A Mommy in Love

Amazing, our little boy is already 20 weeks old!  He is quickly approaching a half year!  Gabe's personality definitely shows in his pictures.

• Our friends Chelsea & Andre (Gabriel's Godparents) were blessed with a new baby boy, Hudson, on the 18th.  We went for a visit once they got home.  Craig commented that Gabriel has grown quite a lot, considering he was the same weight as Hudson when we brought him home!  Hudson is definitely a cute little peanut!

 

•  Seeing Baby Hudson has "made my ovaries ache," a phrase coined by one of my breastfeeding support group leaders, haha!  Not only that, but I look at Gabriel's sweet angel face, and I want many more babies.  I think I mentioned 16 to Craig.  (And yes, that number did get an eyebrow raise!)  But seriously, when you look at your child, how could you not want many replicas of him/her?  It's truly unconditional love.

•  Gabriel is toying with us recently.  He gets SO CLOSE to rolling over from back-to-belly, and then he pulls himself back onto his back.  It's frankly quite frustrating for his Daddy & I, haha!

Check out his handling of his pacifier!

•  Auntie Debbie and Grammy came for a visit.  Deb brought Gabriel his first pair of shades, really cute Foster Grants.  He wasn't sure how he felt about them, but I was able to get a smile anyway.

 

•  I am coming to the realization that our breastfeeding journey may be almost half over already.  My goal is 1 year (I am happy about every day that we are successful and am not trying to stress about the days ahead), though I am not sure I will be firm in stopping altogether at that time.  I do know that I plan to cease pumping (at work & overnight) and let Gabriel take the lead on weaning.  I wouldn't mind nursing first thing in the morning and last thing before he goes to bed, though.  So anyway, this realization has stopped me from my usual practice of playing on my cell phone while he's nursing.  Instead, I've been watching him (as he watches me, if it's during the day and he's awake) and enjoying the closeness of nursing.  

 

Can't resist this Little Blue Eyes!

• I got a small bonus at work for teaching some extra credits, so I treated Gabe & I to a new baby carrier that should be better for his hips now that he is getting bigger.  It actually is A LOT more supportive on my back with carrying his blossoming weight.  He seems to like it as well.  I tried it with him facing out for the first time (he wasn't too thrilled, he prefers facing me right now), but it also allows him to face in plus two other positions (hip carry & back carry) when he gets bigger.

Our new Beco Gemini carrier

• Here's another green screen tease leading up to our release of Gabe's Easter pictures.  It was my first attempt at merging a picture with a background, and I know it's not that great, but it's still cute!

 

Other pictures from the week:

A Mommy in Love

Thanks for the onesie, Auntie Kristen!

Thanks for the jingly ball, Auntie Lorene!