Two Year Well Check

At G's 2 year well-check appointment, he was:
weight: 31 pounds 8 ounces (80%)
height: 36 inches (88%)
head circ: 49.75 cm (76%)

Slightly less of a bobble-head situation going on now. :)

Bobble Head

At G's 15 month well-check appointment, he was:
weight: 25 pounds 4 ounces (50%)
height: 32.5 inches (85%)
head circ: 48.7 cm (90%)

The numbers make it seem like my child has the approximate build of a lollipop.

Happy Birthday!

At G's 12 month well-check appointment, he was:
weight: 23 pounds 4 ounces (60%)
height: 31 inches (80%)
head circ: 47.2 cm (70%)

Gabriel's first birthday party had a rainbow theme. I made various rainbow-colored decorations for the inside of Grammaw's house, and Grammaw hung up twirling sparkly decorations from the ceiling of the deck. Aunt Jordan made THE most AWESOME birthday cake ever to top it all off.

Here are a few pictures of the big day.

Obligatory birthday hat

Grumpy clown

Hesitantly testing the smash cake

Enjoying the cake once he figured out what it was

The awesome 7 layer rainbow cake made by Jordan

Inside of the rainbow cake

A slobbery birthday kiss from cousin Easton Graves (9 days older than Gabriel)

Various Updates

At G's 9 month well-check appointment, he was:
weight: 21 pounds 12 ounces (70%)
height: 29 1/4 inches (80%)
head circ: 47 cm (90%)

Topic 1: Mobility
Gabriel is crawling very well now. He can get into anything he wants to. He pulled all the DVDs off Grammaw's shelves. He's pulling up onto his knees really well now, too. And today, while holding onto mama, he managed to stand up. I'm not sure he could have done it without the little bit of help I gave him, but I imagine he'll do that on his own soon.

Topic 2: Family Outings
We took Gabriel to the park last Saturday to help celebrate his cousin Blake's birthday. He loves being outside, so this was a good day for him. He also got to try out the swings!

Topic 3: Ears
This little monkey has been fairly plagued by ear infections. He has been on 5 rounds of antibiotics since November. So, today we met with an ENT to discuss what we should do about it. The doctor could see some fluid in each ear, and a hearing exam confirmed that the fluid is preventing his ear drums from vibrating quite as well as they should. He has some very minor hearing loss from that. That in itself is not too concerning, so we are not pursuing PE tubes immediately. We settled on a moderate approach of checking his ears again in a month to see if his body naturally resolves the fluid in his ears. We're also keeping in mind that we are coming out of cold season, so hopefully his likelihood of ear infection is decreasing. If he still has the fluid in a month or so or if he gets another ear infection in the next two months, we will most likely choose to be more aggressive and have surgery to put in tubes. I just want him to stop getting these back to back to back infections that we can't seem to get rid of. Whatever that takes.

First Haircut

At G's 6 month well-check appointment, he was:
weight: 19 pounds 11 ounces (85%)
height: 27 5/8 inches (90%)
head circ: 44.5 cm (65%)

Young sir Gabriel is growing up so, so fast! On Christmas Eve, Aunt Jordan gave him his first haircut. Gone are my baby's long curls...he looks like a little boy now! And if you ever doubted it before, it is easy to see how much he looks like his daddy.

This hair was getting in my eyes!

And it was crazy long in the back!

Let me take the pictures, please.

Happy about my new haircut.

Looking more like dad everyday.

Three/Four Months

More photos taken by Aunt Joanah. Thank you again, Joanah!

At G's 4 month well-check appointment, he was:
weight: 17 pounds 6 ounces (91%)
height: 26 3/8 inches (90%)
head circ: 42.7 cm (52%)

Random Photos 2

These pictures are from two and three months old.

At G's 2 month well-check appointment, he was:
weight: 12 pounds 12 ounces (75%)
height: 23 1/2 inches (75%)
head circ: 40.2 cm (50%)

I hope this is the first of many mohawks!

G is a very smiley, happy baby most of the time.

It's pretty easy to get him to smile and laugh.

He doesn't really splash and play yet,
but he doesn't dislike bathtime.

Sleepy little baby. This was at the Rojo
Family gathering in Houston. Gabriel got
to meet one of his new cousins named Easton.
(Yes, there are two.)

The First Few Weeks

These pictures were taken within the first couple of weeks at home.

At G's 2 week well-check appointment, he was:
weight: 7 pounds 14 ounces (20%)
height: 20 3/4 inches (50%)
head circ: 37 cm (50%)

G's first bath at home.

At either this bath or the next one, Mommy got seriously peed on.

Just 4 days old. 

My boys. :)

Eight days old. And Mommy still hasn't gotten the courage to
trim those sharp fingernails.

First Photos

These are some of the first pictures of our Monkey.

At G's 3 day weight check, he was:
weight: 6 pounds 15 ounces (20%)
height: 20 inches (55%)
head circ: 36 cm (50%)

Gabriel's first picture. Taken when he was just minutes old.

Grammaw holding Gabriel while he was still in the NICU.

Grandpa and Gabriel after he moved down to our room.

Taken on our way home from the hospital.
Gabriel's cheeks are a little scratched up from his long nails.

Random Photos

I think all of these pictures are from the first month or so.

At G's 1 month well-check appointment, he was:
weight: 9 pounds 10 ounces (45%)
height: 21 1/2 inches (50%)
head circ: 38.1 cm (50%)

I love this picture.

Chillin' with Dad.

First stroller ride.
In a stroller that was a little too big.