Kyle and Christy's Place: Weekend of Firsts

Monday, April 7, 2008

Weekend of Firsts

Gabbie Girl had a great weekend of firsts. We went up to Park City with Kyle's family to stay at their condos for conference. It is a tradition they have had since they were really little. Kyle and I took Gabbie swimming for her first time. She loves her baths so we thought she would love the pool and we were right. We forgot to bring our battery charger so our battery died not long after we took a few pictures in the pool.

Here we are for the first time getting in the pool. (Notice that she is sucking on my arm...this has become a habit of hers).

"Mom, I'm not so sure about this whole swimming thing. Isn't this supposed to be a heated pool? I'm cold!"

The only time she was a little scared was when Kyle took her underwater with him. After that she really liked the water. She even tried to dunk her face when she was floating on her belly. Here we are practicing our tummy floating.

Yay! I love swimming!!

Another new event of the weekend was during dinner time. Gabbie had her four month check-up on Friday. The doctor let us know that she now weighs 15 pounds 15 ounces and is 26 inches long. That is the 89th percentile in weight and 99th percentile in length. BIG GIRL! He also let us know that she is ready to start eating cereal. We tried it for the first time and she didn't really think it was that good.

"Guys, this stuff is not that good. I just want to spit it out. That's way more fun than actually eating!"

It's so fun to make mom and dad get frustrated because I don't want to eat.

Yum! I'll give it one more try but if it doesn't taste good then I don't want it.

I can't believe how fast our little girl is growing. It really is true that they grow up way too fast!

2 comments:

Rochelle said...: Man, I can't wait until we can go to Park City for conference again! I love both of the girls swimsuits! Cereal is the hardest thing... we liked the kind you get in the jar with different fruits mixed in... maybe when she's a little older she'll enjoy that stuff. There might even be some leftover from our last trip home in mom's pantry!; April 8, 2008 at 7:55:00 AM CDT
Kate said...: I love how I'm commenting on here during planning time at school!! Gabbie is so cute! It's gotta be so much fun to take her swimming! I can't say I blame her for spitting out that cereal... yuck! She's got good taste, that's all. :); April 8, 2008 at 2:36:00 PM CDT

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Meet the Christensen Family!

Kyle and Christy met in August of 2005, officially started dating on the 5th of July 2006, and got engaged to be married on November 16, 2006.

They were married in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple in American Fork, Utah on the 17th of February, 2007. In June of 2009 we moved to Houston, Texas.

Gabriella was born on December 4. She weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce when she was born and was 20.5 inches long at that time. Since then, she has grown a whole lot and consistently measures in the 100th percentile among children of her age in categories of both weight and height. She loves anything to do with Mickey Mouse. She also loves reading anything she can get her hands on and pretending to be a princess.

Noah was born on July 10. He weighed 8 pounds .08 ounces when he was born and was also 20.5 inches tall. He has a very patient personality and really loves his big sister despite her struggles with no longer being the only child. He also is the teaser of the family.

Lizzie was born on December 17. She weighed in at 5 pounds 12 ounces and was 18 inches long. When she was first born we thought she was going to be our quiet child. Boy were we wrong. She is demanding and will scream at you to let you know she needs some attention. At this point, she is a complete Momma's girl.

In August 2007, Christy started her 2nd year as a 2nd Grade Teacher. She Graduated on April 27, 2007 from BYU with a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education. At the end of the 2007-2008 school year Christy retired from teaching and became a stay at home mom.

In April of 2009 Kyle graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in English Education with a Psychology minor. While in his studies at BYU he has had an emphasis in Critical Rhetorical Theory specifically dealing with issues of Class, Gender, and Race in the Literary, Political and Pedagogical realms. Kyle no longer teaches. He has moved on to the Human Resources field. The company he works for now has great benefits and advancement opportunities. We can't wait to see what the future will bring with this new position.

Taylor has graduated high school and no longer lives with us. She will forever have a place in our home though and will always be a part of our family. Good luck to her as she heads off to BYU-I to study Recreational Therapy.