Life is Beautiful...: Happy 2nd Birthday Gabey!

Yesterday we celebrated Gabriel's second birthday. We can hardly believe our baby is 2! He is such a sweet, gentle and funny little guy. When we first found out we were "expecting" Gabriel I was shocked and not sure how I felt about having another baby so soon after having Noah (he was only 4 1/2 months when we found out!). I was just starting to settle into being a Mommy to one let alone being a Mommy to two so quickly! I was scared, nervous and tired!! My pregnancy was tough at the beginning with horrible morning sickness until the 5th month. The 5th, 6th and most of the 7th month were a breeze. At 7 months our obstetrician thought she had found a "mass" on his kidney. Needless to say it was at that moment I realized how much I loved Gabriel already. I was devastated that he could be in any sort of danger or pain...and I didn't even "know" him yet. I prayed and prayed that he was fine and by the miraculous grace of God we saw the perinatologist and he informed us that Gabriel looked perfect. Five weeks later Gabe made his debut (3 weeks early). I went into labor on March 25th at about 10am and he was born at 4:08pm weighing in at 8lbs 6oz and 20 inches in length. Gabriel is a gentle little soul, sweet, charming, a social butterfly and definitely a blessing from God! He has the biggest blue eyes and I think I could stare at him for hours. He will quietly sit and play with toys until big brother Noah comes to harass him and then....oh then... does that little man become verbal! He is gentle and quiet until you mess with his things. He loves to walk around with little cars or trains in his hands while also trying to tote around his blanky, mickey mouse, and of course his sippy with water. He loves to copy Noah and will do just about anything Noah tells him to do including "naughty" things. Those two are two peas in a pod and I'm not even going to start imagining what they will be like in a few years! They already sit in the backseat of the car and make each other crack up with Gabriel saying "funny funny" if Noah does something amusing. We are so so blessed to have Noah and Gabriel! We love you to the moon and back Gabriel and way way more than choo choo trains and bubba gum!

Gabriel had an amazing birthday day despite being sick. He started by climbing into bed with Mommy while Daddy got ready for work. We came downstairs, had breakfast and then headed out for some Mommy and Gabey time. Thank you Grandma Seuss for watching Noah so we could do this! We went to Toys R Us and picked out a few things, then to Party city to pick out our themed plates and balloons! Thomas the Train was what he picked... after the balloons were blown up we picked up a cake and headed home... Grandma Sue, Noah, Daddy, Mommy, Sandra, Aunt Bethie, Uncle Sean, Maura, and Kellan all came over for pizza, cake and presents! Thank you everybody for coming over and helping us to celebrate Gabe's 2nd birthday!