Just in case I don't make it back on here, Sean, Gabe and I all hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year! May 2007 bring only great and wonderful things to you and your family!
Friday, December 15, 2006
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
From the Mouth of a Babe
I've noticed that ever since Gabe has been in his new classroom, he has been saying and doing some new things! One thing is clapping. He's been clapping for a while now, but he claps all of the time now! After you finish a book or a song... I noticed that when I was in his classroom yesterday, one of his teachers was reading a book and having different kids jump up and down and stuff and there was a lot of clapping going on so I guess that's where it comes from! The neat one is that you can go "if you're happy and you know it clap your hands"... and he DOES IT!
He's also added I, E, I, E, I to his collection. I believe it translates to E, I, E, I, O. He is obsessed with his Baby McDonald movie and that song is in there at least twice that I can think of. He will sit and watch it from start to finish without moving a muscle. And he'll get really upset with you if you turn it off before it's over. It's nice though, if you need to go get something quick accomplished!
He says something that I translate into "that". He will point at stuff and say it. Maybe he is asking me "what's that"? Or maybe he's showing me "that". But either way, I'm pretty sure he says "that".
He will say some other things too if prompted - "woof" for a dog, "moo" for a cow, he will look up in the sky and say "moon" sometimes and I think I have heard him say "bird" before. Who knows though! I guess I could be imagining it all!! But it's fun to listen to and to try and figure out what he is saying. He is generally pretty quiet and thoughtful acting so when he busts out with some long giberish something or other, I usually try and pay attention (and smile because it is super cute).
My favorite sound though is his laughter. He loves for me to bury his feet in my hair and tickle them with my head while he is laying on the floor. He just laughs and laughs. I tell him he has stinky feet and he thinks that is hilarious. He has no clue what stinky feet are, but it is certainly funny to him. (And truthfully, he really does have stinky feet!). But that's ok. Stinky feet and all, he is perfect to me.
He's also added I, E, I, E, I to his collection. I believe it translates to E, I, E, I, O. He is obsessed with his Baby McDonald movie and that song is in there at least twice that I can think of. He will sit and watch it from start to finish without moving a muscle. And he'll get really upset with you if you turn it off before it's over. It's nice though, if you need to go get something quick accomplished!
He says something that I translate into "that". He will point at stuff and say it. Maybe he is asking me "what's that"? Or maybe he's showing me "that". But either way, I'm pretty sure he says "that".
He will say some other things too if prompted - "woof" for a dog, "moo" for a cow, he will look up in the sky and say "moon" sometimes and I think I have heard him say "bird" before. Who knows though! I guess I could be imagining it all!! But it's fun to listen to and to try and figure out what he is saying. He is generally pretty quiet and thoughtful acting so when he busts out with some long giberish something or other, I usually try and pay attention (and smile because it is super cute).
My favorite sound though is his laughter. He loves for me to bury his feet in my hair and tickle them with my head while he is laying on the floor. He just laughs and laughs. I tell him he has stinky feet and he thinks that is hilarious. He has no clue what stinky feet are, but it is certainly funny to him. (And truthfully, he really does have stinky feet!). But that's ok. Stinky feet and all, he is perfect to me.
Friday, November 10, 2006
The Times, They are a Changin'
Gabe is moving up! This week he transitioned to a new room at his daycare. So far he is LOVING the new room. They said he gets in there and sees where he wants to go, and goes there, and plays with what he wants, - he is so independent. He LOVES going outside on the playground and gets to go at leats twice a day in his new room. He thinks that is the best! They all eat their meals together, at little tables, like one big happy family. He certainly doesn't have a problem with this since he LOVES to eat!! They also take their naps on cots instead of cribs. I've been a little nervous about this one, but yesterday was his first "nap" day in there and he slept for over an hour on his cot! What a champ. Today I am going to take lunch by to his teachers that he is leaving and I will get to go down and peep at him in his new room! He should be asleep on his cot at that time. We'll see...
Edited to add: I just went by there and he was sacked out on his cot. His teacher said that he walked over there and just laid down and went on to sleep - no patting him or anything. He's such a little champ! I'm such a proud mommy!
Here are some of his latest pictures at Nana's request in case she hasn't seen them on his website.
And a couple more, just for fun...
Enjoy!!
Edited to add: I just went by there and he was sacked out on his cot. His teacher said that he walked over there and just laid down and went on to sleep - no patting him or anything. He's such a little champ! I'm such a proud mommy!
Here are some of his latest pictures at Nana's request in case she hasn't seen them on his website.
And a couple more, just for fun...
Enjoy!!
Friday, October 27, 2006
Are you missing me?
