little update on my little man.

We went to the doctor yesterday for our 2 week checkup. Gabe has grown over an inch and gained almost 1 lb since we left the hospital. He's a healthy boy and a good eater, that's for sure. Also, last week my friend Kayli came with her amazing skills and took some awesome pics of my little boy. Thanks Kayli! I love them!

sleep

I just wanted to blog about my little baby boy. Man... he is cute. Last night was our best night yet. Josh put him down somewhere between 11:00 and midnight and I didn't have to get up to feed him till 2:40. The better part about that time is that Gabe fell asleep for maybe an hour before Josh put him down. So nice! I put him back down at 3:25 and he woke up about 5:20 to eat again. That is usually about the normal sleep-between-feeding. I put him down about 6:00 and I am blogging to you right now that he is still asleep and it is 9:15. I'm sure not many of you care about this, but for me it means a little more sleep equals a little-less-grumpy mom. Really he is the cutest boy and I can't get enough of him. I hope he stays healthy through this winter season and cold-season. If you have a cold, please don't come to my house. You can come when you are completely healthy. :) Anyway, here is a cute picture of my little Gabe taking a nap with daddy.

quick post... Gabriel finally came! He was born on Friday, January 7th at 2:58 pm. He was born 6lbs 3 oz. and 18inches long. He decided that he was ready and I only pushed for 12 minutes! Thank you for not being a long labor... I love my baby for that. He is healthy and beautiful and has both mommy and daddy's hearts wrapped around his little finger. Sorry this is just a short update but I thought I'd let anyone who follows our blog know. We love him sooo much.

hiccups

Almost every night my baby gets the hiccups. At first I thought it was pretty cute...and sometimes it still is, like when little kids want to feel the baby. But when I'm trying to sleep it gets a little old. How can a baby who is not breathing air get the hiccups? I dunno. At least I know he's still doing good in the oven. :)

35 weeks

Josh did such a great job painting our nursery. I painted the easy stuff (big white walls where you just roll on the paint) and Josh did the argyle wall. It turned out great!

I'm at 35 weeks.. i feel so ridiculously huge but I'm pretty lucky that my pregnancy has gone so great so far. 5 weeks left (or so the doctor guesses) till we get to bring home our little baby boy and let him try out his new room.... and I get to start feeling less large. yay!

sick tuesdays...

Since I'm in my third trimester, I've been feeling much better with the whole morning sickness thing. Every once in awhile it hits again for about a day. This Tuesday and last Tuesday was a sick day.... why does it hit so random?! I just don't get it. Thank goodness for zofran... the little miracle pill that dissolves in my mouth and makes me feel all better!

Quick updates... I am at 33 and 1/2 weeks and counting down! It is coming so fast. Josh and I have been working on the nursery and it's turning out super cute. I'll post pics soon. We got our crib and changing table all set up and I have a couple of baby showers coming up (I'm so spoiled)... and then this baby is going to come and turn my world upside-down! Josh and I are very excited.

My Mom and I picked up Heidi from the airport. She was so cute and cried she was so happy! She actually made me tear up a bit too... darn girl. :) We drove home and she kept pointing funny things out like.. "Wow, I forgot how big mountains are!" And.. "There are so many churches here!" She will head back to Iowa to finish her semester and then be home for Christmas. Yay! On our way home we also listened to KSL as they continued to warn about the awesome blizzard coming our way...

Josh came home early from work and we are waiting for it to hit! Come on already... snow!! I'm actually really excited! Good luck to those who have to travel in it. Hopefully this blizzard lives up to all the hype. I love a big storm, especially when I'm sitting at home watching it. Hope everyone is safe tonight and.... I hope everyone gets Wednesday off because of all the snow. A girl can wish. :) Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you really think of all the things that we are truly blessed with.

Halloween

We forgot to take pictures, but I thought I'd post a little blurb about Halloween since it's been awhile since my last post. On Halloween-eve Josh and I went to a Halloween party across the street to a neighbor's house. (We just left a bowl of candy on the porch and hoped that maybe we'd get some trick-or-treaters.) Well... about an hour before the party starts I ask my neighbor if it's a costume party (Of course it is... it's Halloween!). Josh and I head off to Walmart to figure something out.

Josh got the hockey mask for $2

And I got a cute tiger mask, tail, and bowtie for $5.

(Don't you love Walmart?)

OK, so I didn't look like this but I couldn't find a picture that looked like me... so this is close to how cute I looked.

Long story short, our costumes turned out way fun. We were able to meet more people in our neighborhood, eat lots of yummy homemade pizza, and there was some intense ping-pong going on that night. Luckily I still have a few years till my baby will be ready to trick-or-treat... so maybe we can throw a party like this next year. Happy Halloween everybody!