More video (Gabe crawling!)

Here is Gabe in his jumparoo! He likes to be in here for a few minutes at a time. I keep it in the kitchen so he can be in it while I am getting food ready.

Here is some video of Gabe crawling (sort of). With our wood floors and pants on, he does more scooting than crawling. He's gotten pretty fast in the last couple of days. It seems his favorite place to go is the kitchen for some reason. He does like to try to grab the cats food bowls, but he responds pretty well when I tell him "no".

Gabe just went down for his morning nap. He cried for a minute or two and now he is jabbering to himself. Later this morning, we are headed to the Dr. Gabe's leg has been kind of popping and even though it doesn't seem to bother him, we're going to go get it checked out. I'll report back later.

Below is Gabe's 8 month picure with the elephant. Time flies faster than I ever thought it could.

Do you think Gabe has enough toys? And can you believe Linus is resting so peacefully with Gabe so near? I hope he knows his life is going to change yet again when Gabe learns to stand up and walk!

Testing video

My first experience with video. Will post more if this works!

Busy October!

Here is daddy playing with Gabe on his Thomas train in our kitchen. Gabe likes riding it, even if his feet don't touch the floor yet.

Here is Big Tex from the Texas State Fair. We went last Friday for a couple of hours. (Mostly just long enough to eat a funnel cake).

Checking out the animals...

And the cars, of course.

More animals...

Here are a couple pictures from when Gabe and I were in Kentucky this past weekend. Here we are hanging out at my brother's house. This is Gabe's cousin Jake with us.

Here is Gabe in his University of Kentucky jacket. Go cats!

Our visit to the pumpkin farm today. This is about the best picture I got, since I just couldn't get Gabe to smile for me.

Everthing's Changing

Still scooting backwards. Oops! stuck under the crib. Mommy, help me!

Having a good time swinging at the park while daddy plays football.

Hooray! I know how to crawl now! Look at the concentration on that face! Gabe started crawling earlier this week. Trouble for mommy and daddy! He's already going after power cords and breakable bowls! Time to finish the babyproofing! The other day he crawled to the door because he wanted to go outside!
Waking up from my nap, happy and alert!

Visit to the state fair, etc...

7 month picture with the elephant. Didn't I just post the 6 month picture?

Not a great picture by any means - just wanted you to be able to see the top teeth!

Now this is a great picture! Papaw and Gabe at the State Fair of Texas! About to get on the Ferris Wheel - the largest ferris wheel in the western hemisphere!

Oops! This isn't the picture I meant to post, although it is a good one!
Gabe wants to give each and every one of you a great big hug!
Papaw and Gabe with the ferris wheel behind them. I believe Gabe is asleep.
A view from the Texas Skyway.

more camping...

Here are a couple more (hopefully after spending 45 minutes on the phone with ATT, our problem is taken care of). This is Gabe's friend Dom. Dom's daddy Jeremy pulled the boys around for a few minutes. Gabe liked it as long as it was moving, but not too sure of things when it was stopped.
This is Dom's brother and sister with Gabe. I think Gabe is flirting with Lexi. =)
I think yellow is our color, don't you agree?

Camping

Well, for some reason my computer (or internet) is not working properly tonight. I was going to add more, but it's not cooperating, so I'm going to send these two if it will let me. We spent this last Friday night at our church Family Camp in Beaver's Bend, OK. We had a good time camping, even if it was a little cold. We didn't get a lot of sleep, but that is just kind of the nature of camping anyway. We took Gabe hiking in a borrowed backpack and had lots of fun playing games and getting to know other people from our church.
Here is a picture of our "tribe". We didn't do too well in the planned games, but we had a lot of spirit!
Hopefully more pictures to follow...