Family Update

We have been so busy remodeling Michael and I's new room at Gigi and Pop Pop's that I have not been keeping up with the blog well at all. The room is coming out great we have actually got to sleep in it the last 2 nights. It is a very big room that was once ( a very long time ago a garage) and it has its own full bathroom. With help from Alex and Mandy we have put down new tile, painted, crown molding and many other things. Michael and I have gotten our new dressers and still have to purchase our bed and bedside tables in a couple weeks. We got a king size bed now and it is so nice!!! We are also going to be able to have a couch and our tv as well so it will be like our own little studio apartment. Gigi and I are excited to have our sewing room back and we also put the treadmill in there so hopefully we can put it to use. Next big project is making the new nursery so that they will still have a guest room and Pop Pop will also have a nice office when we leave. I will explain more later where the nursery is going to be.
Speaking of the baby I am doing great!!! I have been sick only a few times but am really feeling great. Being so busy chasing Gabe around I have lost almost 20 lbs and I am not complaining!! I will be going for my ultrasound in a couple weeks and we are very excited to find out if we are having a Gavin or a Leila.

Enough about us let me tell you about our big man!! Gabe is growing up so fast and talking so much these days, pretty much everyday he is saying a new word. He says "night night", "baby", "juice" and "bye bye". He says lots more but those are the ones that are very clear. Of course he still says "mama", Pop Pop" and "dada" which is his favorite right now!! I also believe is he trying to say "Gigi" but it isn't as clear as most things. He also said "thanks" last night to Pop Pop for taking us out to dinner!!
When he wakes up in the morning he doesn't usually cry ever we jsut hear him kicking the wall or talking, sometimes he gets up and tries to open his door. Then when I go and open his door he doesn't run to me anymore to pick him up, he just starts playing! It is really cute but makes Mommy a little sad that he is growing up. He loves playing in his room more then anything and it usually doesn't matter if anyone is with him or not, which is great for Mommy. Hopefully he will keep up a lot of his independence once the baby comes too. He is also very insistent on having a fork whenever he is eating and he will try to pick his food up with his fork. He is actually pretty good at stabbing the food onto his fork and even gets it into his mouth sometimes. He loves to walk on his own everywhere but is very good about holding hands too. If Mommy and Daddy are both with him he insists on holding both our hands but always if someone else other then Daddy is with him and I he has to hold there hand too.
He is starting to get where he will help clean up his room, he can put the books on the shelf and put his blocks in the bag. Most of the other Mommy does because he doesn't really have a place everything goes, that's why we have put our order in with Papa to make him a toy box.

I am sure I am forgetting plenty of things but it is the best I can do for now. I will get some new pictures of Gabe up soon. Also I will try to get some pictures of my growing belly and of Michael and I's new room once we get some more done.