It’s so hard to believe that it was three years ago that our spunky, little Gianna Brianne came into the world.
We’ve been having some difficult days with Gigi lately, with and emphatic “NO!” being her word of choice often. She’s very strong and independent these days, although still has her moments of shyness where she clings to Mommy’s leg. Despite the difficulties we’ve been having with her though, she still is such a sweet girl at heart. She loves her friends and her family, even the ones who live far away, talking and asking about them often.
Everyone loves her raspy little voice and is amazed at her vocabulary. Her artistic side has really been bourgeoning lately– she loves to paint, and do anything crafty, whether it’s stickers, crayons, “sewing” with mommy.
Gigi still loves macaroni and cheese as well as “peanut jelly & butter” (nope, that’s not a typo), 
but she will really try anything and is such a good eater.
She’s such a good big sister and loves to sing to baby Bro-Bro– usually it’s “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” the ABCs, or “Twinkle, Twinkle,” or “Awesome God,” often with her guitar around her neck. She’s even getting close to carrying a tune these days.
This year we aimed to celebrate her all week– since we’ve really tried to simplify things at Christmas we want to go all out for our kids’ birthdays. She still doesn’t quite understand all the special treatment and the meaning of birthdays but I think she enjoyed the week, which included a beach day, a trip to the San Diego Botanical Garden, and lunch with Yaya at her fabric store.
Then on Friday, we had a little party at one of our favorite beaches, Fletcher Cove, in Solana Beach, near David’s work. We played on the grass and playground, did a little craft and had some yummy snacks (including the cupcakes she helped make). Then we went to dinner at Pizza Port with Yaya & Papa. She had a great time!
Saturday we got up and headed out to the Wild Animal Park with all of Gigi’s grandparents. It was another beautiful day, and we finished it off with a little BBQ.
Gigi got her first real bike from Granny and Granpa!
Here are all the photos from Gigi’s two birthday parties!
We love you, Gigi Bri!
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Happy belated birthday Gigi! I’m a fan of the week long birthday celebration, good idea Nicole:) I think Gigi should bring her new bike, and new BROTHER up to our house to show them off! We could do the bob jones bike path, bbq, beach boardwalk….I’ll even do my laundry to unearth our guest room!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know you want tooooooooo.