11 Months!

Wow, where does the time go?  I can't believe Gabe is 11 months and very soon he will be 1.  This whole year has flown by.  We've gone on road trips with Gabe(Omaha twice, Chicago twice, and San Antonio), we've gone to Las Vegas without him, he has spent nights at Nana and Grandpa's, and I even survived 2 weeks alone with Gabe while Scott was in Australia.  It has been a very buys year since Gabe arrived.

Since we go to the doctor at the 12 month visit and not his 11 month, I'm guessing he weighs around 23lbs and I feel that he is rather tall for his age (he is close to the same height as Ford and Ford is 2 months older).  Gabe still does not have teeth.  Although, he shows signs daily of his gums bothering him and drools to no end, there is nothing.  He won't even let us really look at his gums to see if anything is about to pop. 

For Gabe's 11month birthday, he and I ran some errands and then took a nice leisurely walk around the Galleria.  I have learned that 10am on a Saturday is prime time for moms with kids in strollers to be at the mall.  I think there were 5 of us in West Elm at one time.  Afterwards, Gabe napped and I relaxed a bit before Scott got home from an all day conference.

Gabe Fun Facts:
- He is walking (non-stop)
- Words - Mama, Dada, Nana, Baba and a variety of squeals with the occasional Ah, Ah, Ahhhh (Let's Go Blues!)
- He loves his Koala, Kareem,
- He is pointing and waving at everything
- We are working on blowing kisses
- He loves watching cars and waving
- He loves going for walks (it induces nap time)
- He has learned to stand on his pirate ship and loves being pushed on it
- He is figuring out phones and how to talk on them
- He loves to FaceTime with Grammie and Nana
- He loves to play in the water during bath time
- He is eating more and more food, he does not care for peas and peaches much
- Zero teeth (it limits trying new foods)

We had a fun photo shoot this month:

 Check out the smirk on this kid.

 He LOVES his books!