Over Labor Day weekend, when Annabelle was just one week old (two weeks ago!), Mommy and Daddy took Gabi swimming.
Daddy took Gabi in the big pool.
Daddy helps Gabi kick in the water.
Gabi loved being tossed up high.
Gabi is so tall sitting on Daddy's shoulders!
But... Daddy can't see!
Gabi floating on Daddy's chest.
Then I took Gabi to the baby pool.
Gabi loved swinging back and forth.
Whoo! Upside-down!
Gabi was so cold that her lips turned blue,
but she wanted to stay and swim some more.
The Friday prior to Labor Day, Daddy took Gabi and both her grandmothers to a Braves game. We like to go on Friday nights to see the fireworks after the baseball game. We've taken Gabi to a couple games, and she loves them. She recognizes and joins in with the Tomahawk Chop and some other baseball favorites. Here's a picture from a game back in June.
Take Me Out to the Ballpark!
Gabi has had a difficult time starting school this year. Really, it's just a Children's Morning Out -- three hours a day, a couple days a week. Last year, she loved school, but with classes this year starting just a week after Annabelle's birth, it has been too much change all at once. The first day, Gabi cried for an hour and a half. The second day, I got a phone call to come pick her up just half an hour after I dropped her off.
Michael took her to school on Monday of the second week. He had to carry her inside, and he promised her that he would come back to get her. When we went to pick her up, her teachers said that she didn't cry, but for over an hour she refused to move from the exact spot where he put her down -- she wouldn't even sit in a chair when they offered her one. Even then, when it was time to go outside, she didn't want to move; she told her teachers that her Daddy was coming back to get her, so she was going to stay right there (but, of course, they had to take her to the playground with the rest of the class). Poor little girl!
Her sad little face makes me feel so guilty for forcing her to go to school. So on Wednesday, I promised to take her on a picnic and to the Concert on the Square after school.
Gabi and me at the Concert on the Square in Decatur.
Gabi walking back from downtown Decatur after the concert.
Gabi enjoyed our picnic so much that when we dropped her off the next day, she requested that we take her on a picnic after school again. With Gramma Jane here to watch little Annabelle, we are able to make after-school time a special Gabi-parent activity. This time, both Mommy and Daddy were able to picnic with our older daughter.
Gabi and me picnicing at Scott Park.
After lunch, Gabi and Daddy play on the playground.
Daddy climbed up the rock wall and I handed Gabi to him.
Gabi explores the garden at Scott Park with me.
Today after the (horrible) Notre Dame game, out of the blue, Gabi very seriously told Daddy, "When I'm at school, I miss Mommy." Aw... So I'm glad we've discovered a way to make after-school pick-up time special (at least while Gramma Jane is here to watch Annabelle). It doesn't seem to matter what the post-school outing is, so long as Gabi gets personal parental attention. One day, we took Gabi along with us to to the airport to see Daddy off on an interview trip.
Another night about 1 AM, Gabi woke up very distressed. We went into her room to check on her, and she was crying out, "I want to go to the grocery store!" repeatedly. We calmed her down and promised to take her to the grocery store after school the following day. That's exactly what we did, and Gabi had a blast selecting food for our cart. She picked some yummy asparagus for dinner that night, delicious fruit for snacks, and lime sherbet for dessert.
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