I thought we were done taking pictures of the cat after Gabe was born, but apparently Nathan doesn't think so. He did look really funny sitting in the sink.


Here is Michael in a go-cart at Adventure Landing last week. We were able to go for the boys spring break. Gabe enjoyed watching them drive, but I think he really wanted to get in one. Michael has a very serious look on his face here as he did for the whole ride.

Here is Michael again with his brother Ryan coming up fast behind him. Ryan lapped Michael several times. I'm not sure if Michael's feet don't quite reach, or if he just doesn't want to go any faster.

We have a little bit of our own March Madness here at our house. Gabe's favorite shot is the slam-dunk. OK, it's pretty much his only shot. But he's pretty good at it.

Look at the concentration on that face. I think I can, I think I can...He's taking several steps, but it's still much faster to crawl, so that's what he does most of the time.

Gabe climbing up on the chest at the end of our bed so that he can get to the cat.

Unfortunately for him, the cat was long gone by the time he got up here. At least I got this cute picture. Here is some of the outdoor work we did today. I planted some daylilies here that our neighbor gave to us and put some mulch down. It looks better than the dirt mess that was there before. Hopefully the daylillies will grow quickly!

Here is our first rose of the season. Sorry it's a little out of focus.

I spent a large part of yesterday and today weeding out this area (where the rose bushes are). It looks much better as well.

We also worked for awhile on our backyard, but pictures of that will have to wait. We still have a long way to go with what we want to do.

On a side note, Happy Birthday, Rob!

Day at the Aquarium

Here we are at the Dallas World Aquarium!

Daddy and Gabe - a super cute picture if Gabe was just looking at the camera!

Here is Gabe walking with help for basically the first time! This is all fine and dandy except for now he doesn't want to ride in anything! He pushed his stroller on our walk last night. He pushed the cart through Lowes this afternoon. We've created a monster! (but a cute one)

Matt- this one's for you. =) Thanks for the book and CD.

And just a final picture to make you laugh. You've got to look at this one large. =)

My little ham...

wedding and other odds and ends

Here are some pictures from Nathan's cousin's wedding this weekend and the last few day's of Nathan's mothers visit. Below is a picture of Joanna (the bride-obviously) and I.
Here is Gabe with one of his 2nd? cousins. James was a little worn out by all the wedding excitement.

This is Gabe with his great-grandmother (Nathan's mother's mother). They live in Michigan, but spend a couple of the long winter months down here in Texas.

Here he is with his great-grandfather at our Uncle Stuart's house after the wedding.

Drumroll please.................the 1 year picture with the elephant! It is so hard to believe we have taken 12 of these pictures! How much he has grown and changed! I'll have to put them all on here in order one of these days.

And saying goodbye to Grandma at the airport. (Marilee- you'll be happy to know he's been cranky all afternoon. Clearly he misses you).

Birthday

The birthday party: the obligitory (Sp?) cake in the face picture
The cupcakes I made for the party:

This is the roof of a restaraunt we like downtown called Gators Croc and Roc. You can just make out the famous ball from the Dallas skyline to the right of Gabe's head. We ate there for lunch on Wednesday.

Yesterday was about 80 degrees so we enjoyed spending some time outside.

This is Gabe on his new playset. He LOVES the slide and is fearless going down whichever way he happens to be facing.

Climbing up the slide with a little help from momma

Big grin!

More to come!

Gabe video

Hooray for Gabe!

My dad wanted to see some pictures taken with our new camera today. I told him that Gabe hadn't done anything "picture-worthy" in the last couple of days. Well, that all changed tonight. For some reason, Gabe decided tonight that he was going to clap. And clap he did, for quite awhile. However, new camera and all, we were unable to get a very good picture of this. Nonethless, here he is in all his glory.

And another beautiful smile for your enjoyment. Aint he the cutest? (if you view this picture larger, please ignore the snot wiped all over his face) He is currently in his bed crying (at 8:10PM). He usually goes to bed good, so I'm not sure what's up tonight. I know he's not feeling really great. Hopefully he'll settle down soon. He had a pretty good day playing with the big boys.