51 Weeks

This week Gabriel turned 51 weeks.  Only 1 more to go to a year!

 Our little guy is definitely a morning person like Mommy.  He has trouble getting up and getting out of bed like Daddy, but once he's up, he is so happy!

Gabe spends a lot of time checking out his toys and figuring out how they work.

Learning how to hold the phone

Checking under the hood

Checking the tire pressure

Figured out how to put the letters on the train

We splurged on a family photo shoot, complete with "cake smash" (a new trend where babies get a birthday cake to eat smash on their 1st birthday - with a professional photographer capturing the fun mess), a little ahead of his first birthday.  (In case you're interested, here's the link to our photographer's page: Photography by Suzanne and the page for our baker:  Chantel's Sweet Treats)  I couldn't decide on only a few pictures, so here are way too many!  (I came up with some "rules" for cake smash photos, too:  baby should be naked in a bathtub at home for easy clean-up and the cake should have no food coloring, haha!)

 

Mommy dotted his nose with blue frosting

The cake did not stay on the stand, haha!

Other pictures from the week:

Body surfing!

Checking to see if they're still there

"Man of your dreams"