Sweet, sweet babies

I knew when Gabi, Gabs, Gabi bear, came along that Jake would look big. I even tried to prepare myself for how big I thought he would look, but I didnt prepare myself for the fact that he looks like he has acromegaly! LOL. the kid is HUGE, he is THICK, he is a brick house! But he is so crazy cute and such a great imagination. He loves to play firefighter (wonder why?). He puts on his boots and his hat and pulls his imaginary alarm and he is off. Putting out fires in the house or rescuing his kitty cat, PIzza and his bear, Rupert from a tree.

My brother came into town to meet Gabi, but I think he and Jake had more fun "errufting" volcanoes

Some cute Gabi pics

A nice family photo

A family of four:

And yes..the diet starts in 2 days!

So far, so good

We have been home with Gabi for a couple days now and it seems to be going well. Jake is really doing fantastic with her. he loves to hold her and has lots of questions about her. He wants to know if she has teeth, if when she wakes up from napping she will be big enough to play, he wants to know about her "cord" and why she only eats milk which "is only a drink". Our first night was a little rough as expected but last night she slept in 3 hour blocks. we are hoping for the same tonight!

First Bath, big brother is a big helper!

Silly boy! Good thing Kurt used dry erase marker

I see definite similarities between jake and Gabi. here is a comparison. I see it mostly in the eyes and nose. Jake is the first pic, Gabi second. I think Jake is 2-3wks in this pic so he has filled out a little

Gabriella Kate

She is here! Gabriella Kate Detrick born 8/5/12 at 3:14pm 8.3lbs and 20.5 in My water broke at 3:30 am on the 5th but ended up having to be induced because I never went into labor by myself. I feel so blessed in life to have an amazing husband, wonderful family and 2 beautiful children.