Breakfast with Grandpa

January 21, 2008
Age 11 months

Gabriella went to breakfast with Grandpa McClellan and I yesterday. I will post a couple of video clips from it. It's fun to go out to restaurants with her. I actually order food for her, which is crazy. She had cream of wheat (3-4 bites) at this breakfast.

Stew and I went out to dinner that night and we ordered tomato soup for her. She had quite a bit of it, but preferred eating the mozzarella cheese off of our pizza. A daughter after my own heart!

Please pay close attention to the immediate 3-4 seconds of the second video clip!!!

Gabriella's New Cousin

Gabriella has a new cousin, Katelyn. She is adorable! We are so excited that Gabriella has a cousin, relatively nearby, to play with.

I love this picture. This is one of those images that we're going to have to go back and look at when we need to be reminded of the cuteness of our kids (e.g., after catching them with their first cigarette, a few too many missed curfews, etc.)

Aunt Beth, looking amazingly energetic.

Catching Up

Gabriella is going through so many changes that I can't keep up with the blog! She is now about 10.5 months old!
In the past week alone, she has (1) acquired a second tooth, (2) learned to say "Mom," and (3) can stand on her own for about 5-10 seconds. It's crazy how fast all of this happens. I must say that hearing her say MOM was wild! Now she does it whenever she wants comforting, "Mom mom mom" she says over and over (as she's crawling over to me.) Super cute.

Here are a few more words:
"Kck" = Kitty cat
"Bah Bah" = Bye Bye
"Hah" = Hi
And she MAY be getting "doggy" and/or "Daddy." She certainly understands these last two words, but I can't tell if she's saying them or not...(her language sounds like: da da da da, dod dod dod doddy, doddy.)

Here a couple of Grandma shots. Gabriella is lucky to have two fabulous grandmothers.

I had to post this because the Santa Claus in the previous post was beginning to creep me out. Isn't he the weirdest looking Santa ever???