
Gabby is now six months old, which feels like somewhat of a milestone, particularly when we think back to when this all started at 3 am on November 17th. Regardless, it seems like a good time to post another update.
Our lives are not boring. Dee is busy feeding Gabby, still every 2-3 hours, day and night. Fortunately, all of that food is paying off, and Gabby is growing like a weed (a pink, chubby weed). She is getting more interactive every day and is now starting to do some physical tricks too, like eating her feet, rolling over, eating mushed-up orange-colored food (carrots, squash, other gross things), getting all that food all over her face, onesie, pants, and chair, and then spitting it up again on things that shouldn't be spit up on. She smiles at everything and anything that moves—including the cat (Karl), Mommy and Daddy, random humans, some non-moving objects, and the baby in the mirror! One of her best tricks is laughing out loud, which is infectious for us. Our little girl is a certified water rat! She loves, loves “swimming” in the pool, which entails lots of splashing mixed, attempting to drink the pool water, and did we mention splashing?
We had our first trip on the train to Amsterdam where Gabby became a master of blowing out her diaper in public places. Consequently, we became masters of changing diapers in restaurants, on canal boats, and on public sidewalks. Gabby loved the tour and enjoyed trying to eat tulips during our trip to a botanical garden.
All in all, we have a wonderful, happy, smiley little girl and couldn't be having more fun at the moment. Each day is a great adventure and we are so happy that we can be home with her to be a part of it.
As always, we have lots of new photos on our Flickr site and new videos of her tricks. Gabby’s photo collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/deniseakob/collections/72157625415804596/. Other photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/deniseakob/collections/72157626184293871/.
We that you are enjoying a great spring!