New Videos

Hello,

We attached a couple of Gabi videos below. The first two show a snow day from last month. I like the first of those two because she sounds and looks like the kid from a Christmas Story:)

These next two videos show how much she has learned in terms of speech and memory. She is so smart and is growing up on us too fast!

Our lives are CRAZY hectic right now so forgive us for not posting more. We will catch up during Spring Break and please keep us in your prayers. Still, God is GOOd and we are very blessed, just BUSY!

Christmas 2010 ( I know. I know.)

The darn thing never did budge!!! I blame Rosa, Sheridan, & Josie!!!





Daddy's birthday in the midst of chaos! We love u




Well things started a little crazy (we were vacating our home and moving in w/ my parents). Plus, Aaron caught the flu BAD (2 days before Christmas)! Gabi did not falter...she was her happy go lucky self. She did have a battle over Santa's cookies, though! We were very blessed to have shared the holidays with everyone (except for Goober and Magra). Gabi LOVES her chair, btw. We had to work w/ her on not standing up on it for a few days. AND, I'm told that she has become a little bossy at school, telling her friends to "sit down." :) Ay, my baby!

It was great seeing all the kiddos in Lubbock. Aaron and I couldn't believe how big the kids have grown. It was also nice to hang out w/ Danny & Debbie. They know us so well and give us the best and most fitting gifts (i.e. SHERIDAN's). I LOVE the pic of Gabi n" Debbie (SO SWEET...thank you Debbie and Danny)! And the Josie's pic is priceless. We always pack our fat pants when we go to Lubbock! Lastly, who could forget Fast Eddie's? Cheers to my sisters-in-law. Kuddos to you both! You have the hardest jobs as stay at home mom's! You earned a night out! Love n' miss you all!

This video is short but HILARIOUS! It all started shortly after Christmas and has been repeated EVERY NIGHT SINCE!!! I bought her a toddler Posturpedic pillow for Christmas and as you can see she hates it! She throws it out of her crib EVERY night then lies down peacefully for 10-11 hours!

Gabi's 1st Haircut (amongst other things)

Soo..I will begin this blog as I have begun countless others. We have been SOOO busy! But, God is good and we are blessed. Gabi continues to amaze us w/ her developmental milestones. I was reading to her the other day (she LOVES books) and she completed EVERY SINGLE PAGE with the hidden picture and word behind every flap! creamed. She laughed and looked at me like I was crazy. :0)



The book she "read" was this one.To further test her genius, I asked her where all of these body parts were. She identified (pointing and saying) "KNEES, toes, TONGUE, teeth, ELBOW, eyes nose, BACK, belly button." I must admit, I cried. Aaron and I are so unbelievably proud!!! We have been trying to get a video of this but unlike her proud parents, Gabi is quite modest. :0) Aaron finally caught it today!!!

Anyway, as you can see from the pictures, Gabi is just like most girls. She loves to be primped and pampered. She just needed a quick trim and hammed it up the whole time. We took her to JcPenney and my hairdresser cut her hair.

Catching up!!!

Well, it's just like us to let nearly 6 weeks go by without a post...SORRY! We have had TONS going on though (as you can see). The biggest bulletin being: we signed a 1 year lease to rent out our house. Gabi had her first dentist visit and is thankfully cavity free. She even got compliments from the doc for having such clean teeth (and great behavior). We also got to hang out with Grandma & Grandpa Martinez at Thanksgiving (see pics of Gabi's 1st hike w/ fur lined Crocs, no doubt) Hee. hee. And, this past weekend my mom and Gabi and I snuck in a quickie pre-Christmas trip to Cali. It would have been my 1st time NOT in Cali w/ my family at Christmas time so my hubby lovingly sent us off for 3 days. It ended with a tearful good-bye ( I miss you, SISTA!!!) but we all had a blast and Gabi got to hang with her cousins, Nina, and Nino. 6 months and counting....or less. We're praying!!!

Next up: Christmas in Hatch; Christmas Take 3 in Lubbock, and ringin' in 2011 in Santa Fe!

Gabi Gets Tubes

Our baby had tubes put in her ears this morning. It was tougher on me than her but she did FANTASTIC! She was reading books and chatting with all of the staff. She did not cry ONCE! She was however, worried about all the other screaming babies...my sweetheart! She kept saying "Baby, baby, cry." It was sweet. She was in the operating room for maybe 15 minutes and then Aaron and I got to go in with her. It was HORRIBLE seeing her with an oxygen mask on her face. She came to about 10 minutes later and quickly pulled everything off of her face. Moments later she was GABIng away. No tears. No whining. But, she she did down two graham crackers and a cup of apple juice! Even the doctors and nurses commented on what a good patient she was.

Back at home Gabi napped and ate as usual. She was fed her favorite meal of spaghetti and devoured it as per usual. Aaron and I have been a mess since last Thursday when we learned our baby girl would need tubes. But, through the grace of God she is back to her old self, running around and perfectly happy. We are SO blessed! Thank you all for your prayers!