The first big milestone....

She will be 15 weeks tomorrow, I have to double check, but I'm pretty sure this is the earliest any of my babies rolled from back to belly!

Just to note, she is sucking her thumb while rolling over! She's multi-tasking already :)

It's Just So Chicky

Ahh, the language of a toddler, I L-O-V-E it!!! Yesterday, I was trying to get everyone buckled and ready in the car, and I said to Emma, I wish you'd learn how to buckle your seat belt, and she said, yeah, Mom, I'm working on it!

Then I scoot across the narrow back row on my knees to buckle Kailee who is having issues that she is still in a car seat with as she refers to it "the baby buckle", and I say to her, can you try to put your strap on? Can you buckle the top buckle? She then replies, "Mom, it's just to chicky". I say, "Chicky?". Emma then translates, "TRICKY, Mom, TRICKY".

I smile, smirk, try not to crack up, and HAPPILY buckle my girl's CHICKY car buckle!

Thanksgiving Thursday

Ahh, it's Thanksgiving Thursday and sometimes it's really, really (and I mean really) hard to find something , anything to be thankful for, which is why I am so glad that I get to have the motivation of Nicole at What A Trip!, to keep me thinking. Please check out her blog for more Thanksgiving Thursday posts, or to create your own list!

So without further soul searching here is my list for this week.

1. Lou is better, and back to work!
2. Gabby is growing and healthy!
3. Emma still has perfect attendence, thanks to a rare snow day for the NYC Public School System!
4. My sister and the twinkies are doing well.
5. We get to see my family on Saturday to celebrate Michelle's birthday, we haven't seen any of them since the Christening, exactly a month ago!
6. Springing ahead this weekend, woohoo!
7. My two friends from pre-school, they make my hectic Tuesdays & Thursdays less frantic.
8. The ability and determination to do my best each day.
9. The fact that I can type with one hand, since I am nursing almost everytime I am on the computer.
10. Knowing warmer weather is in the very, very near future.

Gabrielle's 3 month check up

Can you believe it? Three months already? Man the time is going by way to fast, even with the sleepless nights, and insane days, I wouldn't trade it for the world.



Gabby is now 11.14 pounds, 22 inches tall. She received two more shots so she is a bit out of it today, and we go back again on the 7th of April. She is most definately teething, the bottom gums have two white spots on them, and she is sucking on her hands so badly that they are red, it seems to be uncomfortable for her to nurse also. Tylenol will help, I'm going to get her some teeting tablets also, and maybe one of those icey teething suckers.



She is able to pull herself into a sitting position if she is elevated already, I'm looking into getting her one of those bumbo chairs to help with that, she doesn't want to lay down and miss out on the action around her, she is also holding her head up really well when I carry her, this is great, because she can use her exersaucer soon. I hope she loves it as much as Emma & Kailee did.

Emma had school pictures today. I can't wait to see them. Tomorrow is another busy day for us!

Some Milestones

Gabby has most definately found her hands. She loves to hold them together, we have started calling her the mad scientist! (Working on getting a picture of that).

She also sort of rolled over today, I say sort of cause it was on the couch which is much easier to do it on than on a flat surface, I can only imagine that the real thing is coming soon. All of a sudden she loves to be on her belly. She can also pull up her head and shoulders when leaning on a pillow, she is getting so big and strong!

Emma is the best big sister, she has caught on that lately Gab does not like to be alone, and wants to be held, so when I need to get up, she sits on the couch with a pillow on her lap and holds Gab for me, of course I'm not far away, and we are constantly talking while this is going on. She is just the best big sister, sadly though, she was initiated the hard way today, Gabby threw up on her!

Makes My Monday - A Rare Snow Day

So the forecast was surprisingly correct! I was up this morning at 5 to feed the baby and decided to wait around and check out the news, prepared to make the decision that Emma would not be going to school today, therefore missing her first day of school, which just saddened my heart, I mean this kid even got sick during spring break and didn't miss school, how can she miss her first day because of snow.

To my massive surprise at exactly 6:00 this morning, the news came through that schools were closed! I was over joyed! This is the first time in 5 years that schools were closed, and God only knows how many years it was before that, that schools were closed. If schools closed 3 times during my entire education it was a lot. Leave the 5 boroughs and schools close that many times in a month, let alone two decades. Needless to say, this makes my Monday!

Lou took the pictures while he shoveled, cause I wasn't going out there, not even to play, I'm not big on snow, and if the girls didn't ask, I wasn't offering, my goodness it's March for crying out loud!!

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Tickle Spot

I found Gabby's tickle spot today, I can't get a full laugh but she's gearing up for it, it's under her arm! I hope to get it on video either tomorrow or Tuesday!