My mommy has been horribly busy lately! She has traveled TWICE this month for work, and both times left me and Daddy home all by ourselves. We survived though. We're tough like that! We all went to visit Pa and Nana at the first of the month and then we all met up for the big last camping trip of the season in the mountains. I can walk (or run) anywhere I want now days and that is also keeping mama and daddy quite busy. I'm learning so much - new fun things everyday. I can play my daddy's guitar, go down the slide, and harrass the cats!! That last one is really FUN!
Next week is Halloween. I am supposed to be Pooh's hunny pot for Halloween unless mama finds me something different (ie more comfortable) before then. Daddy isn't crazy about my hunny pot outfit and neither am I (it has a hat folks - I hate hats!) but mama got a great deal on it and since it's just for one night, I can handle it I guess. We are going to the trunk or treat at the church on Halloween night and I also get to trick or treat at the daycare that day. Should be lots of fun!!!
Mama got a new camera and has been taking my picture like crazy. She is learning to be something called a photographer. She wants to take pictures for people and have them pay her money. I don't know about all of that, but she sure does take a lot of pictures of me!!! I don't know how to paste a bunch of pictures in here for you to see but I do know that she has put some on this website and you can look at them til your heart's content.
Mama's pictures
Hopefully soon mama's life will slow down and she can come back and "talk" to all of you. In the meantime, enjoy the pictures, check back on them often because she will probably add more, and have a great weekend!
Love and kisses,
Gabe
Next week is Halloween. I am supposed to be Pooh's hunny pot for Halloween unless mama finds me something different (ie more comfortable) before then. Daddy isn't crazy about my hunny pot outfit and neither am I (it has a hat folks - I hate hats!) but mama got a great deal on it and since it's just for one night, I can handle it I guess. We are going to the trunk or treat at the church on Halloween night and I also get to trick or treat at the daycare that day. Should be lots of fun!!!
Mama got a new camera and has been taking my picture like crazy. She is learning to be something called a photographer. She wants to take pictures for people and have them pay her money. I don't know about all of that, but she sure does take a lot of pictures of me!!! I don't know how to paste a bunch of pictures in here for you to see but I do know that she has put some on this website and you can look at them til your heart's content.
Mama's pictures
Hopefully soon mama's life will slow down and she can come back and "talk" to all of you. In the meantime, enjoy the pictures, check back on them often because she will probably add more, and have a great weekend!
Love and kisses,
Gabe
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Pictures! Pictures! Pictures!
It's that time again! Time for a picture post! Most of these were taken this past weekend in the mountains. We had a fun camping trip (minus the rain!). Gabe walked all over the place pushing his little Tonka truck. In the spirit of his cousin JB, he even walked from our camper to Grammy and Pop's! He LOVES walking behind his truck and I think he would have pushed it all day and night if we had let him. Although he probably would have also stopped to eat! He LOVES to eat!! Anyway, enjoy the pictures! 
This is a storyboard I made of Gabe a while back! It cracked me up the way he was holding his graham cracker stick!
"The GabeFather"
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Friday, September 01, 2006
Oh, Oh, Oh, Walk Like a Man
It's finally time for this post! The one we've all been waiting for! Yes, the boy has finally let go. He is taking steps!!! Watch out world! Here comes Gabe!!!!
See, yesterday when I picked him up from daycare one of his teachers said "Guess what Gabe did today"? I really didn't want to say "What?" because of the report I had gotten the day before. The day before, I was told that Gabe was beating up on the littler babies in the room (his daddy told him to please pick on someone his own size) AND that he was "lovin up" on one of the little girls in his room (Daddy wanted to know if she was cute or not! She is...). So as you can see, I was kind of scared to say "what" but I did anyway. She said, he has been walking all over the room today! We can't contain him!! I was a little sad that I missed all of that so I made Gabe promise that he would show me when we got home.
He was standing in the kitchen holding on to his highchair legs (standing is not a problem, it's the letting go part that is). And he DID let go. He stood there for a second, looking around like, ok, what do I do next? Then he did it! He picked up one foot, set it down in a different spot. Then he did it with the other foot. And again, and again, until he couldn't go any further and he plopped down on his tushie. It was the sweetest thing! Brought tears to a mama's eyes! The only bad part was that Daddy missed it. He was outside at the time but Gabe did finally, after some coaxing, do a repeat of the action later for Daddy. And yes, we have it on video!!!
Tweleve and a half months - finally walking!
See, yesterday when I picked him up from daycare one of his teachers said "Guess what Gabe did today"? I really didn't want to say "What?" because of the report I had gotten the day before. The day before, I was told that Gabe was beating up on the littler babies in the room (his daddy told him to please pick on someone his own size) AND that he was "lovin up" on one of the little girls in his room (Daddy wanted to know if she was cute or not! She is...). So as you can see, I was kind of scared to say "what" but I did anyway. She said, he has been walking all over the room today! We can't contain him!! I was a little sad that I missed all of that so I made Gabe promise that he would show me when we got home.
