Thanksgiving 2011

Our Thanksgiving was spent in Illinois with Grandpa and Grandma Sanders. We had a great time!
 

 

Gabriel ate Turkey, yams, and winter squash for his Thanksgiving meal.

Grandpa gave Gabriel a silver cup that used to be his when he was a kid. This turned into Gabriel's favorite toy, and is now called "the Grandpa cup".

We got in our reading time, of course!

 And went for some walks. Yes, those are socks on Gabriel's arms. Hey, we're from Southern California! We don't have warm clothes!

We had a great time. However, I am very sad that we forgot to take a picture of the whole family.

Thanks Grandpa and Grandma!

Gabriel kisses mirror

This is a funny video I caught of Gabriel kissing the mirror.  All I had to do was kiss the mirror as well, and it's "monkey see, monkey do".

Gabriel takes his train for a walk

Just thought I'd share a quick video of Gabriel's progress as he learns to walk.  He enjoys pushing his train across the living room.

Jaws Attacks Gabriel

Thought I would reenact the movie from 1975 with Gabriel.  I'm the big fish.  He seems to think it's funny and not so scary.

Gabriel's trip to the Apple store

Some of you may not know (because she hasn't blogged about it) that Sarah upgraded her Droid to an iPhone two weeks ago.  Most of you do know however that the iPhone has had some 'software' issues since its release.  Well, all was not fixed on Sarah's iPhone with the iOS 5.0.1 update so off the family went to the Apple store at the Manhattan Beach mall.

Upon arriving at the Apple store, Gabriel was surprised to see a very long line leading into the store.  He knew his nap was in an hour and this was his first cause for concern.

"Could so many iPhones be broken?", he thought.  If the iPhone is having issues, what about my phone?

Outrage immediately set in when Gabriel pulled out his phone and discovered the rattle only made noise when shaken!  This is much bigger issue than mom's Siri problems.

Outrage turned to sadness, and Gabriel wondered if there was a software fix for his phone.  Facetime wouldn't be bad either, as long as there was a WiFi connection available.

 

Just as Apple was able to fix Sarah's iPhone (with a wipe and reload of the iOS), Daddy was able to shake Gabriel's phone enough to make him laugh.  Neither Android nor Apple can bring joy to a father like his son's smile.

Yogurt Covered Apples

I have no idea why, but for some reason I have been craving yogurt lately. We have whole fat yogurt on hand for Gabriel, and I started eating it too. Between Gabriel and I, we go through at least one 32oz yogurt container each week.

Here's my go-to yogurt recipe. I made it up myself :)

Start with an apple.

Cut apple into chunks.

Pile a bunch of yogurt of the apple.

Drizzle with honey.

 

Pile on a bunch of granola.

Enjoy your delicious treat!

Caught on Baby Cam

Gabriel is up to his old tricks... ok, it's only been a week or so since he's been standing, but "up to his new tricks" doesn't have the same punch.  I took a couple pictures and a video via the baby monitor to show what he does when we're not in the room.  Now if he could just learn to lay back down.  Enjoy.

In the Pack 'N Play

In his crib