Happy 1st Birthday, Lucy!!!

Lucy loves her birthday present that Daddy picked out for her!

He's Smiling!!

Andrew is smiling a lot now...especially when Emma and Sarah are talking to him. I tried to capture his cute little smile. Look at the adorable pumpkin hat that my Mom made for him.

The Holiday Train!

The Bolers & Carneys took the kiddos on the Glen Rock "Holiday Train" the day after Thanksgiving. The kids had a blast on the train, especially Brian & Collin. Santa was also a big hit with everyone on the train except for Lucy. Lucy was terrified of Jolly 'ol St. Nick to the point where she knocked me off the edge of my seat and on to the floor in attempt to get away from him. But she did end up accepting (cautiously) a gift of a Hello Kitty doll. After the train ride, we hung out at the Bolers, napped, and ate. To top the night off, the kids had a pajama party.

I'm walking

Unfortunately this video doesn't demostrate Lucy's awesome walking skills but she is now walking about 90% of the time.

A Day In The Life Of Lucy

I start my morning with a yummy breakfast...

Then I put on my clothes ....

heehee--it's my mommy's shirtYou caught me!Then I go to the bathroom ... and make a mess :)Countdown until I turn One is: 15 days!!

Princess Sarah

Here are a few shots of Sarah dressed in her Princess finery. These were taken on different days...she just dresses up as different princesses every single day! As you can see, she has lots of princess options to choose from...

Emma's Halloween Party at School

I know these pictures are late, but I just found them and wanted to share them. Emma had a Costume Parade and Songfest at school on Halloween and of course, Sarah had to dress up just like Emma that day. Notice the blue shirt that Emma insisted on wearing with her ladybug skirt. I tried to put a black shirt on Sarah, but she said, "No, blue." She wanted a blue shirt just like Emma.

The whole school paraded around the "big room" and then stood in front of the audience singing. At first, Emma was doing great, then all of a sudden, she kind of freaked out and got sad/scared and plopped right down in this lady's lap. She happens to be a Mom of one of her classmates, but she doesn't know her that well. She sat in Rachel's lap for about 10 minutes before gathering the courage to get back up there. You can see the other picture where she really starts hamming it up. Look at the picture of Emma's whole class--note that Sarah got in the picture, too, and the teacher was so nice to include her in the class picture. Sarah is sort of like the class mascot--she loves it!

More Andrew

My Mom knit this beautiful sweater and matching booties for Andrew. He looks so adorable! I had to take a picture before he grows out of it.

Also, a cute little picture of him sleeping in my arms.

Andrew

I took these pictures of Andrew today because he looked so cute in his big boy clothes (he is normally in pajamas!). Andrew weighs 15 lbs now and he is 2 1/2 months old. He's in the 95% percentile and wears 6-9 month clothes already. He's growing so fast!

Happy Halloween from the Gabriel's!

With so many dress-up costumes to choose from at our house, the girls settled on Ladybugs for Halloween! Amazingly, there was very little drama in the decision-making process. Aunt Tracy put "make-up" on the ladybugs faces and they loved it. Mr. Andrew is our little pumpkin.