Happy 2nd Birthday Gabe!

Kind of a random photo of Gabe, but I just love it! Will post more vacation pictures later!

I can hardly believe my baby boy is two! It truly seems like only yesterday I found out I was expecting him... A little scared with a 1 1/2 year old by my side, little did I know the blessing Gabriel would truly be to us! I could go on and on about all the reasons I love this little guy, but will try to summarize below what I love most about Gabe these days...
-He loves to give "sugars" and say "MMM-ahh"
-He loves to give hugs and a little "pat pat" on the back just to let you know he cares!
-He loves to greet and wave to every one who is even remotely close by!
-He LOVES TO TALK... On our family beach trip 2 weeks ago, Nanny commented how much you can tell about people by living in such close quarters... She concluded that Gabe and I were about the only morning people in a house of 17, as we were up and talking first thing, while everyone else was grumbling and stumbling around... On the other hand, they were up past midnight, while Gabe and I were snoring or ready to be!
-He LOVES to Sing still! The ladies in the gym last week told them he was singing -Happy Birthday to mama all last week... we'll see if he'll actually sing to himself today! He also loves to dance anytime there is a beat, and boy does he have rhythm!
-He likes to say the blessing, imitating his big brother's "God our Father" song
-He is very aware when I am stopping to pray with Jayce sometimes (like when we are having a rough morning or I have just lost my temper and need to ask forgiveness)that I am praying and will chime in "AMEN" at the very end...
-He loves to be outside and I have to keep all deadbolts locked to keep him from escaping!
-He loves to sit on the potty (although he has not actually used it yet) and wash his hands!
-The first thing he does when he wakes up is says "Where's Jayce" and before he goes down says (Night night Jayce)
-If we are riding in the car together, and Jayce falls asleep, he will say "Where's Jayce? Night night?"
-Gabe's favorite words right now are "I wanna get out!" But he says it so fast it is like one long word... He still does not like to be confined in his carseat or high chair for extended periods of time and this is how he'll let us know!
-He will say "I"m full" when he's done with lunch now...
-His most favorite thing in the world to do is talk on the phone and every time it rings he says "I wanna talk to mimi," he thinks it is always mimi (who could either be my mom or nanny, since he calls her that too)
-Loves to play ready, set go, or 1-2-3 and let Jay throw him up in the air, he has no fear!

Gabe is so funny, happy, and sweet spirited and we cannot help but love our sweet boy to pieces! Yes, we have our moments, we are two, but would not change a thing! We love you sweet baby Gabe, yes you are still my baby!

PS, will post pic s from our small family birthday party tomorrow... after mono and my sweet grandfather's funeral this week, we decided to just do things on a small scale this year... it won't matter to Gabe, he has fun everywhere... as long as we let him wiggle! :)