Thursday, March 15, 2007

Last Week....

This is my last week home with Gabriel. I go back to work on Monday.... It will be nice to have a paycheck again but will be hard to leave my boy. I like being home with him!

Here are a few pictures we'd like to share! Enjoy....

Playing on March 15, 2007...







Sleepy time...

Hanging out with mom on March 15...

Dad "tricking" Gabe into thinking he's being breastfed.... It works quite well!!!

Enjoying holding my baby... He won't be little forever!





Hanging out on the floor enjoying the blanket Grandma made!



Taking a nap... why isn't he on his back?

Thursday, March 08, 2007

Happy Baby!

When Gabriel was in Arkansas he got this play mat from his friends Matt & Katie. He's been enjoying it very much!








Lately Gabe's been up to.....

Sleeping,




Swinging,


Bathing,


Relaxing,


& cuddling with dad!

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Why not Minot?

Part of the recent Gabriel tour was a stop in Minot, North Dakota. Here are some cute pictures from his visit there.....

Gabe wants to see the world through Grandpa's eyes...

Cuddling with his favorite cousin Sydney to help her feel better (she was sick)!

Posing with the Bergs before our family pictures..

Grandpa & Grandma Schaefer - Gabe misses staying over at their house!

Grand auntie Linda with her two favorite little people...

Gabe's amazing cake for his baby shower! The duck was actually cake. I know because I ate about half of it. Not only was this cake cute, it tasted SO good! It was from Crown Cakes in Minot.

At first glance this picture is nothing too exciting - just another family picture, right? Well look closely and you will see that shortly before this pic. was snapped Gabriel unloaded... It came out the back of his diaper into my hand, onto my shirt, and into my pants pocket. You can see it if you look at my left side.... Good times!

Thursday, March 01, 2007

Gone but not Forgotten!

We have been gone... To Minnesota and North Dakota on what has been called "the Gabriel Tour". If you are familiar with the movie 'Evita' - it fits well into the song "Rainbow Tour"..... "Let's hear it for the Gabriel tour, it's been an incredible success. We weren't quite sure, we had a few doubts, would Gabriel win through? But the answer is... yes."

And although it may seem like the blog has been forgotten - indeed it is not! I have been thinking about it - people have been asking about it - and I do feel a bit guilty about the lack of posts since the birth of Gabriel

So I guess I must apologize for the delay... I'm sorry!

Here's what Gabriel has been up to:

He was baptized on February 18th, 2007 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church.

Pictures with mom & dad -- why do mom & dad look so tired?

Gabriel got his first gun from his aunts & uncles on the Flatau side for his baptism. It's a family tradition to get a .22 when you are very young!


He drove to Perham, Minnesota and spent a few days there with Gma & Gpa Flatau and some of his aunts and uncles. He also got to meet many of his cousins and great aunts and uncles on the Flatau side.

He drove up near Edinburg, North Dakota to meet his great Grandma Gena and his great uncles Larry & Jerry.

He drove to Minot, North Dakota to meet his Gma & Gpa Schaefer and to have a baby shower at his auntie Kristi's house. He got to meet more of his cousins and great aunts and uncles and friends in Minot.

Then he drove back to Missouri and is getting ready to go to Arkansas tomorrow!

Today he went to the doctor and he weighs 9 lbs. 6 oz.... He's a growing boy!


Gabe's auntie Jill bought him this cute outfit.... I call this picture "Mad to be Cute".
Then things turned out not to be SO bad in the outfit, so I call this one "Happy to be Cute".

Holding hands...

Cuddling with Uncle Mike.