What? I'm 5 months old already?

Gaby turned 5 months old Friday (May 8th). It came as quite a shock to her - the photo below says it all! Still, all is well in Gaby's house - she continues to grow and do new things. As of last Saturday, our most recent weigh in, Gaby was just about 18 pounds - a full 1.5 pounds heavier than at her 4 month appointment just three weeks earlier! Gaby's been dealing with a fair amount of congestion over the last month - the doctor believes the result of a dust allergy. We're doing all we can to address the problem but even still, Gaby remains in good spirits. We've had lots of fun over the last month - below we tell the story since our last posting in photos.

Gaby celebrated her first Passover this year. We enjoyed two seders - one at Babushka Maya's house on the first night and one at Grammy Michele and Papa Arnie's house on the third night. Below is a photo of Gaby wearing her froggy pajamas just for this occasion (at Grammy & Grandpa's house), courtesy of our dear friend Cookie Stern (remember the Passover song: "One morning when Pharoah awoke in his bed, there were frogs in his bed and frogs on his head...").

Gaby joined us for the first part of the seder before retiring to bed. Still a little too young to recite the four questions but we have no doubt she'll be in good shape to join her cousins next year!

Gaby continues to enjoy her baths - this was just too precious!

We finally put together Gaby's exer-saucer a couple weeks ago - here is Gaby's maiden voyage at the helm. She seemed so knowledgeable about it - turns out she'd been playing in the exer-saucer at her daycare for a week before she tried it out at home!

We've taken to exploring new parts of LA county when we can. A couple weeks back, we visited Montrose, a neighborhood in Glendale, just north and slightly east of Los Angeles. We had a lovely brunch, visited the local farmer's market, and then headed off to the Descanso Gardens, a beautiful public garden, nearby. Below are some photos we took with Gaby at the gardens.

Planes, trains, and automobiles - these are all the modes of transportation Gaby can now claim she has taken. Last weekend, we took a train trip from LA's Union Station to San Juan Capistrano to celebrate Babushka Maya's birthday. We had a good time on the train - it was just a little more than an hour down to Capistrano. Union Station is just a beautiful, old train station. We got there early and enjoyed walking around the station and the outside grounds.

We met up with Aunt DeeDee (Alex's sister) at the train station in San Juan Capistrano - she came up from San Diego to celebrate with us. We enjoyed a great brunch at Rios House Cafe, just across the train tracks from the train platform.

After brunch, we walked around the charming stores in a historic district of San Juan Capistrano and then went to visit the Mission nearby.

Just this weekend, the three of us enjoyed a visit to Larchmont Village, an area of LA not far from the gorgeous homes of Hancock Park. It's a neat street with lots of shops and restaurants. We had brunch and walked around, visiting some of the beautiful, albeit over-priced, stores on the street. Just a really relaxing way to spend a Saturday.

Here's Gaby and mommy in Larchmont Village - don't you just love this sun hat?

And finally, today was Mother's Day! My first as a mommy - what a wonderful day! We enjoyed brunch with Grammy, Grandpa, Uncle Jeff, Isabella, Michael, Lucas, and the entire Kaye family. Check out the photo of Gaby sitting up - it's the first time we've seen her sitting up unassisted - OK, she was upright on her own for 10-20 seconds but it's something!

Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies out there!!!!