As part of our New Year's resolution, Jenelle and I hope to keep the blog updated on a more regular basis. We really appreciate your patience thus far :-)
So it's been about 6 months since our last post...so much has changed. Little Gabriel is now walking, no running regularly. He can say many words, including "mama" , "dadda", "bye bye", "ai esta" (means "there it is" is Spanish), "mas" (means "more" in Spanish), "nigh nigh" = nighttime or bedtime and "beh beh" = baby or any child he sees. He can also identify people by name: Lola= "lala", Nana= "nana", Abuelito= "feve", and Grandpa= "papa".
Gabriel is a great little communicator. Jenelle spent time teaching him sign language at a younger age and he now uses a few signs regularly, such as pointing at his palm when he wants more of something and shaking his hands from side to side when he is finished with something.
Other developmental milestones include his ability to now climb throughout his environment. He climbs on the couch, chairs, up a small stool to reach the sink and wash his hands. Just this evening he climbed on top of a footrest so that he could reach the light switches for the fan and overhead lamps...oh boy, haha.
Another first for us was Gabriel received his first stitches ever, unfortunately. Having a boy, I imagined the day would come, but not at 15 months. He was playing with cousins and hit his forehead on his bookcase. He handled the entire ordeal much better than his mother or I and fortunately the scar is barely visible and is healing well.
I'll leave you with a few shots from his 2nd holiday experience. He had a blast learning to open presents and learning Christmas tree etiquette.
Wishing you and yours a Happy and Blessed New Year.
