10 Months: A day in the life of Gabriel

 Since we didn't go to the doctor this month, Gabriel has requested to use this month's post to share some pictures and give you a glimpse into his average day.

Before we get into my average day, one side note to share.  Mommy and I took a little roadtrip to Atlanta for a couple of days to celebrate some birthdays.  We had a great, but tiring, time! I was really chill for most of the drive though.  Mommy kept a box of toys in the front seat and kept handing them back to me when I got bored.  The only problem is that Mom was taking way too long getting us there.  I wanted to drive!

And now, moving on to  a more normal day. . .

Come along my friends and I'll show you what I do day in and day out.  If you follow too closely we may get stuck under some furniture but don't worry, if we cry loud enough one of the parents will get us out

I wake up every morning sometime between 6:45 and 7:00.  Mommy usually doesn't get me out of my crib until around 7 though.  I don't mind.  I just talk to myself and play with my crib toys.  She feeds me, we read books and play, and then we eat some breakfast together.

This is not what I eat for breakfast, but we don't have any shots of eating breakfast food.  I LOVE to eat.  I could do it all day long.  Especially if it's bread or cheese.  I'm pretty good about eating my vegetables and things too, but all I really want is CHEESE

My nickname, if you'd like to know, is "Alfredo Fingers"

After breakfast we play some more and then I usually watch a little Baby Einstein while Mommy cleans the kitchen up.  This last week I had a cold, which was no fun at all.  It was the first time I've really felt bad.  I had a little fever, a runny nose, and was coughing.  So that I wouldn't use all of my energy crawling all over the place Mommy made a play area on the floor.  We read lots of books in my tent.

Daddy is not a fan of the Care Bear blanket

One of us is a little too big for my tent.  I should crawl out and give him some more room to play

After my video I usually take a nap for about an hour.  Then Mommy feeds me again.  Usually we try to go out somewhere too.  I will post a few pictures of that.  Sometimes it's super fun things and other times she makes me go to boring stores.  Then we eat lunch and play and I take another little nap.

Mommy wasn't paying attention for a few minutes, so I thought I'd be helpful and remove this thing sticking out of the wall.  It was in my way.  When Mommy found me trying to eat it she called it a "door stop"

Going outside is pretty cool, except Mommy and Daddy wont' let me eat leaves and grass.  They look tasty

I like going to the park.  Swings and trucks are fun!

I really liked going on a picnic.  The weather is perfect right now for being outside

One day it was a little cooler and Mommy tried to put this hat on me before we took a walk

I was not a fan and tried to take it off.  I'm still not sure how that thing works

After my nap in the afternoon Mommy feeds me again and then I do some playing until we all have dinner.  My favorite things to play right now: crawling and rolling everywhere!, taking apart decks of cards, pulling poker chips out of the case, crawling after Loki (she's so fast!), flipping through my books, chewing on and shaking random toys, pulling DVDs off of the shelves

Sometimes I have to take a little time out to do some e-trading and return emails

Be back with you in a minute.  I'm focused

Sometime around 7 Mommy feeds me again and I take a bath.  Those are pretty fun.  Then we read and sing and I go to bed.  I sleep straight until I wake up the next morning.  Then we start the fun all over again!

This is during my nap.  My feet were cold because Mommy didn't have any socks on me.

And that's about it!  Other major accomplishment is that I can now go from sitting to crawling without smacking my face into the carpet, and as of yesterday I can sit myself up from a crawling position!  Hooray!

And on a totally separate and random note, I'd like to end this post by saying "Go Braves!" Way to clinch the NL East!

9 Months

 Gabriel was officially 9 months old a little over a week ago.  Since I posted some pictures a couple weeks back I don't have too many new ones to put up, but here are a few:

Kitchen utensils are delicious and also good for banging together

We went to his new pediatrician here in Blacksburg on Friday.  The office and doctor seemed fine, although I kinda miss our doctor in Atlanta.  I think that I liked the pediatrician there too much or something.  He just was all about telling us what a great job we were doing and was so encouraging.  Not that the doctor we saw on Friday wasn't nice, but she didn't give me the same warm and fuzzy feeling.  She'll probably grow on me though.  She was very good with Gabriel.

He weighed 18 pounds 3 ounces (12th percentile) and was 28.5 inches long (56th percentile).  So he's a lean little guy.  His head was. . .well. . .in the 78th percentile.  I wasn't surprised.  Poor little guy and his noggin.  No wonder he's not crawling yet.  It's hard to hold up that much of a head and move your arms quickly.  He does have a very speedy little army crawl though.  He can get where he wants to go in a hurry.  He had some nice rug burns on his knees the other day as a result.

Besides that nothing too exciting to report.  He had a little cold last week that wasn't too severe.  That's actually the first time he's been sick and it was so mild that I'm even sure that it should count as him getting sick.  Just a runny nose and a little cough and he seemed a little extra tired and fussy.

  He seems to be a little better adjusted to our move.  He's napping better most days and seems to like going out and about and exploring with me some during the day.  He's starting to really show his personality too.  Things he really likes to do: attempting to chase Loki around (and laughing when he gets close enough to pull her hair/tail), pulling DVDs off of the shelves, pulling random items out of baskets and bags, flipping through books over and over again (he especially likes ones where there are flaps to open), crawling around the living room and playing with random things, EATING (cereal, vegetables, fruit, beef, chicken, potatoes, bread, cheese, cheerios, puffs, eggs. . .), and smiling and laughing.  He has the best laugh :)