Beginning of the beginning

It starts off innocent and cute, but this is most certainly the beginning of the beginning.  A world of unknown knowns and known unknowns awaits us.

Scene 1:  Mommy hands daughter a piece of cheese.

• Gabrielle:  “Cold mommy”
• Mom:  “Yeah baby”
• “Why mommy?”
• “Why baby?”
• “Yeah”
• “Because it was in the fridge”
• “Ok mommy”

Gabrielle: Snapshot at ~18 months

Our little Gabrielle is growing up quick!

Here is a list of recent accomplishments:

• I sing the alphabet song, on my own (and in my sleep).
• I count to 16 in English.  And, can make it half way there in Spanish.
• I identify all the primary colors and have settled on “orange” as my favorite for now.
• I slide, while holding hands with (much) older boys that I just met.  “Again, again, again”
• I turn on the DVD player and have made a few tries at remotes, despite daddy’s protestations.
• I watch Elmo on my iPod Touch, on long car rides and when my parents desperately want a few minutes more sleep in the morning.
• “Okum” is gone.  I now “open” things.
• I insist that computers are for looking at pictures of “babies”.  Preferentially pictures or movies of me.
• I said my first 5 word sentence last week:  “Daddy look, Gabby made it”.
• I love to tease my parents with the “on / off” game . . . and more recently the “open/close” game.
• I really love waffles for breakfast and ice cream with “sprinkles” for desert.
• But,  I really REALLY love to have my neck kissed.  Makes me giggle like the little girl that I am!  “More, more, more”

Play time is ALL the time

Slides, swings, and ring around the “rosy”.  It is play time, ALL the time for little Gabrielle.

Not sure how we’re gonna get her to ever do her homework.

Kids say the craziest things

So, Gabrielle brings her crew up to Palm Beach last weekend for an estate sale.  A home from billionaires row (yes – with a “b”) was liquidating a few trinkets.  Lalique, daum and such.  Palm Beach – for those of you who don’t know – is for the rich and the retired.  Typically both.

As I’m carrying Gabrielle into the large outdoor tent, she exclaims:

“Grandma’s . . . everywhere!”

Gabrielle’s Choice

Gabrielle discovered that some of life’s choices can be very difficult.

Orange?

Or purple!?

 

 

She also discovered a preference for “Elle” or “Baby Elle” over “Gabby”.  

We find Gabby is easily confused for “daddy”.