Funny moments

There really hasn't been anything exciting going on in our lives lately. Same old, same old. The only thing I ever have to share is baby stories, because they are the only ones I interact with. (with the exception of the one hour a week a get to play volleyball- YAY! Playoffs start tomorrow!)

Gianna has been cracking me up lately. She turned 9 mo old yesterday and has so much personality now! I've taking to watching her more closely to try and figure out what is going on in her little head. In contrast to Gabe, she is SOOOO girly!

She is very dramatic. If she wants something and isn't getting it, she throws her head back and "cries" (aka, whines without real tears) in this pitiful, sobbing way like it's the end of the world.

If she knows you are watching, and she falls down or hurts herself, she completely melts down and has to be held and soothed (where as G was over it before you could get to him to pick him up) If she doesn't know you are watching her, she just gets back up and keeps going like nothing happened.

The funniest thing is how she manipulates her daddy!!

Mike and I typically use our computer while sitting on the couch....in easy reach of baby fingers. GiGi loves to sneak her long, skinny fingers around the side and and touch the keys. When she does this to me, and I tell her "No," she smiles and does her devilish little cackle; over and over again, never upset.

Yesterday, however, Mike was working on the computer and she came up , all sweet and sneaky like and touched the keys. Mike, very politely, said, "No, Sister..." and moved her fingers.

That's it, he didn't yell, he didn't do anything, but say "No..."

She looked him square in the face. Went serious. Then to a full downward frown. Then every so slowly, into the saddest cry I had every heard...it was like an entire 5 seconds for the transition. I started laughing immediately because it was so different from how she acts with me, but Mike was heartbroken. The funniest thing is she did it THREE times in the 20 minutes he was working on the computer. Each time, totally exaggerated but sooo sad! Mike, the sucker, had to pick her up every time and kiss and cuddle her and tell her how "unfair" it was for her to do that to him.

She already has her daddy completely wrapped around her finger!!

Gabe has really been trying to talk lately. "Trying," by meaning that nobody but me can understand most of the things he says...

Some of his favorite words are:

ditter (sister)

Nah-na (Gianna)

Hungry

Eat

a-boo (movie) I don't know

Hey Buddy

Yeah, Sure, Ok...

banana

gook (milk, cup, drink)

juice

cookie

truck

oh-nooooo

wooooow

daddeeeee

there you go

thank you

and quite a bit more.

He also is super funny with his animal sounds, he makes them very realistic. Instead of "moo" for cows, he does an incredible impersonation of a real cow. His cat "meow" sounds like a real kitten and his pig "oink" is a real snort. SO FUNNY!