8 Months!

Last week Gabbi hit the 8 month mark, so we decided to have a day-long birthday bash. We hired a clown to entertain her while she ate her breakfast.

Then we had a sprinkler princess dance for her.

The sprinkler princess was a little shy and uncertain of the cold water at first.

But Gabbi cheered her on and the sprinkler princess performed an amazing show.

Gabbi is so much fun right now, army crawling everywhere, and loves eating "real" food. She has a third tooth coming in, and is a very content baby. She loves anything that is not a baby toy, and thinks her siblings hung the moon. She is at her prime in baby deliciousness right now!

On Friday Bernard went to school, Bella was at Grammy's, and Brian took the day off (because having only one child is a vacation) so we could go enjoy the weather and the view at wine country gardens. It was yummy and relaxing, and Gabbi did great. My beloved enjoying a lovely glass of red.

Gabbi really likes to make out, and we are happy to oblige.

Friday Fun

Yesterday I took Gabbi to sears to have some photos made. Obviously sears does a so-so job, check out how badly they framed her in most of the pictures and some of the shadows, but it was very cheap (as in I spent $8 total). I decided to wait for fall and have my favorite photographer shoot all the children, then we can use them for Christmas cards. Here are Gabbi and Bella in the same dress (too thrifty to buy a new one), Bella was about 3 months older. Check out the difference in hair.

Then there's this guy.

Quite the clown is he.

He is Risen!

Happy Easter! Here are some pictures from our Easter celebration.

The kids checking out their loot, which consisted of bible man/ bible girl masks and capes, and lots of chocolate.

The classic bible man and bible girl poses.

Someone's taking her pose very seriously.


Someone's not so sure about her Easter presents.


That's better.

The bible children hunting for eggs.

There wasn't any one good picture of us together, so here are all 3 bad ones.




Gabbi with Aunt Melanie, check out that windy hair action.

Gabbi checking out grass and leaves for the first time.



John 11:25-26

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die."

Hope you all had a wonderful day!

Gabbi's New Trick

She makes a face like this and snorts.

We all love it so we spend the entire day trying to get her to do it.

Which means she has 4 people in her face, making this face, and snorting at her all day long.

I'm sure it's hard to be so loved.

I'm having trouble keeping up with my life right now, and here is one of the reasons why! Baby girl keeps me on my toes! Biter biscuits are stupid.

The girls are big cuddlers in the morning, it's just one big love-fest. Till someone gets hungry.

Gabbi likes to take a tubby with her sister. They like to talk about girly things, such as the best shade of pink for toenails.

Bern has lost another tooth, and is now missing both bottom teeth, which is ironic because those are the two teeth that Gabbi has. So if he is having trouble chewing his steak we just let Gabbi have at it for a few minutes. He was really thrilled because he went to the dentist the day after and got a tooth box, which apparently is a hot commodity.

We got to catch up with a lot of friends this weekend, had a great time but it took a lot out of us. We need a vacation from our vacations!

Where do we keep babies in the Luitjohan household?

Clue #1

Clue#2

Under the bed, silly, they keep longer there! With crusty baby food all over their cheeks (in case they get hungry).

And we put their bibs on so they look like capes, because who doesn't like the superhero look?


Got drool?

Bella Princess Mommy had her dial 3 screening (a developmental-type test) this week, and memorable moments included: When asked her first, middle and last name Bella replied Bella Princess Mommy. When asked what to do when you break something her reply was tell the truth (somebody's been watching veggie tales). She was shown pictures of colors, and was asked to name as many as she could in 30 seconds. Apparently she thought that meant she had to shout the colors, as LOUD AS POSSIBLE!

Bernard is out and about visiting all the grandparents this week, as it is cycle break time around here. We all miss him, but Bella especially, she's asked when he's coming back almost every hour since he left.