Sunday, February 15, 2015

15 Weeks, Crazy Times

While Worcester has been inundated with 97+ inches of snow in the past 3 weeks, Gabriel is growing by leaps and bounds.  Well, maybe not in terms of weight gain, but he is definitely longer and stronger and smarter than before.  At 15 weeks, we are discovering that Gabe has "moods" that aren't always accommodating to what Mommy & Daddy need or want to do.
  • Gabriel celebrated his first Valentine's Day this week.  I dressed him up in his 1st V-day onesie from Auntie Kristen (Thanks!) and had just enough time to snap a picture before he spit up all over it.  So, we moved on to our back-up onesie that says "I love Mom" on the pocket (this ended up being the outfit for his 15 week picture above).
 
  • By the "Polish baby scale," Gabriel hit 9 lbs 15 oz on Monday the 9th, which was pretty close to my guess of 10 lbs.  By the end of the week he probably was already past 10.  He's been gaining about a half pound every 2 weeks (a little slower than "normal" gain of a 1/2 lb every week, but that's ok since he is still gaining steadily).  I know he's growing longer at least in terms of arms & legs since the newborn sizes look like shorts & 3/4-length sleeves on him!
  • Gabriel has been stingy with his smiles lately.  Craig can usually elicit one pretty easily, but I have to work hard, making goofy smiley faces to get one from him for the camera.  I think Gabe is getting wise to the "Parent Paparazzi!"
  • Daddy & Mommy spent 2 hours of a snow day putting together Gabe's exersaucer (Thanks Gina & Emma!).  It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be, but it took up some boredom time stuck in the house.  Gabriel is a little too small for it, but I was able to put a thick blanket under his feet and another around him to prop him up in the chair portion.  He liked all the music it makes!
 


  •  I typically rotate out Gabe's toys weekly, since he has so many of them from gifts.  This week we played with a new monkey (Thanks Grammy!) & foot rattles (Thanks Auntie Deb!), Mr Bear (Thanks Mrs Blauth!), a tiger/blanket (Thanks to my students from last semester!), and Dumbo (Thanks Evan!).  He is really liking things that are soft and fuzzy especially.
 

 


 
 
 
 
  • Daddy was playing around and gave Gabriel a tiger "hat."  I had to capture the moment; it was so cute!
 

Haha, caught you!
 
  • Mommy put away the majority of Gabe's newborn things and readied the 0-3 month size stuff.  It was really sad for me (and made me wish for another baby already!), but these clothes are equally super cute.  And through the generosity of all the gifts he has received and some hand-me-downs from Janet (Thanks!), he has at least 40 full outfits to wear before he has to wear the same thing again.  Better wardrobe selection than his parents!

First full 0-3mo size outfit!
Other pictures from this week:

Daddy said to Gabe, "Your socks match Chippy!"

Happy baby waking up in the mornings!


The look of surprise!  (And the look I get when I use the camera flash!)

Love this boy in orange - picture doesn't do him justice

Already an avid reader!

Visit with Grammy

Lela's tail must taste good

Had to get a picture with this bib!

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