Happy Birthday to Our Sweet Little Boy!!!

June 14, 2007

June 14, 2008

Gabe,

Your dad and I cannot believe that it has been an entire year since you blessed us with your little presence. Every day I look at you and see this little miracle that God has given us on loan for a little while and am in awe. Until you were born I had never known the love that happens between a mother and her child. It is the most powerful love I have ever felt. It is like loving you with my whole being. You will always be loved and taken care of because no matter how much we love you, God loves you more.

Thank you for a great 1st year...

A Boy's Best Friend!

Here are some pics of Gabe with one of his best friends...Kai! When we first brought Gabe home from the hospital, I don't think Kai was to sure about him - mostly because she was used to being the baby of the house. From time to time though we would find her laying next to his crib or wherever he happened to fall asleep, she was always keeping an eye out for him. Well as Gabe gets older and plays with her more they have become the best of pals, it's so cute watching them play together. I tried getting some cute pictures but you know how it is when you see them doing something cute, by the time you get the camera the moment has passed. Boxers are really great with kids!

Our friends Nate and Joy recently had their little baby girl on June 2 (Congratulations guys she's beautiful!!) we went over to see them the other day and Nate gave the guys a cigar and EJ
decided to have his the other night...Gabe looks like he wanted to try but mommy said no way!

All Better!

I can't believe it's been a month since I blogged. The past two weeks Gabe has been a bit under the weather. I thought he had an ear infection so I took him to the Dr., no ear infection but the next night he started vomiting ALOT and it went on for about 4 days. Anyone who knows Gabe knows he smiles all the time and he went 3 days without a single smile, it was so sad. He had a stomach virus and I have a feeling he got it from that little trip to the Dr office. Then of course mommy got the virus, but we are all better now!! Now Gabe just has to put back on the weight he lost....sounds easy enough however this child is still not big on the solid foods - I'm open to suggestions if anyone has any.


I finally found unsalted pretzels..who knew they would be so hard to find. Gabe gets very excited when I ask him if he wants one, you would think he would eat more than 2 :-)

This would have to be one of his favorite times of the day....BATH TIME!!

Riding on daddy's shoulders

What a big boy!

I was taking some pictures of Gabe the other day and when I uploaded them to the computer and looked at them I realized he was no longer a baby, he has transitioned from looking like a baby to looking like a toddler. It literally brought tears to my eyes....my little boy is becoming a big boy. Although it makes me sad, at the same time it brings great joy to my heart to watch him grow - he has been such a blessing to our lives!

It looks like he's doing an advertisement for cheerios LOL!

Last night EJ and I took Gabe to the park - he had such a good time and now that he's a big boy he can go down the slide all by himself! Here are a couple of pictures.

Catching Up!

We got back from our trip to NY about a week ago now, we had a really good time but we are happy to see Daddy again!. It was really nice for Gabe to spend that quality time with his Nana and Papa. He had his first trip to the zoo, his favorite animal I would have to say was a toss up between the lion and the monkey, which is kinda of funny because you have one that's pretty entertaining (the monkey's) and then the lion which just lays there.

Two things he really enjoyed while we were up there were 1. Stairs he loved to climb these stairs which kept everyone in the house on their toes, he became extremely quick at climbing them. The second thing was chicken...I cooked him chicken one night because he hadn't tried it yet and he loved it (YAY!!) He seems to be a pretty picky eater thus far so I was very happy to find something that he enjoyed so much. While we were there he also had two more teeth pop through so now he has 4 on top and 2 on the bottom.

The next few pictures are from the park that's down the street from my parents house.







And here's a picture of my little Yankee fan!!

A couple days ago Grandpa Garcia came into town so Gabe has been able to spend some time with him and show off all his new skills he's acquired since the last time he's seen him.

Last Sunday 4/20 we went to the hospital to see our good friends Micah and Danielle and welcome their little girl Sophie into the world....Congratulations guys, she's beautiful!!!!!!!!! We look forward to watching her and Gabe play together when she gets older.

The Beach!

We took our first little mini vacation as a family (outside of visiting family) we went to Daytona Beach for a few days. It was Gabe's first time, he really enjoyed the sand as for the ocean he's a little unsure - I think the waves were overwhelming (it was pretty chilly too). He did however enjoy the pool! It would be nice to live closer to the beach, it's difficult to go often when it takes a couple hours to get to it.
Gabe and I are getting ready to go to NY next week, I'm a little nervous flying with him by myself since he is such a busy body. I flew with him by myself when he was 4 months old but that was easy because he just slept. I'm just praying that it wont be that bad especially if I get a few new toys- the way back is what will be tough since they have us flying all over the US (we have 2 or 3 layovers yuck!) We will definitely miss Daddy while we are gone, this will be the first time away from him for this long (we are sad that he can't come with us)

Here are some pics from the beach.

He loves his baths so I imagined he would love the pool, it's like an enormous bath tub. He did try to dive out of his float though.

This is a short video clip of him playing in the sand!

9 months!!

I can't believe Gabe is 9 months already the time goes by so fast....he had his check up the other day and he is doing great, he weighs 20.5 lbs now (which according to the charts is still above average). He has been working hard on two things lately: Walking and Teething, the walking is going well (which I've attached a very brief video of his progress) with the exception of all the bumps and scratches we've come across, but the teething has just been causing some restless nights but I do see the light at the end of the tunnel because one has pierced the skin! (which will be his 3rd tooth).