Well, we finally had a few warm days this month! I have been wanting to take Gabe on walks but it was so chilly outside. So when we have warm days, in the early evenings we will take him either in the stroller or I will carry him in the infant carrier for neighborhood walks. We had to get him sunglasses because Gabriel isn't a fan of bright lights, he squints and wiggles his head if he goes out without sunglasses. It's funny, Jon is the same way. I thought the sunglasses would keep him awake during these walks...no such luck, bout 5 minutes into our walk our little chunky monkey is sound asleep. Still, it's nice, I love to walk up to the park and watch the little ones playing. I am stuck between never wanting him to grow up and wanting him to be old enough to enjoy the park. Those are my favorite evenings though, walking with our little family, we even bring the puppies.
Gabe LOVES the dogs! He just stares at them, watching their every move. When Lucy and Basher leave the room he will make a sound, I can only imagine he is saying, "hey, come back!". He always wants to feel them, he gets a pretty good grip on their fur. I am trying to start now with the "soft, soft" but the dogs just let him pull until I can get him to release his little pudgy clenched fist. It's funny.
He has the most intense stare at everyone and everything. People will always try to make him smile and laugh but he doesn't smile, he just stares at new things and people, like he is trying to figure them out. I was shocked the the Easter bunny picture taker lady was able to get big grins. She did have a noise-making stuffed animal and grabbed his belly though. Gabriel is the Pillsbury dough boy, he giggles when you poke his belly. Overall,he is fairly quiet. In the early morning he talks a lot, and loud! It is so nice to wake up to the babbling. He doesn't cry when he wakes up ever, just talks. I love to go into his room in the mornings and catch his chatting to himself. He gives me the biggest smile when I go to pick him up. It melts my heart.
Gabe has started rolling over tummy to back more, it is still very sporadic, the last time he did it, we got so excited we yelled "YAY!" and it scared him a bit. He is enjoying tummy time more. When he is on his back it almost looks like he is going to roll over back to tummy sometimes, but not quite. He will do it when he is ready. He is such a fantastic baby.
We had company for Easter weekend. Our friends the Jimenez's. They have 4 boys. Gabe was in awe. The boys were very attentive, Daniel (their 4 yr old) even helped give Gabe a bottle. We all went to see the Easter bunny on Saturday, and Sunday we had an easter egg hunt at the house. It will be fun to see Gabriel in a year toddling around looking for eggs.
Well, hope everyone had a happy Easter. Until next month...
Take care,
The Eaton's
