New Milestones

Gabriel is growing up so fast, it seems he is doing something new everyday! He will be 7 months old this week, though his adjusted age is 6 months, but we aren't really going by that anymore. He rolls over front to back and back to front, sits up on his own for long periods, can put his binkie as well as puffs in his mouth easily, eats all Stage 2 baby foods, and is starting on mashed "adult" food such as banana, biter biscuits, stuff like that. He's an awesome baby! His eyes are still bright blue, and we are thinking they will stay that way. Christian was a dark brown eyed boy at about 8 weeks old. And that boy is getting so big too! He has used the potty quite a few times now, only peepee, but hey it's a start! His conversations skills are really getting good too! And a few pics of the boys...

A Day at the Park

With all the bad weather we've been having lately, plus the hurricane threats, we haven't gotten out much in the past month. Poor Christian has been going stir crazy, so we took the boys to the park! There was alot of debris from Gustav, but the park was in good shape and the slides were intact. Christian is getting so good at climbing by himself, and he will even go down the slides without me standing at the end to catch him! Such a brave little boy.


I got some great shots of the park, and Christian loved all the cool bridges. Gabe just sat in the stroller (or the Double-Wide as I call it lol) drinking a bottle of breastmilk.




And for a final note, I have mastitis AGAIN for the THIRD time! How is this possible?

New Camera!

I have finally gotten sick of my stupid little camera that takes horrible pictures, and am now using a much better, high quality camera. I am so excited! The difference in my pictures is amazing, and I'm having so much fun taking pictures of my boys. I am also using my graphic software again, from when I was studying graphic design in school before Katrina. So I guess you could say I have a new hobby! A few examples of my new camera's work:

Amazing Mommy Website

I came across this website www.mom4life.com last week and it has become one of my favorite sites around. Mom4Life carries products made for moms by moms, so purchasing anything here can help SAHM's! As a SAHM myself, I will do anything to help out a fellow SAHM. I purchased the Razberry Teether for Gabriel, and also a teething necklace that is so beautiful for me to wear, but is made of silicone so Gabriel can chew on it! Check it out girls, they also have FREE SHIPPING on any and every product shipped in the USA!

5 months old, hanging with London

Gabriel Neal turned 5 months old yesterday. To celebrate, we took him out to lunch (well, took myself out to lunch lol) and my cousin's wife Melissa and her daughter London joined us. London is FIVE DAYS older than Gabriel, so seeing them grow up together is turning out to be so much fun. We can already tell that she will be the boss of Gabriel lol, and he certainly lets her!


Gabriel had some brother time with Christian too, and when Christian tried to leave Gabe wouldn't let him!

These two are turning out to be very good friends, thankfully! I'm so glad that I have two boys, to love each other and be best friends, and beat up on each other one day. It's so much fun!

First trip to the Aquarium

Last weekend we ventured out into New Orleans, and decided to go to the Aquarium of the Americas. We walked through the Riverwalk, and had lunch there, looking out onto the river where the barge was leaking all the fuel. What a mess. We then walked down to the Aquarium, and Christian was beyond excited. The first thing he was was a tunnel through the biggest fish tank we had ever seen. He couldn't get enough of it!


We walked through the entire thing, well Danny and Christian walked through, I had to stop every so often to nurse Gabriel. Little piggy. Christian then went into the hands on area, and he pet a shark! He was so brave!

The boys passed out on the way home, and Christian wanted to watch Nemo when he woke up. It was a good day, and we'll surely go back!

The Bluest of Eyes, where did they come from?

I look at Gabriel everyday and think "whose baby is this?" He has the bluest eyes, and with me, Danny, and Christian all sharing brown eyes, we wonder how on earth it happened! Well I kinda know, my mom's side is all blue eyed. Gabriel actually looks just my older brother did as a baby, the same eyes and hair color. As he gets older his hair gets a little more reddish brown too. I love it.