Gabriel Gets to the Bottom of Things

Gabriel has noticed his feet in the past. They seem to follow him around, and he is always surprised where they'll turn up. Upon closer examination this past week, he has discovered that his feet are actually quite fascinating, and rather tasty! He is constantly tugging on them, and he is awfully confused when they are hiding behind some very cute shoes. His new favorite sport is crib-climbing, which is where he attempts to climb out of the crib feet first! Isn't it fun when babies discover something new, even if that something has been around from the start?!

In other news, we have survived our first Tropical Storm since moving back to Texas. And Gabriel has been through his first Tropical Storm ever! There was a lot of lightning, rain and thunder here, but only a little wind. It hasn't rained much the last week or two, so my pumpkin vines are glad for a little break from the 100° temperatures we've been having.

I just thought I'd include a couple pictures of Gabriel's great-grandparents on his daddy's side, Dan and Sally Boone.








We went up to Bastrop for a quick visit when Jake's parents were down. No pictures of them yet because we have to wait for the film to be developed!

Going Green

Gabriel winces after eating broccoli for the first time.

Chew On This

Gabriel's first teeth are coming in. (What do you mean you can't see them? Look closer!) Everyone is excited, but Angie's a little nervous since she's still nursing. Ouch.

Playing Catch-Up

Since we started the blog a little late, I'd like to backtrack and mention some very important visits we had. Most of you know that we just moved back to Texas from London, so we had to be sure and introduce everyone to our little London-born BritBaby, hence the name of the blog.

One of his most important visits was with his Great-Grandmother, Irene Gasaway (Angie's Grandma). He even took a nap while he was supposed to be meeting relatives at the Gasaway Reunion!

Gabriel and I also took a little trip to the best little town in the world: College Station, home of the Aggies!!! Whoop! We went to visit Dewayne and Cookie Mattheson, my wonderful adopted parents who made my Senior Boots. Without their kindness, I would have never made it through my senior year in the Corps.

Gabriel has also gotten to know his third cousin (or first cousin twice removed), Forrest and my CRANA cousin, Rachel, who was visiting from El Paso. We had a few nice visits, and the boys LOVED our trip to the swimming pool!

We also had a visit from our very special neighbor, Miss Grace. She loved our big boy, and we compared notes as her grand-daughter is only a month older in age. She's not feeling well, so we are keeping her in our thoughts and prayers as she heals.

Another group of special visitors came by: more cousins!!! Gabriel's first cousins once removed and our Uncle Sammy came by to say hi to our little guy. Uncle Sammy just beat cancer, and although he now has dark, wavy hair, he's really getting back to normal. Kacie and Kelleigh got to hold Gabriel a little bit (even though he's almost as big as they are) and I'm sure they'll have fun growing up together!

And of course he's had several visits from his Gramma and Pops (my mom and step-dad), who totally dote on Gabriel!

He's had a few more visits, but we have to wait on the film to be developed -- if you're one of them, keep checking the blog and I'll update it as soon as we can!!!

Photo Album Update

45 more pictures were added to the 2-4 mo. album, including this one:

We've Gone Bananas!!!

Today was a big day for Gabriel... and Jake. Jake has been waiting for this day since we found out that we were going to have a baby! Gabriel finally got to eat some Gerber Banana babyfood, which means that Jake got to have a taste as well :). Gabriel missed his late afternoon nap so he wasn't as excited as usual about eating. Although he did give us a few little grimaces, he continued to eat it all -- only a teaspoon or so. He was falling asleep while he was eating, but we managed to finish his bananas and rice cereal (which I love), but just barely!
Also, we had a visit from Aunt A'Landra this afternoon, and Gabriel loved playing with her! She has nice long hair, so that was very funny to our little guy.

One more exciting note: Gabriel is pretty much sitting up by himself!!! We still have to sit behind him while he plays because he gets excited and falls backwards, but it's so much fun to watch him play independently!