Gabriel at 21 months

I know 21 months isn't a big milestone, but I feel like Gabriel is changing so much I want to write about him before he changes again and I've missed it.

First off, he's still cute as a button. He hasn't lost his chubby cheeks or big belly. Some family who recently visited have nick named him "chubby monkey". Here he is sporting Bronco colors (mommy's favorite team). When asked to smile, he now squints his eyes like this.

Playing with "Teddy" and while wearing nothing but a toy hard hat and a diaper.

Gabriel likes to organize things just like his dada. One day he picked up all his toys by himself and organized them as shown in this picture. I love that he put the panda sitting in the teddy bear's lap.

He also likes to line things up. Here he is putting all his board books in a row. He separated the hardback books into a separate pile.

He is also learning letters. Well, I should clarify that he is learning what a letter is. Whenever he sees a word on a t-shirt, toy or anywhere else he points and starts saying whatever letter comes to mind. So you may hear him say something like "P...B...O...L...L...P!" He also loves his choo choo train made of letters that his Aunt D made for him. I took a picture of how he thought his name was spelled.

Gabriel loves his daddy. He plays a game when Richard is in another part of the house. Gabriel will yell "DADA!", and wait until Richard says "yes, sir?". Then they will repeat themselves until Gabriel gets distracted or Richard comes into the same room.

We are also trying to teach him to say "I love you" or "I love mommy", etc. But each time he fills the last part in with "DADA!". When I try to get him to say "mommy" or "you" he just giggles and says "dada" over and over again.

Gabriel is a big helper when Richard is getting ready in the morning. He helps him put on his belt and points to his tie and says "tie!". Just in case Richard were to forget what it's called, it's good to have Gabriel there to remind him. Gabriel also likes to pretend to shave his face and put deodorant on. He loves wearing Richard's Cubs hat.



But don't feel bad for me. Gabriel loves his mommy too. I'm so glad he loves to snuggle and kiss and much as I do.



And here he is pretending  to drink coffee from my empty Starbucks cup.

We love our little boy so much. Even though I still call him my baby, he is definitely a toddler and is learning a lot every day.