Gabby and Peter

We are finally getting the weather that we all love! It has been absolutely beautiful - 80 and sunny. We had a full weekend! Gabby had both of her cousins, Rory and Lee visiting all weekend! They brought their dog Peter with them and Gabby was in dog heaven! She chased Peter around the house and was the only one who could take him for walks (even though she was so tired that she couldn't keep walking). Gabby had a late night at the beach on Friday and even though we didn't plan on getting in the ocean....she did! Then Saturday we went back to the ocean for a couple of hours and she saw her first crab! She loved getting buried in the sand but her favorite part was running around naked after we got her all rinsed off! Saturday afternoon Gabby built this elaborate fort with Rory and Lee and had her own playroom inside the fort (stocked with her favorite animals, books, legos and ribbons). Sunday we went to church (she is a big girl now and doesn't mind cry when we leave her in the playroom) and then we went to the pool. She swam for about 1 hour!!! She even had a second swim session in the evening and is amazing. She is jumping off the side of the pool, pushing of the steps and swimming, diving for objects under water and loves to splash and kick. All this excitement wore her out and she was sound asleep at 7pm - and slept until 7am this morning!!!!!!! All in all, it was a fun and full weekend. Gordon and I have a feeling that a dog may be in our near future........we shall see! Oh, the other picture of Gabby is something that she does all the time - she loves to pull all the pots and pans out of the cupboard and then find the matching lids. Gabby is now making her own breakfast as well. She loves to get the toast, push it down in the toaster and waits anxiously for it to "pop" up. She then helps put butter on her toast and carries it to the table all by herself! She then hops right on up into her chair is starts eating her toast - it is really cute to watch :)