11 Months Old

On March 6, Gabriella turned 11 months old. She had two teeth at the bottom and other two at the top which was total four. She expected to have other teeth coming out soon. Since her teeth were coming out soon, Gabby grabbed anything to chew!! Also, she continue eats everything in solid food, and she does very well.

At this time, Gabby had increased her walking daily. After we moved in to live with my parents, who have a huge house, Gabriella walked everywhere nonstop, unlike our apartment with limited space. Also, it had stairs that we didn't have in our apartment. Oh man...obviously, Daddy and I had to watch her. At this time, she learned to pick up anything to hold while walking. That was amazing how much she could balance herself to hold anything while walking.

Enjoy The Beautiful Day

On the first week of April, it was so beautiful sunny and cool in Peoria. In the morning, Gabriella already ate breakfast and grabbed the newspaper on the table she saw. She decided to look at it and read about clothes from the store. She was so cute!

In the afternoon, my nephew Tomasz, Ampara (dog), Babcia (mean Grandma) Anna, Gabriella, and I went out for walking and enjoyed the day. After we got back from walking, we were sitting and chilling out on the driveway. Tomasz was sleeping in the stroller. Gabriella was playing with the rocks. She loved to put rocks in her mouth. Grandma Anna and I kept telling her no and took the rocks out of her mouth. She was so stubborn and did it over and over. She thought it was funny.

Gabby wanted to wake up Tomasz.

Babcia Anna & Gabriella

Gabby loved playing with rocks!

Ampara & Gabriella

Annabelle's B-day Party

On March 25th, my niece Annabelle turned 2 years old! What an adorable girl she grew to be!We were invited to spend the special day with Morge/Wilson Family to be with Annabelle to celebrate. Wish Kevin was there with us; unfortunately, he was in California for work.

By the way, in the morning, Grandma Trish, Elizabeth (Annabelle's mother), Annabelle, Gabriella, and I went to the place that have all toys and playground inside where all kids play. Annabelle and Gabriella were walking/running everywhere and played with all what they had. We ladies watched and chased them the whole time. They were having fun! Afterwards, we went home and kids took a nap before Annabelle's b-day.

Gabriella and I went to Morge's to celebrate Annabelle's birthday party at dinnertime. Annabelle had a wonderful birthday celebration and loved to open the gifts. Annabelle was going to have a big birthday party on the weekend of 28th, and we were invited. Unfortunately, we weren't able to attend because Gabriella and I flew to San Diego, California to visit Daddy for a week! However, Gabriella and I had a good time with Morge/Wilson Family. Thanks for inviting us!

Moving Out

HERE I AM FINALLY!! Sorry that I hadn't post blogs since last March. There were so many things going on the last few months. I have so many things to catch up on and blogs to post!! Of course, I will post them one at a time, all that we have been doing all of these months. Right now, we are living in our new house. HOME SWEET HOME! I will tell about that soon.

At this time, Daddy, Gabriella, and I moved back to Illinois from Seattle, WA last March. My parents-in-law flew in on Tuesday , March 10th (I think) to help me with Gabriella and loaded stuff in the Budget Rental Truck while Kevin was in San Diego, CA for work. Glad they came to help and didn't know what I would have done without their wonderful help! Afterwards, we drove to the hotel close to the Seattle Airport. At dinnertime, Grandpa Mike, Grandma Trish, Gabriella, and I went out to the restaurant. Gabriella enjoyed listening to Grandma Trish singing a song and copied her with hand movements. That made her laughing and wanted Grandma Trish to do that again and again. How cute! We all were relaxing at the hotel and were waiting for Kevin to flew in on Thursday late night from San Diego, CA.

Grandpa Mike & Gabby at Pike Place Market

The next early morning, we all went for breakfast and the gentlemen dropped us ladies & Gabriella at the airport to fly back to ILLINOIS!! YAY!!! Kevin and his father Mike drove on rental truck all the way from Seattle, WA to Peoria, IL. They hoped to get in Peoria on Sunday morning, and they made it at around 1 a.m. on Sunday in the morning!! They did nonstop except for gas and foods to eat....no stay at hotels since Friday morning. They were exhausted but made it on time before Kevin's parents drove him up to Chicago on the same day in the afternoon to drop him off at the airport. Yeah.. Kevin had to fly back to San Diego, CA to work. No fun! We stayed to live with my parents temporarily until we found a place to live. That was why I wasn't able to post the blog at my parents since our computer was in a box. I didn't want to use my parents' computer to download all of these pictures.

Thanks to you all for all of your patience and waiting on me when I start posting the blog which I am doing now.