Sunday, September 25, 2011

"Gray Skies Are Gonna Clear Up"

Monday, September 19- Sunday, September 25


Poor little man was still battling the stomach flu until mid week. I ended up staying home with him Monday and Tuesday. We played, snuggled and watched lots of PBS kids! The one thing Gabe did not do was eat. The only thing he asked for was a "special cookie" aka Oreo. He headed back to school Wednesday, and I'm so happy to report that he got dressed easily each morning and put on his jammies pretty easily every night(SO THANKFUL!). I can't tell you how happy I am that Gabe was his old, sweet self this week!!!

Here are a couple pics chronicling the week...

No pics from Monday... to busy changing diapers and cleaning up throw up (sorry but it's true).

Tuesday- So apparently when you're sick we have no rules. You can ride your bike in the house and eat a cookie!



We were able to go on a walk Tuesday night. Gabe (like his Poppa) is obsessed with sticks!


Wednesday- Gabe decided "I need an L" from our built ins in the living room. Well one L of course turned into him needing all 6 L's. He kept asking me "Momma, you need an L?" Too cute!



No pics from Thursday because I had to work but here's one from Friday. He got pretty frustrated (no idea why) and took off his sight and decided to pull off the letters off the fridge. He was over it a miunte later and laughing... silly boy!



Saturday Gabe woke up from his nap and asked for ice cream. No idea where this came from since we never have ice cream in the house. Instead he was pretty excited to eat an orange sherbet push up.



Sunday we headed to the Rural Life Museum for their Fall Fest.

Gabe and Poppa heading into the corn maze.


Water balloon sling shot...



Gabe wants to try...



Taking a stab at the maze on his own..



He refused to sit by himself...



"Where's Gabe?"


Momma and her favorite monkey!



Cute quotes from the week...

"Momma's kiss" as he touches my lips- so sweet!
"Nice to meet you Momma"- I almost died laughing!
"No Poppa- my body" when David went to tickle him
"So cool Momma"
"I wanna stop crying" as he was crying- me "you can stop crying" Gabe "ok" crying stops- ha!

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Week in Review- September 12-18th

So if I thought last week was tough this week was SUPER tough! Gabe is really putting us through the wringer lately! He continues to refuse to change his diaper and get dressed in the morning and get dressed into his pj's at night after his bath. David and I are exhausted and would love any suggestions/ tips/ prayers!

I'm also convinced he's changed my name from "momma" to "stop momma." Oh and to top it off Gabe got a stomach bug and then passed it on to me... NO FUN! And yup volunteer training is still going on until September 29th. As I told Renee the other night I have become very familiar with the Serenity Prayer and the phrase "this too shall pass" as of late!

With all of the craziness of the week I didn't get to take many pictures but here are two from Saturday. Gabe put on my t-shirt before I left for work that morning and pretty much wore it the entire day.

See y'all next week if we make it through!!!

*** So I just reread the entry and let me just say that it is by no means all that bad. Every time Gabe smiles when he seems me, says "I hold you" and giggles it makes up for (most of) the less than pleasant recent behaviors, but I hope this phase ends SOON!

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Week in Review

This has not been the easiest week for our little family. We converted Gabe's crib to a toddler bed about a week and a half ago because he jumped out twice- SCARY! The first three nights he did so well- I mean SO WELL! I just laid him in the bed and he fell asleep. Well that soon changed. He now cries the minute I lay him down and wants us to stay with him until he falls asleep (usually 45 minutes later). To top it off all three of us are suffering with allergies... Zyrtec is our friend... and I started volunteer training Tuesday which means every Tues, Thurs and Sat for the next month I'm not home. Urgh! But we're trying to hang in there!

Here are some pics from the last week....

"Riding" his tricycle...



Afternoon fun with Momma...




He saw me put my feet up on the table to of course he had to try...



"Taking a picture" with my phone...



I'm not even sure how to describe this picture... T-shirt, pajama bottoms, sandals and LSU chip and dip dish on his head!



Gabe's school offers "Happy Feet" which is soccer and story time. He loves it and loves his coach. he talks about Coach Cody ALL the time! He loves to say "I kick the soccer ball." I picked him up a soccer ball so he can play at home too. My little David Beckham in the making...



Again where do I begin... he walked into the living room Saturday with the tiara on his head and proceeded to hop aboard his truck!



Playing "airplane" with Momma...



This boy is a mess... I put some of my icee in a cup for him and gave him a few Goldfish in a bowl. Apparently Gabe thought they tasted better together!



"Reading" my Down the Bayou cookbook...

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Week in Review

So this week....

Gabe rode around the house pantless...



Power napped while Poppa took him on a walk...




Cooled off with some bottled water... (I love this pic!!!)



And helped Momma clean out the closet during Tropical Storm Lee...