10 months going on 3

Gabby has decided she doesn't have much use for baby food. She'll still take it once in awhile, but what she wants is big person food. And she wants it now! Heaven forbid you eat something in front of her and don't give her a bit. You will get screaming, grunting, and a lot of pounding on her tray. Her new favorite food is Mac n Cheese. I felt bad giving it to her knowing it's not that healthy, so I bought some of the Annie's Organic stuff. Um, there is a reason why the bad stuff tastes so good I think, LOL!

She is standing up all the time now and is so close to taking her first step. Any day I think it will hit her that she can let go of the couch and keep on walking.

Will is gone this week with my parents. They took him to Silverwood Theme park in Idaho in their camper. He is having soooooo much fun! I miss him a ton though. it's so quiet around the house without him. It has been nice at night though since Gabby is in bed by 7:30. I almost don't know what to do with myself with all the extra time!

not much going on

I need to be better about posting. not a lot is going on, except my kids keep growing! Gabby is babbling all the time now and is starting to mimick us. The other day she attempted to give her first kiss, which consisted of her putting her forehead on Will's cheek. She still isn't walking but is crawling really fast all over the place. We have to really watch her because she is putting anything she can find in her mouth.

Will and her are starting to play together a bit. They do ok for awhile until she gets upset over something, usually something minor, and starts crying. Will sometimes has a hard time understanding that she isn't even a year and, no, he can't tackle her!

I'll have more to post later. Have some new pics to upload.

My little girl is growing up

And way too fast for me. It really hit me what a big girl she is becoming when she started playing peek-a-boo with us. And it wasn't us playing with her, but her playing with us. She went over by the railing in our house and "hid" behind it, though we could see her through the spaces in the railing. Then she'd lean around the side and start laughing. She kept doing it over and over. That, more so than the crawling, the crusing, the claping, and the waving, shows me how big she is. I hate that she's growing up, and I love it. I love seeing her and Will interact now and I love how her face lights up when we walk in the room. How did I get two awesome kids?

Don't Destory me Mommy!

so last night Will grabbed some of the weather stripping on the door and pulled it off. We told him he had to be nice to our house because we worked really hard to make it nice and we don't want him to destroy it.

So a minute later I start tickling his belly button. He says "stop destroying me mommy. God worked really hard to make me and doesn't want you to mess me up"

Our first race!

I shouldn't say first race because we have both done races before, but this was our first together. Amy organized a breast cancer walk/run and we went over for it. It was a lot of fun and Neil and I ran the whole thing in under 30 min.!

Over the river...

This weekend we went to the Tri-Cities for a visit and Grandpa Strege took some pics of the kids. Ian isn't in this pictures because he was taking a nap. I think they turned out pretty cute!

Gabby stats

Gabby had her 9 month appt. on Friday. Her stats are:

Weight 17.12 lbs. (what a little bean!)
Heigh 27 1/2"

I can't believe she's not even 18 lbs yet.