Night and Day

Our two girls may have looked like each other when they were first born, but after that....they are pretty much as different as night and day. They each have their own individual look and personality. For example, Charley has curly hair, and Gabby's is straight. Charley is very outgoing, and Gabby is more shy. Charley sleeps on her back with her feet up in the air, and Gabby on her tummy with her bum in the air!!! Granted, there are some things they share in common, but for the most part they are their own girl!

We went to the doctors today for Gabby's 1 year check up. Poor thing is already getting 4 new teeth (I swear they are all coming at once! She had 2 teeth for the longest time, now she has like 10!) and now today we added 4 shots!

Gabby's stats:
Height: 28.5 inches 30th %tile
Weight: 18.5 lbs. 12.5 %tile

*Just for some fun I looked up Charley's old stats from when she was 12 months...
Height: 33.5 inch 99+ %tile
Weight: 20.7lbs 30th %tile

We have a Giant and a Runt on our hands!! :)

Gabby:
Gabby is walking along all the furniture and can walk on her own, but only a few steps. She was going really good for a week or so, but decided crawling was a lot faster. She loves patty cake, and peek a boo! I'm not sure if she knows she is actually saying it, or just happens to say mama, dada, baba, and hi. She is very much a momma's girl, but she is the cutest thing when dad comes home, she gets all excited and crawls to him and meets him at the door! Even though she is a momma's girls, she is still very friendly and plays with everyone. As of yesterday, she is completely off the bottle. She isn't too picky with how she gets her milk, so we took advantage of that and just stopped giving them to her....and we arn't going back! She loves to "read" and look at books. I think her sister is a good influence on her. She loves doing whatever Charley does. It may not always be fun for Charley, but Gabby sure does love it.

Charley:
Charley can talk your ear off, and has an amazing vocabulary for a 3 year old! She knows all of the sounds to the letters, and can put some together and read a few words and even knows how to spell some. We've been kinda crazy this summer, and haven't had our "school" since May, but we'll probably start that up again when all the neighbor kids go back to school as well. She is very polite and sweet. She is into anything Princess, Tinkerbell or Dora. And loves her primary class and teacher. The other day we drove by the temple and she told me that the temple was Jesus' and Heavenly Fathers house. Then she asked if we could go there and visit them. It was very hard to explain to her that they don't physically live there. But we can go there and be reverent and feel their spirit and we can pray and talk to them. I still don't think she understood, because by the end she was still insisting that they LIVE there.