Here are some of our family photos we had done in April!! They are also Gabe's 1 year pictures!! I wanted to find a place for his pictures that were boyish looking....so the thought came to my mind that it would be fun to do his pictures with trains and tracks!! So, where else would we go than the Ogden Union Station!! It was so much fun and they turned out great!! I got what I was looking for....boyish pictures! Yes....I know I'm weird!! I felt bad for the little man while we were taking them, because it was so cold that day. But, he was a trooper and he hung in there the whole time!! By the end though....he was DONE!! My friend at work....her daughter-in-law takes photos and has taken all of Gabe's since he was born!! She does an amazing job and I would love to refer her to anyone who is looking for fun pictures for a reasonable price!! Just let me know!!


I just love this picture of him!! It is definitley one of my favorites!! I'm surprised we even got this picture....all he wanted to do was eat and throw the rocks!! I am so glad he looked up for a second so we could get this picture of him!! The things we do for a picture!!


I had to put this picture in cause it makes me laugh so hard!! This is so his personality....goofy and silly!! He was spitting or something here....who knows!! He'll do anything that's out of control!! I guess he gets that from me too...oh the poor kid!!

Just being silly again!! It's amazing we were able to get any pictures....all he wants to do is goof off!!

Gotta love the bitter beer face!! I don't know why in the world he's doing that.....oh well, it's still cute!!

Here Gabe is cheesing it!! He obviously inherited his cheesy smile from me!! He is such a fun, loving, good boy!! I just love my Gabey Baby!!

Here's Gabe in the tubby after he played with his cake!! This is probably one of his most favorite things to do in the whole world!! He LOVES the tub!! He loves to play with his toys, the faucet, and he has learned that he can splash now......oh great!!! This last picture makes me laugh cause you can see his chub pretty good!! I love having a chubby baby!! I just LOVE having him period!! Like I have said a million times.....he is the BEST thing that has ever happend to me and Aaron!! We Love you Gabey... Happy 1st Birthday!!

Here's Aaron at Gabe's party runnin' the grill!! He hasn't grilled for a while and he had the flames I swear as tall as our house!! But, nothing burned down and it turned out great!!

Here he is playing with his cake!! He actually was slapping it!! He didn't even really eat it....all he wanted to do was squish it and slap it!! He's a funny boy.....but we sure do love him!!

Of course it's Thomas the Train!! When I saw this cake I knew it had to be Gabe's first cake!! It reminds me of my nephew Noah!! If it wasn't for Noah staying with us all those times when they were here visiting....I would have no idea who Thomas is!! I thought it was cute and it turned out great!! Thanks everyone who came to his party!!

Here's Gabey baby on his birthday and his first "real" time in the grass!! Do you think he likes it? Ha Ha.....obviously it's a 100% NO!! He hated it and went stiff as a board!! He wouldn't move a muscle! It was pretty funny!! I always wondered what he would do....now I know!!

Here's Gabe on his birthday at my parents house!! He likes to do this when we say " so big"!! Oh he's so cute!! Anyway, my mom was so nice to watch him that morning while I was at work!! I only worked a half day so I could be with my little man on his 1st birthday!! Of course he had no idea what was going on....it was a normal day to him!! I think it was more for me!! I had a pretty hard time with his birthday.....i'm a big baby!! I just can't believe how fast this past year went!! I have loved every single minute of it!! And I know i'll love every single minute of the rest of his life!! He has definitley been the BEST thing that has ever happened to me and Aaron!! We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE our Gabey baby!! Happy Birthday!!

We hope everyone had a Happy Easter!! Ours was great!! It was Aaron's birthday and Gabey's first Easter!! He loved wearing the bunny ears that his babysitters Shanette and Shanelle made him!! It was amazing that he would keep them on!! He loved them!! Doesn't he make the cutest Easter bunny?!! Ok...I am biast!! Anyway, we had a great day and Gabe loved eating all the plastic eggs that his cousins gave him! Notice in the first picture all of Gabe's cousins from Aaron's side!! It's awesome and amazing to me how many he has! There are 22 in all!! I am so glad he has cousins since I grew up with none!! It's something I have always wanted for my kids since I didn't have any cousins....and I think that has definitely come true!! He has A LOT of cousins!! We are grateful for all of them on my side and Aaron's side!! We are lucky to have two amazing families!!

Here Gabey is eating his sock!! This may look weird, but is actually completely normal for him!! He loves to pull his socks off his feet and play with them!! He makes me laugh so hard every single day!! He just loves to roll around and on this day eat his socks!! He thought it was pretty fun!! And yes I know his jammies are tight!! He didn't wear these for very long!! I was just trying to see how they would fit him....and I was obviously wrong!! Oh I just love my chubby boy!!

Hey everyone!! The other day I came home from work to find my garage turned into a work shop.....which is normal around my house!! Anyway, to my surprise Aaron was actually working on something for me!! I have asked him to build me a shelf for like 5 years and suddenly here it is!!! He decided to do it for me for mother's day!! I was so flippin excited and still am!! Here are some pics of the eventful day when he put it up on my wall!! I thought for sure he would have some help for this, but no not Aaron!!! He of course had to do it himself....and might I add I thought he was going to for sure kill himself this time!! He didn't die...he survived and here are a few pictures of the event!! Notice Gabey sitting on the shelf before Aaron put it on the wall and then the picture of him sitting in his sit-n-saucer watching Aaron put it up!! Now the problem is finding cute stuff to put on the shelf!!! Thanks to Aaron, Gabe, and my animals for such a great mother's day gift!! I love it!!

