Jump O Lene

Monie and Pappy (and Honey, Uncle Marty and Livie bought him one too!) bought Gabe a Jump O Lene for Christmas. To say that is was difficult to inflate this thing is putting it mildly. After realizing that our air pump and my hair dryer wouldn't work David and my dad hit the air pump at the gas station. They only problem- it was too big inflated to fit in the car so David had to walk it back home. Thankfully the gas station is just at the head of our subdivision. It was quite the site seeing David walking with that thing! Gabe was very excited about it... I love that you can see his hair standing on end in one of the pictures.

Christmas 2010

Christmas Eve Recap

Santa Baby

Just as we did last year we had breakfast with Santa at our church this morning. Gabe was fired up- not quite sure if it was the other kids or the syrup on the pancakes but he was in rare form!

The absolute sweetest part of the morning happened when it was finally his turn to sit with Santa. He walked up to Santa's basket of toys and took out a stuffed dog all the while saying "dog." He then walked right up to Santa, gave him the dog and said "thank you." Too funny!

David and I were worried that he might be a little scared but he was the exact opposite!

Tree Trimming

As was the tradition with my family we pick out our Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving. Unfortunately it seems like the rest of BR does this too so the pickins' were pretty slim but we did manage to find one that would do. we decided to wait until Monday night to decorate the tree. I'm not quite sure why I thought Gabe "helping" us decorate would be a good idea. After he threw about half the ornaments across the room we decide it was best to put him in his highchair and give him a snack. I love, love, love decorating the tree because I love the memories that the ornaments evoke. I have a ton of ornaments and I can tell you the story behind each and every one of them!

I wonder how long it'll take till Gabe completely destroys the tree!

I love the look on his face!



Yup, that one's breakable. Time to put Gabe in his chair.


Much better!

Family Pics

My sweet and super talented friend Jean met up with us at LSU to take a few family pics. Truth be told Gabe didn't really want any part of it but we were able to get in a couple good shots.

Thanksgiving 2010

This year we spent celebrated Thanksgiving with the Lanoux family at David's sister, Sandra's house. We had a great time eating yummy food, playing games and since the weather was so nice playing outside!


I love the crazy look on Gabe's face. He loved the trampoline!


Playing with cousin Greg in the trampoline. They are 16 months apart but nearly the same height!



Look at those curls! You can tell the humidity was high!


The boys also loved playing in the dirt. In fact Gabe loved it so much he tried to eat a handful of dirt just a few seconds after I took this picture!

Animal Sounds

This is a few weeks old, but I thought it was too cute not to share. I especially love that while he's "doing the snake" you can see his Cheerio!

Happy Friday!

From Gabe to you- Happy Friday!

Wait a Minute Mr. Postman

Forgive me but I'm in a bit of a sugar haze from all of the candy I ate yesterday- so here goes my account of our super fun Halloween. Here are some pics...

David and I put the finishing touches on our "junk mail" costumes while Gabe napped.




Once Gabe woke up we headed outside to carve our pumpkin. Gabe was very curious about the inside of the pumpkin.







Finished product!



After much thought we decided that Gabe would go as a postman and David and I would go as junk mail. Here's Gabe's wagon AKA mail jeep.



Our fabulous friends Monique and Ace once again invited us over to celebrate the holiday at their house. A couple of us learned the Thriller dance for the occasion... too funny!



Mailman and Junk Mail headed out to Trick or Treat or as Gabe said "Tric Tree"



First house! He was quite excited to get candy from "Snooki"



By the end of the night we were all exhausted but we had such a wonderful time! Happy Halloween!

Just Another Saturday Morning

Just about every Saturday morning the three of us watch "College Game Day." Gabe is a big fan of their opening song. Here he is showing off a few of his moves.

We went on down to the Audubon Zoo

David and I were both off today so we decided to head on down to the Audubon Zoo. We all has a great time! Gabe especially enjoyed the petting zoo.

Gabe enjoying "Creature Feature." We got to pet a hedgehog.



Gabe wasn't thrilled about touching the snake since it meant he would have to put down his Cheerios.



David and I both agreed that watching Gabe with the goats was our favorite part of the day! David told Gabe to tell the goats hello and Gabe promptly said "Hey" and waved to the goats.



Gabe getting up close and personal with a sheep.



They both crack each other up!



In the interest of full disclosure I'm not quite sure what this animal is, but Gabe sure did love walking up and down the deck trying to catch it.



Happy Zoo Day to you!

Hello 34, nice to meet you!

I had a fabulous birthday weekend complete with lots of hugs, kisses and presents from my favorite people!

Monie and Pappy came up yesterday after the ALS walk and watched Gabe so David and I could head out on the town. We were so excited to have some alone time but of course we talked about Gabe the entire time!

Can't wait to see what 34 has in store!

Gabe and the birthday girl


Family shot... I love the sweet look on Gabe's face!



Zerbert!

Walking!

This morning we woke up bright and early and headed to LSU's campus for the ALS walk. David's bank was one of the sponsors. We had a great time supporting a wonderful cause!

I think you could probably see our shirts from space... wow that was a bright color! Gabe "carbing" up on a bagel before the walk. "No, Momma I don't want any jambalaya. It's only 11 AM!" Gabe dancing to the music.


And the real exciting news.... Gabe is FINALLY walking! He's been taking steps here and there for the past couple of months but within the last few days he's officially started walking EVERYWHERE! I think he kinda looks like a cross between ET and Frankenstein!

18 months... say what?

Happy 18 month birthday sweet baby boy! I cannot believe that you've reached the year and a half mark! You are just the most amazing thing Poppa and I have ever seen. Here's what you're up to...

Big, huge news.... you're finally walking! I'll admit that you had us worried for a bit but you taught a great lesson in patience!

You are getting much better about eating table food. You will ask for a "bite" anytime you see us eating something. You're a bit picky, but you probably have the 2 pickiest parents so we won't hold that against you.

You are still a great sleeper- 7:30 PM- about 7 AM. You're down to only one nap a day which usually last 2-3 hours.

You are quite the littler talker! You try and repeat just about anything we say. Your vocabulary has grown significantly!


And speaking of talking you say "Momma" or "Poppa" oh about 500 times a day!

You will also say "Hi" and "Bye" and wave to anyone and everyone you see!

You now know a number of letter sounds- a, b, g, l, m, s, t (embarrassing admission- his sitter taught him this- I didn't even know he knew them until two weeks ago)

You are now weighing 28 lbs 10 oz and measuring in at 34 inches- 90th percentile for both!

You are absolutely obsessed with trucks! It is rare that you don't have a truck or two in your hands.

Some of your dislikes- bath time, brushing your teeth, having your nails trimmed, having your hair brushed.... you are ALL BOY!

Gabriel, Poppa and I love you oh so very much! Happy half birthday baby boy!

Love you bunches and bunches, Momma and Poppa


This is a very typical scene in our house- Gabe playing with his beloved trucks.

Trying on his doctor's halloween costume.

Pumpkin Pickin'

As has become our tradition, we took Gabe to University Methodist's pumpkin sale today so he could pick out the perfect pumpkin. He had the best time trying to pick up nearly every pumpkin he saw! He kept saying "ball, ball" and we kept saying "no, pumpkin." Then he would mumble something that sounded like "pu in."

We're still trying to decide on the perfect Halloween costume for Gabe... any ideas?