Walking

About five days after her birthday GZ took her first steps! Stephen was with her and I was at work...no I am not a momzilla who will get upset that she missed it. I got to see her the next day and it was very exciting...I actually cried which is not a reaction I was expecting at all! She has been walking with assistance...stroller, chairs...anything light enough to push since Thanksgiving but these were unassisted, all by myself, I'm a big girl now steps :o) So wince then she has been falling and building her confidence. This morning whe walked from her bedroom to ours, she fell a couple of otimes, but instead of the usual ''I'll crawl the rest of the way' attitude she got up and kept walking!!! So neat and finally we have a video of her doing it to show for it. It has not been easy to get video of her before....so here she goes...watch out world!

Feeding

A few days ago we were eating eggplant parmesan with pasta and she wanted to eat by herself. It's easier I think getting food on a fork than a spoon so she really enjoys putting the food in her mouth. I am very proud of her and she smiles knowing that I am proud of her...so sweet!

Colors!

We started coloring this past week and I have her first drawing on my refrigerator...something I said i would never do!!! And here I am proud mommy with my baby's art on the refrigerator :o) A few days ago we sat ar her new table and chairs in her room and got a Fire Safety Coloring book her uncle Michael the firefighter gave her and we had fun coloring. She understands that you only color on paper and that makes me happy!!! as well as the fact that they are washable markers so when the marker misses the page it can easily be fixed :o)

All on My Own

It is so wonderful to see GZ accomplishing little tasks on her own...like just a month ago we had to put her on her horse and most of the time she just fell over. The day I took this pic she climbed on it all on her own!!! You can see she is excited that mommy is excited!

Got Milk?

GZ likes her milk...or maybe that is the primary drink I give her..whatever! So she likes to drink it from her cup straight up...like you see below...
she likes it with a straw, and her sippy. She is just amazingly coordinated like that!

Cutest Words She Says

well basically all of them are cute...Stephen and I know that Gabriela Zoe said "Evangelia" at least twice to each of us at different times! In vain have we tried to convince her to say it again. The other word she says consistently is 'tsa' that she says it when she plays peekaboo and some times at random. She says 'dada' 'gia' (which mean Hi in Greek) and when its together 'giagia' is grandma. The most frequently spoken and understandable gibberish is 'oloudloudlou' 'ticketickletickle' SO CUTE....I just had to write them down so I don't forget!
She definitely understands No because when she is about to do something she is not allowed to do and we say 'no' sometimes she starts crying! Sad but makes me happy to know she understands.

Tsa a.k.a. Peekaboo!

'tsa' is the greek version of peekaboo. We've been playing from the time she was very young and it always has produced plenty of chuckles and hillarious laughs. When she was younger occasionally she would put a blankie or whatever clothing she found close by and put it over her eyes and then pull it down fast and smile :o) Lately she has been saying 'tsa', even thought it is not always timed right..ex. she says 'tsa' when she puts her hands over her eyes and then takes them out fast with a huge smile. SSSooooo cute!! She even likes to play the game with her reflection from the piano and our mirror in our bedroom. She supports on the humidifier and leans away from the mirror and then leans towards it 'tsa'! Ahhhh she makes me laugh!

Sitting

So it is not often that you get to picture major milestones in the baby's development by I have two of them (the second will be mentioned later) The day she first sat of her own was September 30th. Like I said she was already starting to figure out the whole crawling thing and that day we were waiting for daddy to get home...I look up and what do I see she had sat on her bum on her own from hands and feet. I was so excited I pulled the camera and got a bunch of smiles...it was also fun for daddy to see her first sitting on her own.

Moving Around

It has been forever and a day since I posted so I am going to pretend I've been updating it all along. So the picture shown is taken on September 2nd which was 2 days before she was 6 months. I was sitting in the living room....if I recall well I was finishing addressing some thank you notes and I look up to see what Gabriela Zoe was doing only to see an empty mat infront of me. So where was she? She had wiggled under the furniture...for a while she was in the backwards moving phase so she kept pusing with her strong arms and got under the cabinets in our living room. After that she did it more and got stuck under the couches also. Some occassions were more joyous than others, since sometimes she would go under even with her head and then she was really stuck!!! I knew that my quitely sitting in the couch while the baby was playing with toys overhead were over. so much fun though...I can't describe it!

Eating Solids

Well by now Gabriela Zoe has been eating solids for almost a month!!! On Tuesday she will be completing her second week of eating breakfast, lunch and dinner (or as Rachel Ray puts it BLD) which means that we will be starting vegetables and fruits....I am ssooooo excited, if you want to know how excited I am I was contemplating giving her avocado today :-)!!! Her first spoonful of c...ereal was when we were in Palm Springs. We took the aerial tram and went to the top of the mountain where we had lunch. It was so special to not only have daddy there, not only to have grandpa and grandma there but to also experience something new in such natural beauty. So I have attached a link from that day so I hope you enjoy the pictures

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