8 Months & Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Day was very special to us as it marked two very important milestones: Gabby's 1st Christmas and it marked her 8 month Birthday!!



She enjoyed the presents - and even stopped to take some time to rip some wrapping paper and play with some ribbon! She was spoiled by all and everyone and we are so greatful for all of the wonderful gifts she received.

We were lucky enough to be able to see all our families over the Holiday Season - including Christmas with The Mueller Family (my mom's side) and Brandon's Grandparents. Josh and Molly even came back to Iowa so Gabby was able to spend time with them as well. Both Jeff and Darcy were here for Christmas, so that was very special!

This past month has been CRAZY! Gabby has learned to crawl, pull herself up and cruise all in about 5 weeks. She loves to stand up in her crib and SCREAM!! Oh, so much fun for Mom and Dad at 3:00 a.m.! She is starting the teething "routine" again (massive drooling, self applying pressure to her gums) so we're thinking her top 2 teeth will be making an appearance in the next couple of months.

Brandon and I had time to run a few errands yesterday and even grab an "adult" dinner (Thank You Grandma Dawn!) and we found ourselves reflecting back on the past 8 months. It is truely amazing how much Gabby has changed and we feel so lucky to have a healthy and happy baby. We only pray that we are so fortunate here again in 14 short weeks!

We hope all of you had a joyous Holiday Season!

Santa

Gabby met a very special person today - Santa Claus. She was very intrigued by his beard and even took a little bit with her as we tried to pull her off his lap...oops!! She is busy counting down the days until Santa makes a stop by her house - how exciting!

7 Months

Gabby turned 7 months old on November 25th! She is still working on her bottom 2 teeth, but they seem to move up a little each day. We've been very lucky with the whole teething milestone - she is a little fussy from time to time...but nothing terrible. I've heard horror stories about teething, so I'm relieved that we've had it so easy! She is army crawling everywhere and gets up on her hands and knees frequently to rock back and forth...so we're thinking crawling is in our immediate future. Time to baby-proof our home!

Brandon and I spent 8 days in Mexico over Thanksgiving. It was a great trip - but very hard to be away from the baby! We spent most of our days laying by the pool, we went to the ecological park - Xcaret and into the town of Playa Del Carmen...but other than that we enjoyed doing absolutely nothing! We will be going back to Playa in exactly one year for a wedding, so we kept saying "In a year from now, we'll be leaving 2 babies"!!

We decorated for Christmas before we left, and finished by putting up the tree when we returned! It's both Brandon and I's favorite Holiday and we're excited to share it with Gabby.

Happy Holidays!

Comedy

We found a new HILARIOUS thing today....Daddy hitting the tray on our highchair!

6 Months Old & A Big Sister to be!!

Gabby turned 6 months old on October 25th and we're happy to announce she'll be a BIG SISTER next April!
















Brandon and I are very excited to be able to contribute another red-headed baby to this world! We're currently 4 months along and very, very excited!

Today it was a nice 63 degrees here - and for the 1st day of November in Iowa, that's pretty darn good! We went to the pumpkin patch with Gabby...I kept telling Brandon "next year, this experience will be A LOT different"! Gabby enjoyed looking at the animals and all of the other people that were there.

Gabby celebrated her 1st Halloween this year - she was a cute little Kitten!

Brandon turns the BIG 3-0 next Sunday - so we're celebrating this milestone and our 2nd Anniversary by taking a trip to Mexico over Thanksgiving. 20 days and counting!

5 + Months...

I've obviously been WAY behind on updating our blog. The end of the summer/beginning of Fall has be super busy around here. Gabby is doing great, growing like a weed and eating everything in sight. I think teething is in our new future as we put EVERYTHING in our mouth and I mean everything. We are working hard on sitting up and just LOVE LOVE LOVE to watch Kinnick. Did you know that he is HILARIOUS?!

Grandma Dawn has been watching Gabby all week while Robyn enjoy's a well deserved week of vacation. Gabby is having WAY too much fun and I think has napped a total of 3 hours the entire week. Ahhhhh, Grandparents!!

Brandon's parents were in town this past week to celebrate Ryker's 1st Birthday. It was a great day for a great little boy.

5 Months!

Gabby turned 5 months on September 25th! More updates to come soon!