Two girls and too much fun!

Little Gabi didn't know that having another little girl around all the time could be so much fun! Gabi is having the time of her life hanging out with her cousin, Saydee. She just ADORES her! This morning when Gabi woke up she heard Saydee and immediately was looking for her. She kept saying "Oh, oh, oh," which is what she does when she's looking for someone. As soon as she saw her she was all smiles. Those girls are so cute together!! Little Saydee, or should I say "little mommy" takes such good care of Gabi! She's always getting Gabi to smile or laugh, even when Gabi is tired/ grumpy. I can't tell you how many times Saydee says, "I make Gabi happy!" It's so cute! Today we were taking some pictures and Saydee says, "I have picture too, with Gabi!" So, naturally, the photo shoot began. ;) Here are a few pictures we took today. Enjoy!

*For the record, Saydee REALLY wanted a close up, you'll know which one when you see it :) Gabi, however, didn't love her close up ...but she got one anyway ;)*

10 Months and the Twin Falls County Fair

It's true. Our little baby Gabi is growing into a beautiful little girl. She has the cute girly laugh, and the little girly giggles. She loves her dresses, and we're working on keeping the bows in the hair and out of the mouth. :) Tonight she wore her first nightgown instead of footie jammies. She's such a cutie and growing up SO FAST!! (We still love the footie jammies, but the nightgown was so cute, we couldn't resist)
Well, on Monday, Gabi turned 10 months old. Time has flown by so fast! I can't believe in just a few months we will be celebrating her first birthday!
I better stop thinking about how fast she's growing up or I might get all teary eyed. :) Back to Monday- we went to the Twin Falls County Fair. I haven't been to a fair for years and I don't think Isaac has either. Gabi LOVED it!! She's a huge fan of cows, she starts laughing every time they moo- she thinks it's even funnier when I try and moo like the cows. This girl has humor! We saw pigs, cows, horses, lambs, bunnies, ducks, and even an ostrich. I think her favorite were the lambs- she just couldn't get enough of them. She thought they were so interesting, she actually got a little upset when we moved on and she couldn't see them anymore. Thank goodness she likes the animals, there sure are plenty in the vicinity. :)
We, of course checked out the food and got some freshly made kettle korn... mm mm... my favorite! There were plenty of fun things to see and do and lots of people there enjoying the holiday. We had a ton of fun- I can't wait to go next year!! Here are a few pictures of our day. :)

Saydee!!

We are so excited because Saydee has come to stay with us for a little while. She is so cute and so much fun. We were driving in the car yesterday and we gave Gabi a graham cracker and asked Saydee if she wanted one too. She said, "Yes please." A few minutes later I turned around to see how the girls were doing and Saydee smiled and said, "I share with Gabi!" Little Gabi had a graham cracker in each hand and a big 'ol smile on her face. Saydee wanted another Graham cracker, so we gave her another one. A few minutes later I looked back and her cracker was gone. I thought, wow, she must be hungry! So I gave her another one. A few graham crackers later I realized that Saydee was only eating a little bit of the graham cracker, and sharing the rest with Gabi! Little Gabi had a graham cracker in each hand, one in her mouth, and one on each side of her seat! Saydee sure takes good care of her! Saydee said, "Gabi is really hungry, she wants all of them." :) What a cutie!!
We love Saydee so much, and we're so glad that she can come to visit! Gabi thinks the world of her!

Knight Life

This summer has been a lot of fun, and a lot of busy. We bought a house- pictures to come soon-, we had a family reunion in Price, UT for the Knights- which was SO MUCH FUN!!- we were in Logan last weekend for our nephew, Tyson, baptism, and we have had the wonderful opportunity to see a lot of family this summer. Gabi is growing like a weed- well, I feel like she's growing like crazy, but surprisingly at our last doctor's appointment she hadn't gained any weight since the previous appointment two months earlier. She is longer, though. The doctor said that was totally fine, and that she was doing great. She is such a cutie, SO full of personality. We just love her to pieces!! She is so funny about books- she absolutely LOVES THEM! However, if you're reading to her you HAVE to let her turn the pages, or else!! She even reads to herself in her own little baby language. She'll pick up a book, hold it, turn the pages, and talk!! She is just so much fun. She loves people and is just a happy baby. We couldn't ask for a baby any better! Here are some recent pictures.

Summer fun

It's been forever since the last blog, I know. This is what happened- It was finals, and I swore off blogging, facebook, and all other forms of electronic communication for the week. Well, then I had a week off, and my new class started. In addition to that the sun came out and we got a stroller. So, to update everyone on a few things going on in our lives for now, and then more later.
1) Gabi can sit up on her own and loves it! She's actually been doing in since April, sorry!
2) Gabi can also drink out of a cup, also something she's been doing for awhile. She started when she was three months, and she's now REALLY good at it! She doesn't like bottles or binkies!
3) There is WAY too much rain this summer- I feel like I'm back in Washington!
4) I have two callings in our ward- I help out with Activity Days, and I'm a teacher in primary- both of which I LOVE!
5) Isaac was called into the Elder's quorum presidency in our ward, and he's really enjoying it as well
6) Gabi loves her walks, and so do I!
7) Gabi is a HUGE fan of baths and LOVES to splash!
8)My mom is a saint and is here visiting and helping us out
9)Isaac's parents were here this weekend to visit and help out
10) And last but not least we are about to close ON OUR FIRST HOUSE!! YAY! Also one of the reason's why our families are so wonderful and came to help us paint, clean, and a bunch of other things!!!

We are super excited about all the aforementioned occurences, and we are really excited to buy our first house!! There's a lot that goes into it, but it's also really exciting!!
I will try and be better about posting, especially pictures, until then...

Papa John comes to town!

I'm embarassed to say that it's been about a month ago when my dad came to visit, and I'm just now posting the pics, but at least I'm posting...right?! :)
My dad had some business in Boise and came down to Wendell to visit us...well mostly to see Gabi- we know the truth, it's okay. Needless to say it was A LOT of fun. I love when family comes to visit, and it was an extra special treat because my dad lives in New York, and we don't get to see him often. When he does come, we enjoy every moment of it!
We hung out, talked until it was really late, and Gabi had a TON of fun playing with Papa John! That's what she calls her Grandpa John. :) We were so glad he was able to come and visit!
As you can see Gabi loves cell phones, this was her first encounter with being able to actually touch a cell phone- we usually don't let her get her little fingers on ours.

We're going private...again!

Okay, so we went private with our blog almost a month ago, but it has recently come to our attention that there are several people who want to view our blog, and who we want to view our blog, but we don't have their email addresses to invite them. So, we are un-privating our blog for two weeks starting today. Post a comment on this post with your email address and who you are, and we would love to add you to our list! If you don't want to leave your email address, you can email me at hor03007@byui.edu or you can facebook me or Isaac and let us know you want to be added! Also, if you know of anyone who wants to view our blog, let them know that they can send their email address. Sorry again for those of you who have been trying to view our blog and haven't been able to. Thanks!