Gabriel is one month old!

Is it possible that he has been here for a month already? Time has gone by so fast. I am so blessed to have two beautiful healthy boys and I could not be any happier! Gabriel is such a blessing to our family and we are having such a wonderful time getting to know him. He is pretty laid back, but if he wants something he lets us know. These are some things he has done this month:
* rolled over from his belly to his back
* he is lifting his head pretty well
* he has gone to ArtWalk downtown...he slept in the sling the whole time!
* he is starting to take the pacifier a little bit, but sometimes it makes him gag
* he loves having his feet rubbed...it calms him down
* he smiles, but not not for any apparent reason
* he has slept on papa Mark's house boat
* he met his new cousin, Kyle, who is 2 weeks younger
* he went on his first out of town trip...to Mtn Home

Aren't these pictures so sweet! I had so much fun taking them. He fell asleep on my chest while we were rocking, so I laid him down on his blanket and snapped away. He is so precious!

What's happening

The Chiarino house has been very busy over the last few weeks. Here are some pictures of what we have been up to...

Christopher did some sponge painting. As he was dabbing the sponge on the paper, he would say "pat pat pat". He is getting so smart!
Every morning when Christopher gets up, the three of us snuggle in my bed. Sometimes we watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, but Christopher always wants to hold his brother and give him kisses. It's so adorable and it makes me remember every single morning how blessed I am.

Here is a picture of Christopher and Daddy feeding Gabriel his first bottle of breastmilk.

Of course Christopher didn't actually vote, but he and Gabriel went with us to the polls to vote. It was a pretty exciting time and I am looking forward to them being old enough to understand the importance of voting.
Here is a picture of one of Christopher's friends who lives down the street. He had such a blast riding in her pink Barbie Cadillac! I'm not looking forward to seeing this in 15 more years!

Halloween

We did lots of fun activties for Halloween this year. Obviously it was Gabriel's first Halloween and it was also baby Kyle's first Halloween...he was born one week before Halloween. Kyle is Nicole's baby, and he is two weeks younger than Gabe...but look at the size difference in the picture! Kyle is on the left and Gabriel is on the right. I thought Gabe was little until I saw them next to each other.


We took the boys to the Dickerson Park Zoo Spooktacular. Christopher dressed up in his cow costume and got candy from the animals. We also went to our church's fall festival. It was a lot of fun for Christopher because they had a ton of games he could play.

Here is a cute picture of Gabriel in his pumpkin outfit that our neighbor Kendra bought him.