Beach Time Fun in the Sun.

Gabriel went to the beach Sunday with his Gramma and got to play in the water with his cousin, Christiana. They had a good time, but the salt water was not eye friendly to her and he managed to drink some salt water(rigth after a pasta lunch) and made his own shark chum as an offering to the sea gods. He was not scared of the water and loved the smaller waves hitting him and wanted to go farther and farther out. He would brave the water going over his head while I tried to save him from drowning. Still, he wanted to go out farther. He was all about the little plastic flower pot to scoop and dump the sand back into the ocean. Baby Leah managed to come out and make an appearance and had a good time staring at the vast ocean.

Too Damn Cute!

OMG! do the Cheng clan not make the cutest darn babies? Ok, so I am bias, but you have to admit Leah is pretty darn cute and adorable. Gabriel just LOVES her! He got very upset when we went to Ian's and he didn't get to see her before heading to the beach. He says "Baby" and knows to give her kisses. I think she looks a little like me when I was a baby. Gramma Watson seemed a bit smitten and I think it just solidified her desires to have another granddaughter. She has been scanning the catalogs lately.

Rain Water Baby

Gabriel went out in the rain cause he can't resist the water. He had a great time running thru the water puddles in the street (no cars) and then discovered the water in the ditch. He and Jenn's girls jumped and splashed all in it. He just loved it. I don't let him do that at home since my ditch is alot bigger and there are toads-yuck! Then, he saw Cece lay down on the walkway and decided to follow suit. After laying there for about 5 seconds he wasn't sure what the purpose was and wanted to get up. He just loves the water and getting soaked. I have great videos but the site is giving me a hard time getting it downloaded.

Water Balloon Fight!

Gabriel was invited to a water balloon fight at Jenn's and had a blast. He didn't really get the concept that he was suppose to throw it at someone. He just grabbed the water balloons and threw it to the ground. He eventually would grab one-or 2, and start running with it. At times he would make it a certain distance, stop and throw it to the ground. Other times, he didn't make it very far and drop it. Sometimes, the balloon didn't pop, but he didn't care...off for more water balloons! The other fighters eventually would try to get the water balloon to pop over his head just to get him wet(ter). Afterwards, he got to play with the water hose with Mattison and Cece in the front yard. Gabriel just loves water!

PEE PEE!

Gabriel just came up to me in the office and said "PeePee". Then he grabbed my hand to go toward the bathroom downstairs. How exciting! It was his first time he let me know that he needed to go and not just pee randomly (like he did about a month ago next to the sofa). He was watching his favorite Thomas the Train dvd and knew to stop and come get me. I am so happy and excited. Now, if only we can get him to poopoo on the toilet.

Story of the week

I have started Gabriel on cotton training underwear and usually put it on him after he poops and pees. He usually manages to keep dry for about 2 hours or so. The 2nd day we had it on, he came up to me a bit later and said, "poo-poo". YUCK! In the bathroom, I took off the underwear trying to keep the poop in the underwear (thank godness it was solid) until I could drop it in the toilet and flush it. As the sucker 'plopped' into the water, Gabriel stood there staring at it and said "Turtle...Turtle" over and over again. I didn't understand at first then I had to laugh since it did have a bit of a green tint to it. To a 2 year old it could look like a turtle sitting at the bottom of the toilet. So now, Gabriel says, "Turtle poo-poo" after he poops...but only if it is a solid one. :o)

Outside sprinkler fun

Gabriel was over Gramma's house again and got to have fun playing in the water...as usual. Christiana also got crazy and ended up in the buff trying to salvage her only set of clothing.

Beach Time Shovelling!

Gabriel's first day at the beach for the summer and it lasted about 45 mins before the rains came rolling in. He had a good time going in the water with Marika. Then we pulled out the shovels and the buckets and all he wanted to do was take his shovel, shovel up some sand, run into the water and let the sand "plop" into the ocean. Repeat X amount of times, before the rain forced us off the beach. Gabriel was VERY focused on his task and I had a hard time getting him to even look up away from the shovel of sand he was carrying to the water. He wasn't to happy about it and put up a fuss on having to leave. Until next time.

Children's museum Part 2-Finding NEMO!

We found Nemo! Gabriel saw him just sitting there at the Children's museum and had to go and check him out. As you can see he was very cautious in his approach. He checked "Elmo" out and made sure it was the real deal before he decided to sit down next to Nemo. Gabriel waited until Nemo was comfortable and eventually got down to Nemo's level to give him a kiss. Too damn cute!