DaDdy & GaBrIeL

I'm afaid Gabriel is going to think I was never around because i'm never in the pictures...ha ha!! It's just so difficult for me to pass up any opportunity to take pics of Gabriel and Chet together because they are so adorable. I think they have a special bond.

This is the reason we still co-sleep. Generally it's mommy and Gabriel snoozing in the bed while Daddy studies/reads on his laptop in the other rooom but on weekends Daddy gets a turn to take a cuddle nap. Our son is so cuddly. He always wants to be held against our chest and nuzzle up to our neck. Sometimes it's like he's a newborn all over again. It can be tough at times when we are exhausted and he wants to sleep right on top of us or in our face BUT we know this phase will not last forever so we try to remember how lucky we are to have a little luv bug.

A glimpse into the future-Gabriel and his Daddy putting furniture together. Chester is so patient. Gabriel crawled all over the pieces and ate power cords and basically was into everything but Chet was so easy about it. I hope that Gabriel learns patience from him because he sure will not get it from his mommy...ha ha!!

I took a nap (on my own) and when I emerged from the room Chet informed me that Gabriel fell asleep in his tent and took a nap in there. Here's the pics to prove it. Chet is determined to make Gabriel LOVE sleeping in a tent!

Gabriel's new fleece from Grama. We are off to Gabriel's FIRST Tarheels Basketball game thanks to Dr. Thakker for giving us his tickets. We had a great time! More pics to follow.

HaLLoWeeN CaNdY

We made a last minute change to our Halloween night plans and took Gabriel trick or treating to a nice neighborhood in Chapel Hill that I read [randomly] online was a festive neighborhood. It sure was FuN! All the people were out on their porches chatting with their neighbors and sipping Wine. Chet and I had never seen anything like it. It was a warm night (about 73 degrees). Trick or treating in NC is a lot different than in WA. All the families were so happy to see Gabriel and said the nicest things to us about how lucky we were and how much we should enjoy him at this age. It was a really nice night for our little family:)

Gabriel got lots of candy! We let him chew on the wrappers and shake the boxes of Nerds and other treats. He really seemed happy:)

Here he is "counting" and "sorting" his treats. Mommy and Daddy ate most of it;)

So, as I said, he liked to chew on the boxes but once they got soggy we took them away so he couldn't actually eat the candy that was inside. I went into the other room (I was sick so I have a good excuse for not paying attention to him) and Chet said that he'd keep an eye on him and that "there was really nothing he could get into." I came out of the bathroom and around the corner to find my husbands back turned to the sink and my son eating Nerds off the floor.

I hate it when i'm right [like ALL the time!].

Me: 'Um, Chet, our son is eating Nerds off the floor.'

Chet: "Oh my gosh, Gabriel, how did you get them open?!"

Gabriel thinking to himself: How many Nerds can I get into my mouth before these get taken away?! Yum, these are really good. It pays to have early fine motor skills;)

more PuPpY

TrUnK or TrEaT & PupPy

Our neighbors & good friends invited us to their church for a chilli cook off and "trunk or treating" so ofcourse we accepted the invitation. This is a picture of our "trunk" decorated in a spider theme. We had a drop down spider and a strobe light so it was pretty cool...if I do say so myself;) We all had a lot of fun!

The following morning (10-25-09) we tried to put Gabriel in his puppy costume that we were sure wouldn't fit (which is why we bought the lion costume) but IT FIT and we were so excited! We took him out strolling in it and then to costco and finally had a little photo shoot in front of the office at our apartment complex. He's the one in the middle...ha ha!!

Forget about the pumpkin patch-Gabriel had so much fun chewing on these pumpkins and eating little pieces of Hay in front of the office.

BoUnCe HoUsE

Little Lion

Happy little Lion with his egg from the hunt.

Gabriel loves to be outdoors and he especially loves to crawl around.

Gabriel with our neighbor/his good friend Kylene. She's so sweet with him. She takes away his toy and then tries to feed it back to him;) She also thinks it's her "job" to make sure he has his pacifier. She's such a sweetie pie! Gabriel is very fond of her.

October FuN

Gabriel is in [usual] happy mood. Yes, he's wearing a hat indoors because one of his favorite activities is crawling outside on the [fenced in] patio and it's a little chilly out there.

A candy egg hunt at our apartment's HalLowEen party.

The little Lion "finds" and egg with daddy's help.