There are three posts... but so many pictures I made two of them quick scrapbooks...hope everyone had a great Halloween. Both girls have ear infections and Bella already had an ENT appointment coming up this week...so I'm sure tubes will be put in for the 2nd time this week or next...please keep her in your prayers. |
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Monkey See Monkey Do...
Gabby made a picnic on the blanket the other day, which included her cup, snack and books. 
Bella "shopping" around the house.
A few weeks ago was spirit week at school. So the girls dressed up in their OSU dresses Granna had made them.
putting on make up
Gabs and her books...she loves all the animals ones and makes the noises with it. Oinking like a pig is hard so she moos, but she's got the rooster down...and it's too cute.
Rocking their babies
Other recent events would including me slamming Bella's hand in the car the other day. I had my hands full and Gabby loves to run once the doors open from daycare, so I was trying to not let her run into the street and opened the passengers door and threw all the papers and cups in (thinking Bella was behind me with her old teacher) and shut the door. Bella said "mommy" and I just knew what happened without seeing it. I turned and her whole hand was in the car door. I opened it and it bruised instantly...so we headed to find Papa T to look at it. Luckily it was just bruised and swollen but no broken bones...probably got lucky that her whole hand was in the door instead of a few fingers.
The other day Joel and I heard "Yeah Gabby did it" so curious we went into Bella's room to find Gabby on the top bunk...still have no idea how she got up there and how Bella helped her. She is a climber and I ended up going with dad on Wednesday to check out a bump from when she drove off a climbing toy and landed with her head on a corner of the table.
Bella has also started making up "once upon a time" stories. they are pretty cute. They spent the night with mom and dad a few weeks ago and went to see our friend's daughter win junior homecoming court. So her story went like this "Once upon a time there was a princess, Mackenzie, and a king. I was the princess and we lived in a pink castle. We ate cookies and cupcakes and had pancakes for breakfast. The end. And that all really happened mommy."
There is no way around this being a really long post. Since coming back from Italy (more pictures on Facebook from the trip), things have been a whirlwind. The girls have been hilarious and testing at the same time. Bella was obsessed with giving us tattoos at night. She would get her magnidoodle out and put socks on for gloves and go to town on our arms and legs. She was so intense it was so funny...have no idea where exactly she picked this up.
Gabby is talking so much. She loves to carry heavy things around so when I asked her to show me her muscles...this is what we got. (She also gives and says "Good Game")
She is all about climbing up the stool to get things off the counter. She'll even push the stool around to get her toothbrush...or bananas off the counter.
For Bella's actual birthday we went to breakfast with Nana and Papa T, then headed to the park to feed the ducks (which we later saw were all sleeping on the other side of the pond) so we settled for pigeons.
Bella (and Gabby) finally got on the carousel and loved it...after trying 3 times before with lots of crying and getting off, this was the first successful attempt.
and then onto the choo-choo
and of course had to end up with and icee (had to get a 2nd one since Gabby didn't want to share)
and popcorn
That night Granna and Pappa got into town so Saturday we headed to McCormick Railroad Park
to ride another choo-choo
and played on the sides forever
Sunday morning Pappa dedicated Gabby at church in a ceremony after the service. Gabby looked so precious in the dress Granna had made her.
Gabby was a little tired and we had to let her have Joel's phone so she would sit still.
Then in the afternoon we had a joint party to celebrate Bella's 3rd birthday and Gabby's dedication - a Tinkerbell party of course
Bella and Gabby loved the bouncy castle and balloons...I think Gabby liked the bouncy more than everyone
Gabby of course loved the food. Joel couldn't figure out why she threw a fit when he tried to tear a piece off for her...then we figured that she wanted to eat the whole piece by herself...she is getting to be quite another independent child.
Bella showing off her Tinkerbell Tattoo
Gabs and Nana (Gabby still eating pizza - she was a machine)
Then onto cake
Bella's snow white outfit from "Stephie-Chad" was a little small but Gabby loves it to play princess too
Bella has also been a huge fan of the vampire teeth we got at Peter Piper Pizza
The two emptying out the pantry
Today we went to the pumpkin patch at Mother Nature's Farm. We went early since it was back into triple digits this weekend.
Bella claiming the big pumpkin to take home...lately when Bella says "Cheese" for a picture she closes one eye...it's so funny
Feeding the cow and goats
decorating with stickers
Bella also had her 3 year check up, she was 41 pounds and 39 inches (which kept her in the 95+% for both and she's wearing 5T in most clothes). She should be taller than mommy by a few inches and will around 5'8". Bella of course talked the pediatrician's ear off. Bella is speaking non stop these days and comes out with things where I have no idea where they came from. The other day on the way home she said "mommy you said we were going to Nana's after you picked me up from preschool" on the way to the pumpkin patch she informed us "there's is going to be poop and pee-pee at the pumpkin patch from the animals". She has moved up to the Preschool class and we were 2 out of 4 with crying when I dropped her off last week, but 4 out of 4 with happy pick ups. She is with all her friends again that moved up the last two months...so she likes that.
Gabby is just cracks us up. Bella is funny but Gabby is more of a clown. She loves to shut the doors and hide until you come find her. She is picking up so many words and putting some together like "animal", "thank you", "love you" and "good game". She also goes around saying "Bella are you?" and in class the other day the teacher asked who wanted to go outside and Gabby raised her hand and said "I do". She is so smart like her sister. When I pick her up from school she goes to the fridge and once opened grabs her two cups. If one is empty she grabs the juice or milk and hands it to me to fill up the one that's empty...then grabs her paper for the day and waits by the door. She is also into animal noises especially a monkey, lion and duck. I did get her to tweet at the chicks today too. She mimics everything Bella does and is such a snuggle bug. She'll just run into our arms and snuggle or grab our legs and then walk off. Gabby also loves to grab as much as she can and carry it around. Yesterday she carried out her cups, two animals and crackers in each hand all the way out to the car. In the morning she will grab all her blankets and animals from her crib (like Bella used to do) and carry them out to the family room.
