Updater Blog....

So I have created our Updater Blog. The website is daglundquist.blogspot.com. You will only need this website if you have a Blog List and want to see when we update (since private blogs do not show the updates.) So put that address in the "Blog List" but keep our Family Blog in your "Friends" list. I hope I have not made this too difficult. Ok, we are going private in about a week!

My Little Man

Photo of the day!!! Oh my goodness, he just melts me heart every time I look at him! I was singing him a song and making animal noises and he was totally focused!! Just look at those baby blues!!!!! I love my Gabriel!

Last Call...

Ok this is the LAST CALL for emails because I AM going private!!! Oh, does anyone know how to upload CUTE font to your blog without all the headache? I just tried about 10 times with some site called kevinandamanda.com. Either the instructions they are giving are absolutely terrible or I am just REALLY stupid! Can anyone help me???

Finally Going Private!!!

So I know I made a post about going private quite a while ago, but I never got around to doing it. Well, with a few conversations with friends and family, I definately realized the importance of it. Plus, when you google our names, our blog is the first thing that shows up. And you just never know what kind of crazies are checking the blog..... So, I believe I am going to do what my friend Ali has done with her blog. She is going private but is having a seperate public blog that will let everyone know when she has updated her private blog (since the updater icons dont let you know when a private blog has been updated.) Thanks Ali, hope you dont mind! So, I am sorry to ask again but to all of my friends, family and people I wish I saw more but only keep in contact through the blogging world, please leave your emails. I will be doing the change in about a week or so, and I will let you know what the "2nd blog" will be. 

Gabriel is 5 Months!!!!!

Is my baby boy really 5 months???? Well, these have been the best 5 months of my life to say the least! Gabe is growing SO fast it seems and I am trying to document everyday of his life either with pictures or with video. When I was his age, my parents didn't have a video camera, so I never got to see what I was like. They took lots of pictures but no video. All of my siblings have video when they were babies except for me. I want Gabe to get sick of how much footage we got of him!!! On to Gabers now...... these are some of the things that Gabe has been up to in the last month:

*Starting to throw little temper tantrums (usually when he is either hungry or tired.)

*Has the girliest little squeal that he uses when he wants attention. Momma thinks it is precious.

*Has been introduced to the following: Rice Cereal, Oatmeal, Pears, Peaches, Apple Sauce, Bananas, Apricots and Prunes. He HATES Bananas but loves everything else.

*Watches us very closely when we are putting food in our mouths (Diet Coke especially). Then he gets mad because we didnt put any of it in his...... then comes the temper tantrum I was telling you about earlier.

*Knows exactly who mom and dad are, and if he is crying when someone is holding him, he quiets down the moment I get him. I LOVE when he does that. It makes me feel like I am doing a good job as his mommy and that he loves me. 

*Is very tickelish on his tummy and if anything or anyone comes close to his tummy, he will start giggling.

I really feel like I am the luckiest person on this planet because I have been blessed with such an amazing little spirit. He has changed my life and I am so grateful that my Heavenly Father has trused Dallas and I to raise him and take care of him and teach him what is right. Oh we are obsessed with our Gaber Baby!!!

  What a little crunch!!! Daddy was getting him to giggle so hard!

Ha ha.. this picture makes me laugh!!!

I just want to EAT him!

He's has found his feet recently and thinks they are the most amazing things!

Showing off his nice little wound by his eye... poor little guy bonked his head on momma's chin.

Here are some more random pictures I wanted to post... just because Gabe is so darn cute!

I know I went a little crazy with the pictures but I just couldnt resist!

Happy Birthday Grandpa Burr

Will you love me in December as you do in May,

Will you love me in the good old fashioned way?

When my hair has all turned gray,

Will you kiss me then and say,

That you love me in December as you do in May?

-James J. Walker

This quote reminds me so much of my Grandparents. I have never known two people to be so in love. My sweet Grandma Burr passed away about 2 1/2 years ago and my Grandpa misses her still so much. I am posting this because today is my Grandpa's 80th Birthday! My family is so lucky to have him here with us! He is definately one of my heroes and I love him so much!!! We hope to have him here for 10 more great years! Happy Birthday Grandpa Burr. We love you so much!

Picture of the Day!

This morning, I was eating breakfast and I put Gabe in his Bumbo, which he LOVES. He was getting a little fussy so I grabbed this paint sponge.... and boy did he go to town on it! I think he must have liked sucking his slobber through the sponge. I am just glad I got a picture of it. Oh, I am so obsessed with this little guy!!!

It's Here....

Yay!!!! My Project Life came.... Finally! It got lost in transit but it is safely here and in my possesion. I have already started and let me just tell you, I am more obsessed with it than I thought I would be. Thank Goodness for Scrapbooking made easy!

Getting Inspired!

So I was Blog Stalking the other day and I came across something called Project Life. The concept of it is Amazing. I am not a scrapbooker AT ALL. First of all, I don't have the scrapbooking skills, the time or the money to invest in scrapbooking. In fact, I have at times thought about hiring a professional to do it for me. I can now say that I am inspired to scrapbook with Project Life. Check it out here at www.beckyhiggins.com. I ordered mine today and I cannot wait to get it. Yay!!!!!

 

He's 4 Months!!!

I know I say this every time but I CANT believe my baby boy is growing so fast! I mean 4 months... Already!!!! Being this little boy's Mommy has been amazing. I was just telling Dall the other day that I wish we would have had Gabe sooner. We just didnt know what we were missing out on. Oh the past month Gabe has grown so much. I'm taking him to the Doctor for his 4 month appointment tomorrow so I will have his Stats then. Some things I have notied about Gabe in the last month are:

*Loves to play Paticake

*Laughs at Momma when she plays Peek-a-Boo

*Fitting almost his whole fist into his mouth and sucking like crazy

*Loves to look at himself in the mirror

*Laughs when Mom or Grandma blows on his stomach (he is tickleish from our hair)

*Still likes to be rocked to sleep to Karen Carpenter

*Takes two long naps for momma in the day so she can get things done

*Has conversations with us all day long. He has to tell us all about it

*Puts his fingers in mom and dad's mouth

I also have noticed that he is growing a little more hair. It is still really light and he doesnt seem to have any weird cowlicks. He has a little red birthmark (raspberry) on his back that has not gone away yet. I dont know if it will either. He also gets a little scared if he is being held by someone he hasnt been around too much. He has a particular cry for that. Otherwise, his cry is just a little whine. It is so cute and it is hard for me to take him seriously. I am going to go a little picture crazy now.

 Arent those some gorgeous eyes?Notice his fists.

Blowing the bubbles.

Snuggling with Grams.

He is our Happy Baby Boy! Please let the next month go by slower!!!

Was this really me???

So now that it is almost four months since I had Gabe, I can look at the pictures of me at 38 weeks with a little laughter. I DID NOT want to post any of them when I was 38 weeks because.... well.... you can clearly see.  So just for fun, here are few pictures of me Large and in Charge.

This was actually the day my water broke.

So there ya have it. Ali, have a good laugh!