Look at that cheesy grin!!

We also went to the aquarium one day a few weeks ago when it was raining outside. To our surprise, Gabriella actually really enjoyed it; she loved watching the fish.

Gabriella also has a new cousin this week. Owen Micah Williams weighing in at an amazing 8lbs 5oz!! We are so excited for you Laura and Nate. I can't wait to meet him. Gabriella and Owen are going to have so much fun growing up together!!!

Out and About

Fall is by far my favorite season, I love that the weather is cooling off and we have been out enjoying every minute of it!

We took Gabriella to Okterber fest this year, she wasn't too sure about all the noise.

Trevor can't get enough of college football this time of year. I would never admit it to him, but I enjoy it too.

She is sitting up all by herself now!

Gabriella felt snow for the first time last week. She didn't really like it, every time it hit her face, she would jump and make a grumpy face.

Cuteness

We had Gabriella's pictures taken professionally before we left for New York. We have been anxiously awaiting them to be completed, and they are finally here!! Enjoy!!!