Wow, we can’t believe it but Gabby is 10 months old today (17.September)! The time is going so fast but we are enjoying every minute!!
Gabby has perfected crawling and has now mastered locomoting in “turbo-mode” now giving the cat a run for his money. Karl is still happy he can jump higher and avoid the baby at elevation. We had a great visit at the end of July with our friends Elke and Qobelo—Gabby of course enjoyed meeting new people and Denise and Pete enjoyed catching up. Qobelo (7 yrs. old) was a great playmate for Gabby and helped feed and entertain her.
On August 1st, Denise went back to work, leaving Pete on his own to look after Gabby. Everyone has survived the transition, although Denise missed Gabby during they day. In August the whole family went to Prague, Czech Republic so that Denise could attend a conference. Gabby enjoyed going to her second scientific conference, learning a lot about geochemistry. She also had a great time visiting the Prague Zoo with Pete—her favorite animals were the flamingos and penguins. She was enthralled with the penguins since they came up to the glass where she was standing. The end of August brought great weather to Jena and we all enjoyed evenings at a small lake swimming and playing in the sand.
September has been a very busy month--Gabby got her first tooth! and we’ve had some exciting visitors. Grami and Grampi Akob arrived in Germany on September 6th and Gabby recognized them immediately likely from our weekly Skype sessions. She has been enjoying all the attention. A week later our friend Janna arrived for a long weekend and she was thrilled to meet Gabby for the first time. Gabby was a bit confused at first as to why Janna wasn’t in the computer since she only knows her from Skype. Pete headed to Florida in mid-September to teach a course for 2.5 weeks. Gabby is being well spoiled during the days by her grandparents and Denise is being spoiled by nice dinners and clean laundry every day. Grami and Grampi love every minute of being with Gabby and they are amazed at the daily changes! They are very impressed by her “walking” skills as she has now learned to walk while holding our hands.
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