There are just too many people who want to celebrate this amazing little lady's first year, so let the fun begin! Grandma and Grandpa visited us for the first installment of birthday fun and their very first trip to Austin also! We had a great weekend together.
The fun begins early! Gabi wanted to wear this great shirt for Grandma and Grandpa's arrival...but she got TOO excited and peed on it before they could see it on her. The picture sufficed.
You'd be surprised how many beans she ACTUALLY got in her mouth.
In the morning, we have fun reading, playing, and singing! Gabi had so much fun with her favorite Florida grandparents!
She was happy, and somehow, the monkey knew it!
We felt a little ignored...which was fine since we can just entertain ourselves:
After nap time, we ventured to the new Austin Aquarium. Gabi LOVED looking inside the tanks and seeing the pretty water animals.
That was a big lizard...
We went out to a super yummy brunch the next morning! Gabi had some great food and some great smiles too!
Man bags...
This girl is just really difficult to please, never smiles, never charms...
Gabi wakes up from her nap to a brand new birthday present, a Rockin' Rider Pony!
We head to the LBJ museum. Gabi learned a LOT about our 36th President.
Grandma Bath Time!
Time for bedtime stories:
Sometimes it takes a village. - Team effort to feed the baby:
This is how Daddies are supposed to read to their daughters, right?
We THOUGHT it was a good afternoon to go to the park, but it ended up being a GREAT afternoon to go to the pavilion at the park and wait out the rain.
Towards the end of the great weekend, we visited the Thinkery, Austin's new Children's Museum. There were so many fun things to do and explore!
The water room was a huge hit!
Thanks for coming to visit us, Grandma and Grandpa! We had so much fun. We'll miss you until we see you soon in March!
We got to spend some extra fun time with Aunt Syssa and Uncle Craig since they earned a bit of relaxation on their respective winter breaks. First, Aunt Syssa comes over while Uncle Craig works to join us on a lovely stroller walk. Baby Sock Hands is ready to go!
Aunt Syssa and her niece continue to enjoy their time together at the park while Gabi swings.
Uncle Craig joins in on the fun (this time while Daddy works), and we venture to Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center...which had very few wildflowers in January but had lovely walking trails and neat swings to enjoy.
We discover "Children's Little House" that had a very little door...which probably shouldn't have been open for Alyssa and me to play with.
Gotta bundle that baby up in the THIRTY degree, breezy weather!
Aunt Syssa and Uncle Craig enjoy the standing swings.
The cute, bundled baby enjoys her very own cute, wooden swing.
When Aunt Mor was visiting Texas for a week, she decided to come visit Team Cohen on New Year's Day and spend the night in Austin! We had a great time catching up and spending way too many hours in our pajamas (as is normally the case over the last 22 (!) years of friendship). We ventured to a yummy local eatery, Magnolia Cafe, and Aunt Mor had fun reuniting with Gabi while waiting for our table:
trying to get THE shot...but we had sunglasses...
ALMOST there, but we can do better from Gabi...
THERE's the picture!
Inside the restaurant, we discover
Gabi's apparent like for tabouli.
But then we overstuffed her with tabouli, and she spit it
up all over herself...so we ended up with a naked baby.
happy in our new outfit
In the morning, we wake up to a happy baby and more good times.
Aunt Mor delivered an early birthday present, a beloved soft hippo doll, which of course Gabi LOVED!
Mommy needs to get in on the fun too:
Before heading back to Houston, we head to Kosher Deli for some yummies and (of course) more smiles! Even Daddy lets us twist his arm to drag himself to get deli.
This, of course, is my daughter's proper etiquette while dining out. Parenting win!
Some 11-month-olds just can't handle too much of a good thing...
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