I am a little worried....

Okay, the other night I came home from the store and set my purse down in the hallway on the floor. A few minutes later, Hector got my attention and said to look at my purse. There was Gabe, quietly pulling my wallet out, then all my credit cards and crawling away with them! I said "Hey! What are you doing?" And he looked at me, laughed and crawled even faster!! This behavior has to stop!! ;0)

My darling child, taking my money.

Very very sneeky

A Walk in the Park

I have taken Gabe to the park in our development many times before, but that one doesn't have swings! I decided to take him to Discovery Park in PG and he had a blast! The swings were his favorite thing to do, though he doesn't quite get that you have to sit still and his little skinny body had alot of room to move around in the swing!

Sup?

"Oh the places you'll go!...."

It boggles me that you can get into some of the situations that you do! I don't see how you could have fit above or below the bars under the chair, but you did! Sneaky! Very very sneaky!

"I'm gonna get you!"

All Gabe needs to hear are these words and he can hardley contain himself!

And he is off!

Mom is following close behind!

He might be loosing her with a quick right around the chair!



Oh! She found me! Let's do it again!

It's my bed time and I'll cry if I want to!

Every Mother knows it. That look in your child's eyes when he has had enough. We see it about 8:30, when he no longer wants to play with Hector, when the only thing he does want to do is lay on Mommy. It is time for snuggles and a bottle, but I don't mind! After all, this is the only time he sit's still enough for me to hug and kiss him all I want!

My new bouncy seat!

He loves it! His favorite part is the piano on one side, it plays songs and he bounces and bounces and tries to dance to them. (He may have gotten Dad's talent for dancing...)

We miss the days of rolling and crawling. They were so relaxing compared to this stage! Gabe is pulling himself up on furniture now, well, I guess anything he can reach. he is getting better at balancing but sometimes he forgets that he can't walk, let's go of the furniture and try's to walk forward. He never gets more than one step in before he crashes to the floor. And, just like a boy, he usually smiles a big smile and crawls away.

We take alot of pictures at our house, most for no real reason at all. Doesn't the look on his face say it all?

The Aftermath of Speghetti

I've seen worse!

Well Gabe has learned to put food in his mouth. This of course doesn't apply to just food, no, actualy it is anything that is about the size of a pea. My floors are are no longer considered safe. I can vacuum and 3 seconds later he has managed to pick up a particle of something in each hand. And, with his new trick, he wants to hold everything that he is eating, whether it is a piece of dry cereal, or a glob of pudding, you can bet it will be all over everything before it makes it into his mouth, but when it finally does, he gets a proud smile on his face and try's again with another piece.

The Growing-Faster-Than-Ever Gabe

Well, Gabe is crawling now... technically. He knows how to crawl on hands and knees but prefers an army crawl because then he can hold a toy in each hand. He only crawled about a week though until he started pulling up on couches and tables... anything that would support him.. with a few bruises from the things that would not.
He is just over 9 months now and is pointing at everything he wants and shakes his head no at things he doesn't want. He is in the 25 percentile for weight and 95th for height... hmmm... sound like family genes or what??? His favorite toys are laundry baskets, remote controls, cell phones and Toby (though Toby is not so keen on him yet). He is skinny and tall so usually his clothes are baggy (bigger cause they're longer) and his head (slightly resembling a basket ball) gets thick hair and longer eyelashes daily!! He has 4 teeth now, 2 on top and 2 on bottom and he usually has his mouth open ready to recieve andy food you might and to slip in.
We love our Gabe!!!!

We saw Rick and Jenn (my brother) and the fam while in Cali. Gabe sure was a hit! The boys loved him and Caitlyn played "mommy" for a few hours. Colton loved to snuggle and watch tv with you!

Here we are in Las Vegas! Gabe is ready to try swimming for his first time!

Gabe loves suckers! I can get a good 20 minute of peace when he has one to entertain him!! After this "blue sucker" incident I quickly learned that pina colada (the clear ones) are much better flavor! :0)