The infamous "buddy"

Gabriella loves to talk about her "buddies." Everyone she meets is a buddy. I think it comes from us saying the words somebody and everybody and she has just changed them to something that works better for her. Whenever we go somewhere and someone strikes up a conversation with her, or even just says hello to her, she decides they are her best friend. Therefore the minute they have to go home Gabriella wants to know where her "buddy" went. It's adorable to say the least, although when it's asked over and over it gets a little old.

So if you ever hear a cute little girl yelling "hi buddy" just smile and wave back, it could be my sweetheart.

On another note, never lay on the floor next to Gabriella. I did that tonight singing songs to her. Her oh so gentle response was to belly flop on top of me. You can tell she misses Daddy wrestling time!

Our NH visit.

Here's our NH update.. It may be a bit long, and full of pictures, but I just can't help it, so bear with me!! We went to NH to stay at Nana and Gaga's house for the 4th of July. Nana made Gabriella a shirt to wear on the holiday. I thought she looked adorable, but you can judge for yourself!

While we were in NH we did some strawberry picking. It was a great time and Gabriella took Daddy doll with us. The ironic part was Daddy was actually available to be on the phone at the same time. He really WAS picking berries with us. Gabby did a very good job picking the ripe strawberries.. THEN she got bored and started looking for the green and white ones. They were harder to find and more of a challenge.

Another one of our fun activities was going in "Gabriella's pool." Nana and Gaga bought this small pool for their backyard and said it is just for Gabriella. Here is her first time in it. She was enjoying some time with Nana, and then with Mommy and Nana.

I have to share this next little story. We have a two piece (actually a three piece, it has a skirt piece) suit for Gabriella. I put it on for the first time and she got SO upset that her belly was showing and kept pulling it down. When we got in the pool she finally calmed but it was hysterical watching her and hearing her say "Mommy, no tummy, NO tummy!!" Apparently Daddy has taught her very well that you shouldn't show too much skin!

These last pictures are Gabriella supporting Daddy and his submarine. It says "Daddy is my hero." As you can tell from the pictures, we miss Daddy a LOT!

I think that's about it for our NH update! We also were able to go see both Gabriella's uncles where they work but we didn't get any pictures. Hopefully we'll get some from the next visit.

Fun at the aquarium!

I'm still backtracking a little, but here's a short blog about a visit to the aquarium. Gabriella and I went before our NH trip. We have a membership so we are able to go as often as possible and is so much fun to see her reaction to the animals. One morning I took her early so we were out of the house and able to avoid the crowds. She just wanted to see the "pish" as she says (f's aren't her strong spot). Here's a picture of her looking at some of them.

One of the new things this summer is a birds exhibit where you can not only be in where the birds are flying around, but able to feed them. As uneasy as I am about this, Gabriella LOVES it. So we got our food and went in and here are some shots of her feeding the birds!

Don't let the look of the second picture fool you. She did love holding the birds, it was just really sunny in that area.

All right, that's one of our older blogs, we'll keep catching you up!

We got a little behind..

Gabriella and I went to see her Nana and Gaga for the 4th of July. Since Daddy is away we decided we didn't want to spend the holiday alone. That way Mommy was able to get some rest, and Gabriella was able to get some Nana and Gaga time and memories. New blogs with new pictures are coming, but in the meantime, here's a video of Gabriella the night before we left for NH. She was dancing with her dinner.

I can't get it to post here, so here's the link. Someday I'll figure it out, but it's cute if you feel like clicking.

http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a180/sclifton/?action=view&current=20080703163337.flv