7 weeks old!

Gabriel is now 7 weeks old!  He is fortunately developing a schedule now...  He will take naps often throughout the day.  In the evening, he might get somewhat fussy and then will fall asleep around 8pm or 9pm for good.  At night he will get up to feed but then more often than not goes right back to sleep.  He will get up at around 6am or 7am and be awake for a while.

When Gabriel is awake, he is more alert and looks around the room.  He makes eye contact with you now but doesn't smile at you yet--that is, unless you are Eliana.  Eliana has a knack with little babies; she will talk softly to Gabriel, stroke his cheek, and pat his head.  And Gabriel will coo a her and smile in return.  He doesn't do this for anyone but her, not even for Mommy. 





We like the picture below because it looks like Gabriel is waving to the camera.  We have a picture of Eliana doing the same thing.

We don't know exactly how much Gabriel weighs right now, but he is already wearing 3-6 month clothes, and some of those are tight on him.  The shirt below is pretty tight-fitting and shows off the contour of his mighty belly. 

To go along with his long fingers, he seems to have pretty long toes as well. 

Karina still enjoys holding Gabriel.  She has lots of fun doing that.  Sometimes Gabriel's arm will swing up and bonk her on her face.  She thinks that that is really funny.

And she likes delivering little kisses on to her little brother.

When putting him to sleep, we will rock Gabriel in the bathroom with the loud overhead fan on because that seems to soothe him.  Sometimes Karina will come along doing the same to her teddy bear.

Karina and Eliana are enjoying a pretty laid back summer.  So how are they spending their days?  They like doing puzzles, playing games, and listening to audible books on Mom's cell phone.



Eliana LOOOVES playing hide-and-seek with Elvin.  Can you tell where she is hiding in the picture below?

Eliana likes going outside on the plasma car that the girls got for their birthdays recently.  She got the hang of it right away and it's probably her favorite bike-type toy right now.  She also likes picking flowers from the yard; except that for this one, she uprooted the whole thing.

And Eliana continues to display her goofy side.  One day while we were setting the table she says, "Look Mommy what I can do!" and hangs the spoon onto her nose.  To our knowledge this is the first time she's done this, although the way she did it with such ease makes us think that she's been secretly practicing in a closet somewhere.  "Who taught you that, Eliana?" Emily asked.  Eliana said she saw it done in one of her Fancy Nancy books.  Go figure.

And it's been fairly hot here, so the girls have enjoyed playing the pool they inherited from their cousins.  They love to splash around in there.

They seem to be enjoying their lazy, carefree summer!  We hope you are too!