5 Months!

Gabriel turned 21 weeks old this week, and then 5 months a few days later.  I will admit that the April 1st 5-month benchmark was bittersweet - my Dziadziu (Polish for "Grandfather"), may he rest in peace, would have turned 95 on the same day.  Miss him dearly all the time!  I still talk to his picture on my refrigerator and imagine how much he would have loved our little guy!

• Speaking of grandparents, my mom was able to get Skype to work at my Babcia's (Polish for "Grandmother") house and Babcia got to see Gabriel in action for the first time.  I hope that they will get to meet sometime this summer when we (hopefully) will have more opportunities to get to NY.
• Breastfeeding is still going well (fingers continue to stay crossed!) and I found a cute logo that describes my working/nursing status (well, a little premature to say we are in the 17%, as we're not at a full year).  I basically liked it for the nursing & pumping images.

 

•  Ok, we are finally "releasing" Gabe's Easter pictures!  (They have gone out in the mail to his grandparents, so we're in the clear that they got them first!)  One is his visit with the Easter bunny, and the others are our green screen products.

 

The Easter Bunny at Hebert Candy Mansion

This one is my favorite green screen shot!

Isn't he a cute bunny?

• Gabriel & I took an afternoon to go visit with Hudson & Chelsea.  "Hud-muffin" (his mother coined this nickname!) is growing really well!  I can't wait for him and Gabe to play together soon.

Chelsea & baby Hudson

Gabe is staring at baby Hudson during our "selfie"

• Gabriel is so close to "tripoding" - the step before kids sit up on their own, when they use their hands to support themselves a little.  I had him sitting in front of me with support and took my hand away a little and LOOK!

 

• Gabriel is also close to rolling over from his back to his belly.  He just... won't... get his arm around, not even with much encouragement.

• We also tried cold teething rings this week.  I think they were well-received.

Gabe's first set of keys

Other pictures from the week:

"I hate socks, Mom."

This is one of Mommy's favorite pictures from the week.

Looking like a cute little nerd

Meeting Zephyr up close & personal - the cat really didn't mind it much!