Gaby... the Dog Whisperer

Gaby's love for animals goes beyond the normal love any child can feel for pets.

Since she was a baby and started cruising around, she started feeling a huge love for ANY animal... even ants.

She loves pets, insects, farm animals, birds, reptiles... ANYTHING!

After we had to give away Sassy, she has been begging for any pet for the house.. She wanted a dog or a cat or a hamster or a turtle or a bid or a fish... I promised her that by the time she was 10, she was going to have a pet, and she got her dream come true.

Seeing her with Gigi's pups makes my heart feel with joy, because I can only imagine the joy inside of her heart. She's getting the male for her... We named him Luca and she's totally in love.  Her favorite show in the whole world is the Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan and I gotta say has learned a lot... that she cares for them like a total expert.

My "Frozen" girls

My girls just can't get enough of Frozen. All moms of little girls know exactly what I'm talking about.

I gotta say that the movie is awesome, but if I hear "Let it go" one more time, I think I will end up in a Mental Health Facility. But, my girls would watch it every day if I let them.

One of their favorite things to do around the house is to imitate Elsa and Anna... Either a part of the movie, their hairstyle... anything.

In honor to that, here are some pictures to save for the memory lane. On the right, here is Gaby with Elsa's bun. Then, Mimi is performing the part where Anna is signing in front of Elsa's door (two piggy tails and the hands and song)... and Mia did the two braids on her hair... If you look closely, it was all by herself who did the "braids"... Too cute.

Our own beauty salon

I am very good at a lot of things, but I don't mind acknowledging my limitations.  Blow drying hair is one of them. I have never been good about it... not with my hair or anybody else's hair. I still have a blow dryer, because even though I don't do a good job, I don't want my girls to get sick after I wash their hair.

I needed to wash the girls hair and my blow dryer decided not to work anymore. A couple of months ago, I purchased a Hair Straightener and even though I never intended to use it with my girls, I couldn't just keep their hair wet.

I knew this was going to take hours and I make a challenge to myself to do a good job. Gaby is the one more sensitive to get sick, so I started with her. I didn't take a before picture, but here is how she looked after her hair was dry. She is actually a shirt that belongs to me that I was just wearing a week ago!! She's just a total lady already.
 

The second one was Mimi. I was so proud of the job I did with Gaby that I decided to take a before and after picture with her and Mia. From all three, Mimi's hair is the easiest to dry, but I'm still proud of my job...


Now, this is my masterpiece! Even though Gaby has a lot of hair, Mia has enough hair to cover 3 heads!! Took me like 45 minutes, but she was VERY happy!!

Mia is 8

8 years ago I became a mom for the second time. It was the most difficult pregnancy of all three, and she was a high demand baby that needed to have her mama on her sight 24/7.

It was ALL worth it because she is now this sweet little lady that would go out of her way just to see a smile on people's faces.

She remembers details, and she's very sensitive and smart. She's doing great on second grade and she's growing non-stop. Tonight she's wearing a pj in size "Woman, size small" and the flip flops are "Woman, size 6"!!

I love you sooooooooooo very much my Cami-Cami!! Happy 8th birthday, Mia!

We spent the whole weekend doing lots of things to celebrate her birthday... Her party will be a joined party with Mimi as they both insisted on the same theme.

We still got her a yellow cake (she still LOVES yellow) and even my grandma sang happy birthday to her.


We also ate ice cream and pizza. My favorite uncle passed by and they were thrilled to see him as usual...


We went to watch Rio 2 and we all loved it. Awesome movie!! And of course, Gaby wanted her sisters to go to the ride simulator I took her a couple of weeks ago, and they loved it.

... and Gaby's weekend

We all knew this was coming... Gaby's special weekend with mama was super fun!

Something that I know Gaby loves is some adult interaction, which is not something we can do with her little sisters. She eats like an adult, and I decided to take her to the Restaurant where I celebrated my birthday a couple of months ago.

Three friends of mine were there with us and she blended in just fine. She was part of the conversation just like a teenager would. It was refreshing to see.

She ate a 4 ounces bacon cheeseburger and also a slide of pizza. She worked hard to be slim and I like to reward her from time to time. She understands that she needs to eat in moderation all the time in order to have this type of cravings filled.


And of course, she spent lots of time with the pups too. They are already breastfeeding way better, but she still loved to assist.


We went to a different mall for the movies, because I wanted to take her to a ride simulator (third picture below) that I found the other day when I was leaving the gym. Of course, she wanted ice cream and ice cream she got. Then, I begged her to watch a different movie than her sisters did and I seriously regret it. We watched the Lego Movie (middle picture below), and I would have preferred a third round of Mr. Peabody. It was the first time in my life that I was falling asleep at a movie theater.


And here she is outside of the ride simulator. It's called X-Ride 9D and she really liked it.

New body and mind for mama bud...

... in progress!

I started a 12 weeks program at the gym today.  I'm looking forward to see all the changes this WILL bring to every aspect of my life.

The trainer is simply awesome and I have heard lots of great things about him. I'm also very obedient when I get instructions from a person that I feel knows what he is talking about, and I will do my best to follow every single instruction.

Go pain, no gain!