Bella, Gabe and Josiah

We went fishing today. We didn't get any fish, but it was nice to be out on the water. Plus, Gabe really liked his life jacket... Clearly he liked fishing. Look how upset he was that we had to go home!

Gabe is determined to roll from his back to his front. For a few days now he's been practicing every chance he gets. He swings his hips as fast as he can, but then gets stuck on his side, not able to get over his arm. Then he rolls back to his back, takes a break and swings his hips again. He's determined! Today he finally did it. He made it all the way over twice while I was watching. Then I put him down on his back for a nap and when I went in to check on him, he was on his belly. Seeing as he's too big for his bassinet, I'm not sure how he managed to get rolled over. It's a good thing that the sheet for his crib showed up today because it's about time to get him moved into a big boy bed! Unfortunately, his poor mama isn't quite ready for that...

Poor Gabe got his shots today so he was, well, rather cranky and whiny. It was pretty understandable, but it meant a lot of wimpering and snuggling. Poor kid! As such, today seemed like a good day to introduce Bella to some classics. We found some Shirley Temple shorts and some Three Stooges. Then we found I Love Lucy. I'd forgotten how funny that show was. It made Bella laugh hysterically and the neighbor girl came to play and instead she sat down to watch with us. After a couple of episodes I put Gabe on the floor to do some tummy time while I worked on dinner. A moment later, I heard Gabe laughing. I figured that Bella or Sara had picked him up and was making funny faces at him. Nope! He had rolled over so that he could see the tv better and was laughing at I Love Lucy. The kid has good taste!

We've had a pretty quiet week over here. Last week a friend of Bella's flew over and stayed with us. I had all sorts of fun stuff planned, but the girls were perfectly happy to play in Bella's room. I did get them out for some adventures, just not nearly as many as I'd originally planned. This week they headed out to camp, leaving Gabe and I at home by ourselves. We had a pretty quiet week. Today Gabe decided that he only wanted to nap on my chest, so that's what we did forthe  afternoon. It was lovely. :) This afternoon we picked up the girls and spent the evening listening to tales of how wonderful camp was, watchingthe  camp video and packing up the friend so she can fly home tomorrow. All in all, it was a lovely evening!

This is too much work. I'm done.

When Mom doesn't feed you in time, you have to take matters into your own hands!

Gabe is now 7 months old! He's now smiling at everyone, cooing and rolling from front-to-back. He's watching the world around him and really wants to participate, he just can't figure out how to get his hands to grab all of the things that he's pretty sure he should touch. He also can't figure out why he isn't allowed to eat normal food... As always, his photo shoot was rather dramatic... Gabe and the moose started out getting along great. Then the moose tried to steal the spotlight. So Gabe has to steal it back. Then things got better. There was even some laughing and joking! Then the moose tried to get fresh. It was not well received! The sage will continue next month...