Gabby & Lucky / Update

Gabby met a very friendly dog last night at the beach named "Lucky". Lucky made sure she gave Gabby lots of kisses :) Gabby also wanted her dog "New" to play with Lucky but Lucky thought she wanted her to eat New.

Last night we went for a picnic at the beach and "lucked" into a concert by a Beatles cover band. It was quite an event and thing to do....Gabby ran around the beach and played in the waves although the ocean is not particularly warm this year (and there are a lot of shark sightings). It was a wonderful evening and a lot of fun.

A few other updates - Gabby has been going to the zoo on a regular basis and LOVES her new animals and animal shirt from Grandmother Ann. Gabby knows that the Panda's live in China and that the other big animals live in Africa (elephants, camels, etc...). She loves the zoo and all of the fun that she has when she goes. Gabby is talking so much and is hilarious.

Gabby is swimming. She is doggy paddling and is moving forward under water. She continues to love the water. Gabby is also hanging off of bars at the park and thinks going up and down steps is fun.

Gabby decided this week that she liked string cheese again (after refusing to eat it for months). She eats about 5 pieces a day! She is also doing great with frozen gogurts, broccoli, tri-tip, chicken and ham. She definitely prefers chocolate milk to regular milk - and will tell you so!

We are close to the potty training stage. Gabby will tell me immediately once she goes to the bathroom and take me to the bathroom. She is actually running to the changing table!

Lastly, Gabby has decided that she is done sleeping in her crib. She has now taken over the guest bed (until we sell her crib and get her a new bed). Not sure that I am too happy about this...I liked knowing she was contained in her crib and since she never crawled out - I was able to sleep through the night. We are in the process of teaching her to stay in her room...which if anyone has any secrets - please share! She is up usually once a night but then gets up between 5 & 6am!!!