Can't sleep, so I'm blogging

What do you do when you can't sleep, the babe in your belly is doing somersaults, and stress is an all consuming factor in your life, why you blog of course! I lay ed in be for about an hour before I decided I wasn't going to be getting back to sleep anytime soon. So here I am blogging and eating a PB sandwich, trying to de-stress. :)
Life has been pretty good lately around the Knight house. The sunshine has decided to show it's beautiful face more constantly, allowing us the pleasure of spending more time outdoors. We have been doing more yard work preparing our garden for planting. When I say we, Isaac does most of the work while I watch and Gabi roams the yard. Gabi, by the way is VERY much so an outdoorsy little girl. She will do just about ANYTHING to go outside. Sometimes, when it's too cold, or raining, or for whatever reason that we absolutely can't go outside she will sit by the sliding glass door and just look outside, pointing out any "meow meows" or "woof woofs" she may see. I must also say that right now for Gabi, animals don't make a sound other than "meow" or "woof." Needless to say, she loves the outdoors. Last Saturday while Isaac was outside doing yard work, Gabi sat faithfully by the sliding glass door for at least an hour watching him, begging him to let her go outside. She's such a cutie, and we love her so much!
Isaac has been working a different shift lately, due to training. In some ways it has been really nice, in others, a definite adjustment. The blessing of it is that he doesn't have to work every Sunday, and he only works about 8 hours a day Mon- Fri. The hard part is that the hours are 12pm -9pm, so when he gets home, we all just want to go to bed. I can't complain too much, however, because I LOVE the fact that, at least for the next few weeks, he is home every Sunday. It makes a world of difference.
As far as being pregnant...I am 28 weeks along this week. Nothing much to report besides the growing belly. It's interesting how different this pregnancy has been compared to the last one. I was super sick almost the entire 9 months with Gabi, and this time I was even more sick the first three months, but since then I haven't been too bad. I'll have an occasional rough day, but that's to be expected. My only complaint is that my back hurts ALL THE TIME! Not a fan, but that's okay. It could be worse.
Back to Gabi, she's 16 months old, and into EVERYTHING! There is no dramatization there, she really is. I can't even be away from her for 5 minutes and she's into something that I told her not to get into 5 min before. She is smart beyond belief! She already knows I'm gullible and will constantly point in a direction and say "What's that?" only for me to turn and look while she does something, either escaping me when I'm trying to change her diaper, or grab something she's not supposed to have (her favorite is my cell phone.) The sad part about it is that I fall for it ALL the time! You'd think I'd learn! She talks constantly, some of it is totally understandable, and the then there's the baby talk that only she understands. It's fun to play along with her when she's talking to us, she can get so serious about what she's talking about, I can't help but laugh. She is excited about the babe that's on her way. I don't know how much she understands, but she is always coming up to me and patting my belly, kissing it, and saying, "baby, awww." It's the cutest thing ever, and we really need to get it on video. We love Gabi so much, she has brought us so much joy, it's hard to explain.
Anyway, those are the thoughts on my brain right now. I wish that I could say that I am ready to go back to sleep and blogging has cured my sleeplessness, but, nope. Hope you all have a great and wonderful day!

Little Gianni

Here are a few pictures of Gabi and Gianni. More to come soon, since we will be seeing the little babe again in about a week. This is from when Gabi and I went up to Boise to visit and try and help :) Gianni is about a week old in these pictures.
Gabi is showing off her new carseat, which is LOVES that it faces forward.
Gianni is such a cutie! We miss him and can't wait to see him and give him hugs and kisses.

Gabi girl is growing up!

As I recently promised and repromised some of you, here are some current pictures of our little Gabi girl. We love her so much, and I can't believe how big she has gotten! I've been looking back on her newborn pictures and still can't believe how big she has gotten. Our little baby really is turning into a little girl more and more every day. Here are a few updates on our little tyke:
1. She now has 6 teeth and shows them off proudly
2. She loves saying "Hi" to her sister and lovingly will pat my belly and kiss it while saying "baby"
3. She LOVES being outdoors
4. She loves EVERY animal, and isn't the least bit scared of them, no matter how big they are
5. She waves every time she hears a car drive by saying "bye bye!"
6. She has an AMAZING vocabulary including; mama, dada, baby, please, thank you, more, granpa, bye bye, kitty, meow, woof, moo, my favorite' "don't touch that!" gabi, yes, no, mmhmm, stop, movie, Emma (her cousin) and many others I can't even think of all of them
7. She loves to play with her cousins and thinks they are the coolest
8. Here baby cousins she loves to give lots of kisses to
9. She knows where her belly button is, and thinks it's so cool
10. Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes is one of her most FAVORITE songs.
She is growing so fast and learning more and more everyday. It's amazing to see her little personality shine through in all she does.

Sunshine!!

Yeah for sunshine! Today was such a BEAUTIFUL day! I woke up to sunshine, birds chirping, and a smile on my face. I love the sunshine. I opened up the blinds in EVERY single room and basked in the sunshine. That's all I wanted to say. Thank goodness spring is on the way, and hopefully it will warm up quickly.

Gianni Boy!!

I know this is coming late, but I wanted to make sure that we announced the birth of our cute little nephew, Gianni. (Pronounced like Johnny)

Meet Gianni Marc Sanelli. Born Wednesday January 13th, 2010 at 10:51 p.m.
7 lbs, 1 oz and 20 inches long.

Barbies and Girls

My sister recently gave us a LOT of barbies that she had growing and didn't want anymore. Gabi has since discovered them, and she is seldom seen around without at least one in her hand, if not one in each hand. They fascinate her and she just seems to think they are the neatest thing.
I have to admit I was NOT like that growing up. I didn't play with barbies, I collected them. I didn't play "let's pretend," I groomed my barbies and displayed them. Or better yet, I never even took them out of the box. My sister on the other hand had an imagination like you couldn't believe. Her room wasn't just a room, it was a tropical jungle, a mall, or somewhere on the other side of the world. She has always been the one with creativity and imagination.
Well, as the mother of one girl who apparently LOVES barbies, which I never loved, and ANOTHER GIRL ON THE WAY. I am now faced, or should we say forced to accept barbies and play with my daughter(s).
So, yes, we are expecting baby number two! She is due to arrive June 14th, and we are very excited. Right now Gabi doesn't really know what to think about it, and/or understand what's going on, but in time I'm sure she will love to have a little friend to play with.

Welcome Emma Rae!

We are so excited for Ryan and Jennie and their new addition, little Emma Rae Horne, our brand new niece and cousin to Gabi. We haven't seen her yet, but we have seen pictures and she is ADORABLE! How couldn't she be, look at her parents! We just wanted to let Ryan and Jennie know how happy we are for them, and how much we look forward to seeing them! Here are a few pics I snagged from their blog. She was born Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 5:06am weighing 7 lbs 4 oz and 19 inches long.