Grampa brought out Gabi's Texas family for the weekend, and she really enjoyed having 3 times the usual attention. And that's just from Grampa. In the first picture, we see that Gabi has convinced Grampa to read her favorite book for the 894th time. Fortunately, Grampa wouldn't get tired of this book until the 902nd time through.
Next, we see Gabi entertaining us all by singing and playing the piano -- or yelling and banging on the keyboard, to the untrained ear. Experienced percussionist Uncle Brian knows how to enjoy this little concert -- with earplugs!
This next montage shows a family outing to the Fernbank Science Center. Gabi got to practice her pointing! Not that she really need the practice, mind you. Gabi pointed at chickens... dinosaur bones... and bees. Gabi girl loves to point.
The next day, something arrived that made Gabi smile SO BIG!
...Uncle Stephen! Uncle Stephen was playing peekaboo with little Gabi around some folding chairs. This picture was taken during Dr. Tim's "Breakathon." His taekwondo school was holding an event where they broke boards to raise money for a charity. We don't have any pictures of Gabi watching this and giggling... because she didn't like the board breaking and yelling at all. We have some pictures of her crying and hiding, but they're just not very much fun to look at. Poor baby.
She did like to practice walking, though. Here, Uncle Stephen shows us how good he is at driving the baby. Did you know that New Mexico is cleaner than Old Mexico? Uncle Stephen's t-shirt did.
And now for something completely different... Pictures actually taken on Easter.
Uncle Brian woke up early to play with Gabi on Easter. Having seen how much fun Gabi had playing with all of her toys, he decided to see if she would have fun playing with all of her toys... at the same time. Actually, she had a lot of fun, especially since she found an Easter egg with a Nilla wafer amid her toys.
On the night before Easter, we played some games and then everyone went to bed. Everyone, except for Mama, who stayed up late. Since we were all sleeping, we didn't wonder what Mama was doing up so late. But if we had been awake to wonder, we might have thought that she could be...
Hiding Easter Eggs! Gabi's first set of Easter Eggs were filled with some of Gabi's favorite snacks, like Cheerios, vanilla wafers, and Goldfish!
 | Gabi enjoyed opening her Easter Eggs. She also enjoyed putting them in her Easter basket. She's big into putting things in containers these days. |
Little Gabi looked so pretty in her Easter dress! Of course, we all took turns having our pictures taken with her at church. Grampa posed with her with the nice flowers outside, and her uncles posed with her in front of the altar. We got so many comments on our pretty girl -- like, more than usual.
One of the nicest things about Easter (as far as Gabi girl is concerned) is that there are more flowers about to point at. Gabi really enjoyed pointing at the flowers inside the church.
Finally, it was time to take the baby home. Here's our little walker walking down the church aisle with Grampa and Papa. She was so excited! Happy (belated) Easter, everyone!
2 comments:
At the Fernbank Science Center, Gabi started doing her "bird" sign as soon as she saw the rooster and chickens. After the rooster crowed, however, she looked a bit confused and then did her "dog" sign. Apparently she decided that "cock-a-doodle-doo" sounds more like a dog's bark than a bird's song!
Adorable, Lissa, as is the mis-signing story. What a little angel!
She must be tearing around the place walking now. When the son of a friend of mine took his first steps last year sometime, I was sent an e-mail with a picture of the steps saying 'Oh dear, it's all changing, he's mobile.'
What a sweetie!
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