Baby LaTour: 38 Weeks

This week was fun-filled as usual: a little play dating, a little sight-seeing, and a little family time.

Teeth: Still only the lower two incisors. However, the drooling and chewing is going full-force, so we think another one (or two?) may be lurking.
Crawling: Not fully yet, but Gabe did start this army crawl thing where he slides himself forward (belly still on floor) with the tips of his toes. Click here for a video example.
Sleeping: Some nights Gabriel goes from 7:30pm-5:45am and then back to sleep till 7 or 7:30 after nursing. Other nights he has random wake-ups at all different hours.
Eating: He PLOWED through a half a corn cob on Saturday! And I mean seriously ate >85% of the kernels off clean! With only 2 teeth! He has had corn cobs before, but he never got much off, even when I "started" it for him. We were amazed! (I think Auntie Debbie made magical corn cobs or something - it was so fun watching him devour it!) I also captured a few special moments with cousin Evan & with Grammy.

Daddy grabbed a picture

Drinking: Gabe is doing well with various types of cups, but he has a bad habit of trying to throw them (as well as any food he doesn't want at the time). This is the face I got when I took away the straw cup before it could land on the floor!

Playing: Some new second-hand toys have Gabe enthralled this week. Craig set him up on the alphabet train and got some cute shots. We have also been teaching him how to share his toys (in hopes this will continue later in life!).

We scheduled a last-minute photo shoot with a photographer (Photography by Suzanne) late last week and got the pictures back this week. I can't get over how cute Gabriel is! (Ok, I know that I am his mother and I'm supposed to say that, but we do get compliments on his cuteness almost everywhere we go, haha!) Here are some of our favorites:

On Thursday, Gabe and I went out adventuring. We had a play date with Julia & Irina first, then stopped over at the Kingsbury's to see Auntie Janet (Carolyn & Lucas were napping and Connor was at day care). No picture evidence, sorry! That night I "hosted" an online Usborne books Facebook party. (I'm not usually into the direct sales stuff, but as you already know, I can't resist a good book for Gabe - or myself - so this was the perfect opportunity to get a free book for hosting and a discount on other books. The consultant, Katie, did a great job - it was really fun!) We were blessed to receive a wonderful gift of several books for Gabe from our long-time family friend (& one of my babysitters when I was little!) Ginny Julian - Thank you so much, Mrs J! (If anyone wants to order, please let me know; shopping is still open for the weekend! Sorry, couldn't resist that plug!)

We have been taking advantage of Massachusetts' "Free Fun Fridays," and this week that landed us at the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton. So much for educating Gabriel - he slept through the whole thing! After the museum, we had a picnic lunch at the Wachusett Reservoir.