Sunday School

Every Sunday we make it to church...note: we make it :-) The idea is that we go to two services one where we attend as a family and the other where we serve...currently I am helping Stephen with the after service coffee refreshments when I am able to. Gabriela Zoe is enjoying the nursery...and all the workers there absolutely love her. The above picture is the day that for the first time she was placed in her tummy and instead of being upset she reached out and was having fun with the other children in the room. By now she is moving so much that the nursery workers say that they will have to move her to the crawlers room very soon...we'll see :-)

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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Modeling for Mommy

once in a while I pull out the camera and pretend I'm a photographer...the quality of the photo may not be great but the fun is amazing...enjoy :-)

More Pool Fun

we just have a blast as a family in the water so here are some pics combined from a time with grandpa and grandma when they came to visit, when we went just the three of us and from our recent vacation with grandpa and grandma to Palm Springs....

Friends

So in the middle of July my very good college friend Sandra with her husband Dan (who is not excluded of coarse from the college circle of friends :-) ) came to visit us and spend one night at our home. We had not seen them for TWO years since they now reside in Germany so it was soooo wonderful to spend time with them...as you see they also had fun with Gabriela Zoe :-)

My First Official Wedding

So why official you ask. Let me tell you! The real first one I only got to be at the reception. This one though I was there from start to finish...even at the rehearsal dinner...I was a busy busy girl :-) So I was dressed up as you see but as soon as mommy sat down I got upset so mommy stood up which made me happy...but then everyone stood up for the beautiful bride and I don't know but that upset me also so mommy quickly run out the side door so that the bride doesn't walk down the aisle with the music of my cries...really I think that she would have appreciated it...but mommy didn't think so :-) Mommy offered me to eat but I turned my head away because hunger was not the cause of my fuss...there were lots of people that I didn't know and I was curious I wanted to be able to be held, see everything and yet not be with everyone...a little princess you think :-) YOU ARE RIGHT! (It was great to be with Marie and Marcus on their special day and their celebrations also marked something new in the baby's progress...after she had her last meal of the day she slept in her carseat and when we got home and swaddled, put her to bed and she woke up the next day!!! How awesome it that?)

The Old Ball Game

On Monday we went to the baseball game with our newly wedded friends Donny and April. Funny thing is that we took the best route but we missed a turn and got lost which got us 1/2 late to the game. The game was super fast and we did not even realize how the time went by so after I nursed we went to change her and by the time we were done the game was done!!! We could not believe it....you go to games in daytime and burn in the sun over long run games and when its nice and cool they finish like a breeze. Despite all that it was her first game and we got a mini pink bat to commemorate it and she stayed awake the whole time. It was awesome!!! :-)...got to add...the last pic showcases daddy's first mishap in dressing baby. This is the outfit that should say Don't Laugh Daddy Dressed Me :)