Out to eat

This is Gabe's first time sitting in a restaurant high chair...Although, he could care less where he is sitting, as long as you're shoveling food into his mouth. While at dinner, this hungry hungry caterpillar ate an entire jar of sweet potatoes... and then began screaming and banging his hands on the table... so he then proceeded to eat mandarin oranges off of my salad... 2 mum mums (which are pretty much baby rice cakes)... and finished off with some pizza crust!!


He was quite annoyed that we were taking a break from feeding him to take pictures!

Family Swim Night

After seeing what a little fish Gabe was in Arizona, I decided to sign us up for some "Mommy and Me" swim classes. On Saturday and Sunday evenings, the swim center has "family" swim time... so daddy got to join in the swim fun!!

As we pulled up to the swim center on Sunday evening (and parked among the sea of mini vans) Andy pointed out that back in Salisbury, Sunday night was all about going to Market Street and getting drinks and half price appetizers.... now it's family swim and home by 07:30 for bedtime! (oh how life has changed... but I wouldn't change it for the world)

The three of us had a blast! Gabe just loved splashing and kicking his little feet. He splashed water in his face and even drank some pool water... but it didn't phase him. He just kept splashing away....

Vrooom Vrooom!

Winter has been absolutely brutal this year....but we were finally blessed with a beautiful sunny day! On this Sunday afternoon we decided to head outdoors... and show Gabe what he's been missing while we've been couped up inside for the last several weeks.
Not only was this our first time playing outdoors in quite some time, but it was Gabe's first spin in his cool car! He just thought this was so neat and was all giggles and smiles. He even had his little hands on the steering wheel.... it was so cute!

Oh pUlease....

Today we took Gabe for his 6 month check up. He measured in at 15lbs 140z... which apparently is on the small side. According to the "growth chart" his weight at 6 months is in the 10th percentile.... which would mean that 90% of 6 month boys weigh more than him.... and then we were told "his weight is falling off the growth chart" OH PULEASE!!! Look at him people!! Not to mention, the boy eats like it's his job!


ugh...look at those little tiny chicken legs...




and that belly.... he is just withering away to nothing!



Are those cute little baby "boobs" that I see?



Look he's so hungry, he trying to eat his very own feet!!

What do Andy and I plan to do about this? NOTHING! We are going to continue feeding him his cereal in the morning, his fruit in the afternoon, and his veggies for dinner with lots and lots of "boobie" milk in between :)

Oh and he also measured 75% for height and had to get 5 shots! Poor poor baby! The good news is that we don't have to go back untill his 9 month check up!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hugs and Kisses from our little Cupid!

Happy Half Birthday Gabe!

Birth...

One month...

Two months...

Three months...

Four Months...



Five Months...

Six Months...

Making quite a splash...

Gabe is quickly outgrowing his little whale tub and he is certainly doing a lot of SPLASHING these days... which results in me mopping up the kitchen floor and changing my clothes after bathtime. Soooo it's time for the "big" tub where he can splash splash away!


This was Gabe's first time in his little whale tub...


Here we are now... casually kicked back!

Ahhhh much more spacious!

Splash away Gabe!

Blizzard of 2010

What a weekend! The snow started falling Friday afternoon and fell steadily until Saturday evening. In total, we had over 2 ft. of snow fall down on us! Unfortunately, I was scheduled to work over the weekend... Roy was able to safely get me to work early early Saturday morning with his 4WD... but once there... there was no coming home until the snow stopped and the plows cleared the roads. While I was snowed in at the hospital for a total of 36 hours, Andy took Gabe to be snowed in at Grammy's. I think Andy was excited to do some shoveling and play with Roy's snow plow... and I KNOW Grammy was excited to have her baby Gabe snowed in with her!

oh yea... and Zoey got snowed in at Grammy's too!

Unfortunately, in the excitement of this snowfall... the milk made it to Grammy's but some of the bottle parts did not. Daddy (AKA as Dadgyver) invented this contraption for Gabe to drink his milk! Such a resourceful daddy!! HAHA!

And here's mommy... sad I couldn't be snowed in with my boys :( Although it wasn't ideal to spend an entire weekend at work... we certainly made the most of it. This is a picture of us right before we left to FINALLY go home! All of us were exhausted and oh so ready to leave!

"The Dayshift Blizzard Warriors"

Another Snowy Day

We woke up this morning to yet another beautiful layer of fluffy snow!




Gabe watches as Zoey plays outside in the snow! He enjoys watching her run around and he babbles away at her! Hi Zoey!

Messy but DELICIOUS!!

Gabe has become quite the little eater these days! So far he has enjoyed rice cereal, squash, green beans, applesauce, and now carrots! Of these foods, his favorite is applesauce! I have been giving him Motts all natural applesauce... and I truly believe he could finish an entire jar in one sitting if I let him!! Here are some photos of Daddy feeding Gabe carrots for the first time. Notice how we have to hold his hands down to keep him from grabbing the spoon!