Gabriel Growing Up

Well, time just flies. It's sad, but true. My baby boy isn't so little anymore. Gabriel is already fitting into size 12 month clothes, following in the footsteps of his sister. He is sitting up so well and can turn himself around in the sitting up position.

He hit a few milestones recently ... and I'm glad I'm writing them here, so I can remember to put them in his baby book. He got his first tooth on January 31. I'd been watching it try to poke through for a while, but it finally broke the skin and popped up! Then on February 5, he officially got his second tooth! He is so proud to show them off to me, but just like his sister, I'm the only one he readily shows!

Then the next big milestone is that he sat himself up for the first time on Monday, the 8th. What a surprise! He's been trying so hard to crawl and in his efforts, he actually unexpectedly sat himself up. Now he's all smiles and giggles when he does it while he's playing.

So, now we are waiting for the big crawl. Gabriel gets on his hands and knees at a moment's notice and has ninja focus trying to coordinate the legs and arms ... at least until Aitana or I go up to him and shout "You can do it Gabriel! Crawl to me!" It is so funny when Aitana does it ... startles Gabriel every time. He did the army crawl once a long long time ago, but apparently he decided that it's all or nothing ... hands and knees or he won't crawl. It's difficult to watch his frustration, but there is nothing this mama bear can do for her baby but cheer him on. But he'll be there really soon.

Can't believe so many new phases in such a short time!