Raiders vs Cardinals

This is our first live football game, Oakland Raiders vs Arizona Cardinals. It was so bad, Raiders lost big time. Oh well, we had a good time, even Gabriel had a good time, even though he did sleep through most of it. We didn't stay for the final quarter, wanted to make our getaway before everyone decided to leave at the same time!

Bottle feeding

We have finally introduced Gabriel to the bottle, progress is slow, but if he's hungry enough he will take it, but most of the time he just leaves his mouth open and wait until the drops come out then he swallows, talk about lazy!
But this is such a sweet photo of Jonah feeding the baby that I had to put it up, now hopefully Gabriel can learn that daddy can feed him too! Maybe that will mean more sleep for me...

Sleep, sleep and more sleep...

One of my new favourite pastimes is to watch my son sleep, yes I've officially become the most boring person I know, but once you've seen these pictures for yourself you will see why my little man is so fascinating to watch...

Stretching in his sleep.

Surrender to sleep.

And the ever elusive smile, a hint of the future...

Renee holding Gabriel

Here is a picture to prove that Renee has indeed held Gabriel, and that she really does like him a lot!!! Renee is well known by Gabriel "as the lady with the scratchy sweater and who can put me to sleep in a matter of seconds". What would we do without you Renee?

Miniature Golf

Jessie was in town for my birthday and we went miniature golfing in Castro Valley. It was just as much fun as I remembered it and we all did surprisingly well. Gabriel slept through the whole thing in the sling, which worked to my advantage as a counter-balance :)

Birthday Get-Together at Home

This was an especially rare occasion for us as we were able to get more of my Dad's side of the family together in the same room than I have seen in many years. We had the excuse of celebrating the birthday's of Gramma Jaci, Aunt Sabra, and Jonah, but we had such a good time we forgot to take any group photos. We did however get this great action shot of Gramma Jaci whipping out a mean backhand at the ping pong table.

Celebrating Daddy's birthday at Grandma's place!

We ended up having curry with rice with Great-Grandma Cretser, Grandma Marcia and Great-Uncle Errol on Saturday to celebrate Jonah's birthday. As you can see from the pictures, Gabriel was not impressed.

Gabriel with Great-grandma Cretser.

Gabriel with Great-uncle Errol.

Gabriel with Auntie Jessie.

Dessert was a yummy lemon cake with icing, and here is what happened after...

Gabriel proves again that he really can sleep anywhere, on any surface!

Gabriel Jai Hartenstein

Well for those who don't know, after much debate we have finally named him Gabriel Jai Hartenstein!
He is now about three and a half weeks and it's hard to imagine life before him, he certainly feels like a permanent fixture in our life!
This is my favourite photo of Gabriel so far, he likes the shower, he's not afraid at all, he keeps his eyes open under water too!
We have a busy weekend coming up, we're celebrating Jonah's, Grandma Jaci's and Zaldy's birthday, so we have Jessie down for the weekend, and we're going to have lunch with Jonah's mom on Saturday, then there is a BBQ at Caryll's to celebrate Zaldy and Jonah's birthday. Then on Sunday Grandma Jaci is driving here with Andrea and Ayana, and we'll finally get to meet Jamal's daughter!
Then on Monday, is Jonah's birthday and Jessie has the day off, so we're going to try to celebrate Jonah's birthday then too!!!