Oops, I did it again!!

Well I am pregnant and while it is very exciting news it is also very scary!!! I know what everyone is thinking, "is this the right time?" well if it wasn't it wouldn't have been God's plan for Me. I know that it will be hard it is wonderful!!! We are living with my parents and don't have our own place but it isn't like we are having a baby next week, it's going to be another 9 months or so. If we are still at my parents we still have another room for the baby when it comes and it will be fine. Living here will give us the ability to save lots of money before our little baby gets here. I am sure everyone is concerned but please keep them to yourself because we are thrilled and that's how I want to stay!!!! I am having another baby and it's going to be wonderful!!!!
I am going to be going to Clark and Daughtry because it is so close to the house and it will be much easier and my first appointment Monday at 2 with Dr.Granger. I will update later with all the info, from my calculations I believe we are looking at the baby being due the end of Jan. or first of Feb. I will have a due date for you Monday afternoon.
Please pray for Michael and I, Gabe and the new little miracle!!! Love you all!!!

Lil' Slugger

Gabe has many small bats that he has gotten from various people and also one that Papa Bates made him. He loves carrying them around with him now all day long now!! Before he couldn't hold them the correct way but he has now gotten it and it is hilarious.

We went to a Lakeland Flying Tigers game Wed. night and Gabe had to take his bat with him and was swinging it all night like he was in the game.
He had so much fun and even was clapping at all the right times!!

He is such a silly kid he made us laugh all night long!!

They have a Tiger mascot and he sat down in front of Gabe for a minute and Gabe didn't take his eyes off of him. Gabe finally got off Pop Pop's lap and and touched the Tigers shoulder but as soon as the Tiger turned around Gabe wanted Pop Pop to pick him up quick!! It was so cute, I wish I could have gotten it on video but it happened too fast.

I had to put this picture on of me and my buddy before the game, it was too cute!!!

11 months old!!

The monthly pics are getting harder and harder to take. He decided this month that he would rather sit in his rocking chair, instead of my glider!! Papa Bates bought this at Webster for him and he loves playing in it, he was actually standing on the arm of it the other day trying to pull his Humpty out of the crib.

It is crazy to me to be planning his 1st birthday party, it just doesn't seem like it has almost been a year since we brought him home with us!! It is so fun to watch him learn new things all the time.

He now has 6 teeth and likes to use them. He occasionally will bite but it is when he gets really excited and I am sure he really isn't too aware of what he's doing (I hope not at least)!!

His walking has improved so much and he walks EVERYWHERE!! He can squat down and pick up a toy, stand up from sitting on the floor, turns around and can even step up the step into Gigi's kitchen when he holds onto the facing.

He still loves to tease and does it all the time. Clapping is also a favorite and he actually does it at the appropriate time usually and even usually says "Yea!"

He is just so sweet and fun, this age is really great!!
He is now drinking plain milk and big boy food. He also will only use sippy cups with straws.

Well be watching for a birthday invitation in the next couple weeks!!!

Up, up and away

This happened a two and a half weeks ago but I just got around to blogging again. We have moved out of our home and into my parents for awhile. We want to save up our money for a year or more and find us somewhere larger and just perfect to raise our family, we need more room for more children. We have nearly completed Gabe's new room at Gigi and Pop Pop's and we will post those pics this weekend.

So back to the story he did this 2-3 weeks ago. I had 2 boxes full of dvds in the family room by the love seat and while I was out of the room Gabe decided to figure out how to get onto the love seat.

I never fell backwards onto his back or anything he climbed right up like he had known how to do it all along.

He is just such a smart boy and learning new things everyday. This is something he loves to do, playing in the dishwasher. He usually just pulls the drawer in and out but this evening at Gigi's he decided he wanted the drawer out and for him to be in.

Baseball Tonight!!

Well we all know how much Michael loves baseball so of course we go to the minor league games at Tiger Town!! The tickets are cheap and it is lots of fun!!! Gabe actually got a foul ball and Pop Pop took him after the game to get the pitcher to sign it!! Daddy put it in a case for him and he has it displayed on his new shelves that Papa built him!!

