Happy birthday to our first little man. We had you for such a short time in our lives, and it changed us forever. Not a day goes by that we don't think of you. Michael would have been 4 today. Sending all our love to "Our little man".

Can't wait to see this beautiful person again and hold him in our arms.

Spring!

Well it's finally warm enough to go to the zoo!!!!

 I took Gabe on a solo trip the other day to the aquarium and we had lot's of fun.  He loved watching the otters, as well as playing with the spinning wheel seen above. 

 Today we went to the zoo.  My house is an absolute mess. I desparately need to do dishes, laundry and other things, but dang it, it was a nice day and O'Ryan and I were both off so we went. 

 He loved watching the elephant.

 Mostly we just ran around.

 At the tiger encounter we got there right as he jumped in the water and started playing with the ball.  I tried to get some good pics, but honestly it was hard to get close.

 This cracked us up.  The orangutan has what appears to be a potato sack on it's head, I loved it. 

We spent the afternoon at the zoo and then finished the day off eating at Culver's.  If you haven't been there you should go, it's delicious. 

In other news I got a new job at St. Mark's Hospital.  Good bye Jordan Valley.  I am super excited.  I hope it is what I am looking for.

Christmas and First Haircut!

 My Mom made these adorable overalls for Gabe to wear, I couldn't get the best view of the front, but they were awesome!

 Opening x-mas gifts!

 Well to be completely honest we didn't have the best Christmas, I caught some sort of stomach bug and puked all night x-mas eve. Then Gabe got it the day after Christmas.  He really enjoys all of the stuff that he got though. I think his favorite toy is the elephant pictured below. It blows air and shoots balls out of its trunk while playing music.  He turns it on and dances, and likes to just let it blow on his face.

 Well the other morning I was sleeping as I had worked the night before. I got up to pee, which happens quite a bit, and looked downstairs to see how things were going and this is what I saw.  I guess Gabe had fallen asleep wrestling with dad, and so O'Ryan took a nap with him. I love it!

 This was the hair before the haircut. 

 This was after the haircut and a bath.

I think I did a pretty good job.  It was only getting long in certain spots, and started to look kind of like a baby mullet, so I cut it a bit.  It was somewhat difficult as he squiggled and squirmed all over, but I think overall it turned out well.

He is growing up so fast, I look at pictures of him from last year and it just amazes me. He is generally very well behaved and an absolute joy in our lives. We couldn't ask for more.