Gabe's Birthday Parties...

Although it isn't quite Gabe's birthday yet.... it's tomorrow.... we had two really fun birthday party's for him this weekend. We had one for Dall's side of the family and a combined party for Gabe and his cousin Avery, since their birthday's are only 8 days apart. Gabe LOVED having everyone over to his house to celebrate. (Especially Mollie... his girlfriend next door!) He got so much good stuff from all his family and friends. Mom was pretty excited about all the adorable clothes! Here is a picture of some of the family and friends that love Gabe so much!

We made Gabe's party a Ball Theme because he LOVES Balls!

Even Gabe's cake was a Baseball!

Gabe DID NOT like diving into his cake at all!!! In fact, he hated every minute of it. I don't know if it was the texture that he didn't like or all the people staring at him and waiting for him to do something spectacular. It was a Bust to say the least.

Party #1 was a lot of fun. Thanks to everyone who came to show their love for Gabers. We love you very much!

Party #2 was a lot of fun too. We TRIED to do the whole cake thing one more time to see if he would be in a better mood...

We had no such luck!

But he did get some more GOOD stuff.

Oh what a spoiled little boy!!! We love you Gabers. Cant wait to Celebrate your Real Birthday tomorrow!!!!!!!

 

Is this my son???

So I have been told that my son is Jack Jack from The Incredibles everywhere we go. I get stopped at least twice every time we go out. I would have to agree with all of them. They do have quite the resemblance. But not only do they look the same.... but they act the same too. That little monster that is SCREAMING to get out is definitely there in my Gabers. Sometimes I am just waiting for him to change colors and burst into a flaming ball of fire. No, but seriously..... so I must do the inevitable...... Gabe is Going to be Jack Jack for Halloween. It is only fitting.

A very hard day for Gabe!

Gabe had his long awaited allergy appointment today. For quite some time now, we have noticed that Gabe reacts to some of the things he eats. We first noticed something was up when he was about 4 months old. I had Dall watch him one night so Dall fed him formula. Well Gabe put up quite a fuss and about 5 minutes later, he threw up everything Dallas had just fed him... and some. So we quite with the formula for a little while until we had our 6 month check up with Gabe's Ped.

 He got the required immunizations for the 6 month check-up and everything else went well. It wasn't until I got home from his appointment that I noticed his eye lids bright red and puffy. He kept on itching them too. So I called his Doctor and they told me to come back to the office right away. I was just a little panicked. Gabe's doctor confirmed that he was allergic to one of the immunizations and we needed to go to an allergy specialist to do some testing before his 12 month check-up and immunizations.

 So in between then and now, there was a pretty scary incident. My mom was feeding Gabe a little bit of an Orange Dreamcicle and it only took him about 10 minutes before he started breaking out in rashes and started to swell. So I immediately drove home to give him some benadryl and on the way, he was coughing pretty bad and trying to clear his throat. I for sure thought that his throat was going to close up. I pulled in the driveway and got him out of the car and he started throwing up like crazy. I don't mean "spitting" up, like baby's do... I mean Throwing Up. It smelt just like adult Vomit (sorry.. too much information.) Needless to say, I was terrified. I got his Pediatrician on the phone and told him what was going on and he told me to give him Benadryl immediately and if the swelling doesn't go down in about 5-10 min, then take him to the ER. Luckily, his swelling went down and he started acting like his usual self in about 5 minutes time. So, I knew he must have been allergic to something in the Dreamcicle.

