Gabi in pigtails...

I attempted to put a wiggly girl in pigtails the other day...Then I tried to take pictures. She just loves the camera too much! Whenever the camera comes out she just wants to play with it! Anyone got a spare P&S camera that doesn't work that we can have?

Father's Day, my Birthday and thoughts...

Just in case you all thought I was going to go through the entire month of June without another post...you were wrong.

We had a lovely Father's Day and went to the Vidaure's for a BBQ. Note to self, remember to assign a few items so you don't have duplicates. We had a grand time eating watermelon and greenbean dishes....enough said.

Pic of the Dads

Also I had a birthday...Now I have kind of a ritual that I made a few years ago on my birthday. I will get up in the morning and look at myself in the mirror. I usually say something like " So this is what (insert age here) looks like" As I subsequently flex my muscles in a pathetic attempt to look more toned. LOL. This usually results in me being depressed that I am not pretty enough or toned enough. Wishing I was bigger here or thinner there...you know how it is. Then I get dressed and make myself look more "presentable". Hoping this will somehow change the outcome. Well this last birthday I realized that all I wear is mostly tee shirts and jeans or some other kind of solid color bottoms.

Not that there is anything wrong with that....

But, I feel the need to look more...fashionable?? Something I have never been in my life...stop laughing. I know some of you are fashionistas...Stephanie (both of you), Jacque, Franny..I could go on...

Here is I think my biggest hold back when it comes to clothes...I am cheap. There I said it. Sometimes my DH doesn't think so, but I am. I think the most I ever spent on jeans was $35 and even then I had a gift card. Eeek. I try to find tops that are not tee shirts but then I look at the price tag and, well forgive me but I can't bring myself to pay $12-15 or $20 dollars for a shirt. Some of you I know are rolling your eyes or thinking that is petty change and you may spend much more than that on bottoms and tops. Well I grew up with 50% off at goodwill and shopping at the clearance rack at Target and the like. So I need a little adjustment!

Don't even get me started on the fit of clothes. I have the most problems with tops. Being a small gal it is hard for me to find cute tops that I can *ahem* fill out...I can't even fill out my underwear! I should also say being short and two different sizes on top and bottom brings a lot of interesting dilemmas to the table as well.

I would love to find clothes that look great but not too trendy so I can reuse them again and just change a few accessories here and there to update the look...oh and I need help on accessories too! LOL I would like to be more feminine in my clothing and just look polished even when casual. I know, a lot to ask huh?

So ladies how do you do it? Should I give up and just stay with the status quo? I know there are much more important things out there than fashion but I'd like to try anyway... :)


p.s. I should at that my wonderful DH got me a beautiful watch for my birthday! Thanks Hubbster! XOXO

Happy 1st Birthday Gabi!

Here are some pictures of the fun time we had! Happy First Birthday Gabi! WE LOVE YOU!

Doh!

Call me an idiot, but I wasn't paying close attention and deleted all of my friends links. So PLEASE if you think I may want to read your page at any time (trust me I want to know what is going on in your lives!) Send me a link! Thanks!

Whale spout....

Gabi is sporting what I call the whale spout hairdo. Liz if you are reading this...I still want to come over and make bows...I just caved and bought some but I still want more:) Yes her hair is messy but this was as good as I could do with a squirmy little girl. Enjoy.

Yes I am still alive...

Ok this post is for all of you who complain and come up to me and ask if I am "too busy to update my blog" (you know who you are, there are several of you!)

Let me first say that I do not appreciate this kind of badgering...I will update when I feel like it! J/K

I do have something to post about today, but it is not about Gabi....sorry family.

It is about how excited I am for the new Indiana Jones movie! Jack and I have free movie tickets (Thanks Mom and Dad). I have decided we will use them to see this movie. But FIRST we had to bring Jack up to speed. Yes, he had never seen the Indiana Jones movies, bits and pieces but not all the way through. He had also never seen Princess Bride when we got married but I had never seen Red Dawn so I guess we were even...

I borrowed the 3 Indiana Jones movies from my cousin and we watched the first one last night. We will most likely finish the rest before Memorial day and then sometime find someone to watch Gabi and go and watch #4. This movie brings back fun child hood memories of me and my brother reenacting the movie... good times.

The last movie I saw in the theaters was Hairspray...and I don't remember the last movie Jack and I saw together so I think it is about time!

Video update...

Look a few post below and you will see a video taken 4/28/08 of Gabi walking. She wasn't feeling so good that day so she is not her usual happy self...

Talking already???

I am sure that this wasn't entirely real but it was still cute....

Gabi had been up for a few hours this morning and I decided to and make her a bottle. Usually when we walk around I talk to her about what we are going to do, where we are going to go, etc. Today I was thinking about something else so I wasn't saying anything. I had her in one arm and the bottle out of sight in the other hand. As we are going down the hall she looks at me and says:
Gabi: "Mah"
I looked at her and said "Yes?"
(pause)
Gabi: "Ba ba"

I said "That's right Gabi we are going to get you a bottle"

And there you have it folks my child can talk in small sentences. Genius! LOL. I'm sure it's just a fluke but it was funny, and I called Jack to gloat about our braniac child.

She also recently started waiving bye bye....with some coaching. Next thing you know she'll be quoting Shakespeare.

Tub time...

Some cute pics of Gabi taking a bath...

First steps

Gabi has taken her first steps! She takes two at a time towards me or Jack. Super cute! We will try to take a decent video...

Ok I realize that this is a while after this post but here you go....Gabi walking. Video taken on 4/28/2008 She wasn't feeling so hot so she is not her usual smiling self.