He was standing in the kitchen holding on to his highchair legs (standing is not a problem, it's the letting go part that is). And he DID let go. He stood there for a second, looking around like, ok, what do I do next? Then he did it! He picked up one foot, set it down in a different spot. Then he did it with the other foot. And again, and again, until he couldn't go any further and he plopped down on his tushie. It was the sweetest thing! Brought tears to a mama's eyes! The only bad part was that Daddy missed it. He was outside at the time but Gabe did finally, after some coaxing, do a repeat of the action later for Daddy. And yes, we have it on video!!!
Tweleve and a half months - finally walking!
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
My Baby is One!
Well, it finally happened. He turned one and no matter what I did, I couldn't stop him!! That's ok though. There's just so much of him to love and as he grows, I'm sure there will be more and more!!
On Friday he had his one year well baby visit which included TWO shots!! Ouch! He did cry a little, but was pretty quickly calmed in Daddy's arms. He weighed in at 20 lbs, 8 ounces and 29.5 inches long. He got an A-OK from the doctor who said he was growing and developing perfectly!
We celebrated the big birthday this weekend. We had a little get together at the pool and Gabe had a blast being the center of attention. His favorite part was eating the cake! He LOVES to eat and he especially loves cake!! Here are some shots of him eating cake and otherwise having a great birthday party.
On Friday he had his one year well baby visit which included TWO shots!! Ouch! He did cry a little, but was pretty quickly calmed in Daddy's arms. He weighed in at 20 lbs, 8 ounces and 29.5 inches long. He got an A-OK from the doctor who said he was growing and developing perfectly!
We celebrated the big birthday this weekend. We had a little get together at the pool and Gabe had a blast being the center of attention. His favorite part was eating the cake! He LOVES to eat and he especially loves cake!! Here are some shots of him eating cake and otherwise having a great birthday party.
We also took Gabe to have his one year picture made. Here are some of the shots from that.
(All photos are courtesy of Ed and Bill's Photo Shop in Commerce, GA)
And then... this is a biggie! This is something I have been working on for months and I really want to share it with all of my Land of Gabe readers. It's a video montage that I have made of Gabe's first year. Just a few warnings before you open it...
It's kind of long - there are three songs (so turn on your sound!) and it takes about 10 minutes to see the whole thing so watch it when you have some spare time (and make sure you make it though to the end! That's the best part!!)
If you have dial up, sorry it may not work for you! I tried to watch it on dial up and it stayed stuck on the first slide. Sorry!
And last, have some Kleenex handy!! It's a bit of a tear jerker!
Enjoy!
Gabe Holland From a Baby to a Boy
Thursday, August 17, 2006
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!
Today is my birthday!! I am ONE!!!!! My mommy seems kind of sad about it. She says I am growing up way too fast for her but I am pretty excited about it all. Tomorrow, I get a house full of visitors!! Nana and Pa Jerry, and Aunt Mary and my cousins Jamie and JB and Grandma are all coming up to see me. Uncle Jason couldn't make it this time and I will miss him but I am still pretty excited about it all. On Saturday I am having a birthday party at the swimming pool and they will all be there along with Grammy and Pop and some of my other family members and a few friends. I've never had a birthday party before so I am really excited about it!! I just hope it doesn't rain!
My mommy says I am growing like a weed, whatever that means, but that I am still her "baby" Gabe and will always be. I like that though; I like being mama's baby! But now that I am one, I can graduate to being "daddy's (and mama's) little man"!! What an exciting time!!
For my birthday, mama and daddy got me a new car! Yep, a new car; and I didn't even have to wait until I turned 16!! I LOVE my car. I look so cool in it, cruising around the yard (or the living room!). I even get kind of mad when it stops going because I don't usually want to get out! Here are some pictures of me. See how cool I am??
I also got to open my cool leap frog fridge DJ radio from mama and daddy this morning. It plays music when I push the button and I LOVE to push the button!! I love anything with buttons on it!!
I think that mama will be back next week to tell you even more about me and how my birthday party went. I have to go see the doctor tomorrow and we will get to find out how much I weigh and all. I'm sure I've grown a lot recently. Heck, I'm one which means I'm a big boy now, no matter how much I have grown!! Anyway, here are a few more pictures so you can see just how cute I am!! Thank you for celebrating my first year with me!! It's been so much fun keeping you updated here on "The Land of Gabe". Hope you will continue to keep checking on me as I grow!
Love and slobbery kisses...
~Gabe
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