It's official......Gabe is finally in his new car seat!!! Oh it makes me so sad that he'll be a year in a few weeks!! Where has this year gone?! I can't believe how time flys!! He loves his new car seat and it is so much fun seeing his face as we drive!! He's so funny and makes me laugh so hard....pretty much the whole car ride!! Yes...I am a nerd, but he makes me laugh!! Notice that his sock is off....again!! I really have no idea why I put his socks on him!! But I guess that's what is fun to him right now!! It's also funny to see him throw his toys in the car!! I knew that he did it before....I just never saw him do it!! He can't hide anything from me now!!! Oh and sorry that he didn't smile for the pictures! This is the only expression he would give me in every single picture I took!! I swear he was happy!!!

Hey everyone!! Here is another picture of Gabe!! Yes I realize that this whole entire blog is pretty much about him, but me and Aaron don't do anything exciting!! At least we don't do anything exciting that would make us take pictures of ourselves....and then blog about it!! It's all about Gabe right now and all the fun things he is doing every single day!! One of these days I will put a picture of me and Aaron on.....oh I know everyone is excited for that!! Anyway, here is Gabey pulling his sock off (I don't know why I even put socks on him) and with his blanket on his head! I just thought it was a funny picture!!

This is Gabe's new favorite thing to do.....stand in the tubby and cheese it at the camera!! Oh you can't get him to sit anymore!! He thinks it is so funny and so much fun!! He has to stand at all times in the tubby! I'm surprised we can get him washed up.....actually I don't know how we even get him washed up....he won't stop standing!!! At least he's smiling while he's doing it!! Gotta love a happy baby!!

This is what I came home to the other day......Aaron painting Gabe's lips with blue robin eggs! I guess I just can't leave him anymore.....well, at least while they are selling robin eggs! I have to admit it was funny! I guess at least the blue lips matches his blue shirt and eyes!!

Well Gabey is finally over RSV! Here he is getting a breathing treatment (ignore the complete mess on my night stand)!! That was one of the longest 2 weeks of our lives! I felt so bad for Gabe!! I never realized how sick babies got with RSV!! He didn't eat or drink anything for 7 days....AHHHH! It was scary and now he is no longer my chubby boy!! He lost a lot of weight! All his clothes are all baggy on him...it makes me sad! But he is now finally trying to eat again....and is eating more and more everyday! So, hopefully soon he will be my chubby boy again!! It was so great that McKay-Dee has a 24 hour a day RSV clinic that we could go to anytime we needed to get Gabe his treatments!! For a few days we were there like 5 times a day!! If it wasn't for the clinic they would've hospitalized him! Oh I am so glad that he is finally on the mend and getting back to himself!!! We hate RSV!!

Here is Gabe in some of his many sleeping positions!! Oh I just love when he sleeps....he's so cute and so sweet!!! There's nothing like a sleeping baby!! I know that if I need to get him to sleep that the one person who can is my mom!! The first picture of him sleeping with his arms in the air makes me laugh because that is exactly how Aaron sleeps....he's a lot like his daddy!! And of course he loves to sleep in our bed!! Oh we're in trouble!!

Here is Gabey baby with his Grandpa Harold!! He loves him so much and loves to go to the Weber State games with him....as you can tell!! This is his new Weber State hat!! I went to go get it while we were at the game and bought an infant size thinking that it was plenty big! Well I should know better since Gabe has a bigger head that the infant size wouldn't come close to fitting him!! And of course it didn't fit at all!! So, after trying to get the infant size hat on him....I went back and had to buy the toddler size which fit great!! Oh poor Gabey!! At least the hat fits....right?!!

Here he is at his 9 month doctors appt!! He has grown of course in every way possible!! He was just over 23 pounds and is 29 1/2 inches long!! I can't believe how he has grown!! He was only 6 lbs 11 oz and 19 1/2 inches long when he was born!! He was little!! After seeing how much he weighed, now I know why my back hurts all the time!! I have to carry that load around all the time!! Oh I love how chubby he is though!! I just can't get enough of him!!

Gabey is getting ready to go to church basketball!! Well, Aaron's game at least!!

Here I am with my friends Chauny and Chris meeting Josh Turner!! Oh he is sooo cute!! I love his deep voice!! It was a blast!! I haven't been out in a really long time and I am so happy Aaron was nice enough to stay home and watch Gabe so I could go to this concert!! What a great husband I have!! This is definitley one of my favorite things to do is to go to concerts!!

I love this picture! He makes me laugh! I got him out of the car the other day and this is how I found him!! He was playing with that rabbit toy which is normally hanging and he grabs at it! Obviously he got a little tired while he was playing with it and this is how he fell asleep!! I eventually put his hand down on his lap because I was worried his hand was going to loose all circulation!! It's tough being a tired boy!!

This is Gabe's favorite toy...his beloved pirate ship! He loves to roll around on the floor and dismantle it all over! This is actually clean! He usually has all his other toys all over the floor as well! Gotta love it!!

Gabe wants to wish everyone a Happy New Year!! He was watching the Sugar Bowl when we took this picture!! Go Utes!!