Gabriella's 6th Birthday

The Birthday Girl is 6!

Cousin Kandice w/ Baby Livvy

Isabelle went nuts with all the games. She loved it!

Cake and ice cream. 

They had a GF cupcake and pizza for Gabby.

I think that was the main reason we had the party there!

My front toothless wonder

Making a wish!

That blow-up crown has been a big hit with Livvy.

She loves sticking that in her mouth.

Chuck E. Cheese!

A Guitar Piñata!

Grab the tokens and tickets!

Opening-up pressies...

Target gift card, Friends Car Lego set, Spot-it game,

Operation Board Game, Sponge-Bob Lego set,

Cash register, and Barbie "Pink Shoes" DVD and figurine dolls.

Olivia (after she just fell on the floor, poor baby)

Gabby, Isabelle, and second cousin--Aidyn

Ticket Blaster-- she got the 1000 ticket voucher. Nice.

Gabby loves the unicorn dream lite 

HUGS! Gabby told Travis her baseball glove and ball 

was the "best gift ever."

I cannot believe my baby girl is 6... Watching her grow-up and become a little girl has been so much fun, but also challenging, as I fumble around learning how to be her parent.

A little update... She loves to read, especially Fancy Nancy. She's slightly tom boyish, as she gets down and dirty with the boys but she loves dresses, dancing, and being girly. I catch her singing songs by herself with so much feeling and joy-- it puts a huge smile on my face. One minute she wants all the attention and will perform for you, the next minute says she doesn't like big groups because she feels shy. She's my spunky girl and wants what she wants. She's impatient and emotional and doesn't deal well with disappointment. Her feelings get hurt easily. She loves to draw and color. In fact, she can do this for hours. What an imagination! She writes to the fairies about coming to visit her and makes-up stories about them. Did you know Queen Clarion visits Gabby in her dreams and takes her on adventures? Since I'm a grown-up, Queen Clarion says I'm not invited. She also gives wonderful hugs and kisses and boy does she love candy and chocolate! Hmmm... all of this sounds pretty familiar ; ).

Some Washington Highlights

The girls saw their first rainbow...

Highway 167 by Emerald Downs

Bollert Cousins!

Gabby making food for the restaurant

Gabby and Cousin Emerson

Silly cousins!

Grammy!

Grandpa Meeker!

First Sister Bath in New House!

Olivia is 9 Months

Highlights Include:
- crawling all over the place
- smiling and laughing more and more... just becoming a little person that interacts with others
- misses mommy when I leave the room
- everything goes in her mouth!
- starting to cruise just a little bit
- waving "bye-bye"
- loves bananas and oatmeal

Father's Day 2013

We took my dad out to celebrate Father's Day. We drove all the way to Sequim to eat at the Oak Table restaurant. They have THE best apple and cinnamon pancakes and other breakfast-type foods. I'm not even a breakfast food eater (I like sandwiches) so this is saying something... Then we took the girls to the park, watched them play, some some ducks and ducklings, and just enjoyed the beautiful weather. Afterwards, we drove around and then we showed my dad our new house that we bought. It truly was a great little outing. Good memories... :)

Big Girl Bed

We pretty much ripped the band-aid off... now Isabelle is sleeping in a big girl bed. Grammy bought the girls Dora the Explorer and Hello Kitty sheets--awesome!

Letter to Olivia

Gabriella wrote this in one of her writing journals... The kids read a book, think about what connection they had, and then write about it. Sweet, eh?