Update on the room

I was standing in the doorway of the laundry room. These are the doorways into the weird room (left), and Gabe's room (right).

A view of how Gabe's doorway was moved in and framed. Also note on the right no more sliding glass door that leads to nowhere.

The walls are primed with tinted primer. The ceiling is painted. The color we chose for the walls is Sherwin Williams "Aloof Gray". One shade up from what Craig & Jill have in their hallway "sensible hue".

This is the doorway that leads into our bedroom.

All my boys

Aaron putting Gabe to bed tonight.

Crazy man Andrew after he crawled under his walker.

Andrewy in his camo outfit.

Unfortunately, more snow....

our house.... a LOT of snow

The road looking west. That's our mailbox.

A path for the dogs to poo & pee....

That's a big snow pile!

Super Tired

At about 6:30 last night Gabe was begging for his pajamas (WEIRD) so I obliged. He played for a while then we turned on the TV and found Curious George. I then went and messed around on the internet for a while and came back to find Gabe totally crashed in the recliner.

It was classic Gabe: 2 Kitties, his "football" blankie, footie jammies, sleeping in the recliner like he used to do at Nancy's.




This picture is how I actually found him and then he flipped around like in the picture above.

Aaron got home from teaching confirmation at about 9 and we debated trying to move Gabe for fear of waking him. We decided to give it a try and he didn't even stir. We figure he slept about 13 hours last night.

Pee!

Gabe did it! He tinkled in his potty chair for the first time tonight. We had to HEAVILY bribe him with a new car....

Here he is with the new car. It is a N20 Cola race car from the movie Cars.

He was super excited that he went potty!

I have a feeling this is going to get expensive if we have to bribe him with a $4 toy every time he tinkles.

Bauer's Baptism

These pictures are a little old since this took place in early October (the 3rd I believe) but I thought the pictures were too good to ignore.

Here is Bauer with his Godparents Jon, Machon and Emily.

Andrew (about 3 months old) & Bauer only about 2 weeks old.

!!!THREE!!!

Gabriel Ross Flatau
January 31, 2007
7 pounds, 15 ounces
2o inches long
St. Mary's Health Center, St. Louis, Missouri

Enjoying a sprinkle (fwinkle) doughnut. Well he only ate 1 bite then he had to play.

3 candles for 3 years

What an AWESOME birthday cake! Thanks to the KLB Family!

Strange lighting but a good pic nonetheless.

Dad, Gabe, Mom

Kerry, Keagan, Andrew, Kylie, & Gabe

Hmm. A pic of Uncle Mikey with a gun. That's weird.

Gabe & mom with the special banner Grandma Di Ann made for Gabe.

Brothers. Having fun!

Andrew is so happy that Gabe turned three!

Random

Gabe talkin' to Grandma Mitzi on the phone about trains.

The weird room is coming along...

This was the view out our garage Tuesday morning. Note the size of that drift compared to the size of our snowblower (lower right). Needless to say we were unable to move this snow ourselves. A church member came over with his tractor/snowblower and cleaned it out for us!

Favorite Shoes

Gabe managed to completely wear out this pair of shoes. They were his favorites!

We took some parting shots before we tossed 'em in the garbage.

Progress

Looking towards Gabe's room. The closet is framed out and one doorway is just to the right of the closet. You can also see how the ceiling/skylight is recessed.

Another view of the same area.

This is how the skylights were framed.

hallway

Andrew is 7 months!

He has the biggest grin and is a happy boy. He is also very busy, just like his brother!

Gabe is almost 3!

Next Sunday Gabe will be 3. He is a very busy little man. Here are some pics to give you a glimpse into his life!

Drinking hot chocolate. He calls it cocoa.

I recently got a label maker and this is what Gabe did when I gave him a "sticker".

Trying on my shoes.

Happy as can be to have a new James train.

A Repeat of a Good Thing....

This is Andrew.....

This is Gabe. Picture taken early September 2007.

playing with Gabe's trains

Gabe & Aaron went outside to play in the snow tonight so Andrew took advantage of some time to play with Gabe's trains. He was so happy to pull the track apart or chew on the trains.