This post will be a combination of what's happened this week and our Thanksgiving holiday celebration, with lots of pictures as usual!
- Gabe has a "poop face." Usually it's accompanied by some grunting and leg flexing. It's awfully cute! I got a short video of it; it's hilarious! Unfortunately, it's too big to upload to the blog, so you have to click on this link to view it. Great ammo to show his first girlfriend, right? Unfortunately, he was NOT finished when I stopped recording, but we have since learned to give him a few minutes before jumping up to change the diaper.
- Gabe started smiling this week. (No, it's definitely not just gas, haha!) He especially loves smiling for Auntie Debbie!
- We took a trip to the mall to get Gabe's first picture with Santa last weekend! He was the youngest baby (3weeks!) to have his picture taken at that particular mall. It took some time to get one without him crying! He did request a new larger car from St Nick, but specified he did not want a minivan, haha!
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| Gabe looks so tiny in Santa's lap! |
- Boys pee through everything occasionally. I'm not incompetent at putting on diapers, I swear! Unfortunately, that meant that we needed outfit #2 for Thanksgiving just before we left for the family party! Here's the "before" picture in the cute holiday onesie from Aunt Kristen (thanks!) and the "after" picture in the cute bow tie/suspenders outfit from Nonno (thanks!):
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| Outfit #1 |
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| Outfit #2, & 1st smile caught on camera! |
- On the feeding front, we've dropped to 2 formula/breastmilk combination feeds from a bottle at night, with the other ones being back to direct breastfeeding. I'm hopeful that his weight will be up at Monday's pediatrician appointment, at the same rate of gain or higher. I want to see if she'll measure his length too, as that's another good indicator that he's growing well & he seems like he's all limbs!
- Our friend Nicole & her 6-week-old RJ came to visit earlier this week. Both boys slept while their mommies caught up on each other's birth stories & swapped formula samples.
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| All dressed up to meet RJ |
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| 1st (sleepy) playdate with RJ |
- We are getting excited for tomorrow's baptism! However, this mommy has "baby brain" now instead of "pregnancy brain!" Remember how I was last-minute at booking a photographer? Well today, while e-mailing the person count to the caterer, I realized that I never ordered a cake! Luckily, the place I wanted to order from (Wholly Cannoli) was able to make it work & we will be able to pick up a yummy vanilla cake with cannoli filling first thing tomorrow morning. Can't wait to share pictures of "Congratulations on Your Baptism Gabriel" written across the white & blue whipped cream frosting!
Here are some more pictures from the week:
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| Wake-up selfie, while mommy still had bed-head |
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| Manly conversation with daddy |
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| Checking out stage 1 of the exersaucer from Gina - we're not yet fond of "tummy time" |
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| Enjoying Gabe's 1st snowfall from in the house |
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| Sitting with cousins Chrissy & Hailey at Thanksgiving |
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