Gabe's First Lost Tooth!

 Sometime in October (2015) Gabe's lower right incisor started to wiggle!  I could also tell it was ready to start coming out because of the gap that started to form from the adult tooth under it pushing up.  
Here are some pictures of Gab'es mouth before losing the tooth.  You can see the gap:

Just before Halloween, Gabe's tooth finally fell out! He was eating a piece of Starburst while wrestling with little sister, and the tooth popped out! Gabe was so surprised that he started to cry.  Silly Gabe. When he got over the shock of loosing his very first tooth, he was actually very excited about it!  He even wrote the Tooth Fairy a note.  So cute!  I thought the gap in his mouth was pretty darn cute too!  I can't believe I only have ONE (crappy iPod) picture of Gabe and his very first Gap, but her it is nonetheless:

 And here is his darling note to the Tooth Fairy:

And the little tiny tooper itself.  It first poked through when Gabie was just five months old!

Unfortunately, the tooth fairy had a difficult time finding Gabe's tooth.  She left a $2 bill and some change anyway.  Gabe found the tooth and cried again and wrote another note.  I told him to put it under his pillow again so that she could take what was rightfully hers.

Here is his second note:

 "Dear tooth Fariy,

You did Not get 

My tooth. I hid it

under mY Lamp, but

My mom saw it. I

Started to cry.

Love Your freind

Gabe.

And now, Gabe has a big, beautiful adult tooth in its place!  It's been just over 3 months and the tooth next to this one has a gap forming around it so it is next to come out!  Hopefully, the tooth fairy will be able to find the next tooth the first night!
 

Soccer Rocker!

Along with Gabe being in baseball, Elisa got signed up to play soccer!  Her friend's dad was the coach.  Luckily I didn't have to buy her any soccer gear because we had it already, leftover from when Gabe played soccer when he was just barely 3 (yes, he had/has BIG feet!).  Elisa was so excited to play soccer!  She was on a team with a bunch of boys and her and her friend Abby were pretty much the only girls.  For awhile, Elisa was quite aggressive with the ball, but then she seemed to back off a little bit when a couple of the boys started being ball hogs.  But generally Elisa played quite well.  Upon walking to her very first soccer game, she tripped and scraped her knee.  She cried on my lap for 3/4 of the game.  Finally she stopped and played like nothing happened. She was a pretty good sport for most of the practices and Games, but every once in a while she would go off and do her own thing in the field, but for a 4-year-old, she did great! Elisa loved playing soccer, but her favorite part was getting her trophy at the last game!  I'm deciding if we should put her in soccer again, or give baseball a try.  Either way, I'm sure she will do great!

Gabe's Baseball

We signed Gabe up for another round of baseball, this time in the fall.  He did baseball last spring.  Its about $65 for registration but at least we didn't have to buy any baseball gear this year since we bought everything last year.
Gabe is pretty non-competitive and non-athletic (at least, relatively), so it was hard to get Gabe super excited about baseball.  But for the most part, Gabe seemed to enjoy baseball.  It was hard to get him to focus sometimes, and he had (and still has) a few bad habits that made it difficult for Gabe to get the most out of baseball.  Erik worked with Gabe a little bit, but Gabe really needs more practice and one-on-one time for him to excel.  When Gabe put his best effort into the game, he was a real good hitter!  We may put Gabe in baseball again.  I think it is good for him to do something different from his typical computer-book-crafting-TV routine.  Baseball teaches teamwork and that practice pays off! Its also great because he can get some exercise in!

I love this picture!

The team!

Elisa and her friend, Abby at big brothers' baseball game

Up to bat!

Out in the field.  The optimal time for Gabe to loose his focus.

A video of Gabe not hitting the ball.  His very last hit of the season.  Fortunately, he's hit the ball many times before and I'm sure he can do it again!

A Few of My Favorite (Recent) Pictures

 Here's a few of my most favorite pictures that I've taken recently.  No theme or order--just pure and unfettered adorableness captured by my new phone camera.  These were all taken in November 2015

Me & my Bean.

 9 months.  I love that there is a wee little bit o' ginger in his hair.

 Gotta love this girl and her goof-ball smiles!

 My handsome boys, minus Gabe

 A girl and her bike.  May this bike bring her many happy childhood memories!

 The beautiful Houston temple, as seen from the passenger's seat of the car

My cute Gabe.  He's a goof but sure has a heart of gold!