November

(Yes, I realize it's January.  I think if the last 6 months of this blog have taught us anything, it's that I'm not exactly timely with my posts.)

November was a big month for Gabe!  Sure, he turned 1 in October...but November is really where the action was at.

He finally got to meet Paul:

And Caleb:

And Miriam:

And Anna:

And Micah!


Gabe and Micah, headbutting hello


Whew!   And it took me 3 days after they left to realize I needed to change our bedtime prayers from: "...and please bless all my aunts and uncles and cousins, even the ones I haven't met yet..." to "...and please bless all my aunts and uncles and cousins, even the ones who live far away that I don't get to see very often..."  because I'd been saying the first version for 8 months since we started Gabe's bedtime routine!

And this is a cute picture of Bret, Gabe & Grandpa, just because:

Actually, the reason I included that picture was because of Christina in the upper right hand corner.  I didn't notice she was there the first time I saw how the picture turned out.  She's a sneaky one, that Christina.

November brought Gabe's first trip to the zoo: 

Grandma in heaven - all her grandkids together at once!

...and Gabe's first official sugar high thanks to his personal birthday cake:

What *is* this glorious nectar?

Wait, it tastes good AND it's fun to play with??



I think my work here is done...waiter, please clear my table!

But what topped off our 'November to Remember' was that Gabe started walking!  It was really neat that it happened when Paul, Mandy & the kids were here to see it in person!

Love how he stands back up and claps for himself...love that I had the camera out so I could catch this on video...and love most of all that this first pass of multiple steps together was Gabe walking to me!!