The 411 on Our Fam

Just wanted to share some pictures from Father's Day of Gabe and Alejandro. Well, the first one is of Gabe giving Alejandro his present. We got him a nice razor and the DVD Mrs. Doubtfire (Ale loves that movie). We had a nice day at church and hanging out together. We both love Alejandro so much. Just a little info on my honey: He recently graduated from BYU-Idaho with a degree in Business Management and is currently completing his internship at the hospital here in town (which isn't paid). Since it's not paid, he decided to get a job at night working at Wal-Mart, just to bring in a little money while he finishes his internship (in his field). Well, if you have never worked at Wal-Mart, then you wouldn't know how hard it really is. But Ale continues to have a great attitude and goes there after a full day at the hospital. 

On top of all that, Alejandro gets up every morning at 7 a.m. with Gabe. He loves to spend time with his little boy before being gone all day. Plus, he lets me sleep in until he has to leave for work at 8. He is always willing to help out with anything around the house: cleaning, feeding or changing Gabe, and playing with his family. We love him very, very much and want him to know that we are so proud of how much he does for our family! We are so lucky. ;)

**I apologize in advance for the excessive use of 'he' ... I really didn't know how to start my sentences all about Gabe.**

On to other news: some little tid bits about Gabe. He is now almost 10 months and such a great little boy. He is becoming much more mobile and working really hard on crawling. He can actually spin a 360 on his stomach, so to me, that's pretty sweet. He can also scoot forwards and backwards and roll over. So that's mostly how he gets to the things he sees/wants. He climbs over stuff to get to things as well. He lifts himself out of his car seat too. Oh no! I don't think I'm ready for this! :)  

Gabe is such a happy baby, if you haven't noticed from all his pictures on here. He smiles and laughs so much, it just brightens me right up. Most the time he is on the floor playing with his toys, jumping around in his bouncer or walking all around the house in his walker. He has four teeth so far {two on bottom and two on top), with at least his other front tooth coming in as well. And through all the teething pains, he remains a very joyful and silly little guy. 

He started eating fresh fruits and veggies and so far he is loving tomatoes, green beans, potatoes, watermelon, strawberries, and cantaloupe. He is a great eater and still eats a little jar food here and there, and of course, his bottles. Once in awhile we give him some crackers and he loves those. We are also trying to get him to drink out of his sippy cup, but all he's wanted to do is play with it, so we'll keep working on that.

Gabe is also a big talker. He already says "mama mama," "dada dada," and "baba baba." He has no problem screaming in the middle of Sacrament meeting or during family prayer. And I also have to say that he loves to put EVERYTHING into his mouth. I mean everything. If it's near him, it'll be in his mouth pronto. Just a funny little story that happened today: I had to take him to an appointment where his iron was checked, so he got a little prick on his toe. The nurse put two band-aids on his toe and then we drove to the hospital for therapy. When I got his carseat out of the car, I noticed he was chewing on something. It was his band-aids! I was totally grossed out, but kinda had to laugh because it looked like he had some crumbs coming out of his mouth. Another thing is that he loves to chew on the pew at church, oh, and the old lady that sits behind us's walking cane. Yummy.

There's a lot more I could say about Gabe, but all in all, we have a really great little guy and he brings so much happiness and joy to our lives! We love you Gabe!