Gratitude

Happy November! With so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving season, I thought I would take part in the 30 Day "Gratitude" photo challenge!  It's the little things in life that make each day special, and it will be great to take a moment each day show some of my life's many blessings! Enjoy!

#1 - Favorite Food - (Decaf) Pumpkin Spice Coffee. I can't afford Starbucks every day, so I'm very thankful that Coffee Mate has seasonal flavors of creamer! And although it is decaf, it helps this mama feel a little more awake in the morning... it's all mental, but I'm ok with that :) Pair my coffee with a trail mix bar, and my morning is set! I must admit that this is not exactly my "favorite" food, but it makes my life happier, so I think it fits :)

#2 - Smile - GABE! Ok, ok, I know that this is not a picture of a smile, mostly because he hasn't truly smiled yet, BUT we are working on it! He is really close (I think) so I'm thankful for my little bundle that makes me do really weird smiles in hopes I can get one out of him :) 

More to come...

Happy Halloween!

We had a great 1st Halloween! Tuesday night was Trick or Treating night in Ankeny, and although we didn't go out, we had fun handing out candy. I had a very helpful skeleton wishing all the kids a spooktacular Halloween! 

We had some very cute Witches come and visit! It was fun to see them in costume and steal some of their candy :)

One Month

On Saturday, Gabe turned one month! We celebrated by tailgating in Ames and cheering on our Cyclones. It was a great day... pictures to come! But for now, here's Gabe at one month! He sure is growing!!!!

L.O.V.E.

I am definitely in love with my little man. We had a mini photo shoot today to capture all of his cuteness!! (and let me play with my camera) Enjoy!

Busy Days (and Nights)

Life is pretty good around the Schmelzer house. Gabe is growing and becoming more and more active. He loves studying our faces, and we are just waiting for those first real smiles! He spends his days cuddling with Mama, laying and kicking, and of course eating :) He also really likes bath time, which is good, because sometimes it is the only thing to calm him down in the evening...which brings us to our busy nights.

Let's just say that Gabe has been a bit "challenging" at night. We have had a couple good nights lately so we are hopeful that we may have weathered the storm. However, I most likely just jinxed us... Luckily he is super cute, so we can't be too upset with him ;) 

The last few days we've been able to get out and about. Gabe and I spent Saturday over at the Weesner's watching the football game (boo), and all of us took a trip to Ames today! We went shopping and ate at Pizza Pit, one of Noah's favorite Ames food joints. It was a good day! 

Mom let me sleep flat on my back! It was awesome!
(Because of his reflux, he doesn't get to do this often. He did really well!)

Hello!

Loves to lay and kick, and kick, and kick some more. 

Practicing with the bottle! He took it like a champ! 

Cousin Cece just loves babies, especially "The Boy" 

Hanging out by the fireplace on a cold, rainy day.

Big eyes!

Cuddling with Mom :) 

3 Weeks!

I thought I would give you a glimpse into the life of 3 week old Gabe. It's a tough life :)

Visitors :)

This weekend we had some visitors stop by and meet Mr. Gabe. Erin (Tyler's GF) snapped a few pictures that I wanted to make sure I shared with all of you. They are great!

We have been pretty busy this week. We made a trip to Des Moines and had lunch with Noah on Tuesday, and yesterday we went over to my school to get some grades ready for conferences, and to introduce Gabe to some of the teachers.

Today we are staying home. It is cold and rainy and seems like the perfect cuddle (and nap) type of day :)