Snow!!

Just in time for the holidays!  Maddy loved getting out and running around in the snow most of all!

Gabriella - stats

Gabriella is now 35 inches tall and 28.6 pounds.  When I looked it up on the percentile chart, she's 90th percentile for height and 50 percentile for weight.  She is talking up a storm, loves to do yoga, read and run around in circles!

Gabriella loves to pee in the potty...I think just so she can go dump it into the toilet and flush.  :-)  She also loves the praise.  This morning she said she had to go, so she sat down on her potty.  A minute later she said she had gone, so I looked and said oh, there isn't anything in there, so she asked for her water bottle.  A few seconds later I glance back at her and she's trying to drip the water from her bottle into the potty between her legs so there would be something in the potty for me to see!  She cracks me up.

walking at Wehle

Our walk on Sunday was beautiful and fun.  Gabriella LOVED the hot cocoa.  I think it was her second time ever having it and even adding more water than recommended it was still quite chocolate-y and sweet.  We stayed too long though and Brie got tired and cold.  (It's hard keeping gloves on little hands!)  So the walk back was quite noisy and stressful with her in the stroller but not wanting to be in it.  BUT she did fall asleep in the 5 minute drive back to the house and slept for the next 3 1/2 hours.  

Gabriella helping Maddy eat

Brie being the helpful little girl that she is decided she needed to hand feed Maddy.  I sure love her giggle!

Happy Hanukkah

Gabriella enjoyed her first meal of latkes with applesauce and sour cream.  Really, what's not to like?  It's a fried potato pancake.  I waited a bit too long to find a menorrah - Target was all ready sold out! - so we'll start that tradition next year.  And Brie will get to learn about Hanukkah (me too) and Christmas.  :-)

Mat's afternoon paddle around the harbor

Love the bright orange winter safety suit that Mat wore out to paddle around.  As Mat left the dock, Gabriella said "Daddy float away."  Which he did, it seemed, as the water was so calm today!  No ice yet in the Harbor so there might be some more days that Mat is able to take the canoe out for a solo paddle.

Gabby do it self

Gabriella is beginning to assert her indepence more and more.  She likes to dress herself about half the time now, which makes for a pretty long process as she doesn't quite have the front and back thing figured out.  She also still puts both legs through one hole and usually one arm ends up through the neck hole.  But it is fantastic to see her trying.  She also likes to put her own shoes on, shut the door, get books to read and to sit on the potty and flush the toilet.  She's been sitting and peeing on the potty more and more.  If I try to help she says "Gabby do it self" or "Gabriella do it". 

Last night was my first experience of reading a book with her on my lap and all of the sudden I felt warmth seeping into my legs.  I tried not to get too freaked out and got her to the potty for her to finish.  (The books say not to get mad or alarmed as it will harm your child psychologically!)  So we'll see if we will still be on the potty train the next few days.  Or if I've set her back some.  :-( 

Asheville Awesome-ness

As always, it's fantastic to go back to the southern city known as Asheville.  And it was a perfect trip.  No car troubles, beautiful weather and yummy food on Thanksgiving day with lovely people.