First Thanksgiving

Gabriel celebrated his one week birthday on Thanksgiving - also his Papa's birthday. We are fortunate enough to have a friend who hosts Thanksgiving dinner every year, so I didn't have to cook. Our amazing contribution? Green beans - woo hoo! Noelle decided she is not a fan of sweet potatoes. Personally, I loved them!

Noelle had a great time playing with the dogs, Toby and Molly, at Kevin's house. She also tortured the adults with fifty million rounds of 'hide-and-seek'. Gabriel hung out with his new friend, Milo, who is only a couple of months older than he is.

Photo op. The outfit was actually too big for him to wear for the big day.

Our two Thanksgiving babies. Hmm... what would be the odds of having a third born in November? J/K!!!

Sriya holding Gabriel and Leo holding Milo. Play dates are more like nap times at the moment.

Our Newest Addition

Well, this isn't "new" news but hopefully I've chosen some pictures that you haven't seen yet.

Gabriel Joseph DeCuir was born on Thursday November 20, 2008 at 5:27pm. He weighed 9 lbs 2 oz and was almost 21 inches long. An ultrasound estimated his weight at almost 10 lbs. I went into the dr's office on the morning of the 20th and burst out crying. I wanted him out! It was my doctor's last day in the office, filling in for my original doctor (long story). She snagged us the last c-section scheduled for that day. And now here he is!

He had a little jaundice that has since cleared up. He lost a lot more weight than he should have and we're working on getting him back up to his birth weight. We've got about 3/4 of a pound to go. He is a champion eater so that shouldn't be a problem.

Gabriel is also a champion sleeper, giving us good solid three hour chunks - one of the perks of having a bigger baby, I guess. He is more and more alert every day and loves to stare into our eyes. He only cries when he's hungry. When he does cry Noelle jumps up and says "My baby needs me!"

Okay, gotta wrap up this post as it's almost time to feed him.
Enjoy the pictures!

The day of my baby shower, just a few days before Gabriel was born. Oh, my aching back! ;)

Gabriel at a few minutes old.

Noelle is totally in love with her new baby brother.

Gabriel at four days old.

Halloween '08

Halloween season started with a trip to visit Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. John just had to ask if she remembered working with his father on her movie. She says she did.

Late pregnancy aches and pains kept us from attending Kevin's annual Halloween party and pumpkin carving event. Luckily someone posted pictures so we got to see what we missed.

John took Noelle to work with him all day on Friday. She was an angel (behavior-wise, not her costume). She scored a ton of loot at Microsoft, trick or treating up and down the halls. The problem? Now that she's collected all that candy, she seems to have forgotten it's there. She sure doesn't ask for much. And - big shocker - I seem to have lost all interest in food. This stuff will be here until next Halloween!

Enjoy the pictures!

Okay, this struck me as funny. I call it the first picture of 'the kids' because my huge stomach is in the way of a perfectly good picture of Noelle. ;)

The DeCuir family meets the Mistress of the Dark.

I was trying to get John to take a picture of Gizmo in his pumpkin costume... but Noelle and Cleo insisted on being in the picture.

Catching a few zzz's before the afternoon festivities.

Our little astronaut got lots of compliments that day.