Baby LaTour: A Smile Makes Everything Better

This week has been a tiring one for Daddy & Mommy. Gabriel had a couple of days of refusing to nap (well, at least not longer than 30min increments) and being cranky & exhausted. We disturbed his schedule a little - Friday I had to be at work earlier than usual and after work we all went out to a pet sitting job which made bath time & bedtime a little late. It would have been a perfect day to nap together on Saturday with the 4+ inches of snow we received, but Gabe decided it was a no-go. At least falling asleep at bedtime has still been successful!

Tickle movie for your pleasure - click here
12 weeks old! Wow!

Came home from work Friday to blasting kids' music and this:

Grasping - that's Gabe's new skill this week. We introduced an Oball rattle, a traditional rattle (Thanks Lisa!), and a jingly hippo (Thanks Missee!).

My Oball rattle is easy to grip!

I can't fit it into my mouth, but I try really hard!

Chippy likes the Oball too!

My hippo tastes good!

Especially hippo's feet!

I can hold the rattle, but I haven't figured out shaking it yet!

We've been working on tummy-time a lot more this week. Gabe is so good at holding up his head and pushing himself up on his forearms!

The folks at my work gave us this cute mirror.

Sometimes I don't like tummy-time!

Mommy has a fetish with baby feet! Can't stop photographing them - they are SO cute!

Gabriel is also talented enough that he can spin himself around the crib at night. I'll put him down, swaddled so that he can't move his arms, with his head in one direction, and when I go in to wake him up in the morning he's kicked himself around 180 degrees so his feet are where I left his head! (I actually see this in 90-degree snapshots during the night when I check his monitor while pumping.) And he thinks it's funny!