Towell time

These pictures are just too cute to resist! Gabriel tends to cry when we take him out of the bathtub, but this time, he was happy and all cuddled up in his towell. So cute!

Gabriel's visit with his cousins

My sister April and her precious kids Mayson and Lane came to visit Gabriel and me on Thursday. We had such a nice time! April brought my a yummy starbucks and Mayson and Lane played with their baby cousin! They had a great time. Lane absolutely adores Gabriel. He always comes and just rests his cheek to Gabriel's cheek and tells him he loves him. I just love it! Its precious! So here are a few photos of the fun!

Gabriel's visit with Yia Yia and Rick

This weekend my mom and Rick are in town to visit. They came over for lunch with Gabriel and I yesterday and we had a nice time. My mom lives in Idaho now, so its great anychance we get to be together! Gabriel loves them both!

Gabriel playing

This is Gabriel playing with his new toy! He loves it!

Good Morning!

Gabriel just wanted to say Good morning to everyone! He is 3 months and 1 day old!

We are sorry for not posting very much! Our computer is broken and we only have a little Dell Mini computer, and its sooo teenie that it makes everything rather hard to post and upload. But this is a little tase of what is to come when we get our computer fixed! We have SOOO many photos to upload. We are taking plenty, just not able to post yet. We also got professional family portraits done and they are lovely! So stay tuned for more!

Gabriel is WONDERFUL and growing strong and healthy. We are so thankful to have a healthy strong baby. We never take for granted for one moment the blessing it is to have a life to raise.

Our prayers are with our precious little neice/cousin Leah and her family. Our love for all of them! God is good forever and ever!

Big news!

Gabriel slept for 7 hours straight last night! We're so proud! And SO happy! He's been in his crib in his own room since week 4. But he was waking up at 2 and 5 am to eat. Last night he slept for 7 hours straight and then went back to sleep for more so we could sleep in a little more! It was such a blessing! We're using the Babywise technique and we absolutely love it. He's really doing well on getting a routine. He still needs to take longer naps, he's only napping for like 45 minutes... they should be more like 1 hour and a half... so we're praying. But we're so glad to get 7 hours of sleep last night in a row for the first time since Gabriel was born! YAY!

Bubble baby and beach trip!

We went to the beach this weekend with our friends Sam and Jennifer. Sam is the bassist in our band, he's also from Guatemala and his wife is also American. We had a super time! This is Gabriel's super cute shirt just for our day in Seaside. It was a blast. He really liked it... cant you tell?

Gabriel loves to get his face washed! He always just sits so still and smiles and laughs and starts to fall asleep whenever I was it. So I took a couple pictures of how cute he is with his bubbles on his face.

He's really starting to smile even more. When we talk to him or show him a toy, he smiles big! We love it. He's responding to much to our voices and to music. We have a little musician on our hands! YAY!

The adventures of Gabriel

Isnt he getting big? We cant believe he's 5 weeks old! It's just amazing!

In these pictures, Gabriel got to try his first french fry .. JUST KIDDING! He'll never eat those awful things, but Rick thought it would be funny to pretend! :-)

We had Uncle G.B's birthday party last night and Gabriel got to see his cousins Mayson and Lane. Lane absolutely loves Gabriel! He hugs him and kisses him and just always gives him "loves". It's so much fun! The other pictures are of Gabriel when he was supposed to be taking his nap, but he thought it was play time instead!

The first pictures are of Gabriel's new outfit, its his Rocker outfit. It has cute little music notes and things on it. We have band practice tonight, so he's going to show up in style!

Gabriel's Dedication!

We dedicated Gabriel to the Lord this Sunday, on mother's day! It was wonderful, such a blessing. It was a beautiful service! Afterwards we all went to the Nunez house for a big BBQ! It was so fun! We had grandpa's flank steak and plenty of carne asada, and of course my mom's Greek pasta salad, and dad's baked beans, and grandma's devilled eggs! YUM! We had a blast with the whole family from both sides! What a blessing it was! Here are just a few pictures of the dedication. There are more to come, but they are being put onto a CD for me from the person who took pictures on Sunday. So here's what we have so far! The video is to come too!

Its may already! Gabriel is 3 weeks old!

This is the new blanket that my Grandpa Gary made me on his loom. Isn't it cool?

We cant believe Gabriel is already 3 weeks old! He's growing so much! He went to the doctor on Monday and he weighs 8lbs 8oz! He gained almost 2 lbs in just over 2 weeks. I guess we know he's eating well and I have nothing to worry about with breastfeeding! Such a blessing! Here's some great pictures of his growth so far!

Gabriel's First play date!

Today Gabriel's friend Alejandro came over to play and to give him some clothes that don't fit him anymore. Alejandro was born only one week before Gabriel, yet he weighs around 12lbs, and Gabriel is around 7! See the size difference? Its so funny! Alejandro is the son of our friends from church. His older sister was one of the flower girls in our wedding. We had fun, and we cant wait for more play dates! Well... we're calling it more of a sleep date. I don't think they even noticed each other! haha

Two weeks old!

Gabriel is 2 weeks old today! We cant believe how fast the time has gone by! And at the same time, it feels like he's been here for a lifetime. We are loving every moment of these past 2 weeks, and cant believe how it just gets better every single day! He's such a blessing to our lives.

Remember this outfit from his coming home pictures? Well, as you can see, he's no longer swimming in it. He's FINALLY fitting into newborn sizes. He's graduated from preemie sizes! I got a little sad when he fit into this outfit this morning. I cant believe that time goes so fast already!! He's grown so much and he's only 2 weeks. Its amazing!

Thank you everyone for your prayers and support! We love you all and are so blessed by your love!

We now have a working camera!

Well, after battling with our brand new, wonderful Kodak camera for a long time. We threw in the towel! It just doesn't work. So thank God for Flor! She's letting us use her old camera until we get a new one. So from today on, we'll have new pictures every day! YAY! I took a bunch of pictures on my cell phone, and we took a bunch of videos for memories. So don't worry, we still captured Gabriel's first days. But now it will be easier to put them online for everyone!

Here's a few, some from the cell phone, some from the new camera! Videos to come soon!

Oh my goodness!

Thank you Aunt Jeanie! I cant believe I posted the wrong birthday for Gabriel!! He was born on APRIL 15th!! Not the 19th! Oopsie! Yikes, that's a big mistake! Sorry everyone!

A couple cute pictures

Gabriel is doing so well! He's eating perfectly, about every 2-4 hours. Sleeping like a king! At night he sleeps for 4 hours straight, then wakes up, not even crying, just talking, eats, gets changed, and goes right back to sleep for another 4 hours! He's fantastic! We're so blessed! We're having a lot of fun! Last night we took Gabriel out to his first jazz concert. He did beautifully!

Just a few more

Pictures of Gabriel's first bath at home. I was SO nervous! e didnt like it at all, and I hate it when he cries!
Then we have his post bath picture in his cool outfit and Nike shoes!

Even more

The grandma's and aunt, listening in on the delivery! Against the rules, they were getting worried cause it was so quiet. They all thought I was going to have a C section cause I must not have been pushing cause it was so quiet! haha

You can see how big Gabriel's coming home outfit is. Its the smallest size, but he just swims in it!