Tube time

Gabriel has had nothing but trouble with his ears since September. He's had four ear infections, sometimes in just one ear, others in both ears. He's been on four different antibiotics, each having interesting side effects. At his 9 month check up it was discovered that he had a double ear infection. I felt at this point that no matter how many antibiotics his pediatrician puts him on, the infection will continue to come back. Thankfully we'd seen the ENT the week before so Gabriel was clear for surgery without having to be seen a second time. Dr. Logan is Gabriel's ENT. He is fabulous!

At 6:30 this morning we checked in to OMHS Out patient Surgery Center and by 6:45 we were already in Gabriel's room. By the way, he did wonderfully last night without a feeding (thank you for your prayers) I decided this week to start "sleep training" Gabriel. basically letting him cry, only for a period of time, if he wakes up during the night. Within 1 night we successfully eliminated the 2:00 feeding and by Tuesday night we eliminated the 5 am feeding. Last night I only heard him about 11 pm and after that didn't hear him at all. Needless to say I had to wake him up a little after 6 this morning. The pictures are of him waiting to go back for his surgery. He did so good. The procedure only took about 5. The nurse came and got him at 7:25 and by 7:35 Dr. Logan was back in the room telling us he did great! He was very upset when he came into the room but that is a side effect of the anesthesia. He fell asleep in my arms about 15 minutes later. About 30 minutes later we were free to take him home. Matt took the day off so he got to spend the day with him.

9 months old!

It's amazing how quickly time flies. Gabriel turned 9 months old on November 6th. His stats for 9 months:
Height: 27 inches
Weight: 20 pounds

He is pulling up to everything in sight. He loves crawling over to the coffee table and exploring. He has a new game, "let's see how many things I can throw off the table" and it's a game he plays every night. Sometimes 4 and 5 times a night. He has 6 teeth, well the 6th tooth is working on coming in. 4 on top and 2 on bottom. He loves to eat "big boy" food (mashed potatoes, green beans, mac and cheese, pretty much anything Matt and I eat.) We're working on getting him to sleep through the night. This week I've gotten him to sleep till about 5 am (he's been waking up hungry around 2 am) so we're making progress.

Tomorrow, Thursday November 18th he goes in at 6:30 am for tubes. He's had 4 ear infections since September and we've had enough. He's been on four different antibiotics and when he had his 9 month check last week he was diagnosed with a double ear infection. Poor little fellow. Thankfully he's very good natured about everything, he just plays with his ears.

Gearing up for Christmas

We took Gabriel to see Santa!!! He didn't quite know what to think. He kept looking at Santa as if to say "who are you and why am I in your lap?" The people watching him have his photo taken were laughing at his expressions.

Fun with family

On Sunday Gabriel and I went to Aunt Celena and Uncle Stephen's house to spend time with everybody. Tanner was playing a video game and Gabriel kept trying to get his attention. I have the two sweetest nephews ever!



Trying to get Tanner to pay attention to him!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

This was Gabriel's first Halloween. He was the cutest little dinosaur ever! The week before Halloween we went to Diamond Lakes and he did some trick-or-treating there and then for Halloween we were in Murray. We had planned to stay home on halloween but when Gabriel brought the stomach virus home from daycare and Matt and I both got sick at the same time, Grammy came and picked up little man and took him home with her. Thank you Grammy! So we went to Murray on Saturday to get our little Dinosaur and ended up staying the night.

The annual Hall cook out

Every years our friends Heather and Nick host a wonderful fall cookout at the Park. There's always lots of food, friends and family that show up. Nick makes the best chilli ever!!! Thank you so much Heather and Nick for including us in your annual festivities!!!
Sliding
Daddy and me.
Chewing on daddy's coke bottle.
Such a handsome boy.
Braxton and his mommy.
Trying to grab the camera.
Look at Braxton, he's getting so big!

A Day in the Life of Gabriel

Gabriel is growing up so fast. He's like grease lightening. He's into everything and is discovering something new at our house every day. He's fasinated with pushing buttons and knows what no means but most of the time doesn't listen to us. We'll say, "No Gabriel" and he'll turn around and look at us and then continues on with his plan. He's such a ham! We've introduced finger foods to him. He's not quite sure what he thinks of them but he definately likes tasting new things. He won't eat 3rd foods but will eat whatever Matt and I eat. It's hard to believe that he's almost 9 months old. He pulls up to everything and lets you know when he's mad or wants something. For the past month or so he's had a terrible battle with ear infections so we go to the ENT tomorrow to see what he recommends.
Look! I can feed myself!!
Such a drooly boy! Look at that big drool spot on the sheet!
Just waking up, such a happy boy!
Just hanging out in the high chair at Fazolis!