6 Month Check Up

Today Gabriel had his 6 month well child check up and he is doing great. He weighs 17 pounds and is 27 1/4 inches long! I will be going to Ron & Chloe's tomorrow to look on the wall and see how old Mia was when she was 27 inches tall (we have a very scientific growth record for her). I just never imagined that I would have a baby in the 75th percentile for his height! He is going to be taller than I am by the time he is 12. But that is nothing new. My BABY brother Jacob is 12 and he is way taller than I am.

Baby Jacob Then

Baby Jacob Now

But this blog is about how big Mr. Gabe is not my big/little brother.

Mia was a very big help today, she fed Gabriel his apples while I made soup for dinner. She was so excited because this was the first time I let her feed Gabriel all by herself. She even got to give him a few Cheerios which he LOVES to squish between his gums and "chew" them up. He can't quite pick them up and get them in his mouth yet but he likes to try. :)

Movie time!

On Saturday Mia had her very first "I just met the people and I am leaving my child at this house" slumber party. She was very excited all week and when we dropped her off she went to play with her friends and didn't look back. Having only one child for the night we thought it would be a good time to go get the paint for our trim and look at grass seed (having two dogs that love to dig and run around like crazy has done a number on the grass). So at 7:30 when my phone rang in the middle of the garden center I just knew it was "the call". Mia was having a meltdown and wanted me to come get her. The paint would have to wait, my little girl needed me. When we got home we decided to watch the movie Mia had got from Netflix, National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets . We got out Mia's sleeping bag and started the movie. Waiting for Mike to finish up some work stuff I got a few cute pictures of the kids.

Amanda's Visit

My friend Amanda (who moved too far away to Kentucky) came to meet Gabriel two weeks ago with her two little girls, Gracie and Marybeth. The babies had a wonderful time playing together and it was great to see them and get to spend some time with them!

Marybeth and Gabriel

It this true love or do they just want the same taggie?

Gracie found Elmo!

It has been too long.

My last blog was in April and it is almost June this has got to STOP! I have lots of thing to say and don't know where to start....

Mike has been working an insane amount. The project he is working on is launching their website tomorrow so this week is "crunch time". On Monday he is going to Texas to do some user training and will be gone for three days. I plan on posting at least one post a day when he is gone, we will all see how that goes.

We have been working hard trying to get our "small projects" done around the house. We talked to a realtor about selling our house a few months ago and because of all the foreclosures in our area we have decided to try and rent our house or just suck it up and stay in it for now. Last weekend Gabriel spent everyday with Grandma Kathy and Papa so I could paint the stairs. I really like how they turned out and can't wait to get the rest of our projects DONE.



It is hard to believe but on Monday Gabriel will be 6 months old! It is just amazing how fast the time goes. He is really looking forward to figuring out how to crawl but for now he gets around quite well rolling. He also is very close to sitting up all by himself. He is still a little tippy but he is getting it. I have more to blog but I think Mr. Gabe is waking up from his 15 min cat nap.