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gabe woke up at 4:30am and was pretty honest with his desire for milk...so i scrambled out of bed and stumbled my way to the kitchen. of course i tripped over a few toys on my way. then opened the cabinet and a bottle fell from pretty high up and hit my toe, hard. it was more painful that it sounds! i've been up since. i had my normal (large) amount of coffee this morning but i'm still half asleep. it's always dangerous when i have no reason/point to my blog. here we go! gabe says "tant tu" (thank you) constantly and i LOVE it. so precious. he's so much fun. he truly is. i don't know why God chose us to be his parents but i am SOOOOOO glad He did. what a cool blessing. i love christmas. i'm already excited. i love christmas lights! i love christmas trees. i love christmas movies, decorations, smells (like food!), weather, music...ahhh i love it all) that's why this is my most favorite time of year. ALL of my favorite things are just a...

AHHHHHHHHH, i am so very refreshed. jay and i just returned from vacation. it was the most relaxing week we've had since our honeymoon. i feel bad saying that because we didn't take gabe. but let's be real...flying with all that baby stuff AND a baby is a lot. not to mention homeboy (like his mom) likes routine. so he stayed home with my mom and dad. which to him is DISNEY WORLD. trust me, he was happy, happy, happy! i, on the other hand, cried daily. WEPT one day and finally calmed down when my new best friend and mentor prayed for me over the phone. (i just decided we were gonna be biffles. she doesn't know this.) please know ahead of time jay and i don't fly without issues. its just who we are. the first time we went to NYC we missed our flight going and returning. yes, both times. we were sitting in traffic in manhattan when i'm pretty sure we watched our plane fly overhead. but NO WORRIES - if two people can have fun in an airport...its us! this t...