Gabe's Song of the Day Part 4

Today Gabe presents.....
The VeggieTales Theme Song(well a broken, 2 year old version of the song)
He misses quite a few of the verses and doesn't have all the words down but he loves this song and sings it many times a day. When he falls down at the end he is being Larry the Cucumber when he falls with his tuba after the song is done. If you have not seen VeggieTales it is one of Gabe's top recommendations.
I won't write the words today as Gabe misses quite a few of them but he doesn't care:)

Gabe's Song of the Day Part 3

We have finally had beautiful weather! Yesterday we got our flower beds all raked out and the boys were able to get some much needed outside time. We kept our nephew for awhile last night as his mom and dad were busy with convention here in town and I just had to post pictures of Ty and Clark in their matching PJ's. Gabe actually has a pair too but they are MIA. Clark was extremely tired in these pictures but would laugh when Carl made goofy noises at him. Also I had to post some pictures of my breakfast buddies this morning. It was bath day so they were eating with no clothes. I gave Ty a biter biscuit to tide him over while I was getting Gabe's breakfast ready, wow I forgot how messy those are. Last but not least, Gabe's song of the day. Today's selection is Zacchaeus. I don't think he really knows the words very well but he tries.
Zacchaeus was a wee little man and a wee little man was he
he climbed up in a sycamore tree for the Lord he wanted to see
and as the savior passed that way he looked up in the tree
and he said Zacchaeus you come down
For I'm going to your house today
for I'm going to your house today.

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Gabe's Song of the Day Part 2

Here it is Gabe's song of the day-
Today's Selection for your listening pleasure...
Twinkle, Twinkle (here are the words for those who live under a rock and don't know them)
(sorry it is kind of soft, for some reason he sings this song very quietly)
twinkle, twinkle little star
how I wonder what you are
up above the world so high
like a diamond in the sky
twinkle twinkle little star
how I wonder what you are

Ty's Favorite Word and Gabe's Song of the Day

8 months old today, Wow I say it every month and every month it keeps coming faster and faster but Ty is getting so big! I can't believe he is 8 months old today. He is still not crawling but trying so hard, he can get up on all 4's and rock back and forth but can't figure out the forward motion yet. He can do a full push up too, he gets up on his toes and pushes himself up, I need to try and get a picture of it. I took a video of him saying his favorite(and only) word this morning, and while doing that Gabe decided to give a concert. I think he sang almost every song he knows for the camera this morning so for the next few days we will have posted the Gabe song of the day, don't worry I will let you know what it is as he is not the clearest singer in the world. He is doing wonderfully with the POTTY training, the poopy thing seems to be a hard concept to grasp. We have had several of those accidents but very, very few potty accidents, for all his hard work he got to pick out two goldfish at Walmart Friday night, he loves them and has named them Red and Green(I have no idea where that came from) he also has a snail, Carl suggested Gary like on Spongebob but so far it just gets called "the snail" Gabe loves his fish and is faithful to feed them every morning, the first day he fed them he was lovingly telling them "Come on fishy's you need to eat more food" Here he is with his very full sticker chart for going potty, we need to start a new one! House progress is coming along, we were able to go to IKEA on Saturday and get the rest of the things needed to complete the kitchen and other odds and ends throughout the house, my mom and dad kept the boys which was great as it was much easier to shop without them, plus we would have had to have left them in Minnesota as the car was packed to the gills with the backseats folded down on the way home. Hopefully I will have fully completed roof and kitchen pictures to post soon. With no further adieu I present Ty's favorite word and Gabe's song of the day. Today's selection is
The B-I-B-L-E (translation)
The B-i-b-l-e, yes that's the book for me
I stand alone on the word of God
The B-i-b-l-e
BIBLE

a roof, a haircut,a dr. appt. and a couple of brothers

Just like the title this post and pictures are rather random today. We have a new roof! Well part of a new roof, the back side of the house is almost done, the garage is done and hopefully weather permitting we will have a complete new roof by the end of this weekend. I couldn't believe what a mess it was around here when they tore off the old roof, it didn't help there were two layers of shingles that had to come off, one of which was old cedar shakes that would just splinter into many tiny pieces. They did do a great job cleaning up.


















Gabe has a much needed haircut today, it is getting so long I'm pretty sure we could put some cute little pigtails in it but I don't think he or his daddy would like that too much. This is a picture of Gabe before his haircut, I will update when we get back and post an after picture. UPDATE: Here is the after, much shorter, he looks like such a big boy!


Ty is going to the Doctor today as he has had a fever off and on for the past week or so and is very stuffy but without a runny nose, it is making him gag and sometimes throw up and last night he woke up at 1:00 screaming and it took him a long time to calm down even after I came in and held him, hopefully something simple and hopefully there is something they can do for him. UPDATE: Guess what nothing is wrong, just a stuffy nose, ugh I hate it when that happens, I am just sure there is something wrong and then nope nothing, so back to square one who knows why he is acting so crabby and not eating and not sleeping very well, not that I want something to be wrong with him but at least it would explain things. The picture to the left is him this afternoon, he loves playing on the new rug in the living room.

Gabe is embarking on the world of potty training for the 2nd time now. We tried once before and it just wasn't working, he would cry and not want to use the potty and he always wanted to put a diaper back on, he would even hold it until nap time when I put a diaper on him to go and then when the underwear went back on he would hold again until bedtime, this time we are using a sticker chart incentive and he loves it, he has done a great job so far, no crying or not wanting to go and he loves putting stickers on his chart. We have promised a fishy for his room if he continues to do well with it until Friday. The boys have been enjoying the new house and things are continuing to progress, we still need to get the fireplace wall done and a few things in the kitchen, however most boxes and tubs are unpacked. I will update with haircut and dr. news this afternoon.

Step 3(as promised)

Okay so we are officially moved into our house, it still needs some work here and there but can all be done while we are living here. We moved in last Sunday and thanks so much to everyone who came and helped, we had 10 guys and it only took slightly over 20 minutes to unload the big trailer, pretty amazing, we feel so blessed to have so much love and support. We are still in the unpacking process which is going slowly but surely. We now have our upstairs vanity installed in the bathroom so that room is unpacked and done, Ty's room is done minus a few things to hang on the wall, Gabe's room is also done minus a few wall hangings, our room...well let's just say it is a work in progress as is the living room and kitchen although it looks much better then it did before, just a few trim details and we still need to figure out 2 cabinets to replace where we have rearranged in there. With spring finally arriving we have discovered our back yard is full of growth, the crocus are bloomed in a few spots and all kinds of green is poking through the dead brush, add raking and cutting back the yard to the to do list for the weekend. The boys are both adjusting very well to the move, Gabe loves his new brown striped room and it is very nice to have a room for Ty, no more sleeping in the dining room in the pack and play for him. He has started to babble now and says DA DA DA DA a lot, much to my dismay, I chalk it up to da da being easier to say then ma ma. Anyway things are going well and hopefully our house will look much more organized soon. Hope everyone is enjoying the nice weather today.


Ty in his blue and brown room
Gabe in his brown striped room


Gabe helping Grandpa install the downstairs sink
The kitchen

I know, I know

I haven't updated on the move yet, coming soon I promise, I just haven't had a chance to take any pictures yet, I will try to do it soon. On a funny note we finally got a thank you card ready for Carl's boss for taking us to Burlington back in February(yes we are slow) and Gabe colored it and wanted to put stickers on it, he is really into stickers these days as we are slowly but surely working on potty training and when he goes in the potty he gets a sticker to put on his chart, anyway he was picking out stickers and after he had several on he looked at me and said "Duane go potty lots" What a kid! Pictures coming soon, I promise.