Smile break

Let's take a moment to check out those cheeks!

Meeting Aunt Carren

My best friend Carren came to visit this week! Carren and I met when we were 11 and I could not wait to introduce her to my son. My son who one day she will tell all of my embarrassing stories too! They hit it off immediately! Thanks Carren for being so patient with our outings and ALL of my gear!



Carren also took some of my favorite pictures of me and Gabriel. I love having creative friends!

Weight check

7 pounds, 14 ounces...6 weeks and 6 days old. Since Gabriel was 6 weeks early according to the doctor he is now 1 week old!

Gabriel's 1st baseball game!

On April 24th Gabriel became a D'backs fan! We all went to the game today (D'Backs vs. Phillies). Unfortunately AZ lost but we still had fun. Gabriel did great! He slept through the whole game...well, until the 9th inning rally. He is quite popular with the ladies that sit around us.

Who dressed me?!

It is a catch 22...I want him to be my baby forever, yet I want him to be big enough to wear little outfits. I had dressed him in a collared onsie that was clearly too big. I feel like from the look on his face he knew it too!


I still can't stop staring at hime and watching him sleep...something tells me I am going to be peeking in on him as a teenager, just as my mom did me.

Do you blame me?...
   

With every day that passes Gabriel is more and more alert. More and more like a little man! He has started trying to make sounds and regularly makes an "O"....wonder what he wants to say?
 

My mommy's mommy...

Grandma's first visit. Although my mom was there when Gabriel was born this was the first official visit...and oh yeah, my birthday. She fussed over me for 35 years and now I will be passing the torch to Gabriel. My mom wanted to show Gene just how tiny he was so we used her hand as a reference... Just wait until she sees how big he is next visit!

My men ♥

Today was supposed to be Gabriel's birthday...I love my early present.

The circumcision...

On Gabriel's 5th week Keven had to go out of town for a few days. He and I had our first mommy and son adventures. Unfortunately that turned out to be his circumcision. What an awful experience. I NEVER want to hear that cry again. Poor little guy. We cuddled for the next two days straight...I am not sure if that was to help me or him. That aside, we made it through our first few nights alone with flying colors. Afterall, I did have my gaurd dog Rahja..haha.

My reward...

This is my reward for being awake at 3:45AM

End of the swaddle

At 4 weeks old (4/7/10) Gabriel was done with the whole swaddling thing. Keven and I would get a kick out of how long it would take him to pop his arms out of the top of the blankets. Only if he was really sleepy could you pull it off. Even though he was still under 7 pounds I was getting more comfortable dressing him and couldn't wait until he could fit into all the cute clothes we had for him. Although somewhat confused at times he was starting to focus on me more and more.

*Some of the pictures are a little blurry becuase I didn't want to hurt his eyes using the flash.



side view of his first curl!


already saying his prayers...I know I haven't stopped since he got here.