Pretty Girls at Home

For lack of a better theme for this post... here is an assortment of pictures of Gabi, Bella, and Mommy at home from the beginning of last month. We keep telling ourselves that we'll eventually catch up with these pictures, though even with Mommy posting 2-3 times a week, we don't seem to be making any headway. Maybe we should just stop taking pictures of the girls...

...just playing. We wouldn't do that to their loyal fans! Picture time:

Gabi has this new book called Look Who's Moving to a New Home! that one of her Dekalb Playgroup friends gave her. It has all these neat slots for placing pictures of the rooms in Gabi's old home and pictures of the rooms in Gabi's new home. She already seems to have memorized the book despite having only read it 3 or 4 times. Having just read it, I'm going to arbitrarily organize this post by the rooms in Gabi's old home here in Georgia. For more pictures of our Georgia house without those distracting cute girls, see Mommy's recent post on the subject.

Gabi's Kitchen
"where we eat meals and snacks"


GrahamCracker + Chocolate + Marshmallow = Smores = Yummy x messy
Math-minded Gabi Fans: Smores Theorem submissions in the comments, please!



Bella Baby's hair has gotten so long that it's constantly in her eyes.
Daddy decided to try out a pony tail, but Bella's hair is only long up front.
So it's a top-ponytail, 80's style! (See it's cousin, the side-ponytail.)
Personally, I think Bella pulls off this look very well. Like, totally.

Living Room
a.k.a. the girls' playroom



Like all good hairdo fads, this one quickly spread throughout our house.
Poor Daddy's hair hasn't been top-ponytail-able since that shaving incident.
Fortunately, next month's retro fad will be one for the whole family:
Hammer Pants

Mommy and Daddy's Room
a.k.a the girls' playroom


Happy Bella and Mommy pose for a picture on the bed...


...and are soon joined by big sister, who always wants to be near baby sister...


...and give her hugs, even if Mommy gets caught in the crossfire.


Big Sister!

Office
where Bella changes her name to "Trouble"


As seen in this video post, Bella is now mobile.
Here we see our happy baby in her pre-mobile "Golden Age"...
...when she sits and plays alone but can't get into trouble.
But then again, she's never let us put her down for long.

Girls' Bedroom
the girliest room in the house!



Our pretty girl Gabi posing in her new dress and head-scarf.
Whenever we get to catch up, you'll have to see how cute she
looks when we improvise at a restaurants (foreshadowing!).


Usually we put Gabi down in her bed with two pillows and Ashley bear.
In the mornings we find any combination of these things on the floor,
including some mornings when we find Gabi girl on the floor, too.
Here's a sweet picture in which all of them stayed on the bed overnight.


Finally, in addition to her crawling and tooth-growing milestones,
Bella has really taken to pulling up on everything she can grab.
We've had to lower her crib mattress twice in the past month!