Happy Birthday Gabe!

G-Man sneaking some icing off of his birthday cake!

Saturday, August 22 Gabe turned three years old. How did the time go so quickly?


Gabe at the hospital, August 2006.


Gabe, six weeks old


Gabe's Baptism- 3 months old


Gabe at 7 months old


Gabe, 9 months old


Gabe, Christmas 2007, 1 and a half years old


Gabe at the beach, Sept. 2008, 2 years old


Loving his sister, August 2009, 3 years old


Gabe and Zoe playing, August 2009, 3 years old


Making a model plane with Daddy, 3 years old


He had a birthday party on Sunday at Chuck E. Cheese. It was a great party for him, since Chuck E. Cheese is one of his favorite places. His grandparents, cousins, a couple of buddies and his aunts and uncles were there and he had a blast!


Playing the water gun game, one of his favorites


The air hockey champ! We almost couldn't get him away from this game!


Getting ready for pizza with buddy, Channing


Posing with his cousins. Time to go home!


He had a cake with an airplane on it and although he loves blowing candles out at home, I guess he was too excited to do so at his party. I had to blow them out for him. Funny, he wanted NOTHING to do with Chuck E Cheese when Chuck E came out to wish him happy birthday. Gabe literally ran off going, "No, No, No!"


Uncle Vitas putting on the birthday crown, since Gabe wouldn't let Chuck E. Cheese (the big mouse) do it

Miss Zoe Marie enjoyed looking at all the games and lights as well.

Zoe at the party with big cousin Raven and Aunt Rebecca

The past month has been a fun one. We went to Oxford again for Uncle Quincy's going off to grad school party (Quincy has been accepted into NC State's Veterinary Medicine School, a very tough feat, so we're proud of him). Gabe and Zoe got to watch their uncles compete and win in a tennis tournament.


With Uncle Vitas and Aunt Charmaine at the tennis court


With Uncle Quincy in Oxford

Gabe also won a photo contest at the local library! The contest was titled, "Get Caught Reading." I submitted a photo of Gabe that I took one night when he fell asleep with a book on his chest. I entered and he won! We went to a little awards party at the library, got a prize, and his photo was displayed on the wall and is on the New Hanover County Library's blog.


The winning photo

Zoe is almost crawling- she does a Marine scoot! It's really cute. She still has no teeth. I am convinced that she will need dentures, as there is no sign at all that teeth are on their way. She is still a very sweet, happy baby, though! I will attempt to post a video of her at the beach enjoying herself.


Sitting pretty with Daddy.... Hanging out in her jumper


Posing with her bows and strawberries


All is well here; we're preparing for fall, hoping for some cooler weather and getting ready for Spanish class. Gabe will be coming along with me to class this fall, hopefully being my little helper. I will update again soon!


Gabe with his fruit salad- we read a book about fruit that had a fruit salad at the end of it. He insisted on making one. So, a grocery trip and $15 worth of fruit later, along with an hour of cutting fresh pineapple, bananas, oranges, apples, strawberries, watermelon and grapes.....ta-dah! We have a fruit salad!