We are all doing very well, the past few weeks have been pretty busy. We celebrated EJ's birthday on the 19th...we went to a Brazilian steakhouse which we really enjoyed. It was nice to casual eat the whole time we were there instead of your food coming out all at once. Gabe stood on his own for a few seconds without assistance and he's starting make more sounds when he talks, he said da da yesterday. He tried some applesauce today, it's hard to tell but I think he liked it, lets just say he didn't fight it as much. He's not to fond of sweet potatoes and he seems to tolerate cereal.The house is still coming along....as I write the plumber is actually here right now so by the end of the day we could have all of our bathrooms functioning (as long as we don't come across anymore missing parts LOL) Well that's all the news I have for now.

Mom what is this stuff??

Well a few days ago Gabe had his first taste of solids, it was banana and as you can tell from his face he didn't like it too much :-) When I tried to give him some more he backed his head away and shut his mouth....it was pretty funny. He hasn't shown much interest in starting solids but we are going to try some sweet potato tomorrow morning so we'll see how that goes! I'm making his baby food which I enjoy doing and it doesn't take any time at all, I made sweet potato and carrots yesterday, we will probably try the carrots some time next week.





Here are some pics I took of Gabe which I forgot to upload under family photos but I had to add them because I think he looks too cute!!

Family Photos

Here are some Family photos that our friend Eric took for us! Gabe missed his nap so he was pretty tired but overall I think he did well. It was however difficult to get a picture with all three of us looking :-) We are very satisfied with how they came out though, Eric did a great job!!
Well Gabe is all over the place, he's been pulling up on the furniture for a few weeks and he's becoming a pro at moving along it, walking is just around the corner. He also cut two teeth, the first was on Jan. 3 and the second was on Jan. 7. With the exception of some interrupted sleep it didn't seem to bother him too much and actually I think it was the congestion that was causing him to wake up. I have also started the baby sign language, it will of course be awhile before he starts using it but it seems like he's starting to understand what some of them mean.

Gabe's First Christmas

I'm definitely a little delayed on getting some pictures up from Christmas. Gabe has been keeping me very busy. We really enjoyed his first Christmas, and he did very well opening his gifts! I think he was a little overwhelmed...not sure what to play with first. We had a very relaxed morning, EJ made breakfast and then Gabe took his morning nap. Once he woke up we opened presents and then headed to his mom's house for dinner. Here are a few of the pictures we took of him with his new toys!