Gabe's 1st Trip To Virginia

We drove up to Virginia to visit my Dad "Papa" and Karlene "Nana" on their farm. It was Gabriel's 1st overnight trip!! We dressed Gabe in jean shorts and the John Deere onesie they gave him- so cute! We all had a great time and overall, traveling with a 3-month old went well! I know people do it with even younger babies but for us, this was a feat :)

First things first, introducing Gabe to the cattle

G's first time riding sitting on a tractor with Papa!

Walking around the farm wore him out

Goodnight! 1st time sleeping in the pack 'n play / Good morning!

Group shot before we headed home

Easter

Gabriel's Easter outfit was blue & orange overall shorts with a white polo shirt- so cute! I paid less than $5 for it at Kid to Kid. Score! At the last minute as we were hurrying out the door for church, I remembered we had a white bunny hat that Gabe had never worn. It was the perfect touch for Easter but a little snug on his big head!

A quick shot of my cute boy (in Nonny's arms) during the service

Our Pastor met Gabriel for the first time after church. Hilarious (now) and horribly embarrassing story: while Pastor Doug was holding Gabe facing him, he spit up. All down the front of his shirt! And some went splat on the floor. Pastor Doug was so merciful! He kept saying it was not a big deal, that he always had a change of clothes in his office. Now that's something we'll always remember!

We took some pictures with Grandma and Nonny & Boo before going our separate ways for the rest of the day! How awesomely bold is my Mom's hat? Loved it. Quite a few ladies were wearing their "Easter hats" that morning.

The Easter Bunny brought Gabe some goodies! I had a LOT of fun putting together this Easter basket. A 3 mo. old doesn't need or want or use a whole lot, though. He got a stuffed bunny rattle, an Elmo bath book, bedtime baby lotion, sunglasses, an O'ball, and a few empty plastic eggs :) Daddy picked out his Easter basket robot tin bucket {we use it for toy storage now}. I used to make Perry an Easter basket, but didn't this year since we have a kid now. Sorry dear!

What Daddy and Gabriel really thought of the sunglasses!

Perry & I played basketball that afternoon. If I remember correctly, I won HORSE. He won GABRIEL. But then I won GABE, the tie breaker (just like the game HORSE, we just thought it was more fun to spell out our son's name). I made an unusual amount of my shots, even with a baby in one arm! It was approaching Gabe's nap time so we let him sleep in his vibration seat in the shade.

Precious sleepy boy.

Happy 1st Easter, Gabriel Turner!! We hope in the years to come, you appreciate this day of celebration of the resurrection of the Lord, Jesus Christ!

Random Phone Pics, 2-3 Months

KFC

Sleepy boy

Meeting Ethan for the first time / random shot of his feet

My DIY Baby Mobile

When I revealed pictures of the nursery here, I had not yet started finished the mobile. I put the project off until the last weekend before Gabriel's due date and never had the chance to do it! Yes, I'm a procrastinator. Anyway, when he was ~2 weeks old, the 3 of us headed out, mainly because I was getting cabin fever. We took turns staying in the car with the baby because he was still too little to go into public/crowded places; I ran into Michael's to get the supplies for the mobile, then Perry went into Target to pick up a few things.

In my search for unique mobiles, I found this DIY on Chic Spaces For Little Faces! It's basically a million circles cut out of scrapbook paper, threaded onto fishing line and hung from wooden dowels. I worked on it for an hour here, 30 minutes there for a few days... a newborn keeps you busy! The materials list and instructions with pictures were so helpful! I LOVE how mine turned out!!

View from the door

Now that Gabe is a lot more aware of his surroundings, he enjoys looking at it & watching it flutter when the fan {also one of his obsessions} is turned on!