It all began this morning about 8:00 a.m. I was in my office checking my e-mail as I normally do and Gaby woke up to tell me "Happy Birthday." I let her know it was not my birthday anymore, but she insisted it was and left the room. Then, it was quiet. When Gaby is quiet, we should be concerned. So I call, "Gaby, where are you?" and find her in the kitchen, bend over the freezer box below, using her fingernails to scrape chocolate off the leftover ice cream cake. Chocolate on her face, on the wall, on her clothes, all over the freezer. Her response, "chocolate good!" Later on in the day, I took my two cherubs to school to prepare for next week. Before leaving, I asked Gaby to clean up while I put Natalia in her chair. That split second with my back to her was too much time to have my eye off of her. She pulls a chair to my shelf, grabs my stamp pad and stamps, and proceeds to stamp her face. Her response, " Gaby stamp her nose right there." But it is not over. Poor Natalia has been suffering from a rash. It appears she has the
diarrhea Gaby suffered from last week. She has watched us cover Natalia's little behind in cream so, as captured in the pics I took, Gaby took it upon herself to help out her baby sister. I heard them hysterically laughing in the bedroom. Rob thought I was watching them and I thought he was watching them. Well, none of us were during those few minutes while Gaby proceeded to cover Natalia in butt paste. Gaby, of course, was only helping.
Those that remember my blog last year might recall how much we Nealon's love the pumpkin patch. They are all over Petaluma and today we stopped at our first one. Abobe Farms is located off of Old Adobe road. The farm is fun because they have ponies, sheep, a haunted house, hay rides, and cotton candy to name a few things. Needless to say, it was a little windy out there (hence the wind blown hair...no excuse for the green outfit yet), but we had a lot of fun.
A few weeks ago, my sister, Tammy, welcomed a new addition to her family. Her name is Emma, a cute little puppy. Gaby loved the pics of Emma and wanted to "tickle her belly." We went to go visit the puppy, but Gaby clammed up and got very shy and a little frightened by the puppy. Tammy led us to the park to play and we had a great visit.
Rob knows how to woo me. Sunday we had lunch and then headed over to the shooting range. As you can see from my poster, it looks like I am getting better, but can't seem to get the head target that well yet. These posters are great because everytime I hit the target, IT TURNS BRIGHT YELLOW! Now the shooting range is not a typical date, but imagine this. The place was packed. There were a lot of women there taking lessons or there to just practice with a pal. I wonder how many were there with their own personal tutor. I've got a long way to go, but I'm not as nervous about holding the gun like I was.
This handy tool really comes in handy when you want to capture that special pic. Having Gaby smile in a picture is a rarity.
I planned the baptism just a tad bit too late for Natalia to wear the family dress. We had a heck of a time putting her hands through the tiny arm holes; however, the rest fit great. This is not the dress she'll be wearing for her baptism as grandma purchased one that should fit her great in October. I just really wanted to get some shots in the dress before she really outgrew the grown and had more to worry about than tiny arm holes.
