Au revoir baby bottle...

Here is Gabe with his Uncle Dave, enjoying one of his first bottles...

and lets not forget Gabe with his Daddygyver bottle...

Gabe with his Pop-Pop enjoying some pumped goodness ;)

But now we have said "goodbye" to the bottle. It's sippy cups all the time now. I was worried about taking away his morning and night time bottle of whole milk... but it was no big deal. He doesn't even miss them!

Au revoir baby bottles!

Sniff sniff... yet another reminder that my baby is growing up!

Thanksgiving 2010

Thanksgiving was nice. We enjoyed the day with this little turkey...

and these turkeys! :)

Gabe kicked back in his Gramps' chair after dinner...

"Ahhh life is good"!

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.

We have a lot to be thankful for... we're especially thankful this silly little turkey!

A furry friend...

Gabe has a new "stuffed" friend... and someone is a little jealous!

He even tries to give his new "stuffed" friend Zoey's dog treats...haha!

What is he doing!?!

Gabe has a new favorite thing...ICE!

He loves ice!

He is constantly signing for more ice!

You can't go to the fridge and get ice without Gabe and Zoey at your feet!

But ice is very slippery to hold... so it's easier if you just lay down and slurp it off the floor!

I like to think of it as building his immune system ;)

Such a silly guy!

Our first week at the new house...

We have been having lots of fun at our new house! Gabe loves to look out all of the windows. He points and squeals in delight as the school buses and trucks go by!

Zoey also is loving all the windows!

He also is a big fan of mommy's shoes and jewelry! He is constantly bringing me high heels...Sorry Gabe, mommy really hasn't worn those much since you were born. (You'll also notice he found his beloved hillbilly teeth)

Not only do we love throwing things from the top landing of the stairs... but we love to go up and down the stairs...all day long!! He's pretty fast too!

"Please don't yell at me for playing on the stairs mom"

Oh how we looOOove the fridge!

One of the best parts of the new house is that Gabe gets to sit at the kitchen table and eat with us. His high chair slides right up to the table.

We've been installing ceiling fans...

...and having fun playing with the boxes they came in.

Gabe and Zoey have been enjoying lots and lots of time outdoors. Gabe has even made lots of little friends :)

Look at all of that plastic in the front yard!

Home Sweet Home

Well, before we can talk about this...

We have to rewind a bit.

Some fun things have happened in the last week.

We had some fun visits with Grandparents...

we are getting more teeth...

and had a fun trip to the zoo with friends!

(I'm not sure that Gabe and Jackson really even care about the giraffes... I think they are most excited to be out of their strollers!!)

We also had a not so fun 15 month check up at the pediatricians. Gabe screamed bloody murder the entire time :( The poor guy was screaming and shaking so badly that the doctor couldn't even examine him. He weighed 21lbs (5-10th percentile) and was 35.5 inches long (25-50th percentile) She was pleased that he was meeting all of his developmental milestones. Mommy, however, got a slap on the hand and she said those morning and bedtime bottles needed to go bye byes... So I guess once we are all settled in we will phase those out. This was our last visit with this pediatrician. We were sad to say goodbye... although, with all of Gabe's screaming I'd say it's pretty safe to say that that feeling was not mutual.

....and now here we are...

At our new home... and absolutely loving it!

Here are some photos of the house before we moved any boxes in...

Andy is carrying in the very first box!

Boy, that is a lot of stuff!

With some help from family and movers, we were able to get everything unloaded in a few hours...

At some point during the move... Gabe lost his pants and discovered the little boingy door stop things! He had the best time playing with boxes, styrofoam, and packing peanuts!

By the end of the night, we had just about everything unpacked! Now there is lots of organizing and rearranging to do... but a least we don't have to look at those big boxes!

This picture of Zoey just about sums it up...

Ahhhh the Hansons are HOME...and exhausted :)