Lil Fish

Rigby Lake/Utah Trip

Sorry -- this will be a post with lots of pictures!

Pictures from my dad, Jill, Gabe, and I's visit to Rigby Lake the night before we left for Utah.

First time on the sand (a little wary at first, but then he loved it)

Mud bath, anyone?

Just plain cute.

He found a stick.

Getting all warm n' snuggly after swimming!

Jill and my pops

Second half of pictures are from our weekend trip to Utah (we met my mom down there):

Gabe loved visiting the SLC temple.

Pioneers don't smile

He loves eyelashes (that's my mom, btw)

Mom, Gabe, and Jill chillin' in the mega Deseret Book in downtown SLC

Gabe's first haircut courtesy of Grandma O

{he was a pretty good boy during all of this, just a little wiggly}

This is from the wedding reception we attended Saturday night.

Gabe is with little Jace DeWitt, who is the son of a family friend of ours. He is about a month older than Gabe. It was pretty funny because Jace loves hair and eyes and was constantly poking and pulling Gabe's hair and eyes. The top picture kinda shows where Gabe is starting to get annoyed by this. Cute little boys.

Dancing with Jilly.

The reception was in a friend's backyard; it was so pretty -- just had to take a picture with Gabe in it.

And just a side note here -- while we were getting ready to leave the hotel on Sunday morning (yesterday), Jill and my mom started getting really sick with stomach issues {if you know what I mean}. I was fine the whole drive home until right before Rexburg, and then my stomach really started hurting. We figured since all three of us got sick, it was probably something we ate. I have never been that sick in my life! All I know is that I never want to eat at fast food again!! Especially McDonald's, they are so disgusting. Okay that's it. :)

Two New Little Friends

G turned 8 months today -- and with that came two new, little friends: His two bottom teeth. We like to call them his "teefies." And boy are they cute! As you can see below:

We also took G swimming yesterday. It was his second time in the pool, and he LOVED it. He's developed this new high-pitched screetch, and he did that almost the whole time.

Sportin' his new shark swim trunks

It was way too sunny, so we put my sunglasses on him :)

This picture was taken today, so this is his 8 month picture. He loves his new high chair too!

You can kinda see his two teeth in this picture {too darn cute}

I wanted to write down some of the things he's doing (or things he likes) now, just for record keeping purposes:

• He has been consistently sitting up on his own.
• He has started to eat little finger snacks (from Gerber).
• He started drinking juice (with lots of water in it ... doesn't really like it that much yet).
• He likes his voice; screams and talks a lot.
• Smiles and laughs all the time (especially to strangers or if mom does her funny voice)
• Does so well with his helmet and has progressed significantly with therapy.
• Loves mom's cell phone, jewelry, clothes, and hair.
• Has started eating in his high chair and really loves picking up his finger food off the tray.
• Loves when we clap and has been attempting to do this himself.
• He still takes two naps a day and sleeps through the night.
• He loves music and any fun little tune from any of his toys.
• He's very expressive -- if he's sad, mad, happy, etc. ... you can see it in his face.
• He loves eating peas, banana apple yogurt, sweet potatoes/corn, squash, oatmeal, bananas and strawberries, and apples/chicken (he really doesn't like carrots).
• Talks himself to sleep almost every night.

Para Los Abuelos

These pictures are for Grandma and Grandpa G, who don't get to see G very often (and G'pa G hasn't met him at all yet). I know they check the blog, so I picked out some special pictures for them to enjoy. // Estas fotos son para los abuelos Heber y Mariela q no ven al cachete muy a menudo. El abuelo Heber todavia no ha tenido la chance de conocer a su nieto G. Nosotros sabemos que ellos entran al blog y es por eso que decidimos poner unas buenas fotos.

G has beautiful eyes, just like Grandma G; thank you Mariela, that is one of my favorite things about our little boy. // G tiene unos ojos hermosos al igual que su abuela Mariela. El color de los ojos es una de las caracteristicas que mas nos gusta de nuestro nino. gracias Mariela attentamente T-worm

Little G hanging out with Dad. He is such a great father to him, G is pretty lucky :D

//G estaba pasando un rato ameno con su Papi, Chico es un bune padre, G tiene suerte de tener un Papi como Chico

Getting ready to go to church -- They are both very handsome boys. Now I am the one who's so lucky.

//Aprontandose para ir a la Iglesia. Estos dos juntos tienen la re facha. Ahora soy yo T-worm la suertuda de tenerlos a ellos.

G went swimming for the first time on Saturday. He cried a little bit at first; he is used to warm, bubbly baths instead of cold water! But after awhile he warmed up to it; however, he wasn't his usual smiley self. He was pretty serious -- just looking around and learning.

We hope you know we love you a lot. We talk about you to G so he knows who you are. He is learning Spanish so he can talk to you some day.

Lots of love!

T-worm, Chico and G

//G Fue a la piscina por primera vez el sabado. Lloro un poco porque el agua estaba fria,ya que el esta acostumbrado a sus banos calentitos en la ducha pero luego como que se calmo. Sin embargo no se rio como siempre. estaba muy serio en la piscina mirando para todos lados y a la gente. Queremos que sepan que los queremos mucho. Nosotros siempre le hablamos a Gabriel sobre sus abuelos no sabemos si el entiende pero queremos que crezca hablando espanol y conociendo sus raices. Con mucho amor T-worm, Chico, y G

End of the Year activities, etc.

So it is the end of year . . . and that means more FUN ACTIVITIES! YEAH! On Cinco de Mayo we had a Mexican Hat Dance ... where I put a sombrero in the middle of a circle and they go around in a circle until I call one of their names and then they go in the middle of the cirlce and dance around the sombrero. It was pretty funny. Then most of the students wanted to do tricks and stuff, including pyramids and stuff. So you will see that below. Then this previous Friday, our team went to the Musuem of Idaho and then went swimming at the aquatics center. It was nice to be out of the classroom, but on the other hand, it was exhausting! It was hilarious seeing the kids swimming and goofing around on the high dive. I got some pretty sweet pictures of them jumping of the high dive. It really brings me back to the days when I used to go swimming at the pool in my home town just about everyday!

3rd period S.S.

The boys trying to make their pyramid...

The girls making a pyramid...they did so much better than the boys. I guess they just know how to work together...

Justin acting feminine...Heyyy

6th period Social Studies. No pictures of 7th period S.S. because they were being bad on that day...

Some of my students in the hot tub

Chadlin going off the high dive in a very flexible way

One of the Hannah's with her smiley guy

Celina, Ana, Keira, Emmy, and Hannah chillin'

Gabby acting like she's DEAD

Hannah going off the high dive

Cassidy, Hannah, Keilei, and Gabby hanging out in the pool