Baby LaTour: A Week of Progress

Gabriel hit 19 weeks this week. He made quite a bit of progress this week especially!

We started off the week with our 7th wedding anniversary. No, we didn't go out anywhere special. We spent the day together at home, just the three of us, taking pictures of Gabriel with the green screen. I got a quick "selfie" of us at the end of the day to document the occasion. (Green screen edited photos to come soon - they are Easter themed and we don't want to show them too early to spoil the fun!)

The (Still) Happy Couple

Gabriel now holds his pacifier pretty well and sometimes can even aim the correct end into his mouth all by himself!
He also throws/drops things a lot now. I'm not sure if it's on purpose yet or his little fingers just get tired of holding on!
I had the week off from work for spring break, and Gabe surprised me with a fancy new trick at our breastfeeding support group! He rolled over from tummy to back three times! I got a video of it - click here to view. (The voices in the background are the other ladies in our group cheering Gabe on!) He also did it once for Daddy to see when we got back home. But, he hasn't done it again since, even with much encouragement! I guess it was my reward for being home with him all week.
We transitioned from the sling part of the baby tub to just using the baby bathtub without it. He loves being directly in so much water. He kicks in the water like crazy some nights!

We took advantage of my time off and good weather to get over to visit the Kingsburys. Janet & I had been planning a play date since JANUARY but the snow storms thwarted our efforts every time! It was a nice day, and we got all the kids out in strollers for a little while. Lucas & Carolyn were especially mesmerized by "Baby Gabe." (I have to mention a BIG shout-out thank-you to Auntie Janet for all of the boy clothes she passed on to Gabriel from Connor & Lucas.)

Lucas, checking out Gabe

I noticed that Gabriel has been trying to find something to hold on to during church lately. I'm not the biggest fan of toys in church, but I found him a soft beginner rosary that has a soft chime (soft enough to not be distracting to other parishioners) and a teether cross on it.

We broke out the exersaucer again. I still have to put a blanket underneath his feet and another around his skinny body to get him in position, but I walked away from Gabe for 2 minutes and came back to him playing with the alligator and getting the music to turn on!

Grammy came to visit this week. Gabriel gave her more smiles than cries this time, thankfully! He wouldn't show her his new-found talent of rolling over, though. (Actually, he didn't do it at all the rest of the week! Without the video, I would feel like I hallucinated it!)

I pulled out Alphie the robot this week. (Thanks to Ciocia Lisa & cousin Melissa!) Gabriel was enamored with the ABC song Alphie sings (he likes the versions Daddy & I sing as well - it breaks him of any crying fit).

Chrissy, Daniel, & Hailey gave Gabriel a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hoodie for Christmas, and we finally had a chance to use it. I love how cute he looks in it! (And it's got an "M" for "Michelangelo," my favorite Turtle! He always shouts "Cowabunga!")