Gabriel Updates

Thursday, April 30, 2009

silly goose

Lets see what is new.

Gabriel is getting stronger by the day. We are trying to get him to keep his legs straight so that he can stand with support. The silly goose likes to lock his knees and then do the splits as you try to hold him up, or he will bend his knees and giggle at you for trying to stand him up. He is trying very hard to crawl. He has mastered the roll to whatever he wants. Daddy can leave the room and Gabriel rolls after him.

Gabriel now knows there is a thing called a cat. It has soft fur that is fun to pull and eat. If there is a cat laying in Gabriel's sight, Gabriel is quickly rolling to it for a taste. The cats are quickly learning and lay facing Gabriel so that they can take off when he gets close enough.

Today was a weird day for Gabriel. He took a few naps at over a hour each. He rarely takes naps that last that long. He also went to bed tonight at 7pm. I am worried about when he will be back up. He hasn't been sleeping very well through the night. He normally goes to bed around 8:30pm and gets up at 5am with me. We have been so off schedule since the hospital last week. We will get there soon.

There are so many amazing people in the world. So many of you have helped us out so much! I want to say thank you!

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

we've got poo

lots and lots of poo. Who would have thought we would be excited for poopie diapers?

Gabriel is doing better. He is eating more and appears to be filling out! He is also too cute for his own good! He is still on hospital hours which is rough when getting up for work but I would rather he was on hospital hours than in the hospital.

We are worried, both the county I work in and the county I live in have had swine flu confirmed. We have a lot of families who are in and out of Mexico. Many of our students also go to school no matter what because often it is the only food they get and/or home isn't safe. I hope they are all safe and I also hope they do not bring the flu around!

My car is in the shop. I will find out tomorrow how much the lady did to it when she backed into me and how long it will have to stay. Lucky the dealership rocks and I have a loaner for as long as it takes to fix my car.