Happy Halloween

We started off Halloween at about 1:30am. Gabe woke up and would NOT go back to bed. He fell asleep on me which he has not done since I think he was 5 days old! He just could not get comfortable. At about 3:30am I put numbing drops in both of his ears and gave him some Motrin and begged him to sleep!!! He did until 6:15am. Wow. So I waited til 8am to call the Dr. and they said bring him on in at 9:15am. So on Halloween this poor man had to have a shot in both of his legs of antibiotics because he NOW has a bulging ear drum. Poor Poor man!!!
I have never heard him scream quite like that. Thankfully by tonight's trick or treating he seemed to feel better!!! Well, maybe not better, but for sure happier!

The three amigos!!!

This was Gabe's costume. I decided since he has been thru so much lately that dressing up was really only for me. He wasn't asking to be Darth Vader so I decided this year he was off the hook. I am already planning next years costume! : )

Daddy and Gabers after we walked around trick or treating. He was so happy to be outside!!!

A rare picture of Greg and I. Its so hard to get anyone, but Gabe in front of the camera today. Brad had his 2nd round playoff game tonight at 7pm so he missed dressing up and trick or treating, but that's ok because they won and are moving on to the next round. JT was with his dad and I will post some pictures of him in his Boba Fett costume soon.

One sick little dude....

This little guy has been sick for over two weeks. I guess I should be thankful that I kept him well for over 8 months with 3 big brothers who ALL attend school and bring home yummy germs just for us! :) However I was not prepared for how sad this little man would be. He was coughing and wheezing and coughing some more. He had to have a breathing treatment which did NOTHING, he had a chest x-ray which should inflammation and NOT infection and finally he was diagnosed with a double ear infection. Only problem with that is it has taken 2 antibiotics to KILL it! I think this one has done it as we have slept thru the night the past two nights and he seems to be more smiley....I sure hope so cause he sure has been sad.....

Pretty sure he is teething too, but still NO sign of teeth.

Daddy and him decided to be silly. It is so funny to me that at this age they get "being silly".

Love the one eyed dude. :) He went from not moving around too much to army crawl, to real crawl to I just want to stand up and walk around furniture people. I think he did this all in a matter of maybe two weeks. Sure is making the football games more interesting as he doesn't really care for me to hold him. ;)

I just convinced him to start eating baby food too. He hasn't wanted any of that either up until now. He just cracks me up. I am just so thankful he is on the mend......

And he's off.......

On September 25th Gabe finally picked up his knees, rocked back and forth and slightly started to crawl...well this past weekend he was OFF!! No warning. I put him down on the floor and he was gone....in the dog bowl!!!!! So now the "true" fun begins!!!! We are trying to figure out a way to keep in on the family room only, but you know the open floor plans make that a bit harder to do!!!

This picture just cracks me up. He looks so serious.

This was Gabe crawling away. He was going for the blue toy you can barely see in the picture. It plays music and he figured that out that day too!!!!

As soon as he realized I was taking his picture he stopped crawling away and started to smile for the camera. So funny this kid!!!

He turned around and came over to me so I could take more pictures. Do you see the drool???? Holy cow and still NO teeth!!! His gums aren't even the least bit white!!!

There is with Roxie on his knees going to crawl away.....so big he is.


Daddy even got in on the action. Wow my two boys look just alike!!!! Let the good times begin!

The new additions to the playroom

Over Labor Day weekend I decided I want to redecorate the playroom. I wanted the kids to have more room to play. JT has had the playroom to himself for the past 2 years, but soon enough little Gabe will be tearing it up in there with him! So trying to get it ready for that day, but not on that day so JT doesn't feel like he is taking over I decided to move the couch out. I also moved the TV around to give optimal playing room. I think this is much better.

You can see we have a TON of toys. It seems that a lot of the toys were Brads or Greg's and now have been handed down to JT and soon Gabe.

JT wanted to show you all cuddled up...:)

This is the new chair picture. Gabe and JT got new chairs from Pottery Barn Kids. We have to say thanks to the Grandma's. We love you!!!

Just missing Brad. It sure is hard to get everyone together anymore for a picture.

Gabe loves his new chair!! So big.....

JT showing off his new chair that has his favorite....a Stars Wars character!!!!

This man.................

Pretty sure that Gabers has NO idea what his "real" name is. We call him This man....., gabers, mini sirloin gabers and the list goes on and on. His new trick is EVERY TIME he sees the camera now he poses. He just sits there and let's me take the shot all while smiling. Ugh I love this man!!!

Sometimes.....

Sometimes when you are in a really bad mood you just need to see a smile and you realize all WILL be right in the world!! We have had so much going on since school started back with three schools, football, after school activities, homework, etc. that sometimes I feel like I am losing touch!! So sometimes you just need to see gummy smiles to make you REALLY smile!

Gabe is trying so hard to crawl. He wants to so much, but instead of putting his knees up he looks like he is trying to fly. Cracks me up every time!

JT got some new Lego's and wanted to make sure I showed everyone!! Talk about a kid who can crack you up. He talks and talks and talks. Now I know how my dad must have felt having me as a daughter. :) Right now he is really into Star Wars Lego for the Wii. Pretty sure if I didn't limit him on it he would play for 8-10 hours a day!!!

We had Grandpa and Grandma over for sauce (of course Grandma made it) and Greg got a new comfy Cardinals chair to play video games in. As you can see Grandma wanted to try it out and I think she liked it!!!

Gabe tried it to, but I am not too sure how he felt about it!!!

Gabe will be 7 months on Saturday. Wow....seriously where has the time gone?

First Day of School

Ok so today was the first day of school. I was not ready for today at all. To be honest I could have used three or four more weeks of summer. I just really enjoyed having the boys home with me every day. I liked not having to be anywhere if we didn't want to be. I liked hanging out with friends and a trip to Disneyland. I liked having live in baby-sitters for little Gabers. But today the reality hit and off to school the boys went. I didn't even realize until I uploaded these photos that all the boys are matching!! I didn't do that on purpose! :)

Bradley came home and said he had a great day! He loved most of his teachers so that is a good thing. He was a bit disturbed that his Spanish 1-2 won't count as a credit in high school so he will still have to take 2 more years of Spanish. He was also upset to learn that this year his Aims test also has Science on it! He cracks me up. He is a straight A student but you wouldn't know that! ;) He did say all in all though it was a GREAT day.

Greg also had a great day. He really likes his teacher and ALL his friends are in his class. There are 35 kids this year in one class. I feel I will need to bring his teacher LOTS of Starbucks to help her manage!! I can barely deal with 4 kids everyday I have NO idea how I would do 35 and all 9 year olds!!! I did go in the classroom and met her and she seems super nice. She is right around my age with a 10 year old and 3 year old. I just pray Greg doesn't make her mad too quickly. Gotta watch that one! ;)

JT started his new school last week. He is attending a new school this fall and I really do like it. Only problem is I wish there were more students. Since it's a BRAND new school not many people have signed up. It's a great program and very nice, but he has only 6 kids in his class. Lot's one 1 on 1, but I need him to get ready for Kindergarten with 25 students. I am praying as the year goes by more and more people will find this school and sign up!!!

So here is to a new school year. I just pray we get thru it! :)