To make a long post even longer, we took Gabers to the Allergy Specialist today and got some testing done on what exactly he is allergic to. He got the little scratch test done and was a champ through all of that. As you can see in the picture below, 1 is Eggs and 2 is Milk and he is allergic to BOTH of them. Poor little guy. We figured as much though. Then, the Dr. wanted to get a blood draw to see just how allergic he was to both... so we know what to and what not give him for his 12 month immunizations, and to see his levels now compared to a year checkup.... to see if he will grow out of the allergy. This is where the day took a turn for the worst. It took 4 phlebotomists to "TRY" to find a vein. Yes I understand that he is a baby and Yes I understand that he is a "chunky little man" as they liked to call him, and Yes I understand that his veins were teeny tiny and couldn't be found through all his "Pudginess" but it took them 3 times to "try" to find a vein, and once they did, they couldn't get the syringe to suck out enough blood. They poked him in the left hand first, then the right, then she fiddled with the needle in the right crook of his arm for a while to "try" to find a vein. Meanwhile, Gabe is in absolute HYSTERICS as he is sitting on my lap and two nurses are pining his arms down while another nurse is digging a HUGE needle in his arm. I say "TRY" because I personally thought that NONE of them had a clue to what they were doing. I could see plenty of veins on his little hand. I don't think I have ever wanted to punch a bunch of women more in my life than in those moments in that Lab. And that is saying a LOT. Well, they didn't get all the blood they needed to run all the tests so I have to bring him back sometime this week to do it all over again. I can say that I now know what it feels like to NEVER want your child to have to go through any pain whatsoever. I want them to draw my blood, instead of his. I want to shield him from everything that may cause him pain. I love this little person so much and cherish his little life so much more than my own. Oh, he is my WORLD!!! After that horrible appointment was all over with, I took my baby home and snuggled with him for the rest of the day. I never left his side. He was just a little clingy.

Here are a couple pictures of today's events.

And we are at 11...

I know this post is a little late... it is because we are just having way too much fun to get on here and post. No but really, I think I am just being lazy now. My Gaber baby is 11 months old!!! Nope, it cannot be so. I want to rewind. But what an adorable 11 month old he is. We are SO Obsessed with him. Just when we think he does the funniest thing or makes the cutest little grin, he surprises us with something even better a minute later. He has such a big personality for such a tiny boy.... well, lets be honest, he is not the tiniest little boy. But you know what I mean. Gabe really is so adorable. He is so attached to his "Ma Ma" it makes my heart melt. Whenever I walk into a room, he lights up and his eyes literally Sparkle. And he sure knows it when I go out of the room too. He just loves to be with His People. When Dallas gets home from work, he is a totally different boy. It's like he knows that it is Play Time because he starts bouncing and moving like crazy. Dall chases him down the hall and Gabe trys to crawl away from him as fast as he can. He trips over himself sometimes because he gets going so fast. He LOVES Balls. We have about every kind of ball around this house and he knows where all of them are. We say "Gabe, where's the Ball" and he goes around collecting all of them. He likes to cup them in his hand and crawl with them so he is sliding on the carpet. That's adorable. He loves... and I mean LOVES my dad. Gabe would rather be held by my dad than me or Dall sometimes. I get a little upset about that, I'm not going to lie. He is standing on his own now for up to about 30 seconds and walks great when we are helping him along. He has this thing where he stands on his tip toes ALL the time. I wonder if I should be worried. He knows how to give Kisses, he just chooses not to give them... mostly. We think he is lactose intolerance. He breaks out in hives whenever he eats cheese or dairy. We have an appointment with the Allergy Specialist next week so we shall see. Whenever I am singing a song, he starts to sing right along with me. I LOVE that. He still loves to sleep in our bed for a couple hours in the night and we LET him. I still would rather watch him sleep sometimes than be sleeping myself. Weird, I know. I cant believe next month he will be ONE. He is the most amazing baby boy and we are so blessed to have him in our lives!!!!!

And just because he is so darn cute...

Need I Say More...

This is one of the pictures I took of Gabers today during our little photo shoot. How ADORABLE is my Son???

IT'S DONE!!!!!

So I finished it! This was the big project that I started at the beginning of the summer. Let me give you some background. I had this vision of what I wanted for a TV console. Since my front room isn't the biggest, I didn't want something massive that takes up the whole wall. Instead, I wanted to re-do an old, wood dresser and put my stamp all over it. I got busy hitting the D.I. and getting on KSL almost everyday until I found a steal.... and boy did I find one. I found an ad on KSL for a Solid Wood Dresser that had Nine drawers. The ad was priced at $80 which was a lot more than I wanted to spend but I LOVED the look of the dresser so I gave the woman a call. She said she had been trying to sell the thing for months now but no one came buy to look at it when they said they would. She offered it to me for $50 and threw in a matching night stand. Yup... I snagged a deal! They are both massive, heavy pieces of furniture and they are SOLID WOOD! I love that part. So my parents lent me their garage and my mom watched Gabers while I got to work on it.

Here is the Before:

And here is the After:

I love how it turned out. It is just what I pictured it to be. All it needs now is a TV..... dallas is working on this one. This little project was quite time consuming but worth every minute!! What shall I work on next??? Hmmmmmm???