Gabriel is 1!

May 25th was not only the day that I delivered Mikaela, it was also Gabriel's 1st birthday!  Hard to believe that my little boy is 1 year old already, but time has a way of flying by just like that.  It was not planned in the slightest for me to be in the hospital on Gabriel's 1st birthday, but such is life.  He and Mikaela are 1 year apart, almost to the exact minute (Gabriel was born at 10:12AM and Mikaela was born at 9:06AM).  So for exactly 66 minutes they are the same age, fun stuff! 

Thankfully my in-laws were gracious enough to watch Gabriel during those hospital days.  And even though we weren't there, all the cousins, aunts, uncles, Nana and Papa all had a little birthday party for Gabriel where he got to eat/smash his own cupcake. 

Here are the videos that they took and then sent to us in the hospital:

https://vimeo.com/100680358

https://vimeo.com/100680359

Now is time for me to brag about Gabriel and what kind of things he is up to at his 1 year mark. 

Gabriel @ 1 year:

- Crawls:
         https://vimeo.com/97990676
 ... follows mommy or daddy all around the house
-Has 11 teeth
-Favorite foods: fruit (grapes and bananas especially) and teddy grahams
-Dance/move to music :
         https://vimeo.com/97990675
-Plays peekaboo
-Loves to play with a racquetball and play fetch with it... by himself
-Loves to wrestle with teddy bears
-Laughs at himself
-Claps and waves
-Puts things in and out of boxes
-Likes to "swim" in the bathtub:
         https://vimeo.com/98109136
-Loves music and all things that makes noise/music:
         https://vimeo.com/97990680
         https://vimeo.com/98109135
 drops things on the tile to hear the noise
-Says "hi"
-Loves the camera (big cheese grin every time)
-Loves playing with daddy:
        https://vimeo.com/100680361
        https://vimeo.com/100680362
-Likes to swing
-Weighs 25 lbs and is off the chart for height... 32 inches I believe
-Stands and walks/cruises while holding on to stable objects
-Plays in his crib with soft objects:
        https://vimeo.com/97990677
-Jealous when mommy or daddy are on the phone, starts to scream
-Loves to play with all things electronic
-Yabber talks (mamamamamamama... etc)
-Knows to put his arms up to be lifted "Arms Up!"
-Makes noises when we drive him off after his bath:
        https://vimeo.com/97990678

Hard to believe my "little" big boy is 1, but here he is in all his glory.  What a fun year of adventures it has been  Looking forward to what is to come in the future.