Reading with Dad!

Fox??

Gabe was trying to learn how to say fox -- he still hasn't mastered it... but I sure think it's funny to make him try...

Lots of love all around

On the farm...

Gabe got to spend some time at his favorite babysitters house last week. I think he mostly played with Sara's little brother Nick -- and had a great time with all the animals!

What do cows eat?

I like the couch...

The central theme running through these pictures is............... me on the couch! I've been feeling a bit under the weather lately so I spend a lot of my spare time on the couch.

Here Gabe is dressed like a little man.... but he has my shoes on. He is always putting our shoes on!

This morning Gabe kept bringing me books from his bedroom and asking me to read them. He only let me read the first two nursery rhymes in this book (I read them over and over and over). They were 'Ring around the rosie' and 'Humpty Dumpty'. He always said "crash" when we read Humpty Dumpty

Aaron calls this spot on the couch my cocoon. I try to fold up my blanket and put away the pillow when I'm done... but mostly it just waits for the next time I need to relax. When Gabe wants me to get up he just comes and pulls on my arm or leg and says 'up'.
And in case any of you are worried about the lovely curtains you see in the background of our pictures we have new ones on the way! Hopefully they work ok, they were SUPER cheap... so we'll see! I guess they can't be any worse than what is already there! I'll be sure to post pictures once they are installed.

Sunglasses & cookies

Today Gabe found these sunglasses of mine (they are on his head) and came out saying "cute, cute". He was right, it was cute!

My friend Bethany got married last weekend and I brought home the favors for Gabe....

It was a box full of little cookies and he LOVED them.

He pretty much ate the contents of the entire box in one sitting.

The new flooring....

Aaron has been working hard remodeling our bathrooms... Here are some pictures of the new flooring.





This is a shot of the bathroom -- you can see where he has repainted the tub, replaced the toilet, sink, and counter top.

Bery Hot! (Again)

I captured this "bery hot" in context... I just love how he says it!

MMMM, cookie dough!

On Sunday Gabe helped me mix up some chocolate-chip cookies. Since we both love the dough we still haven't baked the cookies! We shared a spoonful tonight and Gabe kept saying "more" when his mouth was stuffed full!

Hat.... and Bery HOT!

Tonight Gabe discovered a new hat to wear around the house... and I captured my absolute favorite thing he says on video, although he didn't say it quite like he normally does. I'll keep trying to get it just like he uses the phrase every day!

When dad is gone....

Gabe feeds the dogs LOTS of extra food mixed with water.....


And runs around with his hat on backwards....

And goes for walks with his mom!

Happy Halloween.....

Well here it is... The obligatory Halloween post. Gabriel dressed up as a cow (thanks Grand Auntie Linda) and had a great time trick-or-treating. We made it to a few houses in our neighborhood, Larry's Pharmacy (where I work), and a number of church members houses in town. He only got scared once when a couple of high school kids in masks jumped out of a pile of leaves.

Here we are just leaving the house heading across the street to Gabe's first trick-or-treating experience!

Here he is heading to his 2nd house and this time he kept his hat on.... for a little while!

He had to eat his first piece of candy right away!

His favorite place to sit at the pharmacy....

Gabe and Carleen were sharing Tootsie Rolls!

Dada Shoes

So we have a post of Gabe wearing my shoes and in case any of you were worried....

Here he is wearing Aaron's boots.

Arkansas Visitors...

We had some very special visitors from Arkansas this past weekend. Our good friends Matt & Katie came with their daughter Claire. They even brought their dogs Molly & Sadie.

Claire was a doll and so good! She loved pushing Gabe's shopping cart around.... except when Gabe was trying to take it away from her.

We HAD to give them their baths together. Too important to miss that kind of photo-op!

Claire giving a huge grin for the camera.

It only took 1/2 an M&M to make that mess on Claire's face.... then she wanted more!

Good dogs...

Aaron & Matt had a few successful hunts.

The dogs all did a great job. Here they are with Monday's kill. Dogs left to right are Rowdy (german shorthair pointer), Molly (black laborador retriever), and Sadie (Brittany Spaniel).

This is why the dogs LOVE Gabe!

I do have to apologize for saying "Give one to Rowdy" about 50 times in this video. No wonder Gabe doesn't listen to me.... It's really annoying! Anyways we got a kick out of Gabe doing this. Then he gave the dogs more dog food and filled up their dog food dish with water. The dogs loved this soup and ate it right up!

Swing!

Gabe was on fire tonight! After the bathroom episode I was in the den checking e-mail when it got a little too quiet in the room. I looked over to see what Gabe was doing and he was hanging from the treadmill bar. He looked at me and said "swing".... Then he let me take a bunch of pictures of the action!

Bathroom Fun!

Tonight I had Gabe in the bathroom to brush his teeth. He likes to put the toothbrush away himself (in fact it's the only way I can get him to stop brushing without a temper tantrum) so I always pop him up on the counter top. As soon as the toothbrush was put away he knelt down and turned the water on and immediately dropped to his stomach, stuck his head under the water and took a drink. I couldn't believe it! I thought the only way he would know to do that is if someone showed him. I KNOW that I don't ever drink water that way so I called Aaron into the bathroom to show him. Aaron swears he didn't show this to Gabe...... so I'm not sure who to blame! To be honest I was pleased that Gabe was so adept at doing this....

"Mama shoes"

Saturday when I was at work Aaron captured Gabe walking around in my sandals... On the wrong feet... Calling them "mama shoes".

Oh this is us - has nothing to do with Gabe's shoes....