It did start to sprinkle a little so I took Gabe under the tunnels to keep from getting wet. He wanted to get down and walk around so I got some great videos of him walking!!! Yes, walking!!! I can't believe my 10 month old is walking but he is. I try to let him get down in stores and stuff but he doesn't ever want to go the way I want him to so he doesn't get to do it very much.

It is so hard to believe he is already walking, by his birthday he is going to be running I guess!!

He really is such a sweet baby boy though, we have is much fun together!! He is really at a great age and just talking up a storm, it is so hilarious!!

He is a true boy, loud and dirty all the time!!!

Chuck E. Cheese

On Monday Grammie and Papa had Charles over spending the night so we all met at Chuck E. Cheese's to let the kids play. Michael was there since he is off on Mondays and then Alex and Emma also came up.

The kids had a good time playing together!!

Gabe had so much fun in this monster truck he would have stayed in it all day if we would have let him. It moved a lot and none of the other kids would sit in it, they all got scared. Gabe didn't care he just stood up and turned the wheel, he was trying to honk the horn but it was hard to stay standing with only one hand on the wheel!!

He liked going down the slide a lot, well as long as he could go head first!!! Then he started trying to crawl down but it didn't work so great!!

I never thought about taking Gabe there but it is really cheap and he had so much fun!!

10 months

Ok so this picture makes him look a little crazy but you can see his top teeth and I thought that was really cute!! I really can't believe he is already 10 months it seems crazy to already be planning his 1st birthday!!! The picturing taking in the glider has gotten harder then ever and he just want to stand up.

He has really turned into quite the goofball and loves teasing you!!! He is walking all over the house but then he doesn't do it quite as much when he goes places. I did get a video of him walking yesterday, it's little ruff because he was walking towards me and I was trying to back up. I will still try and get a better one of him soon. He can make it from the couch all the way to the entertainment stand, which is about 11 feet.

He is about to have 6 teeth as well, the 4th top on is working on getting through and making Gabe a little sick while it happens (I haven't missed the spit-up at all)!!

We have also rearranged his room to that he has more play area in his room and we moved a bunch of toys in there. Once I get it better situated I will take some pictures!

Finally!

The pool finally was warm enough last Saturday that we got to go swimming!!!

Last year Gabe was so small and I was worried about taking him in the pool very much, so we didn't really! I was really worried that he might not like it for whatever reason, but he loved it!! He never acted like it was too cold or anything he was just excited!!

He really liked it and didn't mind seating in the floaty seat (Emma's old seat) most of the time, he even floated down to the deep end all by himself!! After the cold fronts pass and it warms up better again, it will be a nice thing for Mommy and Gabe to do during the day!

In the next video please ignore me in a 2-piece, I was only wearing that because it was just the 3 of us at home. It is scary just don't look!!

SuperMan!!!

Michael insisted on buying these pajamas before Gabe was even born even though they were a 2T, the smallest size they came in. Gabe has just now started wearing them and they are so cute! He doesn't sleep with the cape on, we velcro it on in the morning!!

When Gabe was born Gigi and Pop Pop bought this huge gate for us and we have really started using it a lot!! We use it to keep the dogs off the rug (we took the mats up) and Gabe confined!!

This is him figuring out how to escape from the Gabe, he has since stopped doing that!! He is very smart and amazes me everyday!!

Handsome Man

We had Gabe's pictures taken at JCPenney a couple weeks ago for some 9 month professional shots and once again I am amazed at how well he does. He is such a cute kid!!

My little man is really growing up and is on the verge of walking. This past Saturday Emma was over and must have really inspired him because since then he has been trying to walk everywhere. He can make it 3-4 feet sometimes but then others he only goes a couple steps. We work on it daily but it's still really early for him to be walking so we are trying not to rush it.

This was Gabe's Easter outfit that he had his picture taken in, Gigi and Pop Pop got it for him.

I couldn't believe it when Michael picked out the lavender shirt, out of blues, yellows and greens but I loved it. The outfit makes him look very grown-up, it is really cute!!

