Snow days!

watching the snow fall...

ready to go outside!

all bundled up...

that's a lot of snow!

it was still snowing in our faces as we played... but we had fun!

Thanksgiving 2009 at our NEW HOUSE!

Our turkey...

the chefs!

big kids table...

all smiles at the kids table!

cousins

Halloween 2009

Gaby loves to dress up as you can see by her multiple Halloween costumes. Luckily she had a couple of different events to wear them to.

New House pictures!

I know these are long-awaited, but as you can imagine, we've been busy! We are hosting Thanksgiving for both sides of our immediate family, so getting the house ready for that has been our focus. Many of these pics are pre-paint and pre-furniture, but hopefully we'll add more once we get our Thanksgiving photos up! Enjoy!

(that's our awesome, warm, pumpkin colored kitchen in the background)

We love our 4 bedroom, 3 1/2 bath, 2 car garage, new townhouse! I think you can see from this last photo and the photo of all of her toys that Gaby loves it too!

Get Your Motor Runnin'....

Here's our little speed demon on her Barbie Motorized trike!

We Love You, Nanny Blair

Gabriela's great-great-grandmother celebrated her 101st birthday today!

Nanny Blair, Happy Birthday, we love you so much.

We can't wait to come and visit you again soon.

Gabriela Turns Two!

Happy 2nd Birthday to our beautiful daughter!

Our Little Princess

Blowing out the candles on her "Princess" cake

Happy girl at her birthday party!



How's that cake?

Aunt Katie and the birthday girl pose for a picture.

Fun in the sun!

Gabriela's first real beach adventure was a success! She loved running and jumping in the waves even though the water was cold. She was covered in sand the entire day, but that didn't seem to bother her. She built sand castles, collected shells and even went to the boardwalk with her cousins in the evening. When asked what she did on Saturday her answer is: "I wen da BEACH." And when asked what she did at the beach she replies: "in da wader"

GOAL!!!!!!!

Gaby, Mommy and Daddy went to see DC United on Saturday for Gaby's first professional soccer game. We got decked out in our Portugal Jerseys even though there were no Portuguese players on the field (we'll have to find a way to change that). DC United won...Yay!

Happy Birthday Mommy!

Gabriela and Daddy want to wish Mommy a very Happy Birthday today. Maria somehow finds the will to do it all: work full-time from home, watch Gabriela full time, keep Gabriela entertained with the help of Play-doh and bubbles, and still make wonderful dinners every night for the family. We love you dearly and are so blessed to have you in our lives!

Gabriela: The Cake Detective, finds the action!

Pretty bows!

Gabriela's hair is finally long enough for her to need to wear a bow in order to keep her hair out of her eyes. We're still teaching her to keep the bows in her hair, but we thought you'd enjoy seeing a few pictures of her new hair style!
(Thank you to Aunt Marie for the green St. Patrick's Day bows!)

Gabriela...and her many faces...

All she needs is a big clock around her neck and I'd call her Gaby-Flav.

Channeling her inner John Denver.

Gabriela Loves Snow!

We couldn't get her inside and out of the snow tonight, even though it was getting dark and we were all getting hungry for dinner. She insisted on wearing her boots the rest of the evening, even after her pj's were on. It could be because they light up, but we're not sure.

Sorry we've neglected to post about our February... but the flu and stomach virus took up much of our time and energy. We have been taking photos of all of our family adventures over the past few months and have posted them on flickr, so be sure to check those out.