7-months old!

Seven months!?!? Matty and I just can't believe it! We've had such an exciting last month, too! Gabriel now has 5 teeth and 2 more just starting to make their presence known. With the excitement of the new teeth, we've also had our share of illness over the last 30 days. We had our first 3 am phone call to the triage nurse on 10/17. Gabe picked up a stomach virus from daycare on Wednesday so we stayed home with him on Thursday and he appeared to be doing much better. Well, the virus stuck around and I ended up with it Friday morning, Matty ended up with it Friday afternoon and Gabe picked it up AGAIN Friday evening. So there we were, the three of us with fevers and a terrible stomach virus trying to decided if we should just throw in the towel and call 911...it's funny now but it wasn't at the time!!! However, we made it through the night by rocking the baby and getting bits of sleep. We took Gabe into the Dr's on Saturday morning and were told it had to run its course...oh and yah, it's a stomach virus with upper respiratory side effects! So, Gabe also had a runny nose and hacking cough...poor baby!! But, we're all recovered now so life is good!

We hope everyone is doing well and will check back often. With love from our family to yours!

The look

After approxiamately 23 photos, mommy finally captured "the look"...
watch out, I'm up to something!! (10/26)

pseudo-picnic

Even though the picture is sideways (and I can't seem to change it!) this is our first sorta-picnic...the weather was beautiful with temperatures around 75 degrees so we decided to get the blanket, start a fire and watch the dog chase shadows for most of the afternoon. And this is another famous self-portrait shot by Matty! (10/26)

"Fall"ing in love!

Hanging out with mommy! This is one view of our beautiful backyard in the Fall but I think I have the best view of all! (10/26)

Giggling with daddy!

This is what we do on Friday nights...sit around and make each other laugh while mommy snaps photo after photo after photo!
My men are just too cute!
What does everyone think about Matty's beard? I think it makes him look all rough and tumbly!

Walk in the park!

On Sunday, after we recovered from the terrible 24 hour stomach virus (or in Gabe's case, 2 separate 24 hour bugs in one long weekend), we decided to take a walk at Bass Lake park in Holly Springs, NC. It was cold, or at least cold for NC so we bundled up the baby who was busy trying to eat the running stroller (thanks Uncle Mike and Aunt Leesa for letting us borrow it)! Though my baby looks adorable, I have to say chicks with short hair shouldn't wear visor's! (10/19)

No way!

Gabriel is very intent on communicating with his daddy! I think daddy is just as intent on listening to all the fun things Gabe has to say...most importantly are "a-gigi"! He also enjoys blowing bubbles and making the fun razz sounds.