He has also really started talking a lot!!! I am sure he knows what is is talking about but I have no clue!! We always say "Yea!" when he claps and yesterday when he was clapping I think he was trying to say it too. It sounded more like "day" but it was really cute!!

Gabe is now off baby food, he has the snacks and stuff by Gerber for real meals he has whatever we have!! He loves being a big boy and loves all the cool big kid food now!!

I will let you know right now that the thumb sucking picture was not Mommy's idea, it was the photographers!! It has turned into a lot more than doing it just when he's tired but oh well!!

Gabe has also learned how to play peek-a-boo and it is really funny!! Sometimes he will start laughing before he uncovers his face and it really cute. He has also started teasing, he will hold something out to you then when you go to take it he pulls it back. He will do it for as long as you will and he thinks he is really funny!!

Well if you want any pictures of him let me know which you like and in what size and I will print them for you.

I will try to get better at posting more but I hardly take pictures because I am busy with other things, I will do my best though.

Big Boy!!

As most of you know we have a pool, but it still isn't quite warm enough to swim in yet. So Gabe has a small pool he plays in but for some reason he had other ideas the other day when he got in.All he wanted to do was play with the hose and he had a ball. I think he would have played with that hose for an hour if I would have let him.Then he noticed the big pool and was wanting to get in it. I was dunking his legs and in and he thought that was really funny!!!


He has also gotten were he really loves watching cartoons, he just insists on standing right at the t.v when he watches. He will usually only stand there for about 5 minutes then he walks away but will come back again. His favorite thing is "Cho-Cho Soul" still that is a 3 minute little music thing that comes on between shows on Disney.









My favorite thing about this picture is the p.j pants leg, one is rolled up to his knee and the other is still down. Too funny!!!

Gabe learned to wave and he actually says something that sounds almost like "bye,bye" while he's waving. He also learned how to clap the next day and that's what he really likes doing more now. If you say "YEA!!!" he will clap for you!!

Here are some action shots of Gabe clapping!!!

Check-Up Update

Gabe went to the doctor this morning for his 9 month check-up. He weighed in at 20 lbs. and 4 ozs. and 30 inches tall. For weight he is in the 45% and height he is in the 92%, our tall boy!!!
Dr. Ghayal couldn't believe he was already letting go trying to walk, he's so smart. Gabe can also start having stage 3 foods now and pretty much anything else he wants. He didn't have to get the normal shots but they did have to take his blood in the lab for a test. I thought he was going to throw a fit but he actually never cried and just wanted to see what the lady was doing while she was squeezing his finger. They were so proud of him she gave him a little stuffed turtle but he was more worried about getting the band-aids off!! He also has his 5th and 6th teeth coming through, the ones on either side of his top middle teeth.
Those are his new stats, enjoy!!

Happy Easter '08!!

As good as Gabe did at Christams we had to take him back to have his picture taken with the Easter Bunny!!! This we are going to do every year whether he is screaming or smiling it's just nice to have.

We had a super fun Easter and I know the older Gabe gets the more fun it will be!! We did get him some tubby toys and some new books in his Easter basket.

The tubby toys were very needed so that was good!!! We are also trying to read more to him and these were some great Christian stories.

On Easter we go to Grammie and Papa's because they have the best yard for hunting eggs!!!

Gigi and I made matching outfits for all the kids and they looked adorable. Out of all the pictures everyone took so far I haven't seen a picture where all the kids are looking at the same time.

We had a really nice lunch and relaxed for a while before hunting eggs. Uncle Andy and Aunt Angel gave Gabe a new froggy book that he really likes!! Grammie and Papa also gave the kids an Easter book, bubbles and some eggs with candy in them. Gigi and Pop Pop gave all the kids new Easter baskets, Gabe got a turtle with some new trucks and candy.

Gabe hunted eggs and actually found 3 eggs. He will do better next year!!

It was just a really great day and we all had tons of fun!!

These are a bunch of cute pictures I had that I just had to put on. Emma is just so sweet looking in these pictures!!!